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Jaxon Thorne doesn't believe in second chances. Not for someone like him. He screwed up too many times, burned too many bridges, and paid the price in prison. Now he's at Valor Ridge, a remote Montana ranch for broken veterans, trying to keep his head down and his past buried. His only plan is to train dogs, stay sober, and survive the silence. Then he meets her–the café owner with wary eyes and a kid who looks at Jax like he's a hero.

From the award-winning film director and New York Times bestselling author of If Cats Disappeared from the World, a dark, introspective novel about a woman and a horse. A horse stood on the highway. Yuko Setoguchi, a lonely clerk at a shipyard whose life has passed her by, is making her regular...

Artist Laura Adams is grieving. Her golden retriever, Molly, has died, leaving her feeling heartbroken and alone in the world. Laura turns to the thing she knows best: her artwork. She vows to create a special painting in memory of Molly. But the canvas leads Laura into a world she has only dreamed about: Archaven—the land of the Rainbow Bridge—where her adored pet is patiently waiting for her. Her love for Molly had defied the grave—but could it heal her broken heart? As Laura journeys deeper into Archaven and helps others to visit their loved ones, she discovers a darker force is at work.

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire… Danger—and revenge—threaten the forest in the fifth book in Kathleen Donnelly’s thrilling search and rescue National Forest K-9 series. There’s nothing more terrifying than a trail of smoke over a summer-dry national forest—at least, that’s...

From the first campfire to the iPhone, the world’s greatest inventions looked very different from the floor—right beside the water bowl. In Paws of Progress, S. M. Lucky serves up 50 laugh-out-loud, heart-squeeze tales in which dogs, cats, parrots, raccoons, goldfish, and more witness (and frequently sabotage) human genius. A wolf-dog drafts the original leash manifesto. A monastery cat edits the printing press with paw-notes.

This powerful collection shares 100 deeply human stories from the front lines of animal euthanasia. Through the eyes of those who perform this quiet, compassionate work, each story captures a final moment between pets and the people who loved them.

The Dog Who Wanted A Person is the story of a charming one-year-old dog named Huleekalabulee who is on a quest to find a person or people to live with and love. On his quest he meets several remarkable dogs who befriend him and help him on his way. In the course of his adventures he learns many valuable lessons about life and love, overcomes hunger, danger, fear, and loneliness, and ultimately discovers what is more important to him than anything else. Full of humor and excitement, The Dog Who Wanted A Person is a feel-good fable from start to finish.

Oracle the jaguar rises from the edge of death to seek the return of the long-lost jaguarundi—the shadow cat whose emergence will complete the animal kingdom’s calling. With Patch the raccoon, Plod the horse, Bog the toad, and the manchild Miracle, Oracle journeys through a poetically charged Rio Grande Valley where willows remember, turtles whisper, and green jays cry out with ancient joy.

معروف أن كل صياد يتمني أن تمتلئ شباكه بالسمك، وطبيعي أن تتمني أي سمكة أن يضل شبك الصيادين طريقه إليها. هذه قصة علاقة مختلفة عما هو مألوف بين صياد وسمكة. السمكة الفضية تذهب للصياد بنفسها وتقول له "خذني وضعني في الشبكة". والصياد العجوز يقول لها، "أنا في الحقيقة لا أريد أن أصطادك".

La Métamorphose raconte la troublante transformation de Gregor Samsa en quelque chose de totalement inattendu : «un insecte monstrueux». Ce n’est pas seulement le récit d’un changement physique, mais aussi une réflexion profonde sur l’aliénation, la solitude et le rejet.

Juliette, 30 ans, est une secrétaire médicale consciencieuse. Timide, elle a du mal à s'imposer auprès de ses deux patrons : Gaspard, le médecin grognon et Sarah, la généraliste sexy et exubérante. Juliette est incapable de s'affirmer, de faire entendre sa voix, de penser d'abord à elle. Un soir, en rentrant du travail, Juliette trouve un jeune chat roux dans le jardin de sa résidence. Notre héroïne prend alors deux décisions : ce chat sera désormais son colocataire et il s'appellera Maurice. Au contact de cet animal tombé du ciel, Juliette va changer radicalement.

Christopher Webb, the Amazing Spider-Mage, brings his exotic arachnid performers aboard the 1940s-themed Pacific Dream cruise for what should be a week of elegant entertainment. But beneath his stage confidence lies a secret terror—one that makes his career choice both ironic and perilous. When Christopher catches the eye of Cleo Laveau, the ship’s mysterious psychic medium, their attraction ignites something unexpected. Cleo’s theatrical mysticism hides genuine power, and a moment of jealous rage unleashes forces neither of them understands.

Both fiction and non-fiction, Knowing Wonder: An Elephant Story invites you to explore the world of elephants within the context of real behavior and events connected with scientific insight into their inner lives. Know the family’s intimacy in birth and death, joy and sorrow. As Lua navigates the seasons of her life, she will challenge you to change the way you see her and the world. You will never look at elephants the same.

Un gatto viziatissimo e la sua umana schiavizzata. Sir Thomas è un Maine Coon rosso, supponente e cinico. Attraverso i suoi occhi e la sua voce narrante racconta come la sua dipendente Federica (spesso definita "l'incapace"), cerchi invano di soddisfare le sue infinite necessità. E nonostante lo intrattenga con giochi sempre nuovi, lo nutra con leccornie prelibate e gli spazzoli regolarmente il soffice manto... non ne fa mai una giusta.

A book that “speak[s] volumes about our need for connection—human, feline or otherwise” (The San Francisco Chronicle), The Travelling Cat Chronicles is a life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice that shows how the smallest things can provide the greatest joy—the perfect...

An exquisite Arabian mare. A small boy leaving home. A young woman in France fighting to survive. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ride of Her Life braids a sweeping novel of love, war, empire, and the power of kindness in a world descending into darkness. Beddou is six years old...

Im Grunde hat Frankie alles, was ein Kater braucht: Riesen-Fernseher, Riesen-Bett, Futter mit viel Soße. Nur sein Menschenfreund Gold fehlt ihm, der seit Monaten in der Klapse sitzt. Eines Tages gerät Frankie nach einem nächtlichen Streifzug in ein Müllauto, das mit ihm davonfährt. Verzweifelt sucht Frankie nach einem Weg zurück. Dabei trifft er auf ein Mädchen, die rätselhafte Shattab. Sie ist allein, schmutzig und abgehauen aus der »Kanakensammelstelle«, wie sie sagt. Und so beginnt ein großes Abenteuer und die Reise durch ein Land, in dem beide Fremde sind.

A small book with a big message for anyone searching for life beyond the algorithm. A lost traveler stumbles onto a hidden path, untouched by code or concrete, in this modern fable about navigating between the world we’ve built and the one that built us.

One day, the cricket notices a strange feeling in his head – a heavy, unwavering feeling. The animals start calling him 'the gloomy cricket'. Only after a long time and a lot of effort does that feeling disappear from his head again.

Jojo is a tiny shark in a small pond, where everything is familiar and nothing ever changes. He swim-races with his buddies, listens to old fish stories, and lives comfortably within the limits he calls home. But as his fins grow stronger and habit turns into restlessness, a strange stirring rises inside him.