Alan Louis Beck

Between Pets and People: The Importance of Animal Companionship

Between Pets and People: The Importance of Animal Companionship

New Perspectives on Our Lives With Companion Animals

What Is a Dog?

Of the world’s dogs, less than two hundred million are pets, living with humans who provide food, shelter, squeaky toys, and fashionable sweaters. But roaming the planet are four times as many dogs who are their own masters—neighborhood dogs, dump dogs, mountain dogs. They are dogs, not companions, ...

Blood Or Mead

The Pantheon of Abraham has nearly finished its millennia long conquest of Earth. Most of Earth's gods have been consumed into its ranks or have fled. Odin has assembled the remaining gods to stand against it. However, alone they are no match for the Pantheon's hordes. They must seek out Odin's two ...

Iowa Trivia: (Revised Edition)

In 2001, the Hawkeye State will celebrate its 155th anniversary of statehood. The book asks, "What legendary film star was born in Winterset in 1907?" and "What popular ice cream treat was invented in the town of Onawa in 1920?" (Answers: John Wayne; the Eskimo Pie). This book is the who, what, when...

Glycosylation Engineering of Biopharmaceuticals: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)

Glyco-engineering is being developed as a method to control the composition of carbohydrates and to enhance the pharmacological properties of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and other proteins. In Glycosylation Engineering of Biopharmaceuticals: Methods and Protocols, experts in the field provide reade...

What is a Girl?

Living With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And How I Recovered

This book is for anyone who is currently suffering with chronic fatigue syndrome and needs some help. I describe what my life was like before I was sick, living with chronic fatigue for 3 years and what I had to do to get myself to recover. If you have chronic fatigue you will be nodding your head a...

Between Pets and People: The Importance of Animal Companionship

Pets play a greater role in our emotional and physical health than ever before, says the Purdue University professor who is co-author of his revised edition of Between Pets and People: The Importance of Animal Companionship. The book by Alan M. Beck of Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine and Aaro...

The Health Benefits of Dog Walking for People and Pets: Evidence and Case Studies (New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond)

Obesity is a national epidemic in the United States. It is estimated that by 2018 the cost of treating weight-related illnesses will double to almost $350 billion a year, while a 2010 report by the US Surgeon General estimates that two-thirds of American adults and almost one in three children are n...