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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.

Frankie finds that the bonobos she's studying are as complex as the humans she's working alongside. Their personalities are strong and distinct, and reigning over it all is Mama, the commanding, matriarchal leader of the group. Frankie comes to know the bonobos and to further develop her groundbreaking theory with the help of her research partner, a man with a complicated past and perhaps a place in her future. And then something changes everything, and the lines that divide them - between subject and scientist, between colleague and companion - begin to blur.

Às vezes, tudo que queremos é que nossos problemas se resolvam num passe de mágica. Na falta disso, porém, um gatinho (ou vários) vem bem a calhar: basta uma visita à Clínica Kokoro, onde os pacientes recebem um tipo de remédio que com certeza não se encontra em qualquer farmácia — gatos! — e, quando voltam para casa, veem sua vida se transformar para sempre.

Four children live on an island that serves as the repository for all the world’s garbage. Trash arrives, the children sort it, and then they feed it to a herd of insatiable pigs: a perfect system. But when a barrel washes ashore with a boy inside, the children must decide whether he is more of the world’s detritus, meant to be fed to the pigs, or whether he is one of them.

If Lucy, the pregnant giant anteater from Belize, didn't kill the man found dead in her enclosure, who did? California zookeeper Teddy Bentley must find the real murderer before her furry friend is shipped off to another zoo in disgrace. Then another human bites the dust, the monkeys riot, the wolves go nuts - and that's just the beginning.

Platero es un burro pequeño, peludo, suave; tan blando por fuera que se diría todo de algodón, que no lleva huesos. Come de todo y los del pueblo dicen que tiene acero.... Juan Ramón Jiménez, premio Nobel de literatura en 1956, consiguió contar la vida del burro Platero de tal manera que no hubiera niño o adulto capaz de resistirse a la sonrisa o a las lágrimas. Vive estas emociones escuchando Platero y yo en formato audiolibro.

In a quaint tourist village, Dorn makes miniature scale models displayed in the local shops. Yet, life is far from idyllic; he suffers under the thumb of a rich, philandering younger brother and an unloving father, and cannot find the courage to admit his love to Ravenna, the ungainly schoolteacher.

In an infinite library, amidst corridors that lose themselves beyond the horizon of words, the echo of the ancient music of the Guitarist Cat resonates. Where does it hide? What is its true identity? Following the flight of imagination, a curious traveler will get lost in a fantastical and surreal world filled with adventures, mysteries, deceptions, and extraordinary revelations.

Die wunderbaren Geschichten um den Hasen Meister Lampe und dessen Abenteuer mit dem Fuchs basieren auf den "Brer Rabbit Stories" von Joel Chandler Harris - und sind noch heute sehr populär. Fabel- und märchenhaft, dazu noch mit einer gehörigen Portion Humor!

Cosa impedisce agli esseri umani di provare più empatia per gli animali? Ekaterina Sedia prova a rispondere con una storia di amicizia tra un ragazzo e il suo maialino.

Cuentos de Animales es una recreación de las mejores leyendas del universo. Este audiolibro recoge argumentos producidos nuevamente a partir de fabulistas como Esopo, Jean de La Fontaine, Félix María Samaniego y Tomás de Iriarte. Su trama guarda el frescor inconfundible de la sabiduría popular, y en cada final, nos espera una moraleja siempre dispuesta a llevarnos por el camino de la reflexión.