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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.

Anne Marie Roche wants to find happiness again.

On Valentine's Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get together to celebrate...what? Hope, possibility, the future. They each begin a list of 20 wishes. Anne Marie's list starts with "Find one good thing about life". It includes learning to knit, doing good for someone else, falling in love again.

She begins to act on her wishes, and when she volunteers at a local school, an eight-year-old girl named Ellen enters her life. It's a relationship that becomes far more involving than Anne Marie intended. It also becomes far more important than she ever imagined.

A livraria Natsuke era uma loja de livros usados quase fora da cidade. Quem passava por lá via estantes que iam do chão até o teto, abarrotadas das mais maravilhosas obras literárias. Rintaro Natsuki amava aquele lugar, erguido pelo trabalho do avô que o criou, com todo o seu coração–passou muitas horas felizes lendo o que desejava por aqueles corredores. A livraria era o refúgio perfeito para o garoto doce, porém recluso.

Doctor Dolittle returns from his voyages and sets his house in order. This includes expanding his zoo to include a home for crossbred dogs and a club for rodents. Doctor Dolittle's Zoo is different from all others because there are no cages; the animals stay there voluntarily and are free to leave whenever they want.

I tre racconti appartengono al periodo più felice della produzione di Grazia Deledda (Nobel Prize 1926), dal primo al secondo decennio del '900. La Martora: un ragazzino libero e ribelle incontra una donna che vive reclusa in casa, ed entrambi sono conquistati dalla bellezza e dalla dolcezza del piccolo animale, metafora dell'amore perduto.

"Fred Berman returns to narrate the second in Rosenfelt's K Team series. Berman's regular-guy voice makes former detective, now private investigator, Corey Douglas a sympathetic character...Listeners will hang on every word as Douglas and the K team unravel the case through their instincts...

A beautiful horse grows from a young foal into a working cab-puller, journeying from the fields where he was born to the streets of London. This charming family favourite about kindness and empathy is narrated by journalist and presenter Angela Rippon....

«Хроники странствующего кота» – бестселлер Хиро Арикавы , покоривший сердца миллионов читателей по всему миру. Это трогательная история дружбы кота со «счастливым» именем Нана, что означает по-японски «семь», и его хозяина Сатору. Вместе с тем это роман-путешествие, в котором герои перемещаются как в пространстве, так и во времени: Нана открывает для себя безбрежные морские просторы и красоту горы Фудзи, а Сатору как будто заново переживает события детства и юности.

Emma is having a fresh start. After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma – helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter's farms. While imagining days spent supporting Grayson with his dream, working the land and helping with the animals, Emma harvests a dream of her own – to set up an alpaca-walking business around the farm. But working together isn’t as easy as Emma expected. Soon her dreams are in tatters and, broken-hearted, she must start over yet again.

"Utterly charming . . . I would read a hundred of these stories." —Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures Seven struggling customers are given the unique opportunity to take home a "blanket cat" . . . but only for three days, the time it’ll take to...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NAOMI WATTS “A beautiful book . . . a world of insight into death, grief, art, and love.” —Wall Street Journal “A penetrating, moving...

Only she knows the truth of his sacrifice. Maryah is devastated after her brother's death — but when he returns as her guardian angel, she must face a dark secret from the past. When Maryah's brother appears in her living room, she thinks she's dreaming. She isn't. Danny died the night before — yet he stands before her, as real as ever. Shaken and shattered, Maryah spirals into grief and guilt. Her marriage is slipping away. Her beloved dog is dying, and a long-buried secret threatens to consume her. Everything she believed begins to unravel.

Auf dem Apfelhof stehen zwei große Veränderungen an: In einem neuen Tiny House können Familien künftig direkt auf der Alpakawiese übernachten. Außerdem bietet Frida Malkurse an – wenn nur die Alpakas auch mal stillhalten würden und nicht ständig Unsinn im Kopf hätten – genau wie der kleine Hundewelpe. Währenddessen haben Lena und Mike beschlossen, einfach nur Freunde zu sein. Das passt Emma, Lisa und Miri gar nicht – also schmieden sie einen Plan und überreden die beiden zu einem Ausflug an die Nordsee. Ob sich Lena und Mike bei einem Strandfest endlich näherkommen?

Nelle vaste pianure dell’Africa centrale, tre regni — leoni, iene e licaoni — si contendono da secoli il dominio dei territori. È una guerra antica, tramandata come un destino inevitabile, che decide chi vive, chi muore e chi governa. In questo mondo nasce Leo, un cucciolo fragile che cresce tra privazioni, diffidenza e il ricordo di una madre che gli sussurrava: «La guerra non ha vincitori, solo orfani.»

Stell dir vor, das Leben mit einem alten Menschen würde aus der Sicht der Katze erzählt. Minka kommt aus dem Tierheim in die Wohnung der älteren Rosa. Aus vorsichtiger Distanz werden tägliche Rituale, vertraute Plätze auf Fensterbank, Sessel und Bettkante – und eine stille Freundschaft, die mit jedem Jahr tiefer wird. Mit den Jahren werden beide älter. Rosas Schritte langsamer, Minkas Sprünge niedriger. Doch je schwächer der Körper wird, desto stärker wird ihre Verbundenheit.

Maple Tree Lodge has been the home of the Jackson family for over a century. But the hotel has never been a success and, following the sudden loss of his father, architect Ben Jackson soon discovers the hotel is close to financial ruin. Ben has to make some tough decisions if the hotel is to survive and his family are to keep a roof over their heads.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE SWEDISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A profoundly moving debut novel that follows an elderly man’s attempts to mend his relationship with his son before it’s too late: an emotional story of love, friendship, fatherhood, dogs, and atonement that is...

“Cats, books, young love, and adventure: catnip for a variety of readers!” —Kirkus Reviews “Whimsical and wise.”—Shelf Awareness The long-awaited sequel to the #1 international bestseller The Cat Who Saved Books—an uplifting tale from Japan about a talking cat, a book-loving girl...

Ngày ấy trong một khu rừng có cái đầm nước thật to, mỗi con vật được phân công một việc. Riêng Chuồn Chuồn được mọi vật giao nhiệm vụ trông coi thời tiết. Khốn nỗi, Chuồn Chuồn làm được chăng hay chớ, chẳng chăm chỉ, đã vậy lại còn lười. Mọi vật lo nhất là chỗ trú thân. Hàng ngày Tò Vò cố kiếm đất để xây những tổ đất thật to. Ve Sầu thì đi tìm những hốc cây chắc chắn. Còn Kén Tằm thì cố sức nhả tơ làm những tổ kén dầy không sợ gió bão…Trong khi ấy, Chuồn Chuồn vẫn mải rong chơi, không để ý làm tổ. TòVò thấy vậy,. cũng đôi lần nhắc nhở Chuồn Chuồn: – Chuồn Chuồn ơi!

Im Süden von Schweden lebt der 14-jährige Nils Holgersson auf einem kleinen Bauernhof. Nils ist frech und bösartig und bereitet seinen Eltern nur Kummer und Sorgen. Als der Frühling naht erlaubt sich Nils einen bösen Streich mit einem Wichtelmännchen. Zur Strafe wird er selbst in ein Wichtelmännchen verwandelt. Plötzlich versteht Nils die Sprache der Tiere und hört, wie sich der zahme Gänserich Martin den Wildgänsen auf ihrer Reise in den hohen Norden Schwedens anschließen will.