Animals

After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up....

A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history....

On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever who will let him go no further into the dark woods....

Secrets hide within the fog deep in the mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest, in this ninth thrilling installment in award-winning author Margaret Mizushima’s Timber Creek K-9 Mystery series.

Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation in this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats.

When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind....

Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter has run the Tara Foundation—the dog rescue organization named after his beloved golden retriever—for years. It's always been his calling, even as Andy's pulled into representing clients in court. His investigator, Marcus Clark, has been at Andy's side for a long time.

The next installment in David Rosenfelt’s bestselling Andy Carpenter series brings a lone pup to his doorstep, but when it comes to dogs, The More the Terrier.

One pet crow fights to save humanity from an apocalypse in this uniquely hilarious debut from a genre-bending literary author....

Heartwarming, insightful, and often laugh-out-loud funny, A Dog's Purpose is not only the emotional and hilarious story of a dog's many lives, but also a dog's-eye commentary on human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend....

Eighty-five-year-old Veronica McCreedy is estranged from her family and wants to find a worthwhile cause to which to leave her fortune. When she sees a documentary about penguins being studied in Antarctica, she tells the scientists she's coming to visit....

Emma is having a fresh start. After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma – helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter's farms.

Colorado's Redstone Ridge is a place of extraordinary beauty, but this rugged mountain wilderness harbors a horrifying secret. When a charred body is discovered in a shallow grave on the ridge, officer Mattie Cobb and her K-9 partner, Robo, find this is no ordinary crime....

This Christmas, lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, can't say no to helping young Danny and his dachshund, Murphy....

While studying wolverines on a wildlife sanctuary in Montana, biologist Alex Carter is run off the road and threatened by locals determined to force her off the land. Undeterred in her mission to help save this threatened species, Alex tracks wolverines on foot and by camera....

Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the remote Highlands....

In 1938, a dead whale washes up on the shores of remote Welsh island. For Manod, who has spent her whole life on the island, it feels like both a portent of doom and a symbol of what may lie beyond the island's shores....

Holly and Trixie meet a strange new dog in Wagtail that leads them right into murder....

Nana the cat is on a road trip, but he is not sure where he is going. All that matters is that he can sit beside his beloved owner, Satoru, in the front seat of his silver van. Satoru is keen to visit three old friends from his youth, though Nana doesn't know why, and Satoru won't say....

Una cálida y entrañable historia sobre la inesperada amistad entre un pulpo y una mujer que afronta su vida en soledad....

Dan Armstrong hasn’t done much retiring since moving to Tuscany, and with his new career as a successful private investigator taking off, it seems murder seems to follow him. He’s hoping a much-needed trip to beautiful Portofino will give him the break he needs and quality time with girlfriend Anna.

This is the story of a springer spaniel and her half-sister, who set out to discover the reason their owner meditates and is so interested in the teachings of the Buddha.

The postman’s days are numbered: the doctor’s diagnosis is that he has only months to live. But before he can tackle his bucket list, the Devil appears to make him an offer: In exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, our narrator will get one extra day of life....

Defense lawyer Andy Carpenter spends as much time as he can working on his true passion - the Tara Foundation, the dog rescue organization he runs....

FBI handler Meg Jennings and her K-9 partner, Hawk, vie to rescue plane crash survivors from a Colorado mountain—and contend with a hijacker determined to escape justice.

Celeste McKnight seems to have everything mapped out for her—high society life, law school on the horizon, and a picture-perfect relationship with Luke, a promising medical student. But beneath the polished debutante exterior, she’s harboring a passion her parents can’t understand: dressage. With her beloved Andalusian gelding, Prince Charming, by her side, Celeste dreams of mastering the art of classical riding under the guidance of her unconventional trainer, Kitty. As the pressure to conform mounts, Celeste finds herself torn between the life she’s been groomed for and the one ...

Tucked away in an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can only be found by people who are struggling in their lives and genuinely need help. The mysterious clinic offers a unique treatment to those who find their way there: it prescribes cats as medication. Patients are often puzzled by this unconventional prescription, but when they “take” their cat for the recommended duration, they witness profound transformations in their lives, guided by the playful, empathetic, occasionally challenging yet endearing cats.

At the Foxberry Falls Annual Sheep and Wool Festival, investigating a murder is like trying to knit with spaghetti: Slippery. Tangled. And bound to unravel at the worst possible moment. The local festival should’ve been a breeze, but when the event treasurer and woman Foxberry residents love to hate turns up murdered in a scene straight out of a twisted fairytale, I’m forced into sleuth mode. My new friend Brigid is the prime suspect, and with a telepathic sheep whisperer and cheese cartel conspiracies in the mix, things are spiraling fast. The Sheriff wants me to leave it alone, but ...

Early morning, 1902. At 7/7 Marchmont Crescent, Eilidh the charlady tips coal into a fire grate and sets it alight. Overhearing, Grimalkin the cat ambles over to curl up against the welcome heat and lick his favorite human's hand. But this is to be his last day on earth…before he becomes the Ghost Cat. Follow Grimalkin as he witnesses the changes of the next 120 years, prowling unseen among the inhabitants of an Edinburgh tenement while unearthing some startling revelations about the mystery of existence, the unstoppable march of time and the true meaning of feline companionship.

In the heart of New Orleans, where Southern charm meets equestrian elegance, Juliette's world is about to be turned upside down. Once the star trainer at the prestigious Crescent City Stables, this French transplant now finds herself exiled to the suburbs, teaching dressage and French to children. But Juliette's passion for horses and her unbreakable spirit refuse to be reined in. When a chance encounter with Kitty, a former debutante with more ambition than experience, opens a door back to Crescent City, Juliette seizes the opportunity. But in the high-stakes world of competitive dressage,...

Following the unexpected death of her mother, and the breakdown of her relationship, animal loving idealist Jade Foster, uses her inheritance to buy a smallholding in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside hoping to realise her dream of providing a sanctuary for unloved animals in need of a new home. Jade employs the enigmatic Finn McTaggart to help out at Duck Pond Lane Rescue and forms a friendship with both Finn and her local Vet, Aiden Southerland. But Finn is running from his own demons and Aiden longs for a more romantic relationship with broken-hearted Jade.

Der zauberhaft versponnene Roman vom Autor des großen SPIEGEL-Bestsellers und der TikTok-Sensation Die Mitternachtsbibliothek. Zuhause ist es am schönsten. Oder vielleicht doch nicht? Prince ist ein junger Labrador, der fest entschlossen ist, der perfekte Familienhund zu sein. Doch das sehen nicht alle Hunde so, und im Hundepark gibt es Gerüchte über eine Revolte der Sprinter Spaniel. Und auch bei Princes' Familie, den Hunters, geht es bergab: die Ehe der Eltern steht vor dem Aus und die Teenager geraten außer Kontrolle.

Hi! My name is Astrid, and I’m 10 years old. I wrote this book when I was in the 5th grade as part of my homeschool curriculum. My inspiration for writing this book was when my Mamaw bought me a stuffed animal skunk, and on the tag his name was Pewie. I also had a unicorn stuffed animal named Uni as well. It just so happened that week for school my Dad told me to come up with an idea for a book. I thought of my stuffed animals and told my parents I wanted to write it about a skunk named Pewie and a unicorn named Uni who become friends. My experience writing my first book was hard at times...

Franzis Angst vor Hunden ist riesengroß, hat sie doch vor über zehn Jahren durch einen Hundebiss ihren Unterschenkel verloren. Seither quält sie ihre Unsicherheit und sie hat sich der Liebe verschlossen. Zu groß ist die Angst vor einer Zurückweisung. Als dann der lebensfrohe Jan in ihr Leben platzt, spürt sie, wie sehr sie sich bereits in ihr Schneckenhaus zurückgezogen hat.

La joven Nanami no puede participar en actividades extraescolares por su asma, pero le encanta leer y pasar el tiempo en la biblioteca, entre historias. Cuando avisa al personal, nadie la toma en serio. Pero entonces Nanami se topa con un misterioso hombre con un traje gris. Intenta seguirlo, pero fracasa y él deja a su paso tan solo un extraño haz de luz entre las estanterías. Es entonces cuando Tora, el gato favorito de los lectores, acude al rescate. ¿Podrán superar juntos los desafíos que les aguardan?