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When lost animals start showing up at crime scenes, Officer Fred Mason decides to sniff out the culprit. He'll need some help from residents of the local animal rescue, including one exceptionally bright and determined cat. Along the way, people and animals find their way home. This novella is a complete standalone story and is the prequel to The Detective Whiskers Cozy Mystery Series. There are happy endings for all of the characters in this book, humans and animals, with the exception of one bad guy who ends up in jail. When you can’t find your way home, home will find you.

Tobey is a giant Alaskan malamute that shares a home with Emma; William; William's wife, Molly; Beauregard, a Newfoundland dog; and Socks, a cat that was rescued by Emma when she was an abandoned kitten. Tobey was formerly to be partnered with Allison Stillman, a US customs agent, but Allison was severely injured in an auto accident early in the training stages. Tobey was evaluated as being "too immature" to continue with training, so he was placed in a shelter where William found him.

In the heart of a peaceful village nestled within the bamboo groves, Hei Shen, a kind-hearted panda, once lived a life of tranquility. But when a brutal clan invades and destroys everything he holds dear, his world shatters in the flames of vengeance. Armed with two powerful swords, one born from light, the other from darkness, Hei Shen embarks on a relentless journey to make the world bleed for its sins. As the line between justice and destruction blurs, will Hei Shen become the savior he once hoped to be, or will he become the very monster that destroyed his home?

Осенью 1958 года Джеральд Даррелл, к этому времени не менее известный писатель, чем его старший брат Лоуренс, на корабле "Звезда Англии" отправился в Аргентину. Как вспоминала его жена Джеки, побывать в Патагонии и своими глазами увидеть многотысячные колонии пингвинов, понаблюдать за жизнью котиков и морских слонов было давнишней мечтой Даррелла. Кроме того, он собирался привезти из экспедиции коллекцию южноамериканских животных для своего зоопарка. Тапир Клавдий, малышка Хуанита, попугай Бланко и др.

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.

Michelle Collins is on a mission to end animal testing, and no guy is going to get in her way. When she kisses a mystery man underneath the mistletoe, it seems like Christmas magic—until she finds out he’s Austin O’Neal, the new marketing director of the pharmaceutical company she’s sworn to destroy.

Ted’s missing briefcase has become a cause célèbre.Ever since the day he left it behind in the woods, and someone else took it, it’s remained his primary mission to get it back. And now, that undertaking has lead him to foreign climes and a daring rescue mission. Many people have asked Ted what’s in the briefcase, and why getting it back means so much to him. Maybe the answer lies with the film supremo Quentin Tarantino, who said the value of the briefcase in his classic 1994 movie Pulp Fiction lay not in its contents, but actually in the briefcase itself.

Al Ward lives on an isolated mining claim in the high desert of central Nevada 50 miles from the nearest town. A grizzled man in his 60s, he survives on canned soup, instant coffee and memories of his ex-wife, friends and family he’s lost, and his life as a touring musician. Hampered by insomnia, bouts of anxiety and a chronic lethargy that keeps him from moving back to town, Al finds himself teetering on the edge of madness and running out of reasons to go on – until a horse arrives on his doorstep: nameless, blind and utterly helpless.

Thrown together by their canine companions, these opposites must navigate chaotic vet visits, puppy parenting disasters, and their own clashing personalities. From awkward leash tangles to emergency midnight vet runs, Jack and Lily’s reluctant partnership slowly turns into something more tender—and a lot more complicated. As the puppies grow, so does their bond. But when their differences threaten to pull them apart, they must decide: are they just co-parents in crisis, or is there something real worth fighting for?

Еще до появления в жизни Сатору Мияваки кота со «счастливым» именем Нана, его первым питомцем был Хати. Правда, для этого Сатору пришлось решиться на настоящую авантюру и поднять на уши своих родителей, родителей лучшего друга да и вообще всю округу… «Прощание с котом» — это семь историй, проникнутых тонким психологизмом, светлой грустью и поистине кошачьей мудростью.

A pretty black cat with a proclivity toward kleptomania, a Halloween festival with small town charm, a missing teenager and the secret she'd been hiding, and the cold case murder that only Bexley and her friends will be able to solve. Bexley Cosgrove has a soft spot for abandoned animals after being abandoned herself as a young child. She knows she owes her life to the dog who found and rescued her, so as an adult, Bexley has committed her life to rescuing as many dogs and cats as possible.

Fur, Focus & Feelings is a heartwarming collection of 100 short stories told in the first person—by service animals and emotional support animals themselves. From guide dogs guiding with quiet wisdom to shelter cats soothing panic attacks, these furry narrators share tales of loyalty, laughter, and love in life’s hardest (and funniest) moments. With equal parts emotion, humor, and education, this collection gently highlights the real differences between service animals and ESAs—and the powerful roles both play.

Harold may be an aging mutt—but Amelia May, the romance novelist who adopted him, taught him a thing or two about the human heart before she died. And she also left Harold with a final task: to help her partner, Miguel, find love again. Trouble is, the grief-ridden recluse rarely goes out, not even to the bookstore he and Amelia owned together. Now it’s in danger of going under, and when a renowned author doesn’t show up for his event, it pushes the store’s already precarious finances into the red. In a final attempt to save the bookstore, Miguel and Harold set out to find the no-show.

Zu Risiken und Nebenwirkungen fragen Sie nicht Ihren Arzt oder Apotheker, sondern hören Sie dieses Hörspiel! 64 tierisch-schräge Gschichterl aus der Sichtweise eines hinreißend dickschädlerten Gesellen, der sich manchmal fragt, warum er ausgerechnet in einem Hundekörper gelandet ist, wenn dieses Gfraster, auch Katzen genannt, doch tun und lassen kann, was es will ...

Von dem Trip nach Australien ist Fenja nicht begeistert, trotzdem fliegt sie mit ihren Eltern in den Urlaub. Die ersten Tage sind superlangweilig, erst als sie Yu trifft, der ihr eine andere Seite von Australien zeigt, wird der Urlaub interessant. Gemeinsam begeben sie sich auf das Abenteuer ihres Lebens.

It’s hunting season in the foothills of Virginia, and “Sister” Jane Arnold is content to spend it alongside her friends, particularly one Olivia Bradford. Olivia is a formidable figure in town—not least because she keeps the peace between her sons Winston and Andrew—but when she passes away, the brothers return to their squabbling ways. Faced with contention over their inheritance, tensions escalate, and the two get into a fierce fight—and soon after, one of them turns up dead.

Elgar ist ein Eisbär und sucht Asyl in der Zivilisation. Vertrieben von seiner schmelzenden Scholle versucht er, sich mitten unter uns zurechtzufinden. Dabei kommentiert er die Menschenwelt, wie er sie erlebt, aus seinem bärig wuscheligen und stets hungrigen Blickwinkel.

Heinrich Seidels Rotkehlchen erzählt die Geschichte des reichen Herrn Dusedann, der auf dem besten Wege ist, ein Junggeselle zu werden. Er hegt eine große Sammelleidenschaft für lebendige Vögel, die in ihm den Wunsch nach einem sprechenden Papageien weckt. Auf der Suche nach diesem besonderen Vogel findet er jedoch noch viel mehr ...

Quando, per varie circostanze, si ritrova lontana dalla sua amata casa in Toscana e dai suoi affetti, bloccata in una grande città a causa di una pandemia che sigilla tutti tra le quattro mura, e solitudine e incertezza cominciano ad invadere le giornate, è di nuovo un gatto a venire in suo aiuto. È grazie a lui che Eva incrocia le storie ingarbugliate, tenere, romantiche di vite sospese come la sua, che le fanno riscoprire la gioia di un dimenticato senso di condivisione.

In George Orwell’s timeless allegory, "Animal Farm," a group of overworked and mistreated farm animals rise up against their human farmer, dreaming of a society where all animals are free, equal, and masters of their own fate. But as the pigs take control and a new leadership emerges, the dream of equality turns into a nightmare of tyranny and betrayal.