Louise Miller – författare

The only career series to match the right job with the right personality

Vital information in each book includes:

Suggested jobs in a wide range of settings, from the office to the outdoorsA selection of jobs with different levels of educational requirementsAdvice on competing in hot job marketsTips on transforming hobbies into job skills

Enjoy a career working with your best friends--animals!

Are you the type to choose a trip to the zoo over a ball game? Were you the family member who always came home with a stray dog? Are your shelves filled with books about animals? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are an animal lover--now all you need is an occupation that satisfies your compassion for animals.

Careers for Animal Lovers & Other Zoological Types provides all the information you need to get started on landing the job of your dreams, including inside information on everyday routines of selected jobs, working conditions within the field, and alternate sources to enhance your job search. Use the advice provided here and you''ll:

Decide which specific profession is best for youMake the right choices the first time aroundBegin your job search focused and confidentPresent yourself as a knowledgeable, serious job candidate

Animals are people, too! You can work as an:animal attendant * trainer * zoo curator * veterinarian * ornithologist * pet sitter * aquarist * animal transporter

"Mix in one part Diane Mott ­Davidson’s delightful culinary adventures with several tablespoons of Jan Karon’s country living and quirky characters, bake at 350 degrees for one rich and warm romance." --Library JournalA full-hearted novel about a big-city baker who discovers the true meaning of home—and that sometimes the best things are found when you didn’t even know you were looking When Olivia Rawlings—pastry chef extraordinaire for an exclusive Boston dinner club—sets not just her flambéed dessert but the entire building alight, she escapes to the most comforting place she can think of—the idyllic town of Guthrie, Vermont, home of Bag Balm, the country’s longest-running contra dance, and her best friend Hannah. But the getaway turns into something more lasting when Margaret Hurley, the cantankerous, sweater-set-wearing owner of the Sugar Maple Inn, offers Livvy a job. Broke and knowing that her days at the club are numbered, Livvy accepts. Livvy moves with her larger-than-life, uberenthusiastic dog, Salty, into a sugarhouse on the inn’s property and begins creating her mouthwatering desserts for the residents of Guthrie. She soon uncovers the real reason she has been hired—to help Margaret reclaim the inn’s blue ribbon status at the annual county fair apple pie contest.   With the joys of a fragrant kitchen, the sound of banjos and fiddles being tuned in a barn, and the crisp scent of the orchard just outside the front door, Livvy soon finds herself immersed in small town life. And when she meets Martin McCracken, the Guthrie native who has returned from Seattle to tend his ailing father, Livvy  comes to understand that she may not be as alone in this world as she once thought.   But then another new arrival takes the community by surprise, and Livvy must decide whether to do what she does best and flee—or stay and finally discover what it means to belong. Olivia Rawlings may finally find out that the life you want may not be the one you expected—it could be even better.From the Hardcover edition.

A delightful novel about two headstrong sisters, a small town''s efforts to do right by the community, and the power of a lost dog to conjure up true loveNora, the owner of the Miss Guthrie Diner, is perfectly happy serving up apple cider donuts, coffee, and eggs-any-way-you-like-em to her regulars, and she takes great pleasure in knowing exactly what''s "the usual." But her life is soon shaken when she discovers she and her free-spirited, younger sister Kit stand to inherit the home and land of the town''s beloved cake lady, Peggy Johnson. Kit, an aspiring--and broke--filmmaker thinks her problems are solved when she and Nora find out Peggy was in the process of selling the land to a big-box developer before her death. The people of Guthrie are divided--some want the opportunities the development will bring, while others are staunchly against any change--and they aren''t afraid to leave their opinions with their tips.Time is running out, and the sisters need to make a decision soon. But Nora isn''t quite ready to let go of the land, complete with a charming farmhouse, an ancient apple orchard and the clues to a secret life that no one knew Peggy had. Troubled by the conflicting needs of the town, and confused by her growing feelings towards Elliot, the big-box developer''s rep, Nora throws herself into solving the one problem that everyone in town can agree on--finding Peggy''s missing dog, Freckles.When a disaster strikes the diner, the community of Guthrie bands together to help her, and Nora discovers that doing the right thing doesn''t always mean giving up your dreams.