The Selfish Pig's Guide To Caring

The Selfish Pig's Guide To Caring
Author: Hugh Marriott
Publisher: Piatkus
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2012-07-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1405520078

Six million people in the UK, often unnoticed by the rest of us, provide unpaid care for disabled or elderly relatives, friends or neighbours. Their job is long, lonely and hard, yet there is limited support and no formal training. As a result, carers suffer frequent damage to physical and mental health. Oddly, though carers by definition are anything but selfish pigs, they are liable to feelings of guilt, probably brought on by fatigue and isolation. So Hugh Marriott has written this book for them - and also for the rest of us who don't know what being a carer is all about. His aim is bring into the open everything he wishes he'd been told when he first became a carer. And he does. The book airs such topics as sex, thoughts of murder, and dealing with the responses of friends and officials who fail to understand. This is a must-read for anyone involved with caring.

Selfish Pigs

Selfish Pigs
Author: Andy Riley
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: English wit and humor, Pictorial
ISBN: 9780307718440

A collection of comics that illustrates pigs being selfish in a variety of ways, such as by smoking, stealing, and eating bacon.

Pig the Pug

Pig the Pug
Author: Aaron Blabey
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2018-01-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338285904

A hilarious book about learning to share from the much-loved, award-winning author and illustrator Aaron Blabey. Pig is a greedy and selfish Pug. He has all the bouncy balls, bones, and chew toys a dog could ever want, yet he refuses to share with his poor friend, Trevor. Little does he know, however, that being greedy has its consquences. Join Pig as he learns to share -- the hard way!Young readers will love the irresistbly quirky and funny illustrations that are paired with a relatable lesson of learning to share with others. For dog and pet lovers everywhere.

A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea

A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea
Author: Michael Ian Black
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2011-05-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416982833

Could anything possibly be more fun than a pig parade!? You wouldn't think so. But you'd be wrong. A pig parade is a terrible idea. Pigs hate to march, refuse to wear the uniforms, don't care about floats, and insist on playing country music ballads. Those are just some of the reasons. And trust me, this hysterical book has plenty more!

The Book of Bunny Suicides

The Book of Bunny Suicides
Author: Andy Riley
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2011-08-18
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1444709135

Wickedly ingenious and surreal ideas for all the little fluffy rabbits in this world who just don't want to live anymore, with bonus material from Andy Riley's sketchbook.

Selfishness and Selflessness

Selfishness and Selflessness
Author: Linda L. Layne
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2020-04-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 180539908X

We are said to be suffering a narcissism epidemic when the need for collective action seems more pressing than ever. The traits of Selfishness and selflessness address the ‘proper’ and ‘improper’ relationship between one’s self and others. The work they do during periods of social instability and cultural change is probed in this original, interdisciplinary collection. Contributions range from an examination of how these concepts animated the eighteenth-century anti-slavery campaigners to a dissection of the way middle-class mothers’ experiences illustrate gendered struggles over how much and to whom one is morally obliged to give.

The Book of Bunny Suicides

The Book of Bunny Suicides
Author: Andy Riley
Publisher: Coronet
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2010-12
Genre: Rabbits
ISBN: 9780340829004

This is dark humour at its best - a collection of hilarious and outrageous cartoons which will appeal to anyone in touch with their evil side.

The Selfish Crocodile

The Selfish Crocodile
Author: Faustin Charles
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2014-06-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1408839318

All of the animals are afraid of the Selfish Crocodile - he never let's them into his river, and he's always so snappy! And so when the Selfish Crocodile finds himself in terrible pain, no-one wants to help him - after all, what if he gobbles them up? But, to everyone's surprise, there is one animal in the forest who is willing to help . . . A brilliant tale of friendship, The Selfish Crocodile has become a picture book classic.

Pigs in Heaven

Pigs in Heaven
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2009-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061842214

Picking up where her modern classic The Bean Trees left off, Barbara Kingsolver’s bestselling Pigs in Heaven continues the tale of Turtle and Taylor Greer, a Native American girl and her adoptive mother who have settled in Tucson, Arizona, as they both try to overcome their difficult pasts. Taking place three years after The Bean Trees, Taylor is now dating a musician named Jax and has officially adopted Turtle. But when a lawyer for the Cherokee Nation begins to investigate the adoption—their new life together begins to crumble. Depicting the clash between fierce family love and tribal law, poverty and means, abandonment and belonging, Pigs in Heaven is a morally wrenching, gently humorous work of fiction that speaks equally to the head and the heart. This edition includes a P.S. section with additional insights from Barbara Kingsolver, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.