The title Maddie on Things sounds like a philosophical inquiry, sort of like Lucretius's On the Nature of Things. But actually Maddie is a 45-pound coonhound with a preternaturally developed sense of balance, and the book is a collection of photos of Maddie, well, balancing on things: posts, fences, the tops of doors, a giant watermelon, a basketball hoop, the axle of a John Deere tractor, shelves (both on walls and inside a refrigerator).…
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