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På Lenau Platz i Køln bor enken Susann sammen med sin snehvide kat Mimi. Nu vil hun tage på en sidste ferie til sin italienske yndlingsø Ischia inden en hofteoperation. Men hvor skal Mimi bo imens? Måske hos hendes dejlige fransktalende nabo, Leonie?

Opowiadania o zwierzętach - kot, pies, niedźwiadek, lis, ptaki, a wreszcie gady, płazy, owady... Wszystkie odznaczają się sprytem, energią, są wszędobylskie i doskonale wiedzą, jak sobie poradzić. Przygody zawadiackich zwierząt, niejednokrotnie zachowujących się jak ludzie, zaadresowane zostały do dorosłych czytelników. Prezes Wiewiórczej Kasy Oszczędności, urocze zwierzątko, jadające wyłącznie smakołyki; Wobo - kotka, która jest mistrzynią uwodzenia; pochodzący z tajgi niedźwiadek przywodzący na myśl uroczego brzdąca.

When Tippi and Stan meet, their lives change. Tippi's sheltered world is opened by her friendship with Stan, and Stan finds an unlikely ally in Tippi. Both absurd and very real, Tippi and Stan touches on those things that make life worth living. This is a funny, fresh, at times laugh-out-loud story of a friendship between a cat and a pigeon who lands on her window sill.

Countless deadly mines lay in wait under the smoldering Afghan desert. In Kandahar, every car could be a bomb; every man, woman, and child could be your killer. There, the only one standing between you and your death is me, Corporal K-9 Butter. Day after scorching day, my K-9 friends and I scour the desert to uncover your killer. But it only takes one mistake. And one bullet...

Really short humorous and uplifting stories about some of God's wild creatures on the prairie of the Midwest.

Leslie Durant, owner of Pretty Paws, doesn't care that she's always giving all of her time and attention to others: It's worth the joy of helping abandoned animals find loving forever homes. But if she can't find a way to bring more money into the struggling shelter, the sacrifices she's made will all be for nothing. Then her brother leaves her with an inheritance, with two stipulations: She must work with her estranged mother to host a successful charity event and find a loving home for Peter's dog, Kiwi.

Forget diamonds—the internet is forever. Social media consultant Isla Thompson learned that lesson the hard way when she went viral for all the wrong reasons. A month later, Isla is still having nightmares about the moment she ruined a young starlet’s career and made herself the most unemployable influencer in Manhattan. But she doesn’t have the luxury of hiding until she’s no longer Instagram poison. Not when her fourteen-year-old sister, Dani, needs Isla to keep a roof over their heads. So, she takes the first job she can get: caring for Camilla, a glossy-maned, foul-tempered hellhound.

Bei dem Titel "Stella - ein Weihnachtsmärchen" handelt es sich um eine von vielen anrührenden und tiefgehenden Geschichten des Bestseller-Autors Sergio Bambaren. Protagonistin darin ist Taube Stella, die ein buntes Federkleid trägt und sich zu Beginn der Erzählung noch schwer damit tut, anders auszusehen als ihre Artgenossen. Doch wartet auf die kleine Taube mit ihrem regenbogenfarbenen Gefieder im Verlauf der Handlung noch eine ganz besondere Aufgabe.

Die 85-jährige Veronica McCreedy lebt entfremdet von ihrer Familie in einem großen Anwesen an der schottischen Küste. In letzter Zeit fragt sich die rüstige alte Dame oft, was sie noch mit ihrem Leben - und ihrem Vermögen - anfangen soll. Als sie eines Abends im Fernsehen eine Sendung über eine Kolonie bedrohter Kaiserpinguine in der Antarktis sieht, ist Veronica zutiefst beeindruckt und fasst einen tollkühnen Plan: Sie wird den Pinguinen in der Antarktis einen Besuch abstatten.

Chester the Cat is talented, handsome, and charming - think of a feline Jason Bourne who is so gifted, he makes Albert Einstein look stupid. With his street-smart business acumen and catnip-induced superpowers, Chester has overcome his less-than-perfect start to life to create a cat empire. He is director of Chester’s School of the Feline Arts, where he instructs other cats on how to take charge of their destinies....and owners. In just seven steps, Chester guides all cats to a meowingly good life, inspiring them to never give up on their dreams!

La lista de perros, como de personajes literarios, resulta larga. El lector podrá encontrarse identificado en algunas de estas historias: encontrarse con sus pensamientos, preocupaciones y sentires respecto a los perros y a los animales en general.

Andrea Camilleri liebte Tiere: Sein toskanisches Landhaus sowie seine Wohnung in Rom waren immer bevölkert von Hunden, Katzen und Vögeln. Kein Tier war gekauft, alle waren der Familie zugelaufen. Oder zugeflogen, wie die beiden Vögel Pimpigallo und der Distelfink: Der Wellensittich lernt nicht nur den Gesang des Distelfinks nachzuahmen, sondern auch Camilleris tiefe Stimme. Auf der Terrasse von Camilleris Landhaus erscheint eines Sommers eine harmlose Natter, Don Gaetano genannt, und wird zum jahrelangen Hausgast.

This wasn’t the first time a soggy box with a disgruntled cat inside was left on the doorstep of our shelter. However, this was the first time the cat talked to me. What did the barista put in my coffee? Persephone insists she’s been catnapped, and she’s witnessed an art heist. There’s a huge reward for the safe return of the painting, and the money could go a long way to helping our animals find their forever homes. Now, I have to convince the gallery owner and her associates - including the suspicious, adorable Henry the Hottie - that I can find a priceless painting.

Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another. Until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best horsewoman in the world. Coronado is Maggie’s horse. An absolutely top-tier Belgian warmblood. Sky is Becky’s horse. A small, speedy Dutch warmblood.

Exhausted veterinarian Morgan Pearce is feeling overworked and under-thanked, so when two favorite clients ask her to watch their special needs senior dog in their Nantucket home, she jumps at the chance for a summer break. She hopes her time on the island will be a reset from the stress of her everyday life, but her chill vacation vibe takes a hit when she gets roped into fostering a challenging, anxious dog and helping plan the local rescue group’s glittery annual fundraiser.

Maggie Allen hates being a delivery driver, but she can't leave her small town to find a better job; her father's too sick to take care of himself, her younger brother Jake can't stay out of trouble, and her nagging aunt won't stop meddling in their lives. The last thing she needs is a dog to take care of. Especially one that's spend most of his life chained up by neglectful owners. But when Dad goes behind her back to adopt a pit bull named Cappuccino, she has to admit that the dog is good for the family.

Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.

An injured, young dog trudges the city streets, trembling from cold, from fear, from lack of food. Battered by the howling wind, he searches desperately for his lost family, yet day after day, week after week, all he ever finds is heartbreaking loneliness. But then, one magical spring morning....

Una pareja de multimillonarios españoles, Marcos y Elisabeth Blum, decide organizar un viaje a Tanzania. Durante una cena reúnen a sus potentados amigos Carlos, Eduardo, Mery, Antoine y Adriana, con el fin de convencerlos de que inviertan en unos lucrativos terrenos en África para blanquear su dinero procedente de negocios turbios. Más tarde se unirá al grupo Julia Soros, una fotógrafa joven e intrigante.

Despite the charms of Pleasant Shores, coming home is a last resort for William Gross. The few happy memories he has here all revolve around Bisky Castleman, and she’s still every bit as kind and strong-minded as he remembered. But William is reeling from loss, and seeing Bisky with her daughter is a painful reminder of his mistakes.