Birthdays are better with books! (part 1)

I'm writing today on my birthday and wishing I could live inside the picture of the cake I've found! It's already been a season of celebration here with seafood, ice wine, black forest cake, a beautiful owl decoration and necklace from a dear friend, -- and books of course! And birthday books do, most sincerely, believe that they deserve their own post. Who was I to say no? To make things more fun, I'm going to split them up by category! But, being books, there are always a few that don't belong in any category - so here are the misfits:

 I've been a fan of Roger Caras for a long time and I recently became interested in animal migrations because of David Wilcove's No Way Home, a book that focuses on the decline of animal migrations and the problems facing animals on the move. When I went looking for more information, I was surprised how few books there were on this topic. This is an old one, but I think it will complement Wilcove's work very well!

I can't remember exactly how I stumbled across this book, but I was impressed by the way it sought to tie animal liberation to the end of slavery to geography and culture. I'm still uncertain about the ethics of comparing animal liberation to human liberation, so I hope to find out more with this title!

I fell in love with this author's last work: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand -- it was impossible not to love the major! I hope this one will follow in the same vein.