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Early morning, 1902. In a gloomy Edinburgh tenement, Eilidh the charlady tips coal into a fire grate and sets it alight. Overhearing, a cat ambles over to curl up against the welcome heat. This is to be the cat's last day on earth. But he is going to return...as The Ghost Cat, a spirit-feline destined to live out his ghostly existence according to the medieval proverb of "The Cat with Nine Lives" - For Three He Plays, For Three He Strays, For Three He Stays.

This is Wasserman's eighth book about game wardens vs. poachers in the wilds of Pennsylvania. Ride along as these dedicated officers investigate hunting accidents, rescue lost hunters and hunt down big game poachers. In his most exciting stories to date, Wasserman brings back outlaws from the past like his longtime nemesis Butch Stryker in a story with a very surprising ending. Earl Walton returns with fists of granite ready to pulverize anyone who gets in his way as he gets involved with market hunters and an organized dogfighting ring.

It begins with an ordinary horsefly biting Samantha Moon in her garden—except Sam isn’t exactly ordinary. She’s an energy vampire, and her cold, supernatural blood does something very strange to the hungry insect. Soon the fly feels faster, stronger, smarter, with a gnawing new hunger for blood. As her instincts warp and evolve, she fights for survival against a spider’s web, her own primal needs, and the creeping awareness of what she is becoming. Vampire Fly is a weird, darkly atmospheric, and surprisingly moving tale that turns the natural world on its head—told from the point ...

Amy, Jin and Lucie are leading isolated lives in their partially renovated, inner city home. They are not happy, but they are also terrified of change. When they buy a pet rabbit for Lucie, and then Amy's mother, Pauline, comes to stay, the family is forced to confront long-buried secrets. Will opening their hearts to the rabbit help them to heal or only invite further tragedy?

Ambushed by sudden gunfire, former cop Stephanie Wolfe realizes the tracking competition she entered with her bloodhound is a setup. An escaped fugitive has lured her into the remote wilderness to exact his deadly revenge.

Basada en hechos reales, pero contada en el lenguaje más sardónico y sencillo de un perro dóberman, esta historia trata sobre la hipocresía y el abuso que sufren los cubanos comunes en su propio país en el período posrevolucionario. Benz, un cachorro dóberman, es rescatado por una extranjera que trabajaba en una empresa conjunta en Cuba a finales de la década de 1990, lo que brinda la oportunidad para que este perro partícipe en las aventuras de un nuevo entorno desafiante y emocionante. Entrenado como Perro de Búsqueda de Minerales para detectar el olor de los tesoros perdidos de...

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....

Lost and alone amid the ashes of a dead civilization Household pet dog Tucker is thrust into an apocalyptic world when not only his own ‘master’, but all of humanity, are stricken with a deadly plague. The disease is fatal in almost one hundred percent of cases, but affects only humans, leaving empty cities and towns that are quickly being repopulated with domestic animals and wildlife. Tucker eventually connects with a group of other dogs, all former pets. Deprived of their human caretakers, and guided by the mysterious Web of Life, Tucker and his ‘pack’ must learn to fend for ...

Nancy Foster has harboured a devastating secret from the mid-1950s that shattered her professional and personal life. On meeting her, journalist Stef Lansdown realizes that she has the power to restore Nancy's reputation and to heal the wounds, if only Nancy will trust her. But someone else wants to get to the bottom of the story first, someone who doesn't want it to be told.

«Vivo con Danny, y he aprendido tanto de él... he aprendido los principios para ser un buen piloto de carreras. Equilibrio, anticipación, paciencia. Éstas son lecciones muy importantes, tanto para la vida como para una pista de carreras. Danny es un verdadero campeón, aunque no todos lo vean así, porque Danny tiene responsabilidades. Tiene a su hija Zoë, y tiene a su esposa Eve. Y me tiene a mí. Lo que más me gusta es correr por la hierba con la cabeza baja, sintiendo cómo las gotas de agua del rocío me salpican la cara. Me gusta correr y sentir todos los olores, toda la vida.

The night of the Million Dollar Grand Prix and Twin Oaks Farm’s end of season party was a night that would change Emma’s life forever–in more ways than one. As her working student position comes to an end, she once again has to make a decision about her future. A decision that just become more complicated because of an unexpected job offer from someone close to her. While this offer seems like it might be the opportunity of a lifetime, it comes with repercussions that mean more change; one of which will affect her current relationship.

Pilot Nicole Ardus leaves Hawaii with a group of avian researchers in her small plane. Their destination is a tiny island in the middle of the South Pacific. When the plane’s engine sputters out she’s forced to ditch in a roiling sea. Battling tempest storms, thirst, and sharks, Nicole and the survivors make it to a small atoll.

Four years ago, former US Marshal Jackson Dean left his job after falling for a witness—who’s suddenly the target of an assassin. Now it’s up to Jackson and his K-9 partner to protect single mom Everly Lopez and her young daughter when Everly’s identity is blown. But with hired killers looking for a payday, Jackson must use all his resources to stop them from silencing Everly permanently.

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.

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.

While parts of this story have been embellished to make it more engaging than the somewhat mundane reality of my life, I assure you the most important elements are true. Kingston was a real boxer dog who unknowingly became a part of my family in 2018.

What do you do when everything you’ve held to be true, when your entire life, in fact, turns out to be a lie? When 22-year-old Steve Cline learns that he’s illegitimate, and his real father is a racehorse trainer, he heads to the Maryland track. Steve’s father recruits him to work undercover in an effort to discover who’s been doping his most promising horses, and he quickly gets caught up in the unique lifestyle inherent to the backside. But it is not a life without peril because some men are willing to do anything to get the right horse under the wire first.

When zookeeper Theodora “Teddy” Bentley fishes the body of Koala Kate out of Gunn Landing Harbor, she discovers that her fellow zookeeper didn’t drown; she was strangled. The clues to Koala Kate’s killer implicate other animal keepers at the Gunn Zoo, including Outback Bill, marsupial keeper and Kate’s Aussie ex-boyfriend.

ODIN is a love story that chronicles the relationship between Katherine, a successful although self-centered executive, and the puppy she literally snatched from death’s icy grip. After being rescued by her in dramatic fashion, Odin comes to see her safety and well-being as the central purpose of his existence. Although the line between the savior and the saved may become blurred at times, their unconditional love and affection for one another remain clear and unimpeachable, even in the face of certain death.

After a tragic loss, reading teacher Emily Carver dedicates her life to educating troubled boys with the help of service dog Lady. Tutoring new school handyman Dev McCarthy’s struggling son reminds Emily of everything she’s missing. Time spent with them could heal her heart—only, Dev has a secret. Can she see past what he’s hiding to the family forming around her?