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Heroes worth remembering: the Ground Zero dogs who served after 9/11
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Heroes worth remembering: the Ground Zero dogs who served after 9/11
If I told you that there's a group of people who, for generation after generation, were devoted to being experts in: Lifesaving in crises; medical detection; law enforcement; finding hidden weapons, drugs, cash and more; military operations; conservation efforts and protecting our homes by finding termites and bed bugs – not to mention water sources. And then, if I told you these expert people did all this for free, just for the love of their fellow humans, you would probably not believe me.
Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian
. Jun. 2024. 9:33 hrs. ISBN 9780593864920. $76. PETS COPY ISBN From a young age, Attas aspired to become a veterinarian, and though she had to overcome her tendency to pass out at the sight of blood, she succeeded. In the 1990s, Attas, then an associate veterinarian at Park East Animal Hospital, inadvertently became the preferred veterinarian of the senior veterinarian’s celebrity clientele; thus, he fired her. This turn of events springboarded Attas’s small-animal, house-call practice.
Dierenarts in New York
Wanneer het om een ziek huisdier gaat, zijn mensen op hun kwetsbaarst. Zelfs al hebben ze een Monet aan de muur hangen of een Oscar in de prijzenkast staan, als kun kat verkouden is of hun hond uitslag heeft, draait de wereld voor even alleen om hun huisdier. In Dierenarts in New York vertelt Amy Attas de meest schokkende, hartverscheurende en hilarische verhalen uit de dertig jaar dat ze als dierenarts de katten en honden van vooraanstaande New Yorkers behandelde.
Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian
It's difficult to write nonfiction that is so engrossing and relatable that it reads like fiction, yet that is just what veterinarian Dr. Amy Attas manages to do in her book, PETS AND THE CITY: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian. This collection of anecdotes and personal history ranges from the why --- the reason Attas wanted to become a veterinarian and how she accomplished that --- to the many famous people who were/are her clients.
Whatever You Do, Don’t Let Your Cat Do This
Nine months after starting my house call practice, on a beautiful day in May, I was scheduled to visit the Fifth Avenue home of a new client for their two cats’ annual checkups. When George and I arrived, the doorman called up to the apartment to announce us. “Would you like them to take the North or South elevator?” he asked the residents.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Pets And The City' By Dr. Amy Attas
The book is in stores on Tuesday, June 18th from Putnam. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/4dS7NtI New York City’s premier “house call veterinarian” takes you into the exclusive penthouses and four-star hotel rooms of the wealthiest New Yorkers and shows that, when it comes to their pets, they are just as neurotic as any of us. When a pet is sick, people—even the rich and famous—are at their most authentic and vulnerable.
Reap the Whirlwind: Violence, Race, Justice, and the Story of Sagon Penn
Peter Houlahan. Counterpoint, $30 (432p) ISBN 978-1-64009-451-2 A traffic stop in 1985 San Diego ends with a white cop dead and a young Black man on trial in this riveting account from bestseller Houlahan (Norco ’80). In March of that year, two white police officers pulled over a pickup truck carrying seven young Black men they suspected of gang affiliation (who in fact had been attempting to go to the park).
The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
Boyce Upholt. Norton, $29.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-393-86787-9 Journalist Upholt debuts with a majestic history of the Mississippi River, beginning with how a subterranean rift and the movement of glaciers created and shaped the waterway over tens of millions of years.
Dirty Real: Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys
Peter Stanfield. Reaktion, $25 (344p) ISBN 978-1-78914-862-6 Stanfield (A Band with Built-In Hate), a film professor emeritus at the University of Kent, delivers a discerning deep dive into counterculture films of the late 1960s and early ’70s.
Rings of Fire: How an Unlikely Team of Scientists, Ex-Cons, Women, and Native Americans Helped Win World War II
Larry J. Hughes. Stackpole, $34.95 (600p) ISBN 978-0-8117-7389-8 In the wake of disastrous losses during Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy realized it needed to develop better gunsights for its antiaircraft weapons, according to this boisterous debut history.
Your Caption Has Been Selected: More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About the ‘New Yorker’ Cartoon Caption Contest
Lawrence Wood. St. Martin’s, $33 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-33340-7 Wood, a Chicago lawyer who has won the New Yorker’s caption contest eight times, debuts with a diverting overview of the contest’s history and offers tips on how to win it.
I’ve Tried Being Nice: Essays
This winning essay collection from novelist Leary (The Foundling) riffs on the trifles and tribulations of her life. The title essay describes her efforts to stop being a people pleaser, offering a comical account of how she worked up the gumption to confront a woman whose off-leash dogs habitually agitated Leary’s.
Playing with Reality: How Games Have Shaped Our World
Kelly Clancy. Riverhead, $30 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-53818-0 Neuroscientist Clancy debuts with a sweeping investigation of the roles games have played in human history. Examining why humans are drawn to games, Clancy contends that the process of mastering them by learning rules and the possible outcomes of various moves satisfies humanity’s evolutionary drive to understand cause-and-effect relationships.
Through a Noir Lens: Adapting Film Noir Visual Style
Sheri Chinen Biesen.
PETS AND THE CITY
A veterinarian who makes house calls to pet owners of all kinds in Manhattan shares her unique insight. It is inevitable that this book about operating a house call veterinary practice in Manhattan for the last 30 years will draw comparisons to the work of famous vet and author James Herriot. In fact, Attas cites Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small as an inspiration to pursue veterinary medicine.
Flipping for pinball: Why pro players love travelling the west coast
It’s a Thursday night in Seattle’s trendy Fremont neighbourhood. Inside Add-A-Ball Amusements, women, nonbinary and trans competitors are hunched over the blinking lights and ringing chimes of new and vintage pinball machines. It’s the monthly meet-up for Babes in Pinland, where players give their all — both playing the games and dressing up to the month’s costume theme. There’s a cash prize on the line, plus “whopper points” (World Pinball Player Rankings), so the mood is serious.
Past Forward: How Nostalgia Can Help You Live a More Meaningful Life
Clay Routledge. Sounds True, $19.99 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-68364-864-2 Humans can use the pull of the past to build better futures, according to this compact and perceptive study of nostalgia from Routledge (Profectus), vice president at the Human Flourishing Lab. While often couched as an “enemy of progress,” nostalgia helps people strengthen their sense of self as they consciously “craft a life story” out of significant memories, Routledge writes.
Why mountain biking should be your new travel activity — plus tips for beginners - West Coast Traveller
This past March, my local cycling shop celebrated International Women’s Day by hosting a free mountain bike workshop, complete with free rentals. I grabbed a spot, hoping to pick up a few pointers about body position and pedalling technique. I definitely learned that, but I also stumbled into something much greater: a biker gang of companions, and a free trip into a part of the world I’d never seen before.
Fall in love with ‘Lake Country’ – 10 things to do in Kelowna this summer - West Coast Traveller
With so many iconic attractions in Kelowna, if you’re planning a summer trip, you might be wondering, “Where do I start?” The answer will depend on your travel style and interests, but don’t worry, whether you’re an adrenaline junkie, wine connoisseur, art lover or urban explorer, your vacation is sure to be ‘just peachy.’ (Sorry, we had to include at least one fruit joke). Start with these top 10 Kelowna summer activities, and then see where the city takes you! 1.
Victoria photographer shares her journey across Canada in ‘A Ribbon of Highway’
Photographs are tricky things: we’re seeing the world through the photographer’s eyes, but we’re absorbing it through our own unique lens. A single static image can spark a wide spectrum of memories and emotions, depending on the observer. Jacqueline Salomé celebrates this duplicity in the foreword to A Ribbon of Highway: A Photographic Exploration of Canadian Identity by photographer Taylor Roades. “This is a story about Canadian identity.
Inside Victoria B.C.’s T.rex invasion
Victoria the T. rex lived for about a year with a broken neck, but in the end it was a tooth ache that killed her. Her fossilized legs show signs of broken bones and battle scars, and some of her neck vertebrae are fused — evidence of healing after major trauma. But the apex predator was able to survive, and hunt, despite those injuries. “What actually ended up killing her was a dental abscess, likely from getting in a fight with another T. rex.
Visiting Mount St. Helens is inspiring and alarming all at once
‘This is it.’ In March 1980, Washington’s Mount St. Helens rumbled awake. A series of earthquakes signalled the start of something big, and scientists descended on the mountain to try to predict when, and how bad, the eruption might be. Among them was 30-year-old volcanologist David A. Johnston, who called the volcano a “keg of dynamite,” and warned the public to keep their distance. Two months later when the volcano blasted sideways, Johnston was at a scientific observation post in its direct path.
Scouts Canada’s new toll-free helpline helps campers ‘Be Prepared’
Commissioner Gordon had the Bat Phone. When Captain Kirk was in trouble, he’d use his Communicator to say ‘Beam me up, Scotty!’ If there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, you’re gonna call the Ghostbusters. And now, if you’re up a creek without a paddle, you can call Scout’s Canada. The new ‘Camptastic’ Helpline isn’t an emergency help line, so if you’re in immediate danger or need medical aid, call for help or call 9-1-1.
Behind the scenes with a B.C. dino hunter, plus tips for finding fossils
In the Royal BC Museum’s new Dinosaurs of BC travelling exhibition, visitors can use an interactive video series to tag along with Curator of Palaeontology Dr. Victoria Arbour as she hunts for dinosaur fossils in northern B.C.’s Spatsizi Plateau. Touch the screen to watch the first video, where Dr. Arbour and her colleagues admit that they haven’t found anything yet — then share in their excitement as they record their first fossil find.
Cruising Washington’s scenic Chuckanut Byway
When road tripping in America, there’s just one rule to live by: get off the interstate. The only exception might be if you’re in a hurry, but then, when you’re road tripping you should never be in a hurry. To see the iconic bridge on Highway 1 near Big Sur, the Mars-like buttes of Highway 163 through Monument Valley or the engineering marvel of the Overseas Highway through the Florida Keys, you have to get off the interstate — often onto Scenic Byways.
What to bring on a hike: WCT Travel Guide
Knowing what to bring on a hike can make all the difference between a wonderful day outdoors and a gruelling grind that makes you want to stay indoors for the rest of your life. But if you’re new to hiking, or new to the west coast, how do you know what to take? If it’s pouring rain, snowing sideways or searing sunshine you may not want to go outside, but remember: there’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad hiking gear.
Preservation vs. Playground: What Banff has learned from a century of tourism - West Coast Traveller
In February 2022 I travelled to Powell River, a small B.C. town transitioning from resource extraction to a visitor economy. Through conversations with restaurant owners, hiking guides, film festival directors and other tourism operators, I learned that the question on everyone’s minds was how to become a strong travel destination without spoiling the natural and cultural wonders that make the place so special.
Pride hits the peaks of 3 BC mountains this March - West Coast Traveller
The white peaks of some of British Columbia’s best mountains are getting a dusting of rainbows this March, and the forecast calls for a chance of Rebellious Unicorns too. Now in its fifth year, Peak Pride brings a family-friendly, 100-per-cent-inclusive LGBT2Q+ celebration to the top of some of B.C.’s best alpine resorts.
Creating core memories at the top of a Banff mountain - West Coast Traveller
Something happens to our bodies when night falls. It’s a time of stories, whether told around a campfire, through children’s books or at the movies. It’s a time when sounds travel, and our imaginations run wild. It can be a time when we wind down and reconnect with friends and ourselves, or a time when we wind up to move our bodies, dancing or enjoying a performance.
11 things to do in Banff this winter (besides skiing) - West Coast Traveller
Tucked in the heart of the perpetually picturesque Rocky Mountains, Banff, Alberta is a skier’s dream. With three world-class resorts a snowball’s throw from Banff village, there’s no shortage of powder for snowboarders and skiers. But what if you don’t want to strap on heavy equipment and face the windchill? Don’t worry. #WCTExplorer Amy Attas recently visited this mountain town and has a long list of activities for thrill-seeking (and embracing cosy season) away from the slopes.
Knowledge is power: New guidebooks map accessible PNW trails - West Coast Traveller
What is an ‘easy’ hike? For a mountaineer, an easy hike might be one that doesn’t require supplemental oxygen. For a parent with a stroller, even a single rail tie step can change an ‘easy’ hike to difficult. ‘Easy’ is in the eye of the hiker, so one of the best ways to gauge a trail you’ve never tried is to understand its characteristics. Then you can decide for yourself how it’s likely to drain your energy.
A runner’s guide to Victoria, BC - West Coast Traveller
It’s winter in Canada, which means that across the country runners must don cleats, moisture-wicking base layers, breathable face masks, gloves and other gear, just to get their miles. Unless they’re lucky enough to be running in Victoria, B.C. The capital of British Columbia only sees snow a few days a year, and temperatures in this Vancouver Island city are often well above freezing — even in the depths of winter.
What Needs to Change for Hockey Canada
Come warm your hands by the toasty fire that is Hockey Canada burning. In May of this year Hockey Canada settled a lawsuit with a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by members of the 2018 Men's World Junior Team. Other allegations from other Hockey Canada players surfaced, and in July we learned that Hockey Canada has a National Equity Fund to pay out uninsured claims – including millions to settle dozens of lawsuits over the last three decades.
Unique Tofino hike offers crash course in Second World War history
These days, Tofino’s Long Beach is a year-round hotspot for surfers and young families playing in the soft white sand. But the scene was dramatically different in 1942, when the beach was strewn with barbed wire, cable and other debris to discourage enemy landings by air or sea. Clean-up efforts in the 1950s removed most of the explosives and other remnants of the Second World War, but hiding in the forest just a few kilometres north of Long Beach there’s another relic still intact.
Heroes worth remembering: the Ground Zero dogs who served after 9/11
If I told you that there’s a group of people who, for generation after generation, were devoted to being experts in: Lifesaving in crises; medical detection; law enforcement; finding hidden weapons, drugs, cash and more; military operations; conservation efforts and protecting our homes by finding termites and bed bugs – not to mention water sources. And then, if I told you these expert people did all this for free, just for the love of their fellow humans, you would probably not believe me.
Heroes worth remembering: the Ground Zero dogs who served after 9/11
Heroes worth remembering: the Ground Zero dogs who served after 9/11 I will never forget the devotion of those dogs to us humans that I witnessed at Ground Zero. And all in exchange for our love. And a cookie.
Beijing 2022 Ice Hockey: Team Canada Preview
January 25, 2022 2 min read • by Amy Attas Editor's note: a big welcome to Amy Attas who will be joining our hockey coverage at Victory Press! We assigned her the Team Canada preview, as a treat. 2018 Olympic finish Silver. After literal decades of Canada winning every Olympics and Team USA winning the majority of IIHF Championships, Canada lost to the USA in a shootout in the Pyeongchang final.
Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man
Marcus Baram. St. Martin’s, $26.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-01278-4 Best known for his ingenious, cutting, and satiric 1970 song, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” Scott-Heron (1949–2011) never received full recognition for his brilliant writing across many genres, including poetry and fiction, and his canny weaving of black history into his volatile moment.
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