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The story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life. Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans.--From publisher description.

It Happened in Kansas features over 25 chapters in Kansas history. Lively and entertaining, this book brings the varied and fascinating history of the Sunflower State to life.

"Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money--investing, personal finance, and business decisions--is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don't make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal...

"Commonplace items and everyday lifestyles often run their course and fade away like the setting sun. As they lose their importance in society, they take on a vintage flavor. Through a collection of short stories, take a nostalgic trip back to the late 50s, 60s, and early 70s with a farm family of twelve. Share their simple life experiences as they buy their first black-and-white television set; enjoy shopping downtown with them where parking meters...

"With stories of: Mother Teresa, Princess Diana, Candice Bergen, Whoopi Goldberg, Mary Kay Ash, Sally Jessy Raphael, and many more."

Tells the stories of fifty dogs and their unique relationships with their owners.

Introduces Meriwether Lewis and William Clark who, during their exploration of the West for Thomas Jefferson, captured a prairie dog and sent it to the President as a gift.

Explores the world of working dogs, as well as canine intelligence and training, as the author and her German shepherd, Solo, work with forensic anthropologists, detectives, and dog handlers to find the bodies of the missing.

She nurtured you from a helpless infant to a successful adult. She calmed your fears and dried your tears. She praised you when you needed encouragement and pushed you when you needed motivation. She was your nurse, your maid, your coach, your chauffeur, your teacher and your friend. She was there for you and loved you no matter what. She has the most rewarding, yet most difficult job in the world. She is your mother. This poignant collection of stories...