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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.

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London. Leaving school at 12 because of truancy, by the age of fifteen he had experience; selling newspapers, as a worker in a rubber factory, as a shoe shop assistant, as a milk delivery boy and as a ship’s cook. In Cape Town in 1898 he met Rudyard Kipling and was inspired to begin writing. His first collection of ballads, The Mission that Failed! was enough of a success that in 1899 he paid his way out of the armed forces in order to turn to writing full time.

In these selections, an animal plays an important role in the action or plot of the story. The animals in these stories are real or are stand-ins for humans: Sredni Vashtar by Saki (H. H. Munro) Kholstomer, The Story of a Horse by Leo Tolstoy A Dark-Brown Dog by Stephen Crane Kashtanka by Anton Chekhov The Cat That Walked By Himself by Rudyard Kipling The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe The Fly by Katherine Mansfield The Boar-Pig by Saki (H. H. Munro) The Tiger Guest by Pu Songlbying Jackals and Arabs by Franz Kafka

After Officer Colt Maxwell and his K-9 partner, Sampson, discover a body, all signs point to Brooke Stevens as the murderer. But Colt suspects someone’s framing the park ranger—and that the killer looks exactly like her. When the imposter turns her sights on Brooke, it’s up to Colt to guard her. But can they track down the truth…before innocent Brooke loses her life?

La libreria Natsuki è un luogo speciale: un negozio polveroso e solitario, dove gli amanti della lettura possono trovare, tra le pagine dei grandi capolavori di tutto il mondo, un'oasi di pace, un rifugio lontano dal frastuono della quotidianità. Quando il proprietario, uomo colto e appassionato, muore improvvisamente, il nipote Rintaro, un ragazzino timido e introverso, eredita la libreria. Il nonno si è preso cura di lui dopo la morte di sua madre e, ora che è scomparso, Rintaro deve imparare a fare a meno della sua saggezza dolce e pacata.

On the surface, Bucky has everything he needs. A beautiful family, a humble home, and the rural life he has always wanted. Then again, he's a deer. One night, while out looking for his delinquent daughter, he comes across a self-destructive man whose honesty Bucky finds sad yet strangely refreshing. But when his only fawn, Beauty, starts coming home late after hanging out with the wrong crowd, the cracks begin to appear, and fate is about to push something through one of those cracks he never expected.

Living on Borobo Reef is tough, especially if you're a spud who's down on his luck. Ex-detective Tedrick Gritswell just wants to be left alone like any decent octopus deserves, but a visit from a drop-dead gorgeous dame coupled with a whole lot of pestering from an annoying cuttlefish sees him take up the case of a missing VIP.

"Ich saß verloren in meiner Wohnung und fragte mich, was ich hier eigentlich sollte. Mein Hund war gestorben und hatte mich in die Einsamkeit entlassen. Ich brauchte einen neuen Hund." Die unvergessliche Geschichte von Bonnie Propeller, dem Hund mit den zwei Namen, handelt von unerfüllbaren Erwartungen und unverhofftem Glück; von Freude, Liebe - und von der selbstverordneten Notwendigkeit, dreimal am Tag das Haus zu verlassen.

Ruby Taylor gave up pageant life the day she turned 18 and figured she'd never look back. But when an old friend begs her to show her beloved golden retriever at the upcoming West Coast Canine Classic, Ruby reluctantly straps on her heels and gets to work. If only she knew exactly what the adorably lazy lump of a dog was getting her into.

For more than a decade, Jenna Metcalf has never stopped thinking about her mother, Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in the wake of a tragic accident. Refusing to believe she was abandoned, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alice’s old journals. A scientist who studied grief among elephants, Alice wrote mostly of her research among the animals she loved, yet Jenna hopes the entries will provide a clue to her mother’s whereabouts.

Haunting and lyrical, The Bobcat is Katherine Forbes Riley’s magical debut novel in which Laurelie, a young art student who suffers in the aftermath of a sexual assault, has grown progressively more isolated and fearful. She transfers from her busy city university to a small college in rural Vermont, where she retreats into her vivid imagination, experiencing the world through her art. Most comfortable in the company of the child for whom she babysits, and most at ease in the woods, Laurelie has shunned any connection with her peers.

De acordo com um mito japonês, os gatos são um símbolo de boa sorte. E, se você for gentil com eles, um dia esse favor será retribuído. Mas, se for gentil com o gato certo, talvez você seja convidado para conhecer um misterioso café que surge em noites de lua cheia em Quioto...

Calling all cat lovers and young adventurers! This enchanting children's book about two mischievous cats is based on the true-life escapades of the real Bonnie and Clyde, an inseparable feline duo with a flair for adventure. Bonnie and Clyde aren't just your average house cats, they're a dynamic duo with a knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. Whether they're sneaking into secret hideouts or outsmarting their human parents, these two furry siblings know how to make every day an adventure.

«Soy Pink Tomate, el gato de Amarilla. A veces no sé si soy tomate o gato. En todo caso a veces me parece que soy un gato al que le gustan los tomates o más bien un tomate con cara de gato».

Investigaciones de un perro muestra que página a página, quizás como ningún autor del siglo XX, Franz Kafka funda una realidad: el mundo se piensa de otra forma, más sagaz y sospechosa, más paradójica, después de leerlo.

Charlie was lost in life; he had lost love and nearly went bankrupt from his gambling addiction. He found hope, in a hopeless situation, in the neighbor’s dog. Sometimes the simplest solutions to our personal and inner issues are found in the most unlikely ways. For Charlie, the solution to life’s dilemma was a dog named Lucky.

After leaving the navy, Mallory Stone plans to buy her best friend’s fruit farm, a safe place to raise her son and adopt senior dogs like her dear Rosie. Until her ex-husband, Jonah Hayes, drops a bombshell: he wants the same farm…and they’re still legally married. A trial partnership running the farm means the former marine can get to know the son he just met—and prove to Mallory he’s changed. As old feelings resurface, can Mallory open her heart for a chance at the future she’s always wanted?

Four years ago, former US Marshal Jackson Dean left his job after falling for a witness—who’s suddenly the target of an assassin. Now it’s up to Jackson and his K-9 partner to protect single mom Everly Lopez and her young daughter when Everly’s identity is blown. But with hired killers looking for a payday, Jackson must use all his resources to stop them from silencing Everly permanently.