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All'inizio del XX secolo, una notizia drammatica sconvolge l'opinione pubblica di San Pietroburgo, la capitale dell'Impero russo. Nella lontana Siberia una tigre semina il terrore, aggredisce il bestiame e massacra gli abitanti dei villaggi. Pochi testimoni sono riusciti a sfuggire ai suoi assalti. Lo zar decide di offrire una ricompensa straordinaria a chi riuscirà a uccidere l'animale, l'equivalente del peso della Tigre in monete d'oro.

Smoky the Cowhorse is one of the most famous and beloved horse stories told. Will James writes in 1920s cowboy vernacular and tells the life of the horse Smoky in the Western United States from his birth to eventual return to his home range. Smoky is born in the wild, captured, and trained by Clint and becomes known as the best cow horse. Then a horse thief steals Smoky and beats him repeatedly. Smoky eventually attacks and escapes from the abusive thief.

Als ein unfassbar niedlicher junger Hund beim Ehepaar Schenk/Scheck einzieht, bekommt die Liebe einen neuen Namen: Stubbs, ein im Ruhrpott geborener Jack Russell Terrier. Das neue Familienmitglied verändert nicht nur die Beziehungsdynamik der beiden, sondern auch ihren Blick auf die Welt: Sie wird reicher, kurioser, überraschender. Sogar ihre Sicht auf die Literatur verändert sich. Höchst amüsant und originell erzählt "Der undogmatische Hund" von einer wunderbaren Ménage-à-trois und macht uns bekannt mit den berühmtesten Hunden der Weltliteratur.

Charming, faithful, heroic dogs lead you to see God’s hand working in your own life. They’ll help you to understand how God is watching over you at all times, nudging you to be at the right place at the right time to meet the very people he wants you to meet, always keeping you on his GPS.

Cuando Mister Bones, un perro callejero de gran inteligencia, se encuentra con Willy G. Christmas, poeta errante y vagabundo, se convierten en confidentes inseparables. Como si de don Quijote y Sancho Panza se tratara, comparten sus días con la soledad, el azar y la dureza de la vida en la calle. El día en que el hombre presiente que su muerte está cercana y que se aproxima a un mítico mundo al que él llama Tombuctú, decide iniciar un último viaje a Baltimore para buscar a su antigua maestra y confiarle a su fiel amigo.

Violet March and Sam Nash are as different as night and day and have been enemies ever since Violet accused Sam of dognapping her beloved Dalmatian. Sam knows that's impossible - for one thing, Cinder is a well-trained fire-safety-demonstration dog who never steps out of line for serious firefighter Sam. Sprinkles, on the other hand, has never met a command that she didn't ignore completely, much like her bubbly owner.

Things get ruff in this Brooklyn neighborhood when new veterinarian Caleb Fitch moves in next door to the Whitman Street Cat Cafe and gets on the wrong side of cafe owner Lauren Harlow. Lauren has a few things to teach the new vet on the block, and rescuing kittens is only the start....

Something is amiss in the hen house. The girls have lost that loving feeling, and Reginald and the other roosters will do anything to regain their attention, even if it means resorting to drastic measures. Can they woo their ladies back, or is this the end of the flock as they know it?

It's the flock’s first fall on the farm, and strange things are afoot, including a were-chicken! Can Reginald and his fellow roosters protect the ladies and save the day? If you enjoy talking animal stories like Babe, Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Wind in the Willows, you'll love the Cocky Doodle Doo series!

When the Red Rose Killer leaves his calling card for Staff Sergeant Felicity Monroe, she knows exactly what that means-she's on his revenge list. Her boss, Master Sergeant Westley James, and K-9 German shepherd Dakota become her guardians, but they'll have to act fast to escape the man who wants her dead.

Laid off, cheated on, mugged: what else can go wrong in Maeve Stephens’ life? So when she learns her birth mother has left her a house, a vintage VW Beetle, and a marauding cat in the small town of Timber Creek, Washington, she packs up to discover the truth about her past. She arrives to the sight of a cheerful bulldog abandoned on her front porch, a reclusive but tempting author living next door, and a set of ready-made friends at the St. Francis Society for Wayward Pets, where women knit colorful sweaters for the dogs and cats in their care.

La joven Nanami no puede participar en actividades extraescolares por su asma, pero le encanta leer y pasar el tiempo en la biblioteca, entre historias. Cuando avisa al personal, nadie la toma en serio. Pero entonces Nanami se topa con un misterioso hombre con un traje gris. Intenta seguirlo, pero fracasa y él deja a su paso tan solo un extraño haz de luz entre las estanterías. Es entonces cuando Tora, el gato favorito de los lectores, acude al rescate. ¿Podrán superar juntos los desafíos que les aguardan?

Marcellus, le poulpe grognon aux cœurs tendres. Les pieuvres sont des créatures remarquables. Ce n'est pas Marcellus, pensionnaire de l'aquarium de Sowell Bay, qui dirait le contraire. Avec ses aptitudes extraordinaires, il a vite compris comment s'extraire de son bassin pour aller fureter dans la cafétéria –; mais jamais il n'aurait envisagé de lever un tentacule pour aider ces humains limités qui l'entourent.

Abused and abandoned by her former owners, the unadoptable boxer, Baker, finds a safe haven at Pretty Paws, the only no-kill shelter in town. But when she's scared, she can't help defending herself, even from the people who want to help her. Dumped by her cheating fiancé and mourning the loss of her mother to cancer, Maeve dreams of opening a bakery. But the only way she can afford that is to win a baking contest. Too bad her high school nemesis has entered, too, and is using her rich daddy's money to stack the deck against Maeve.

After a betrayal that almost took his life, Detective Joel Standage is deskbound. A new assignment is his chance to find out if he still has what it takes to be a cop. His mission? Get close to Mollie Crane, a woman who’s as guarded—and wounded—as he is. Her service dog, Magnus, trusts Joel before she does. When it becomes clear that his interest in her crime boss ex-husband is putting her in danger, what started as a case becomes personal, and Joel will do whatever it takes to protect her…

Struggling to manage his father’s dementia while raising two young sons, widower Nathan Crenshaw is desperate for help. That is, until his dad’s new service dog arrives with an unexpected guest—trainer Gemma Spencer, the woman who broke his heart fifteen years ago. Now Nathan must spend the holidays working alongside his first love and ignoring their rocky history. But when Gemma steps up for his family after a near tragedy, old feelings start to resurface. With their future uncertain, can matchmaking relatives and a K-9 turn the New Year into their second chance?

Despite his highly successful marketing career, Craig Williams' personal life is falling apart. The puppy he's surrendering to the local shelter is one sign of how messed up things have gotten due to a recent divorce plus the loss of a child. He thinks he'd best focus on his two surviving kids. When Craig shows up to Megan Anderson's no-kill animal shelter, the confrontation that ensues sets them on a path neither could have predicted.

Lo zoo personale di Andrea Camilleri è fatto di animali e di storie che entreranno nella nostra vita per sempre. Sono ritratti en plein air: impossibile ascoltarli e vederli senza sentire dentro qualcosa di fortissimo, perché sono pieni di affetto, confondono il confine tra la coscienza umana e quella degli animali e sono sempre a favore di questi ultimi, nel senso di un'armonia della vita solo nel rispetto di tutte le specie viventi.

Melinda expects to spend January lounging by her farmhouse's fireplace, paging through the seed catalogs' promises of spring. After all, the slower pace of rural life was one of the reasons she'd left the city behind. Instead, she must face her fears when the worst of winter's threats arrive at her door. Braving blizzards to care for her animals, thawing her acreage's water lines, and anxiously watching over the pregnant sheep in her barn fill her shorter days and longer nights. She trudges on because Horace's offer stands firm: He'll sell her the farm in the spring if she still wants to stay.

New Brunswick, 1934: Pearly Everlasting ist fünfzehn und in einem Holzfällercamp mitten im Wald aufgewachsen – zusammen mit dem Bären Bruno, der seit ihrer Geburt ein Teil der Familie ist. Doch dann beschuldigt man Bruno, einen Mann getötet zu haben. Er wird weggebracht, niemand weiß, wohin. Verzweifelt und entschlossen macht Pearly sich zu Fuß auf den Weg durch die tief verschneite kanadische Landschaft, um Bruno zu suchen.