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Xander Belov would love to take a little time away from his field work hunting terrorists with the D.I.A. to train his new K9, Radar, in peace. Too bad that's not an option. Because now, he must find a way to stop a crime family from plunging the world into darkness—all while coming to terms with his attraction to a beautiful engineer who might be in league with the enemy....

Bo ist 89 und ihm läuft die Zeit davon. Sein Kontakt beschränkt sich auf seinen Hund Sixten und die täglichen Besuche vom Pflegedienst. Hans, sein Sohn, kommt dagegen nur selten vorbei und traut ihm vor allem gar nichts mehr zu. Der drohende Verlust seines Hundes bringt Bo dazu, die Schlüsselmomente seines Lebens zu überdenken.

À l’insu des grandes puissances, une Assemblée générale des animaux se réunit et décide de tout dire: leur vie privée, leur vie publique, leurs travers et leurs vertus. Les bêtes se peignent elles‑mêmes avec esprit et malice, en portraits et chroniques qui parlent beaucoup de nous.

A bighearted page-turner set on a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean about love, community, and what it means to come home Passionate about conservation and fleeing an argument with her mother, newly qualified London vet Charlotte Walker has taken up a fellowship on the tiny South...

All homicide detective Dylan Collins wants is a few hours of pleasure to take his mind off of the case haunting him. A serial killer is stalking the streets of Charleston, SC—a killer who calls himself The Grim Reaper. When the woman he'd just spent the night with turns up and offers her services as a psychic consultant on the case, his ardor quickly cools. Last thing he needs is to get tangled up with a con artist.

Kurangaituku is the story of Hatupatu told from the perspective of the traditional 'monster', Kurangaituku, the bird woman. In the traditional story, told from the view of Hatupatu, he is out hunting and is captured by a creature that is part bird and part woman. The bird woman imprisons him in her cave in the mountains. Hatupatu eventually escapes and is pursued by Kurangaituku. He evades her when he leaps over hot springs, but Kurngaituku goes into them and dies.

Ambientada en una helada mañana de enero, El Secuestro de Gatos sigue una conmovedora aventura real de valor, esperanza y el vínculo inquebrantable entre dos hermanos felinos profundamente unidos. Cuando Sammy deja a su hermana Jazzy a salvo dentro de su querido Catillac para ir al mercado de pulgas a buscar hígados frescos de ratón, un repentino asalto lo cambia todo. Un ladrón rompe la ventana, roba el auto y se marcha a toda velocidad con Jazzy atrapada en su interior.

Inti Flynn arriva nelle Highlands scozzesi con il vento contro e una missione precisa: guidare la reintroduzione di quattordici lupi grigi in quella terra remota e ferita. Con lei c'è Aggie, la sorella gemella che ha portato via dall'Alaska, trascinandola attraverso l'oceano nella speranza di strapparla al vuoto in cui sta sprofondando. I lupi si muovono nel paesaggio con un'urgenza antica, come se stessero tornando a casa. E mentre loro trovano il proprio posto tra le foreste e le valli, qualcosa dentro Inti si allenta, la tensione si scioglie, il corpo si adatta ai ritmi della natura.

Newly retired from an elite Australian Commando unit, Basil St. John, code-named Halo, is moving to Washington, D.C. with his K9 Max. In his new job, Halo will spearhead the development of Team Charlie for Iniquus's famed Cerberus Tactical K9 unit. Learning the ropes with Panther Force, Halo focuses on navigating the dangers he and Max face in their new roles. Things turn dire as the team tries to save a family. When a stranger races into the fray, Halo is blown away by her determination and courage. But with no way to find her again, she is all Halo can think about.

In this entertaining collection, dogs of all kinds are brought to life. Working dogs, dogs who are mistreated by humans, dogs who save lives and the ones that make us laugh; they all leap and bound in stories by our most accomplished writers, including Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, Jack London and Jerome K. Jerome.

It's up to a trio of adorable rescue huskies to make two lonely hearts in a coastal Alaskan town realize that true love is worth too much to turn tail and run. Glaciers have nothing on Kelsey Porter when she decides to freeze someone out. After getting burned once, she's not about to let it...

Koty chodzą własnymi ścieżkami. A czyimi ścieżkami chodzą ludzie? Czy aby nie… kocimi? Lektura obowiązkowa dla wszystkich miłośników kotów! Alicja próbuje znaleźć drogę do serca dorastającej córki. Delfina już nie chce żyć samotnie. Théo nie może się pogodzić z przeprowadzką ze wsi do miasta, a mały Dawid obawia się rozwodu rodziców. Wszystkich bohaterów tych wzruszających opowieści łączy jedno: koty, które wkraczają do ich życia, by przypomnieć o sprawach najistotniejszych. „O kotach piszę, ponieważ z nimi współbrzmię. Odpowiada mi ta ich

Dans l'immensité du plateau Limousin, Jeanne et Damien, éleveurs de père en fils, appréhendent le retour des loups. Lucas et Mathilde, eux, défendent avec ardeur la cause de ces animaux sauvages. C'est dans un climat tendu que se produit la première attaque, puis la deuxième… et que la colère des éleveurs éclate. Tandis que les deux couples s'affrontent, chacun défendant son idéal de vie, Lupo et Léna, traqués, luttent pour leur survie et celle de leurs petits.

Tupolev est membre d'une troupe de cirque, Matcha, une douce aide-soignante, Triskelian, un sans-abri belliqueux, Soroban vit au Japon. Chaque chat mène une vie bien singulière et parfois très surprenante ! Découvrez le quotidien d'une quarantaine de félins pas comme les autres, une galerie de portraits qui va vous faire miauler de rire et ronronner de plaisir !

Koty należą do ulubionych zwierząt Japończyków, choć dawniej przypisywano im nadnaturalne zdolności: umiejętność zmiany kształtu, chodzenia na dwóch łapach, wypijania krwi swoich właścicieli, a także wyciągania zmarłych z grobów. Nic dziwnego, że po ich niejednoznaczny, intrygujący wizerunek od dawna chętnie sięgają pisarze. "Miasto kotów" to zbiór dziesięciu opowiadań autorstwa ośmiu japońskich autorów, którzy w różny sposób przedstawiają te zwierzęta: jako bohaterów baśni, groźne potwory, a nawet upiory czy projekcję niespokojnego umysłu.

Poppy’s doting owner is dead. The person who was supposed to take care of her dumped her in the street on his way out of town. Now she’s behind bars at the local pound. Next stop, euthanasia. The needle. Death. Robin Kould and Mary Yen race against time to find Poppy an owner before it’s too late, but Robin winds up in imminent danger. How can they save Poppy when Robin himself is in need of a rescue?

Los cazadores, liderados por el experimentado Martín Fierro, se adentran en el territorio de los yacarés con la intención de exterminarlos para proteger a las comunidades cercanas. Sin embargo, los yacarés demuestran ser astutos y feroces, poniendo en peligro la vida de los cazadores. A medida que la batalla entre humanos y animales se intensifica, se desencadena una lucha épica por la supervivencia en la selva.

Da Turgenev a Pirandello, da Maupassant a Jack London, da Anton Checov a Kipling, molti grandi scrittori hanno celebrato gli animali domestici che da più tempo vivono insieme a noi. Intelligenti, curiosi, coraggiosi, fedeli, romantici, ma anche permalosi e pasticcioni, i cani e i gatti sono protagonisti di pagine memorabili. Questa antologia spazia tra i generi più diversi e provoca in chi legge una gamma di emozioni sorprendentemente vasta perché una cosa è certa: i nostri amici a quattro zampe non ci deludono mai tantomeno in letteratura.

I tre racconti appartengono al periodo più felice della produzione di Grazia Deledda (Nobel Prize 1926), dal primo al secondo decennio del '900. La Martora: un ragazzino libero e ribelle incontra una donna che vive reclusa in casa, ed entrambi sono conquistati dalla bellezza e dalla dolcezza del piccolo animale, metafora dell'amore perduto.

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.