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Buster, a strong and proud boxer, spends his early days with a loving family in a public housing complex in Washington, DC. Abruptly, he is taken away by an abusive, alcoholic man, plunging Buster into a challenging, nightmarish existence. Over the course of his life, he will experience homelessness, tragedy, a harrowing stay in a kill shelter, and acts of kindness, including his adoption by an older gentleman grieving the death of his wife.

In 1938, a dead whale washes up on the shores of remote Welsh island. For Manod, who has spent her whole life on the island, it feels like both a portent of doom and a symbol of what may lie beyond the island's shores. A young woman living with her father and her sister (to whom she has reluctantly but devotedly become a mother following the death of their own mother years prior), Manod can't shake her welling desire to explore life beyond the beautiful yet blisteringly harsh islands that her hardscrabble family has called home for generations.

A tale of a killer whale's past. A memoir of the journey to unravel the urban legend created about her past. An alternate story to her family and real mother.

In a quaint tourist village, Dorn makes miniature scale models displayed in the local shops. Yet, life is far from idyllic; he suffers under the thumb of a rich, philandering younger brother and an unloving father, and cannot find the courage to admit his love to Ravenna, the ungainly schoolteacher.

Al Ward lives on an isolated mining claim in the high desert of central Nevada 50 miles from the nearest town. A grizzled man in his 60s, he survives on canned soup, instant coffee and memories of his ex-wife, friends and family he’s lost, and his life as a touring musician. Hampered by insomnia, bouts of anxiety and a chronic lethargy that keeps him from moving back to town, Al finds himself teetering on the edge of madness and running out of reasons to go on – until a horse arrives on his doorstep: nameless, blind and utterly helpless.

Bei einem Ausflug zum Strand führt Kater Brown sein Frauchen Alexandra Berger zu einem bewusstlosen Mann mit einer Kopfwunde. Der stellt sich als Jan Veerdijk heraus, ein früheres Mitglied einer berühmten Boyband. Als er aufwacht, erzählt er panisch, dass ihn jemand töten wollte. Ein Schuss habe ihn nur knapp verfehlt, und beim Sturz habe er sich den Kopf angeschlagen. Doch was den Niederländer nach Greyman's Hollow führt, will er nicht verraten. Ist er etwa in illegale Geschäfte verwickelt? Und dann gibt es den ersten Toten, und alle Spuren führen zu Veerdijk.

A Pride of Lions inhabits the fertile African valley known as the Maasai Mara. They live, rule and prosper....until a new, pleasant-sounding philosophy turns age-old ways upside down. An entire way of life hangs in the balance.

After escaping a train bound for a death camp with a trusty German Shepherd dog, a girl wakes to find that she has no memory of her former life. Lily is fostered by the kind RAF pilot who found her and his wife, Meg. It is not long before their lives are disrupted once again by the war and, with their home in ruins, they are forced to flee to the country. In the Somerset countryside, Lily is reunited with Rudy, the heroic German Shepherd.

Only seconds after widowed mother-to-be Naomi Carr-Cavanaugh is rescued from two masked gunmen, she’s accused of multiple murders. Detective Bennett Ford believes he’s finally apprehended the Rocky Mountain Killer—until Naomi is attacked again. Now she must rely on Bennett and his K-9 partner for protection. But with threats closing in, she’ll have to prove her innocence first in order to stay alive.

From the perspective of a small dog, the world can be a big place. More than anything, Hector just wants to be a good boy.

Quello tra Ayano e Michio è un amore delicato ma esploso in fretta. Si sono conosciuti tramite un omiai, un incontro per trovare l'anima gemella, e hanno deciso di sposarsi poche settimane dopo. Per entrambi è il secondo tentativo dopo un matrimonio andato male, la loro seconda chance per una vita felice. Dopo il trasferimento di Ayano negli Stati Uniti, dove Michio è nato e cresciuto, i due decidono di adottare un gattino.

Even though Rixie thinks Amos is innocent, she informs Amos that he’s under investigation for race fixing and if convicted, could spend time in prison. She devises a plan to suspend Amos from the track and ship him and his rescued dog off to an equine assisted therapy center. With Amos helping rehabilitate women prisoners and fighting for their rights, Rixie explores the track’s underworld, establishing relationships with a colorful cast of characters as she unravels the mystery that brought her here.

When his father has a stroke, bad-boy Kyle Worthington drags himself back to Murphy, North Carolina, where his one-time best friend accused him of starting the fire that left her scarred. Though he sees the accusation in everyone’s eyes, he’ll be there for his mother, but he has no intention of visiting his harsh, demanding father…or renewing the relationship he once had with his former best friend.

Ein Sommer Auszeit, um an seinen Skulpturen zu arbeiten, mehr sucht Ben eigentlich nicht in dem kleinen Ort am Meer! Aber dann stolpert ihm der junge Rüde Boss über den Weg, und Ben beschließt, ihn bei sich aufzunehmen. Der Hund stellt Bens Leben auf den Kopf und seine Geduld auf eine harte Probe. Niemals wird er es allein schaffen, ihn zu bändigen. Zum Glück ist da noch Christina. Sie leitet die Hundeschule und scheint genau die Richtige für Boss zu sein. Und vielleicht auch für sein neues Herrchen... Ein Liebesroman, so erfrischend und mitreißend wie eine Meeresbrise im Sommer

Fred Twistleton is about to turn forty. Gathering with his friends to celebrate at a rented stately home, he finally hopes to get together with his college crush, the woman of his dreams, Heather. But Fred is also keen to publish his memoirs, and Heather realizes the revelations they contain could threaten her career as a high-flying foreign correspondent.

CORRAL DUST chronicles the extraordinary lives of the Edwards family in Southern Arizona's Cañon del Oro where legends of the lost Iron Door Mine still live in the shadows of the mighty Santa Catalina Mountains. The saga begins in 1907 when Hugh Edwards is wrongly convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to hard time on a chain gang but after a daring escape, he hides out in Arizona’s Canyon of Gold with the help of an enigmatic character known as Saint Jimmy.

Rescued from being euthanized, Odin becomes a Patrol Tracking Canine, partnered with Adam Slater. As only Odin can narrate, he and Adam journey through mountainous challenges and ferocious fights with inhospitable terrain, remorseless subjects, and potentially spirit-shattering injuries. K9 ODIN is a redemptive story which demonstrates that anyone, or any dog, is capable of employing their courage and heart to transform a community and inspire the world.

A charming but secretive hitch-hiker sets big hearted Tonya Anderson on a collision course she never imagined. In her desire to lend him a hand, she introduces the stranger to her hometown of Flint River. Soon after this charismatic man arrives, random petty thefts escalate to murder. Trent Stone doesn’t trust the new guy. His suspicion forces a revealing confrontation that ultimately places both his and Tonya’s lives on the line.

Die Tiermärchen aus diesem Hörbuch stammen aus Deutschland, der Türkei, Russland, dem Vorderen Orient, China, Vietnam und Japan. Die Märchen predigen keine Moral, sie erzählen farbig und anschaulich und oft fröhlich vom Zusammenleben der Menschen und Tiere. Die Märchen wurden meist im Kreis der Erwachsenen erzählt. Kinder konnten zuhören, wie sie auch heute oft bis spät in die Nacht bei Festivitäten dabei sind und manchmal auf ihren Stühlen einschlafen. Durch diese Tiermärchen gewinnen wir einen erstaunlichen Einblick in die Denkweisen und Seelen der beschriebenen Völker.

Continued adventures of Clay Johnston and his companions.