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Merowdis Scot, una joven de diecinueve años, posee una habilidad extraordinaria: puede comunicarse con los animales y los árboles. Sólo halla la verdadera felicidad cuando se adentra en los bosques. Una tarde de nieve, acompañada por sus perros y la cerda Manzana, Merowdis se encuentra con un mirlo y un zorro. Al caer la noche, una enigmática figura se une a ellos, transformando para siempre el destino de la joven.

Chase’s grandfather is missing, and he asks Odelia to help find him. And since Odelia’s editor has told her to find out who the new Hampton Cove Santa is, she gladly agrees. After traipsing all over New York City in search of Grandpa Kingsley, and the new Santa, they have to declare defeat. Lucky for them, there’s still Max and Dooley, Odelia’s feline sleuths. Will they find out what happened to Grandpa Kingsley? And will they figure out who the new Santa is? Get into the holiday spirit with Max and Odelia and find out in Purrfect Santa. This title features three short stories.

A case of mistaken identity. A K-9 to the rescue. Park archaeologist Violet Hoyt’s wilderness search for a missing family’s remains takes a deadly turn when a gunman mistakes her for someone else. The discovery of a grave of skulls reopens a cold case, and someone is determined to keep the...

The holidays take a threatening turn… in these riveting Dakota K-9 Unit novellas. With a bounty on tech analyst Cheyenne Chen’s life, officer Jack Donadio and his K-9 partner safeguard her from hired assassins in Lynette Eason’s Deadly Christmas Trap. Only, when their hideout is discovered...

The suspect list is growing… Can this K-9 team unmask a killer? Investigating a gun smuggling ring leads ATF Special Agent Daniel Slater to a murder victim’s house—and right into a drive-by shooting. With his K-9 partner, Dakota, he helps save crime scene investigator Aurora Martin from...

A songbird holds the key to a mystery that’s foiled lesser sleuths than this sheepdog Sherlock. An antique birdcage attracts a winged visitor singing sad songs of small-town wrongs. Ivy and Jilly follow a colorful feathered friend to uncover a mysterious stash of love letters. While planning for Jilly’s upcoming wedding, they commit to finding the lovelorn couple, stumbling from one crisis to another as villains old and new try to foil them in their mission. Will they be able to figure out the story behind the bird’s gorgeous tune before it flies… and someone else dies?

In the jungle of Southern India the Seeonee Wolf-Pack has a new cub. He is not a wolf - he is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing of the world of men. He lives and hunts with his brothers the wolves. Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther are his friends and teachers. And Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, is his enemy.Kipling’s famous story of Mowgli’s adventures in the jungle has been loved by young and old for more than a hundred years.

Set against the cobbled streets of old Edinburgh, Greyfriars Bobby is a timeless story of loyalty, loss, and the quiet power of love. When his owner dies, a small Skye Terrier named Bobby refuses to leave his side, keeping watch at Greyfriars Kirkyard through every season. Heartwarming and deeply human, this timeless tale is a reminder of why some friendships never fade.

In Herr und Hund erzählt Thomas Mann mit feinem Humor und großer Zuneigung von der Beziehung zwischen einem Schriftsteller und seinem Hund Bauschan. In scheinbar beiläufigen Beobachtungen des gemeinsamen Alltags entfaltet sich ein liebevolles Porträt von Treue, Eigenwilligkeit und stiller Verbundenheit. Die Erzählung verbindet Naturerlebnis, Selbstreflexion und leise Ironie zu einem warmen, menschlichen Blick auf das Leben.

When a toddler goes missing, a K-9 team must move fast. A family trip to the Wind Caves National Park quickly turns into a nightmare when K-9 officer Kenyon Graves discovers one of his twin boys has been abducted. Now Kenyon needs the help of his team and his longtime friend Raina McCord to save...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A search-and-rescue mission reveals a lethal secret. After K-9 handler Kara Wolfe witnesses her childhood friend Beau O’Connor survive a targeted hit-and-run, she’s shocked to learn his mother’s missing. And Beau, who can no longer recognize familiar faces...

In addition to feeding the felines Aubrey and Vincent, Jeremy Goodman has a new responsibility: filling a recently vacated trustee role at a local charity that works tirelessly to house the homeless. Jeremy is initially enthusiastic—but soon begins to suspect that all is not as it seems at the nonprofit’s headquarters.

Sniffing out the enemies requires a K-9’s help. A panicked call sends detective Chase Wolfe and his search-and-rescue bloodhound, Tank, racing right into the path of his neighbor—who’s just barely escaped an abduction. But Pilar Alonso has no idea who’s after her or why. Now she must...

This is the story of two springer spaniels and their unrelenting quest towards enlightenment. Supported by their trusted companion The Bookshelf, and guided by an unwavering belief in the teachings of the Buddha, they undertake to discover the truth surrounding the reincarnation of the Buddha’s dog. The story takes an unusual twist when a mysterious cat arrives. The cat, Amara, believes he has used eight of his nine lives and is suffering from anxiety and uneasiness.

When ex-boxer turned strip club bouncer Reggie Levine is recruited to retrieve a Chinese crested terrier from a fleapit roadside zoo, where the ugly mutt has been mistaken for the Chupacabra, our hapless hero soon finds himself embroiled in a deadly criminal conspiracy.

"Animal Farm" is Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution - an account of the bold struggle, initiated by the animals, that transforms Mr. Jones's Manor Farm into Animal Farm - a wholly democratic society built on the credo that All Animals Are Created Equal. But are they?

Garrett Kilcannon, a former dot com super-success who now devotes his life to rescuing dogs and finding them homes, prefers to keep his secrets buried as deep as a dog hides his bone. So when he learns his father has invited a journalist to Waterford Farm to write and produce an in-depth profile on him, he doesn't care that she's a childhood friend or drop-dead gorgeous.

Vor laufender Fernsehkamera bricht die Weinkönigin Monika I. bei einem Weinfest im badischen Irthingen tot zusammen. Alles deutet auf einen tragischen Tod aufgrund eines angeborenen Herzfehlers hin. Aber Monikas Freundin Stephanie kommt daran einiges merkwürdig vor. Sie bittet die Reisejournalistin Alexandra Berger um Hilfe, die bereits gemeinsam mit Kater Brown die Klostermorde in der Eifel aufklären konnte. Kater Brown, Alexandra und ihr Kollege Tobias, der wieder mit von der Partie ist, stoßen bei ihren Nachforschungen auf eine jahrzehntelange Fehde zwischen zwei benachbarten Weindörfern, jede Menge Lügen, Intrigen und Vorurteile. Und wer ist der geheimnisvolle Freund, dessen Namen Monika nicht verraten wollte?

Kathryn Scanlan’s Kick the Latch vividly captures the arc of one woman’s life at the racetrack—the flat land and ramshackle backstretch; the bad feelings and friction; the winner’s circle and the racetrack bar; the fancy suits and fancy boots; and the “particular language” of “grooms, jockeys, trainers, racing secretaries, stewards, pony people, hotwalkers, everybody”—with economy and integrity. Whittled down with a singular artistry, Kick the Latch bangs out of the starting gate and carries the listener on a careening joyride around the inside track.

Countless deadly mines lay in wait under the smoldering Afghan desert. In Kandahar, every car could be a bomb; every man, woman, and child could be your killer. There, the only one standing between you and your death is me, Corporal K-9 Butter. Day after scorching day, my K-9 friends and I scour the desert to uncover your killer. But it only takes one mistake. And one bullet...