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Life is passing Holly Grant by. She had dreams of being a journalist. Now in her late twenties, she's a bored office worker. But on her train home, Holly has eight thousand pounds drop into her lap, along with a curious note. Does she get off the north-bound train, as normal, and pop the money into the local police station on the way home to her scatter-brained mother, or does she stay on the train until it reaches Newcastle and take the money to someone who might know what the note means and allow her to pursue the mystery further?

1970s Yorkshire. Women are being terrorised by the serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper, whose attacks are becoming more frequent and arbitrary. Twelve year-old Miv's family, afraid of the Ripper's increasing hatred of women, begins to talk about moving south. Miv, determined for this not to happen, decides to take the matter into her own hands and investigate the attacks alongside her best friend Sharon.

Der SchattenClan hat den verwahrlosten FlussClan besetzt, bis ein neuer Anführer ernannt ist. Doch wer soll diese Rolle übernehmen? Der SternenClan schweigt und die Heilerschülerin Frostpfote zweifelt immer mehr an ihren Visionen. Hat sie sich alles nur eingebildet? Kann sie überhaupt mit den Ahnen kommunizieren?

When poachers invade an idyllic Wyoming meadow to scout the perfect location to build a lucrative hunting lodge, the animals' lives are forever changed. Marred by the harrowing intrusion, the grieving society of woodland creatures must summon the courage to unite, predators and prey alike, to protect their majestic utopia from the rifle-toting men.

«Nell'occhio della gallina è custodita la verità del mondo. La gallina non pensa, sa. Doveva arrivare il romanzo sulla migliore e piú derisa amica dell'uomo». (Niccolò Ammaniti) «Le colombe di Mercè Rodoreda, i pavoni di Flannery O' Connor e le galline di Jackie Polzin, tutti volatili letterari che sanno raccontare le donne, i loro pensieri intimi e le loro assurdità. Un romanzo che sotto l'ironia e la lingua ben misurata cova speranze e perdite, un universo umano sodo e compatto». (Giulia Caminito)

Wie das Zicklein starb, Erzählung von Peter Rosegger: Mein Vater hatte ein schneeweißes Zicklein, mein Vetter Jok hatte einen schneeweißen Kopf. Das Zicklein kaute gern an Halmen oder Erlzweigen; mein Vetter gern an einem kurzen Pfeifchen. Das Zicklein hatten wir, ich und meine noch jüngeren Geschwister, unsäglich lieb; den Vetter Jok auch. So kamen wir auf den Gedanken: wir sollten das Zicklein und den Vetter zusammentun.

Dreihundertvierundsechzig und eine Nacht, Erzählung von Peter Rosegger: Mein Vater hatte noch vier große Ziegen im Stall stehen, so wie er vier Kinder hatte, welche zu den ersteren stets in enger Beziehung standen. Jede der Ziegen hatte ihren kleinen Futterbarren, aus dem sie Heu oder Klee fraß, während wir sie molken. Keine einzige gab die Milch am leeren Barren. Die Ziegen hießen Zitzerl, Zutzerl, Zeitzerl und Heitzerl und waren, eben auch einer schönen Schenkung zufolge, das Eigentum von uns Kindern. Das Zitzerl und das Zutzerl gehörten meinen zwei Schwesterchen; das Zeitzerl meinem achtjährigen Bruder Jakoberle, das Heitzerl war mein!

Tova Sullivan lavora per l'Acquario di Sowell Bay, una tranquilla cittadina nei pressi di Seattle: pulire i pavimenti durante le ore serali in compagnia delle creature che si muovono silenziose nelle vasche la aiuta a combattere la solitudine dopo la scomparsa di suo figlio Erik, quando era solo un ragazzo. La principale attrazione dell'acquario è Marcellus, un polpo gigante del Pacifico, che dalla sua vasca sembra osservare attento ogni mossa di Tova. Una sera, mentre sta passando lo straccio nell'ufficio del personale, Tova scorge Marcellus impigliato nei fili della corrente e delicatamente cerca di liberarlo.

Décidément, Jonathan Livingston n’est pas un goéland comme les autres. Sa passion : voler toujours plus haut et plus vite pour être libre. Mais ce marginal qui ne se contente pas de voler pour se nourrir ne plaît guère à la communauté de goélands. Condamné par les siens à vivre le reste de ses jours au-delà des falaises en solitaire, Jonathan Livingston le Goéland découvre non seulement la bonté et l’amour des amis, mais aussi comment dominer ses peurs et connaître ses limites.

Die junge Helen verbringt ihre Mittagspause im Park. Als ein älterer Mann neben ihr auf der Parkbank Platz nimmt, zeigt sie sich reserviert. Sie wirkt zaghaft, er gefestigt. Heinrich beginnt ein Gespräch, das Helen zum Nachdenken bringt. Sie lässt sich auf ein weiteres Gespräch mit ihm ein und erfährt viel von seinem Leben, und wie er Nuss für Nuss im Laufe seines Lebens geknackt hat. Ihre Neugier ist geweckt, als Heinrich ihr einige Fragen mit auf den Weg gibt. Aus eigener Erfahrung weiß Heinrich, wie wichtig liebevolle Unterstützung ist.

Two years ago, Matt lost his wife to an asleep-at-the-wheel truck driver for the corrupt Clawson Chicken Corporation, and most of his savings to a court battle with the aforementioned fowl magnate. Trusting that the ocean will heal his battered psyche, Matt heads out from Corpus Christi Bay in a vintage sloop, trying to out sail bad memories and find a path forward. As he winds his way east beyond the Gulf, he has adventures (and misadventures), meets a quirky cast of characters, and is dogged at every turn by reminders of the reach of the greedy chicken king, Colonel Clyde Clawson.

The brutal shooting of a bear cub galvanises ecologist Callis MacArthur into becoming an activist. Dreaming of bears roaming free – even in Scotland, a thousand years after their disappearance – she finds herself exploring Europe’s remotest forests and meeting colourful characters who are as passionate about nature as she is. But as she begins to embrace her wild side, she faces escalating challenges: she must risk her career and endure agonising personal losses to avoid being swept up in events and emotions beyond her control.

Kater Brown auf Abwegen! Der rätselhafte Dr. Hu hat nichts Gutes im Sinn, als er zusammen mit zwei Ganoven nach Greyman's Hollow kommt. Er ist auf der Suche nach einem Chip mit wertvollen Informationen. Ausgerechnet der Vorbesitzer von Rasputina soll ihn zuletzt besessen haben. Hu vermutet, dass der Chip in der Katze versteckt ist und will sie daher entführen. Was er nicht weiß: Die kleine Rasputina lebt jetzt bei Alexandra - zusammen mit Kater Brown. Und der hat bekanntlich nicht nur eine Spürnase für Verbrechen, sondern sieht es gar nicht gern, wenn es jemand auf seine Familie abgesehen hat.

When horse trainer Annie Carson rescues a beautiful thoroughbred from a roadside rollover, she knows the horse is lucky to be alive…unlike the driver. After rehabilitating the injured animal at her Carson Stables ranch, Annie delivers the horse to Hilda Colbert—the thoroughbred's neurotic and controlling owner—only to find she's been permanently put out to pasture. Two deaths in three days is unheard of in the small Olympic Peninsula county, and Annie decides to start sniffing around. She's confident she can track down a killer…but she may not know how ruthless this killer really is.

After months of searching for Violet James, Gabriel Runyon and his K-9 partner finally track her down—just in time to rescue her from her ex-fiancé. Now they must safeguard the single mother and her newborn daughter. Leaving Violet’s Alaskan hideout is the safest option, but with a winter storm rolling in, it’s not just a murderer they have to escape.

When her estranged uncle attempts to sabotage her family’s reindeer ranch, K-9 team assistant Katie Kapowski heads home to help save it—and becomes his target. With their rocky past, Alaska State Trooper Brayden Ford and his furry partner are the last team Katie wants assigned to protect her. But with the ranch under siege, they must work together…or risk falling victim to a killer.

Who’s sabotaging Sebastian Cross’s elite dog training facility? Or is his longtime friend, veterinarian Ruby Colton, the real target? The ex-marine and feisty vet work together to find the culprit and prevent further carnage…until one night of passion leaves Ruby pregnant. Sebastian’s PTSD and Ruby’s fierce independence mean neither wants marriage and family. But deadly danger has a way of changing lives…and love.

A missing person case sends search and rescue worker Elsie Montgomery and her K-9 to a remote Alaskan island…only to discover she’s got a target on her back. Now she must partner with pilot Wyatt Chandler, the one man she doesn’t trust, to stay alive while confronting her shadowy past. But can they capture a killer before their time together runs out for good?

When her estranged uncle attempts to sabotage her family’s reindeer ranch, K-9 team assistant Katie Kapowski heads home to help save it—and becomes his target. With their rocky past, Alaska State Trooper Brayden Ford and his furry partner are the last team Katie wants assigned to protect her. But with the ranch under siege, they must work together…or risk falling victim to a killer.

Mountain Survival: When search-and-rescue park ranger Autumn Mercer and her K-9 partner, Sherlock, meet a stranger in the mountains whose brother is injured, they drop everything to help. But all they find where Derek Peterson last saw his sibling is a trail of blood—and men who want them dead. Search and Defend: Undercover to track the assassin who killed his partner, FBI special agent Alex Driscoll accidentally pulls his partner’s widow, Violet Sharp, and her search-and-rescue K-9, Teddy, into the case.