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Una ballena queda atrapada entre las redes de pesca en el mar de Baja California. Para salvarla, cinco personas deciden unir fuerzas: Ámbar, una periodista solitaria, en duelo por el asesinato de su única hermana; el capitán, un hombre de un solo amor; Daniel, amigo de Ámbar; Arión, el viajero intrépido comprometido con el medioambiente; y Mora, la mujer guerrera indígena.

When Chet the dog, “the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction” (Boston Globe), and his human partner, PI Bernie Little, are approached by a down-and-out older man with a cardboard sign at an exit ramp, Bernie is shocked to discover the man is a former teammate from his high school baseball team. Chet and Bernie take Rocket out for a good meal, and later, Bernie investigates Rocket’s past, trying to figure out what exactly went wrong.

Socially awkward Emma 'Spider' Fisher prefers her laptop to people, so she’s more than happy to oblige her boss when he asks her to pet- and housesit while he honeymoons in London. But it doesn’t take long for accident-prone Spider to lose a dog, get locked out of the house and set off the house alarm! Thankfully, her hot new neighbour is more than happy to come to her rescue. But Noah West is a mystery to Spider—and one she intends to solve.

All homicide detective Dylan Collins wants is a few hours of pleasure to take his mind off of the case haunting him. A serial killer is stalking the streets of Charleston, SC—a killer who calls himself The Grim Reaper. When the woman he'd just spent the night with turns up and offers her services as a psychic consultant on the case, his ardor quickly cools. Last thing he needs is to get tangled up with a con artist.

Hannah Dawson has a big problem: she’s just become the unexpected owner of a snarky cat, a loveable but not-so-bright dog...and their $10 million fortune! Which would be awesome if it hadn’t made her the target of every wacko in the metro Atlanta area. Now Hannah and her famous pets need protecting, and there’s only one man who can help them. Enter Zachary Collins: ex-TV star of The Psychic Detective and street-wise private investigator—all six-foot blue-eyed gorgeousness!

Dr. Jason Davies, a young associate veterinarian, continues his work in small-town Birdie, Oklahoma, under the watchful eye of Dr. John Keating. Each day brings new adventures to Dr. Davies and his entertaining, and sometimes mischievous, clientele.

Det är nyårsafton och några tappra ekorrar som är medlemmar i A.D.R.T.E.V.B.L, Alla Djurs Rätt Till Ett Väldigt Bra Liv, försöker hjälpa en katt och hennes nyfödda kattungar från en krissituation. Problemet är bara att ekorrarna behöver hjälp av en människa för att avstyra nyårskrisen. Som tur är lyckas de övertala Alvar att hjälpa dem.

Una novel·la curta poètica i intimista que ens mostra un any de la vida de la Raquel. El pitjor any, però també el millor. La Raquel acaba de viure un incident traumàtic que l'ha deixat trasbalsada. Ha heretat, a més, dos pisos simètrics en un edifici senyorial. En un d'ells, el que dóna al pati interior, s'escolta el miol d'un gat taronja. Al principi, la buidor del pis reflexa a la perfecció la buidor que sent a dins.

Explosive Revenge A ruthless enemy is out for vengeance… and it’s up to a K-9 team to stop him Sergeant Tyson Wilkes is determined to protect his Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit—especially against an unknown assailant with a taste for explosives. Fortunately, Denver detective Skylar Morgan has the...

E se una banda di gatti (con l'aiuto di un cane) unisse le proprie forze per salvare delle persone? Due ragazze per la precisione. I felini Ovidio, Roxi, Nero e Pigro sfideranno infatti gli umani e la loro ferocia in questo romanzo avvincente, una vera e propria indagine con i baffi. Graziella Ardizzone (1934) è una scrittrice italiana. Laureata in lettere e medicina, ha lavorato a lungo come chirurgo in un ospedale torinese. Da scrittrice, ha esplorato il mondo di quella che è sicuramente una delle sue più grandi passioni: i gatti.

Wer ist die Bestie - der Wolf oder der Mensch? Inti Flynn kommt nach Schottland, um bei der Wiederansiedlung von Wölfen in den Highlands zu helfen. Als Wissenschaftlerin weiß sie, dass die wilden Tiere die einzige Rettung für die zerstörte Landschaft sind. Als Frau hofft sie auf einen Neuanfang. Sie ist nicht mehr die, die sie einst war, hat sich von den Menschen zurückgezogen. Denn die Wolfsbiologin besitzt die seltene Fähigkeit, Gefühle von anderen Lebewesen körperlich nachzuempfinden. Doch die Gewalt, die Inti aus Alaska vertrieb, holt sie ein.

Can an officer and her furry partner survive a killer and the wilderness? When Rocky Mountain K-9 officer Harlow Zane and her cadaver dog, Nell, join the search for a serial killer, the last thing she expects is that she’ll draw the killer’s obsessive attention. But her former academy rival...

A heartfelt, romantic novel inspired by Sweet Home Alabama and perfect for fans of Jill Shalvis, Kristan Higgins, and Susan Mallery, in which a young woman who only fosters dogs discovers an abandoned puppy and finally starts to open herself up to love again… Once inseparable as children and...

This K-9 has a sanctuary to protect and its owner to rescue Someone wants Paige Bristow’s wolf sanctuary gone…and Paige dead. Officer Reece Campbell and his K-9 partner, Maverick, are the only ones she can turn to, but she never told him he was the father of her daughter. As the attacks...

Family is a feeling There’s nothing like an important birthday to make a person realize all the things they haven’t accomplished. As Tabitha Steele blows out thirty candles, she makes a wish to take charge of her life. It’s a tall order, considering she doesn’t have much to show for...

Building upon the highly acclaimed debut of Alice Henderson’s A Solitude of Wolverines and its follow-up thriller A Blizzard of Polar Bears comes the eagerly anticipated and electrifying third installment A Ghost of Caribou, in which wildlife biologist Alex Carter encounters an unsolved murder...

From USA TODAY bestselling author Laura Scott. A fugitive at large… This K-9 is on his trail. To save a woman from being kidnapped, Officer Chris Fuller and his K-9 partner, Teddy, have no choice but to let the fugitive they’re tracking get away. But when the escaped murderer returns to hunt...

A former marine learns to love again in this suspenseful, action-packed K-9 search and rescue from Kathleen Donnelly After losing her military K-9, former marine Maya Thompson swears she’ll never work with dogs again. But when she returns home to Colorado and accepts a job with US Forest...

La epopeya de Rintaro, el joven heredero de una entrañable librería de viejo, y de Tora, un sabio e ingenioso gato atigrado, se ha convertido en un fulgurante éxito internacional. Su emocionante misión consiste nada más y nada menos que en salvar los libros que están en peligro y extender así el amor por estos objetos, bellos e inigualables, que son parte imprescindible de nuestra vida.

Marigold Evans first attempt at rescuing an abandoned pooch lands her in the underground sewer lines of Houston's Buffalo Bayou...and almost in jail, until Parker Jenson comes to her defense. Then a bad day only gets worse as the Lone Star Vet Clinic, where they both work, is vandalized and the list of suspects starts to climb. With the help of her fellow employees, Marigold sets out to simultaneously solve the crime, rehab the rescued dog, and help more dogs in crisis. But why would anyone continue to work against all their good efforts? 

We all need innovative ideas - das meint zumindest der Trainer in der Geschichte "English for dogs". Und während Christina in "Restaurant" über ein ganz spezielles Etablissement staunt, blamieren die vierbeinigen Hauptdarsteller in "Flirtcrasher" ihre Zweibeiner bis auf die Knochen. Was wir mit unseren Hunden erleben und wie wir von ihnen noch das eine oder andere lernen können, wird in acht herrlichen Kurzgeschichten im ersten Bellotristik-Sammelband "Learning by DOGing" treffend beschrieben. Geschichten, wie sie nur mit Hund(en) passieren.

Presenting a collection of Animal Stories - Level 2 - Eng (US) from BookBox.

Presenting a collection of Animal Stories - Level 3 - Eng (US) from BookBox.

Every dog deserves a forever home, and after being given up several times, Wrigley has finally found his. The smart, good-natured dog now spends his days at SunRidge Assisted Living, comforting and doting on 45 seniors. Wrigley has free run of the place - going where he senses he’s needed - but his preferred spot is beside his favorite resident, Marjorie Thompson. All is well until a curmudgeon named Walter Kepsen moves in across the hall from Marjorie. Walter can’t stand Wrigley, or anything else, for that matter. But something dramatic is about to happen that will shake SunRidge.

Sie war ein Blümlein hübsch und fein, hell aufgeblüht im Sonnenschein. Er war ein junger Schmetterling, der selig an der Blume hing. Oft kam ein Bienlein mit Gebrumm und nascht und säuselt da herum. Oft kroch ein Käfer kribbelkrab am hübschen Blümlein auf und ab. Ach Gott, wie das dem Schmetterling so schmerzlich durch die Seele ging. Doch was am meisten ihn entsetzt, das Allerschlimmste kam zuletzt ein alter Esel fraß die ganze von ihm so heiß geliebte Pflanze.

Contains books one, two, and three of the Soul Mutts series: Baker's Dozen, Reign of Terrier, and Chocolate-Covered Chaos, book three.

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Christy Barritt Finding a missing girl depends on a K-9 and his handler. Erin Lansing will search every inch of the mountains to find her missing teen daughter—even with someone dead-set on stopping her. Teaming up with search-and-rescue K-9 handler Dillon...

Quinto presentía peligro. Algo terrible iba a suceder en la madriguera: estaba seguro. Tenían que marcharse de inmediato. Así se inicia un largo y arriesgado periplo de supervivencia para una pequeña pandilla de conejos. A medida que los conejos van esquivando el peligro a cada paso, llegamos a conocer a la pandilla, a sus graciosos personajes y su fascinante cultura, con su propio folclor, historia y mitos. Finalmente, la visión de Quinto los lleva a la colina de Watership, una pradera de tierras altas. Pero es allí donde enfrentan los obstáculos más difíciles.

Quinto podía percibir la sensación de peligro. Estaba seguro de que iba a ocurrir algo terrible a todos los habitantes de la madriguera. Tenían que salir de allí inmediatamente. Así comienza el largo y azaroso viaje de supervivencia de un pequeño grupo de conejos. A medida que los conejos van sorteando peligros a cada paso, nos vamos familiarizando con cada uno de los miembros del grupo, sus personalidades singulares y divertidas, y su cultura apasionante, con sus propios relatos y mitos tradicionales.

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“An amazing, beautiful book . . . It shows how one dog’s dignified presence can bring connection and love to a fractured world.” ―Cat Warren, New York Times bestselling author of What the Dog Knows One dog changes the life of everyone who takes him in on his journey to reunite with his...

Meg Gorton finds herself alone and lonely in Florida. Three years earlier, she packed what she could fit into her sister's car, told her husband, Gary, where he could find her, and asked him to take care of Moses, their beloved black Labrador. For years, she’d tried to talk Gary into moving away from Woodstock, Virginia. They both needed a fresh start after a painful loss, and when their grandson graduates from high school, Meg knows it’s time. But Meg also knows that if she wants a new beginning, she’ll have to do it alone.

Tras ser expulsada del Clan del Oso Cavernario, la joven Ayla decide buscar a los que son como ella, los cromañones, y emprende un viaje lleno de peligros y aventuras hasta que encuentra una cueva donde refugiarse durante un tiempo. Su extraordinario instinto de supervivencia y su mente inquieta la conducirán a grandes descubrimientos, como hacer fuego "de piedra" y domesticar animales; entre otros a la yegua Whinney, que se convertirá en su fiel compañera. Además, tendrá que combatir la soledad y el dolor por ese hijo de "espíritus mezclados" que tuvo que dejar atrás.

Un jeune arbre ayant rencontré un oiseau migrateur, veut voler comme lui. Partir en voyage et parcourir les montagnes, les océans et les déserts. Le jeune arbre se fait un ami, le zéphire, le plus petit des vents. Celui-ci s'en va à la conférence des grands vents afin de demander qu'on déracine le jeune arbre pour qu'il s'envole dans les airs.

Jonathan and Lily McCoy are an elderly couple surviving off the land of Northeastern Tennessee. When a stray coonhound steals Jonathan’s hunting spoils, he sets out to tame the dog he names Rawhide. Rawhide is friendly and loyal, but his battered body suggests mistreatment and pain. And when troublemaker Ed Carter comes to claim Rawhide as his property, the McCoys are willing to fight him in court to protect their canine companion against renewed threats of violence, in this riveting mystery novel filled with American history.

For anyone who ever loved All Creatures Great and Small, Annie England Noblin’s newest novel—about a big city vet transplanted to a small Wisconsin town—is pure delight as we meet aging alpacas, stump-tailed cats, goats in tutus, a vagabond border collie named Kevin, and the people who...

These three short stories give listeners a dog’s-eye view of the action and adventure associated with the American West. From an award-winning poet, these stories provide a window into the sometimes fickle relationship between man and dog. Barbara Nelson Blinn used writing as a way to escape her abusive marriage, and these stories are indeed an escape, as listeners will have the opportunity to befriend three different canines, each with their own story filled with mystery, adventure, and the underlying message that controlling the pet population is of utmost importance.

Life around Paradise Gap in Virginia's Crutchfield County has been cadenced to the comfortable traditions of foxhunting for many generations. And then Ryman McKendrick receives a vision. Inspired by a message from Saint Hubert, or so he believes, Ryman launches the Ancient and Venerable Church of Ars Venatica, a.k.a. the Church of Foxhunting. The Venatican ranks swell, hunters sing the praises of the sporting life, and a current of titillation flows among the participants. But support is far from universal. Is one of Ryman's detractors committed enough to go to the ultimate extreme?

This program is read by award-winning longtime series narrator, Grover Gardner. "Listening to Grover Gardner narrating a David Rosenfelt novel is like sliding into favorite slippers at the end of a long day: One feels the joyful gratification of a perfect fit." —AudioFile Magazine on Bark of...

On the surface, Bucky has everything he needs. A beautiful family, a humble home, and the rural life he has always wanted. Then again, he's a deer. One night, while out looking for his delinquent daughter, he comes across a self-destructive man whose honesty Bucky finds sad yet strangely refreshing. But when his only fawn, Beauty, starts coming home late after hanging out with the wrong crowd, the cracks begin to appear, and fate is about to push something through one of those cracks he never expected.

The sensational new novel from the author of The History of Bees Translated into 36 languages, winner of the Norwegian Bookseller’s Prize, and the most successful Norwegian author of her generation, Maja Lunde returns with a heart-wrenching tale, set in the distant past and the dystopian...