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Juli lebt dort, wo andere Urlaub machen: auf La Palma. Eigentlich sollte es bloß eine Auszeit vom langweiligen Bürojob sein, doch wenn es nach ihr geht, kann der Ernst des Lebens gerne warten. Dann lernt sie Quinn kennen, der das genaue Gegenteil von ihr ist - vernünftig, zielstrebig, mit beiden Beinen auf der Erde -, und die Funken fliegen. Dabei will Juli sich doch auf keinen Fall verlieben! Doch als ein verwaister Hund ein neues Zuhause sucht, werden all ihre schönen Vorsätze auf die Probe gestellt. Und Juli erlebt, dass es nur ein bisschen Mut braucht, um die große Liebe zu finden.

Sylvia lives alone, dedicating herself to her job at the local university. On weekends, she helps out at a local hedgehog sanctuary because it gives her something to talk about on Mondays - and it makes people think she's nicer than she is. Only Sylvia has a secret: she's been in love with her boss, Professor Lomax, for over a decade now, and she's sure he's just waiting for the right time to leave his wife. Meanwhile she stores every crumb of his affection and covertly makes trouble for anyone she feels gets in his way.

Quanti di noi hanno sognato di farlo, anche se sono in pochi ad averlo davvero messo in pratica: mollare tutto e partire, lasciando il lavoro e le certezze per qualche mese a contatto con la natura, cercando - come si dice - se stessi, un nuovo slancio, l'ispirazione per ripartire o reinventarsi. Federico, il protagonista di "Come radice nella pietra", ci è riuscito, a Playa del Carmen, Messico.

The tale is told from the standpoint of a household pet. When a fire breaks out in the nursery, the dog risks her life to drag the baby to safety. In the process, her motives are misunderstood and she is cruelly beaten by the father of the family before the truth of the situation is discovered and she receives no end of praise. Later her puppy is killed by the father of the family to prove his opinion on optics to his scientist peers.

Liza McCullen weiß, dass sie ihrer Vergangenheit nicht entfliehen kann. Doch in dem beschaulichen Örtchen Silver Bay an der Küste Australiens hat sie für sich und ihre Tochter Hannah ein Zuhause gefunden. Die unberührten Strände, der Zusammenhalt in der kleinen Gemeinde und die majestätischen Wale, die in der Bucht vor Silver Bay leben, bedeuten ihr alles. Täglich fährt sie mit ihrem Boot raus aufs Meer und bietet Walbeobachtungstouren an. Doch das ruhige Leben gerät in Gefahr, als sich der Engländer Mike Dormer in der Pension von Lizas Tante einquartiert.

Ça y est, nous y voilà. Après toute une vie d’impatience et d’ingurgitation. D’espérance obstinée. Bon sang, je suis si excitée que j’en ai la chair de poule... enfin Noël, le vrai Noël ! Évidemment, vous ne pouvez pas vous en rendre compte vous, vous avez certainement pris l’habitude : le tohu-bohu des marchés couverts, le fumet des marrons chauds si délicat, les bavardages mielleux et le froissement jubilatoire du papier kraft.

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.

"À la campagne l'été. Elle somnole, sur une chaise longue de rotin. Ses deux amis, Toby- Chien le bull, Kiki-la-Doucette l'angora, jonchent le sable. [...] Kiki-la-doucette : Tu crois qu'elle dort ? Elle cueille en ce moment, au potager, la fraise blanche qui sent la fourmi écrasée. Elle respire sous la tonnelle de roses l'odeur orientale et comestible de mille roses vineuses, mûres en un seul jour de soleil. Ainsi immobile et les yeux clos, elle habite chaque pelouse, chaque arbre, chaque fleur."

"Comme Une Vie" louvoie entre conte philosophique et roman radiophonique, en rimes, en sons et en musique, et suit le sillage des tortueuses tribulations de Betty, la tortue têtue. Le genre de tortue qui, quand toutes ses sœurs à peine écloses se ruent vers leur mer, préfère éviter l'embarras de la circulation et prend un chemin de traverse.

Au printemps, Philippe se sépare de sa femme et perd son travail. Il est alors happé dans la spirale infernale : sans emploi, pas de logement, et sans logement, pas d'emploi. Devenu SDF, il est confronté à la dure loi de la rue, faite de solitude, de honte, et de violence. Jusqu'au jour où, au cœur de l'hiver, il rencontre Baudelaire, un irrésistible corniaud. Grâce à ce compagnon d'infortune, Philippe se lie d'amitiés avec les commerçants du 14e.

Brillant fox-terrier capable de communiquer en messages codés, Sirius émigre aux Etats-Unis avec la famille Liliencron, qui fuit l'Allemagne nazie. Arrivé à Hollywood, il devient la coqueluche des studios Warner Bros. et s'acoquine avec les plus grands : Rita Hayworth, Billy Wilder, John Wayne et Cary Grant n'ont plus de secrets pour lui !

Tiggy d'Aplièse hatte schon als Kind eine innige Beziehung zu Tieren. Als die junge Zoologin das Angebot von Charlie Kinnaird erhält, auf seinem Anwesen in den schottischen Highlands Wildkatzen zu betreuen, zögert sie nicht lange. Dort trifft sie auf Chilly, einen weisen, alten Zigeuner aus Andalusien - eine schicksalhafte Begegnung. Denn er hilft Tiggy, das Geheimnis ihrer Herkunft zu lüften. Sie reist nach Granada, wo sie dem glamourösen Lebensweg ihrer Großmutter Lucia folgt, einer berühmten Flamenco-Tänzerin. Und Tiggy versteht endlich, welch großes Geschenk ihr zur Stunde ihrer Geburt zuteil wurde.

When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky - his first home is a good one, where his owners are kind people, who would never be cruel to a horse. But in the 19th century many people were cruel to their horses, whipping them and beating them, and using them like machines until they dropped dead. Black Beauty soon finds this out, and as he describes his life, he has many terrible stories to tell.

Aspiring P.I. Geri Sullivan's new case has got her talking Chihuahua, Pepe, hot under the collar. Wealthy widow Lucille Carpenter left her entire fortune to her beloved dogs, and someone is trying to poison them. Anyone who would hurt a perro is lower than a cucaracha in Pepe's book. But when Geri and Pepe investigate, they discover that it's not just the coddled canines who are in danger. Now there are human targets too.

FonoLibro presentar Colmillo Blanco de Jack London. Protagonizada por un perro lobo nacido del cruce entre una perra con aspecto de loba y un lobo auténtico. Colmillo Blanco, llamado así por la blancura de sus dientes, pasa sus días rodeado de un ambiente hostil....

Music-journalist Theda Krakow is caught up in investigating the rise of a dangerous new designer drug that threatens the musicians and fans of her beloved club scene. But she puts her story on hold when she learns of an animal-rights activist who was killed in a hit-and-run accident while trying to rescue feral cats from a ferocious winter storm.

Questo breve romanzo, pubblicato nel 1903, e considerato uno dei più famosi di Jack London, è stato per molto tempo catalogo come letteratura per ragazzi. Ma l'ambientazione nello Yukon, durante la caccia all'oro, la vita brutale e di violenza scatenata dalla cupidigia che caratterizzò quel periodo può servire solo come monito ed esempio negativo.

Something terrifying is happening to the dogs in the mountain community of Mason County, Virginia. Pets are vanishing mysteriously and “missing dog” posters cover the waiting room walls at Dr. Rachel Goddard’s veterinary clinic. A pack of feral canines roams at night, attacking livestock in a desperate search for food. Now a prominent physician, Gordon Hall, has been found dead in his yard, his throat torn open. Sheriff’s Department investigator Tom Bridger believes the killing was premeditated murder, with a trained attack dog as the weapon.

When Pru Marlowe gets the call that there’s been a cat shooting, she’s furious. Animal brutality is one thing that this tough animal psychic won’t stand for, and in her role as a behaviorist, she’s determined to care for the traumatized pet. But when Pru finds out that it was the cat who did the shooting—accidentally setting off a rare dueling pistol—she realizes something else is going on....

Parrots will repeat anything. They don’t talk sense—or do they? When Pru Marlowe is called in to retrain a foulmouthed African gray after its owner’s death, she can’t help hearing the parrot’s words as a replay of a murder scene. But the doctor on call scoffs at the idea, and the heirs just want their late mother’s pet to stop cursing.