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Doki: The Immigrant Dog is based on a true and heartfelt story that will resonate with all pet lovers. This book is also a tender account of the immigration story—a Venezuelan family who flees unsafe conditions, weathering dangers to walk to the Mexico-USA border. Along the way, they bring along with them Doki, the family’s dog. Woven throughout the immigration story is the love and care for animals that is shared across borders. The story also captures the struggles that the family faces while trying to reach safety and asylum.

Eve, a chimpanzee orphaned by poachers and used for experiments in a medical lab, can finally lead a new life. When she arrives at the Dayton Zoo, Kate and Marc must overcome professional differences to build a relationship with her. Forced to work together, Kate and Marc find common ground when they discover they both are the sole caregivers for their mothers.

Natalie Sinclair has dedicated her life to animal rescue. From lost dogs and cats to lab rabbits and pigs, Nat and her team of volunteers at All Creatures Great and Small will do almost anything to keep animals out of harm's way. When a freak accident results in the death of her beloved horse, and the man responsible ends up murdered, Nat is a natural suspect. Worse, she has caught the attention of the dead man's brother, whose wealth and unsavory connections run deep, including a link to a dangerous ring of criminals trafficking in wild animals.

Blessed (or cursed, depending on who you ask) with human intelligence, Sir Edgar Allan Kipling, magical talking cat extraordinaire, spends most of his time keeping his human wizard out of trouble—whether she wants him to or not. If she knew what he usually got up to, she would protest most vociferously. But sometimes a cat’s gotta do what a cat’s gotta do, and one can watch only so many soap operas before an offer of mischief and adventure is too good to turn down.

Dottie is a Dalmatian with class. She's from England and she's positively posh: She loves jazz, she loves her book club, and she loves her cheese-and-wine evenings. There's just one thing missing in her perfect life: nothing (and nobody) to make her tail wag.

A recently widowed artist’s alter ego corresponds with a pair of literate terriers whose owner’s life is unraveling. Please Write delivers a distinctive account of coping with heartbreak and loss through the power of imagination, love, and loving dogs.

The next in the wonderfully warm and uplifting series set on the New Forest Puddleduck Farm How can life be too busy for love? Phoebe Dashwood is living the dream. She’s running her own successful vet practice, Puddleduck Vets, alongside her grandmother’s animal sanctuary. She’s also...

Koty należą do ulubionych zwierząt Japończyków, choć dawniej przypisywano im nadnaturalne zdolności: umiejętność zmiany kształtu, chodzenia na dwóch łapach, wypijania krwi swoich właścicieli, a także wyciągania zmarłych z grobów. Nic dziwnego, że po ich niejednoznaczny, intrygujący wizerunek od dawna chętnie sięgają pisarze. "Miasto kotów" to zbiór dziesięciu opowiadań autorstwa ośmiu japońskich autorów, którzy w różny sposób przedstawiają te zwierzęta: jako bohaterów baśni, groźne potwory, a nawet upiory czy projekcję niespokojnego umysłu.

Der junge Weißkopfseeadler Arvid hadert mit seiner Zukunft: Wohin soll es mit ihm gehen? Er lebt mit seinen Eltern in einer Vogelwarte in den Bergen. Zweimal am Tag dürfen sie ihren Käfig verlassen und durch die Lüfte gleiten – bei einer Vogelflugschau. Doch der Adler will wissen: "Wenn wir jeden Tag fliegen dürfen – warum flüchtet dann niemand aus der Gefangenschaft?" "Weil wir hier geschützt sind", erklärt seine Mutter. "Wir bekommen täglich Futter, und die Menschen sind gut zu uns.

"Schulman delivers the known world in startling new sounds, colours, tastes and smells."— New York Times Sunday Book Review It is 1965 and Cora, a deaf young woman, buys a one-way ticket to the island of St Thomas, where she discovers four dolphins held in captivity, part of an experiment led...

When retired hockey player Jeffery "Ice" Zamboni gets shot by the woman he was about to dump, he sees the pearly gates and his late Uncle Tony. Ice is given a choice: stay with his uncle and learn how to play a harp or go help his childhood friend, Sheri McLellon, who is in danger.

Bandit’s love for everyone close to him is matched only by his unquestioning respect for Malcolm—the alpha of the Abernathy Pack. Your acceptance into the pack hinges solely on the alpha’s approval or disapproval, and the last place you want to find yourself is at odds with the pack’s fearless gatekeeper. Bandit’s autobi-dography is an endearing tale of love, dedication, and unwavering loyalty by man’s best friend, and an enemy’s worst nightmare!

There’s a handsome new guy at Runaway Farm and Keats isn’t happy about the competition. The bossy border collie wants to be Ivy’s one-and-only partner in crime-solving. Cats are unwelcome here. When a curmudgeonly cat-sitter targets Ivy with slanderous claims, however, a curious cat may be exactly what’s needed to help sort out the truth from the lies. And when a Clover Grove resident gets their final cut in her family’s new salon, Ivy needs all hands—and paws—on deck to defend the Galloway name.

Die etwas pummelige Tierärztin Eve hat die Nase voll! Genug von ihrer ständig nörgelnden Schwester, genug von der Einsamkeit und vor allem genug von Männern. Da kommt ihr eine geerbte Rinderfarm in Oklahoma gerade recht. Eve beschließt, Chicago für eine Weile zu verlassen, um die Ranch gewinnbringend zu verkaufen, doch sie hat die Rechnung ohne die taffe Vorarbeiterin Bobby gemacht. Zwischen den Frauen entbrennt ein erbitterter Kampf um das Anwesen, doch Eve muss einsehen, dass sie in Oklahoma vielleicht mehr findet, als nur das große Geld.

Minister’s daughter Flame Nourice is delighted that someone is finally moving into the deserted house next door! When she finds herself alone on Christmas day, she decides to spend it giving a properly festive celebration for the equally lonely neighbor dogs.

Während eines Aufenthalts auf der kanarischen Vulkaninsel La Gomera, den sie mit Schreiben und ausdauernden Naturbeobachtungen verbringt, wird Marica Bodrožić eines Tages gebeten, auf einen Hund aufzupassen. Innerhalb kürzester Zeit übernimmt er die Regie über ihre Tage und Wahrnehmungen. Ein überzeitliches Gespräch mit den vielen anderen Tieren ihres Lebens ist die Folge. Es entsteht eine Reflexion über Mensch und Natur, und über Angst, Verletzlichkeit und Trauer, die, einmal durchschritten, ein Hohelied des Lebens einleitet.

A brand-new series perfect for Richard Osman readers and all fans of a page-turning whodunnit. From MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Judy Leigh It was meant to be the start of quiet season in the sleepy Cornish village of Seal Bay, but not for sexagenarian librarian and wild swimming enthusiast Morwenna...

When Barney, a clever little dachshund, looks for a place to escape the chaos created as movers load the family's belongings into a moving truck, he discovers a box of warm laundry fresh from the dryer, and burrows himself comfortably inside it. After a refreshing snooze, he awakens to find that his makeshift doggy bed has been loaded onto the truck, and he is already on the way to Denver, Colorado. Although the rest of the family intended to follow the moving truck, when they were unable to locate Barney, they remained in Pueblo, Colorado.

Victoria Michaud has lived in Fox Crossing her entire life without encountering the fabled fox. And then, on the day of her thirtieth birthday, she spots a beautiful, golden-eyed vixen . . . right before she also recognizes Bowen Gower, the guy who made her high school years hell. So much for good luck. Victoria already has enough to deal with, between running her Junk & Disorderly antique store and refereeing her divorced, still-bickering parents.

The Search for Broken Sky is a story of unconditional love, uncompromising friendship, and unassailable loyalty between a young Native American woman, her faithful dog, and a horse of legendary intelligence, grace, and beauty. As their expedition takes them north toward Montana, they are unaware of the predator stalking them from the cover of night, and the showdown they will face on the search for Broken Sky.