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Compass Points the Way is a book about finding a way to navigate life with POTS. Join Allie on her long journey as she faces new physical struggles, the fear of the unknown, and feelings of loss and hopelessness—and then overcomes with the help of her new canine companion, Compass.

Phoebe, eine clevere, sehr liebenswerte Terrier-Mischlingshündin, findet nach einer langen Zeit in einem kroatischen Tierheim ein neues Zuhause in einem niederbayerischen Dorf. Sie wird dort ab sofort mit zwei männlichen Hotelbesitzern leben und hat die beiden schon nach kürzester Zeit ziemlich gut im Griff. Sie erzählt vom ersten Jahr in ihrer neuen Heimat, welches voller Begegnungen und Erlebnisse steckt, mit denen sie den Hörer zum Lachen, Nachdenken aber manchmal auch zum Weinen bringt.

Amanda Cox is living in New York with a non-committal boyfriend and a student loan that threatens to crush her. That is, until she enters a raffle for a manor house in the British countryside of Northumberland–and wins...

Peril at Christmas awaits…in these gripping Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit novellas A Christmas skiing retreat turns treacherous when Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit officer Veronica Eastwood’s sister is kidnapped—and only rival officer Parker Walsh can help her in Katy Lee’s Yuletide Ransom. And...

Rescuing valuable stolen puppies requires a K-9 officer to go deep undercover K-9 officer Asher Gilmore and trainer Peyton Burns have two tasks: rescue three stolen bloodhound puppies and expose a drug ring. To outwit the criminal masterminds, they must go undercover as married smugglers with...

The children of Sir William Pelham are less than pleased when their father and his new wife decide to turn the family home into a hotel and spa. So when they gather to celebrate their father’s birthday, old resentments fester and tensions bubble to the surface. Blissfully unaware of the trouble brewing at the main house, the Goodmans and their cats Aubrey and Vincent are enjoying a short break in one of the luxury apartments on the grounds. However, their jolly holiday is disturbed when a child goes missing and a body is found floating in the pool.

Auch an der Katze des Dalai Lama geht die Zeit nicht spurlos vorüber – sie wird alt. Doch die in Ehren ergraute »Schneelöwin« ist immer noch genauso neugierig, naseweis und wissensdurstig wie eh und je! Die Frage, die nicht nur unsere Katze bewegt: Ist ein zukünftiges Leben mit Altersschwäche und (Katzen)keksen für Senioren zwangsläufig ein Grund zur Verzweiflung? Aber nicht doch! Denn eines ist ihr klar.

For fans of Julia Armfield's Our Wives Under the Sea ‘Absolutely stunning . . . Full of longing, mystery, fear and hope. I loved this book to pieces!’ – Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face Ro is stuck. She’s just entered her thirties, she’s estranged from her mother, and her...

A thirty-something single woman, the untried colt she inherits, a horse-crazy little girl, and their band of misfits and has-beens stick it to the establishment in the cutthroat world of horse racing.

Koty chodzą własnymi ścieżkami. A czyimi ścieżkami chodzą ludzie? Czy aby nie… kocimi? Lektura obowiązkowa dla wszystkich miłośników kotów! Alicja próbuje znaleźć drogę do serca dorastającej córki. Delfina już nie chce żyć samotnie. Théo nie może się pogodzić z przeprowadzką ze wsi do miasta, a mały Dawid obawia się rozwodu rodziców. Wszystkich bohaterów tych wzruszających opowieści łączy jedno: koty, które wkraczają do ich życia, by przypomnieć o sprawach najistotniejszych. „O kotach piszę, ponieważ z nimi współbrzmię. Odpowiada mi ta ich

Against changing seasons in Japan, seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives. We meet Spin, a kitten rescued from the recycling bin, whose simple needs teach an anxious father how to parent his own human baby; a colony of wild cats on a holiday island shows a young boy not to stand in nature's way; a family is perplexed by their cat's devotion to their charismatic but uncaring father; a woman curses how her cat constantly visits her at night; and an elderly cat, Kota, hatches a plan to pass into the next world as a spirit so that he and his owner may be together for ever.

Hvad jeg ved om kvinder på heste er historien om pigen Pernille, der forlader de inderligt elskede og inderligt ligeglade heste og drager på erobringstogt i de voksnes verden de næste tre årtier. Men hun længes. Vejen tilbage til hestene bliver en vej væk fra alt det, der holder hende søvnløs om natten. En pause fra sorg, der kommer farende ud af det blå, og fra dramaer og tab, der vokser sig mere og mere virkelige og vidtrækkende.

“Reading Unleased Holiday was sheer joy. I chewed up the pages.” —#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber When an old rival reappears right before the holidays, a professional dog trainer must decide if the melting frost between them can make up for their ruff past, from the...

Set in the frozen wasteland of the Yukon, Jack London's most popular and enduring work is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival. Buck—a mix of St. Bernard and Scotch Shepherd—is a loyal family pet until cruel men steal him and make him a pawn in their feverish search for gold. Brutally beaten into serving as a sled dog, Buck finds the blood of his wolf ancestors rising within him. Unable to resist the call from the Alaskan wilderness, he breaks free to roam as the leader of a ferocious wolf pack.

Aubrey had initially dreaded the move to the coast with the Goodmans, but now he loves it. All those rock pools to muck about in, caves to explore, and endless food opportunities from the beach huts means life is good. And he's especially pleased that his best friend, Vincent, has joined the household. But the sun slips behind a cloud when a body is found near Lilac Tree Lodge, the home for the elderly in which Molly Goodman works.

White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized in Outing magazine between May and October 1906, it was published in book form in October 1906. The story details White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild (1903), which is about a kidnapped domesticated dog embracing his wild ancestry to survive and thrive in the wild.

Rikki Tikki Tavi ist ein Mungo – ein kleines, dichtbehaartes Raubtier. Sanskrit-Legenden nach beschützen Mungos die Menschen vor Schlangen – und genau das tut der kleine Rikki Tikki Tavi in dieser wunderbaren Geschichte. Als eine englische Familie in den Bungalow im indischen Dschungel zieht, ist ihnen nicht klar, dass das Königskobra-Paar, das im Garten lebt, es auf sie abgesehen hat. Doch die beiden Schlangen haben nicht mit Rikki Tikki Tavi gerechnet! Eine wunderbare Geschichte über Mut und Freundschaft.

La libreria Natsuki è un luogo speciale: un negozio polveroso e solitario, dove gli amanti della lettura possono trovare, tra le pagine dei grandi capolavori di tutto il mondo, un'oasi di pace, un rifugio lontano dal frastuono della quotidianità. Quando il proprietario, uomo colto e appassionato, muore improvvisamente, il nipote Rintaro, un ragazzino timido e introverso, eredita la libreria. Il nonno si è preso cura di lui dopo la morte di sua madre e, ora che è scomparso, Rintaro deve imparare a fare a meno della sua saggezza dolce e pacata.

Back to the roots: Rufus' und Rays Ermittlerkünste sind wieder gefragt! An Bord des Kreuzfahrtschiffes "Golden Silverstar" sollen die Erdmännchen-Spürnasen mit ihrem früheren Kompagnon Phil einer Bande auf die Spur kommen, dem berüchtigten Ocean’s Club. Unter dem Künstlernamen "Phil & Friends" werden Rufus und Ray zur größten Entertainment-Attraktion an Bord und ermitteln nebenher undercover. Doch ihre Gegner sind gewieft. Am Ende müssen Phil & Friends Kopf und Pelz riskieren, um das Geheimnis des Ocean's Club zu lüften.

A kidnapped child. An unsolved cold case. This K-9 is on the trail. When his three-year-old daughter goes missing, Nick Rossi fears he’ll relive his sister’s disappearance from twenty-five years ago. Only this time officer Ruby Orton and her K-9 partner, Pepper, rescue the child. But as the...