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I don’t ask for much, and I know for sure I didn’t ask to communicate with cats. But when I agree to cat-sit my best friend’s cats, that’s exactly what I get for my trouble—well, that and a baffling murder mystery to solve. Now my next-door neighbor is dead under mysterious circumstances, the talking cat is giving me orders, and my cat is missing, and somehow both are connected. It’s up to me to figure out how and why and solve the murder in a town full of potential suspects.

Aux temps de Louis XV, la bête du Gévaudan fit des ravages. Mais ne s'agit-il pas là d'une légende ? Cet animal monstrueux, dépeint comme assoiffé de sang, a-t-il véritablement existé ? Les atrocités commises par la bête furent pourtant largement commentées à l'époque. Dans ce texte magnifiquement écrit, G. Lenotre (pseudonyme utilisé par Théodore Gosselin, membre de l'Académie Française) nous raconte cette histoire incroyable.

Our woodland had become a utopia; an wonderous place of ideal perfection. To us, at least, it felt this way. We had no concern what others thought of our world. They were considered nothing more than interlopers, threats, and were not welcome there. All was calm and peaceful. That is, until I'd found a trail of fresh blood, and determined beyond a shadow of a doubt it was not human blood, but animal blood, with spent rifle shells littering the ground nearby. It at that moment I knew that once again, our peaceful solitude was about to be interrupted by mankind's lust for blood.

After years abroad, Garrison Brown returns home to Vancouver to build a new life. When his beloved grandmother passes away a few weeks before Christmas, he goes to her house to sort out her belongings—including six cats who need new homes. While Garrison hopes to dispense with the task quickly, his grandmother's instructions don't allow for speed. She has left Garrison with some challenging requirements. Garrison's job is to match the cats with the right owners without disclosing the surprise monetary gift. Along the way, he may just meet someone who can make him stay.

Cuando Bailey conoce a Ethan, un niño de ocho años, enseguida descubre cuál es la razón de su vida: jugar con ese niño, explorar la granja durante los veranos y dejar los platos de comida de Ethan completamente limpios (pero solo cuando su madre no lo está vigilando). Pero Bailey pronto aprenderá que la vida no siempre es tan sencilla, y que algunas veces suceden cosas malas; es cuando se dará cuenta de que lo más importante en proteger al chico que adora.

Betty Kowalski isn't looking forward to the holidays. She just can't seem to find Christmas in her heart. There's church, of course. But who can she bake for these days? And who would care if she pulled out the decorations? Her new neighbor just adds to the problem. He's doing home improvements that don't appear to be improving much of anything. When Betty looks out the window, she sees a beat-up truck, a pile of junk, and lots of blue tarps. But when a mangy dog appears at her doorstep, the stage is set for Betty to learn a very important lesson about what Christmas is all about.

With murderous poachers targeting rare blue bear cubs, Alaska trooper Poppy Walsh and her K-9 partner, Stormy, will do whatever it takes to stop them. But having to team up with her ex-fiancé, park ranger Lex Fielding, will be Poppy’s biggest test. When the poachers go after Lex’s young son, can Poppy and Lex overcome their unresolved past…and survive a killer’s sights?

Reconfortante, profunda y repleta de momentos de felicidad y risas, La razón de estar contigo no es tan solo la historia emotiva de las múltiples vidas de un perro, es también la narración de las relaciones de los humanos vistas desde los ojos de un perro y de los inquebrantables lazos que existen entre el hombre y su mejor amigo. Esta conmovedora historia nos enseñará que el amor nunca muere, que nuestros verdaderos amigos estarán siempre a nuestro lado y que cada criatura en la Tierra ha nacido con algún propósito.

Lauren Vancouver is the head of HotRescues, a no-kill animal shelter north of Los Angeles, but it's often human nature that puts her in the path of danger. Just like when she helps rescue four adorable beagle puppies that were dumped down a drainpipe at a nasty puppy mill. One of the mill's employees has a history of dog abuse—and a bone to pick with Lauren. And when he's found dead at HotRescues after threatening her, Lauren will have to sniff out the real killer to keep herself out of a cage....

Sergeant Tyson Wilkes is determined to protect his Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit—especially against an unknown assailant with a taste for explosives. Fortunately, Denver detective Skylar Morgan has the toughness and smarts to help Tyson and K-9 Echo find answers…even if she’s stepping into the crosshairs with them. But can they disarm this volatile killer before the next bomb goes off?

Guinness may be the runt of the litter, but she scoffs at being a pet. So when her siblings join their forever homes, she can't wait to enlist and risk her tail for her country. Butter loves treats, cherishes her trainer, and is proud of her job. But an errant bullet ends her career and changes her life. Viper lives to serve. The army is his life and his home. But war is tough on soldiers, K-9s and humans, and old dogs don't last long in the desert. Can these loyal dogs dodge a sea of mines and outwit the brutal desert to protect their humans, or will their mission cost their lives?

Novela de ficción acerca de las peripecias y aventuras de un hombre en busca de los lobos y su amistad con ellos. Esta es una apasionante historia, donde podrás encontrar situaciones y personajes que te harán reflexionar sobre muchos aspectos de la vida, como son el amor y la amistad.

Rachel the Most Radiant Rabbit and Bella the Most Beautiful Bee have the adventure of a lifetime as they strive to bring home a jar of honey for Clementine's supper. Will Rachel and Bella manage to outwit Queen Beatrice and navigate the honeycomb-colored ladder and fill their baskets with the World's Most Delicious Honey? Or will Queen Beatrice scream the hive down?

Un home de mitjana edat viu amb la seva gossa, anomenada Taylor, a la zona de xalets adossats del nucli turístic de Bellavista, en una illa mediterrània sense nom. Un dia la Taylor mor enverinada, sense que el seu amo sàpiga qui pot haver-ho fet, ni per què. Tampoc comprendrà una altra mort absurda, la d'una persona amb qui coincidien sovint quan passejava la gossa, víctima d'un incident de carrer vora un bar de tatuatges regentat per una parella de serbis.

Bella fue una vez una perrita perdida, pero ahora vive feliz con su gente, Lucas y Olivia, y solo ocasionalmente recuerda las dificultades de su pasado. Un viaje de campamento de fin de semana se convierte en una lucha desgarradora por la supervivencia cuando las Montañas Rocosas se ven envueltas por el mayor incendio forestal en la historia de Estados Unudos. El furioso infierno separa a Bella de su gente y se pierde una vez más.

Sparks fly when Molly Prince's puppy Ursula constantly disrupts the beachfront area where new-in-town marine biologist Max Miller is studying sea-turtle mating habits. Max and Molly are instantly attracted to each other, but Molly dismisses Max out of hand. As for Max, he refuses to take Molly seriously when her job is to play the aquarium's mermaid. But when Ursula won't stop digging in Max's beachfront yard and reveals her unique ability to sniff out sea-turtle nests, she might bring these two opposites close enough to help save the turtles, and maybe even save the aquarium.

Leo Tolstoi, Russlands großer Schriftsteller, schrieb nicht nur über "Krieg und Frieden" oder "Anna Karenina". Er schrieb auch über etwas so scheinbar Banales wie ein altes, krankes Pferd namens "Leinwandmesser". In fünf Nächten erzählt es den jüngeren Stallgenossen seine Lebensgeschichte von der einstigen Berühmtheit bis zu seinem späteren Verfall. Eindrucksvoll setzt Tolstoi dabei den menschlichen und den tierischen Niedergang in Beziehung zueinander.

Lucas Ray se queda totalmente fascinado cuando un adorable cachorro salta a sus brazos desde un edificio abandonado. Y a pesar de que en el apartamento en el que vive con su madre no se aceptan perros, Lucas no puede resistir la tentación de llevarse a Bella a casa. Bella y Lucas enseguida se convierten en almas gemelas, aunque ella no entienda la importancia de juegos como No ladrar. Pero cada vez es más complicado evitar que los vecinos descubran a Bella, por lo que Lucas tiene que llevársela al trabajo. Allí, Bella llevará felicidad a quienes más la necesitan.

Most people think The Fox is just a folk tale, designed to lure tourists to their quiet little town on the Appalachian Trail. But kindergarten teacher Lillian Smith is hoping the stories of the white-eared, white-pawed vixen-who brings luck and love to those who see her-are all true. After a chance sighting of the fabled fox, Lillian hopes her hiker boyfriend Owen will finally propose. Instead, he publicly dumps her, claiming she's not adventurous enough. Lillian's determined to prove him wrong. But she sure could use some of that foxy magic to win him back.

The story begins with Pegasus choosing three of his best pairs of beautiful white-winged horses from Olympus to come to Earth for a special purpose to become a new species that not even the Greek gods had seen or known before. They become the Earth unicorns, the Day unicorns, and the Night unicorns, and with their magic they will heal and protect the Earth after the dinosaurs' reign. The story then follows on about a special mare and her life that will change completely forever, as she has been chosen to be something even greater than the magnificent, magical unicorn she already is!