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Brought to you by Penguin. Can your mother really know you better than you know yourself? On remote Tuga de Oro, vet Charlotte Walker has been taken into the islander’s hearts and, between days on the farms and nights with a new love interest, she’s content to remain in blissful retreat from...

When his plane crash-lands in the Mexican desert, Walter Faber experiences the first of several remarkable coincidences that lead him almost unconsciously on a personal journey into his past. Faber is a truly dedicated technologist-engineer: he distrusts emotions and believes only in the calculable. Yet it is by a series of totally incalculable events that he encounters a lost friend, a former lover, and a daughter he has never known, until gradually he is caught in a tragedy of starkly classical horror.

"The perfect pick to really light a fire under my book club, and yours....A reminder that goodness, and books, can still win in this world." —New York Times Book Review "A beautiful, big-hearted treasure of a novel." —Lily King National Bestseller * From the award-winning author of The...

A USA Today Bestseller A cat a day keeps the doctor away… 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. Tucked away in an old building at the end of a narrow alley in...

Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on August 17, 1945. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, now under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon. According to Orwell, the fable reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union.

Jane Stuart is a widowed young mother and literary agent with a knack for solving mysteries. Winky, her tortoiseshell cat, has a nose for trouble. In Missing Marlene, they team up to solve the mystery of a missing nanny who may have met with foul play. The last thing a working mom like Jane...

Tupolev est membre d'une troupe de cirque, Matcha, une douce aide-soignante, Triskelian, un sans-abri belliqueux, Soroban vit au Japon. Chaque chat mène une vie bien singulière et parfois très surprenante ! Découvrez le quotidien d'une quarantaine de félins pas comme les autres, une galerie de portraits qui va vous faire miauler de rire et ronronner de plaisir !

Sans doute une des plus belles œuvres de l’auteur, rescapé de la Grande Guerre, désormais au Panthéon. Une ode à la liberté, lucide, magistrale, où l’on partage l’incroyable ascension d’un cerf, le Rouge, chef de la harde. On vit avec les cerfs de la forêt, avec les biches, avec les faons… On les entend, on les respire, on les voit, on devient leurs amis, on a peur avec eux lors des terribles scènes de chasse, on partage leurs affrontements… L’empreinte de la guerre, l’odeur de la mort, la peur du vide, la fascination devant la beauté de la nature, tout s’entremêle.

EVER WONDER WHAT GOES ON IN THE MIND OF A DOG? Buster: A Dog is the story of one dog's lifelong journey, as told by Buster himself. Buster, a strong and proud boxer, spends his early days with a loving family in a public housing complex in Washington, DC. Abruptly, he is taken away by an abusive...

When a distraught Scottish veteran from Afghanistan is knocked unconscious, waking up to find his beloved ex-service dog missing, Corinna and her lover, Daniel, find themselves inextricably drawn into the machinations of a notorious underworld gang of drug runners. Corinna and Daniel need to pull together all the strings to find the connections between their wandering Scottish veteran, his kidnapped dog, a student dramatic society that's moved into Corinna's building, burglaries and the threatening notes that begin to mysteriously appear in Corinna's apartment.

Ganz neu: Die bewegende kurze Erzählung über Klima und bedrohte Tiere vom Autor des Platz-1-Bestsellers "Der Wal und das Ende der Welt". Eine Welt, die nicht wiederzuerkennen ist. Ein Mensch, der sich verteidigen muss. Und ein Dugong - diese freundliche Seekuh, die wie so viele andere bedrohte Arten auf Rettung hofft. Toby Markham erwacht in einem unbekannten Raum. Eben noch stand er voll im Leben, erfolgreich und angesehen, nun kann er sich kaum bewegen. Um ihn herum Menschen mit seltsamen Namen, die ihm nicht wohlgesinnt scheinen.

Una de las novelas clave para entender a Paul Auster cuando se cumplen 20 años de su publicación. Una mirada tan dura como hermosa de la naturaleza humana a través de los ojos de un perro callejero. Cuando Mister Bones, un perro callejero de gran inteligencia, se encuentra con Willy G...

A dread ritual casts a deadly shadow . . . Blood of the Mantis is the third novel in Adrian Tchaikovsky's richly imagined Shadows of the Apt series, following Dragonfly Falling. Stenwold must rally his allies for battle against the Empire, even as it seeks a dangerous artifact of enormous power...

When the Black Dragon seizes the capital of Bel, the young noble, Gareth, must journey into the decaying Northlands to find John Aversin, Dragonsbane - the only living man ever to slay a dragon. Upon arrival, Gareth also meets Jenny Waynest the half-taught sorceress and mother of Aversin's sons. A bargain is struck: witch and dragonkiller agree to rid the city of its monster in return for the king’s aid in their wintry home which is beset by bandits. But when they reach court, nothing is as they expected.

Back to the roots: Rufus' und Rays Ermittlerkünste sind wieder gefragt! An Bord des Kreuzfahrtschiffes "Golden Silverstar" sollen die Erdmännchen-Spürnasen mit ihrem früheren Kompagnon Phil einer Bande auf die Spur kommen, dem berüchtigten Ocean’s Club. Unter dem Künstlernamen "Phil & Friends" werden Rufus und Ray zur größten Entertainment-Attraktion an Bord und ermitteln nebenher undercover. Doch ihre Gegner sind gewieft. Am Ende müssen Phil & Friends Kopf und Pelz riskieren, um das Geheimnis des Ocean's Club zu lüften.

A gripping fast-paced cosy historical murder mystery from Kelly Oliver 'A fun, mix of whodunnit and thriller!' T. A. Williams Cairo. December 1917. Following a tip-off from notorious spy Fredrick Fredricks, Fiona Figg and Kitty Lane of British Intelligence find themselves in the hustle and...

Bestselling author David Rosenfelt returns with Dead Men Don't Play Fetch as Andy Carpenter investigates a wealthy dog lover's unusual death. "[Narrator Grover] Gardner skillfully voices and differentiates [Andy] Carpenter's regular crew and the characters, good and evil, who move the story...

Enter the sanctuary at your own risk. The primal and unsettling tale of just how far a woman must go to protect nature and its inhabitants, perfect for fans of Francine Toon and Andrew Michael Hurley. 'The devil came on the autumn equinox, as he always did.' Tess Wynne keeps mostly to herself in...

Luego de su contundente debut, Azares del cuerpo, María Ospina Pizano regresa con una novela que es animales y movimiento: una tangara migratoria lucha con los desvíos que imponen las luces de la ciudad y sus edificios, una puercoespín huérfana es alimentada con leche humana, dos perras se refugian juntas de sus abandonos y un cucarrón recién salido de la tierra se extravía. Ospina Pizano nos regala fogonazos de vida a través de aquellas criaturas que existen a plena vista sin ser vistas, pero que aquí (y siempre) son testigos de las heridas humanas.

All'inizio del XX secolo, una notizia drammatica sconvolge l'opinione pubblica di San Pietroburgo, la capitale dell'Impero russo. Nella lontana Siberia una tigre semina il terrore, aggredisce il bestiame e massacra gli abitanti dei villaggi. Pochi testimoni sono riusciti a sfuggire ai suoi assalti. Lo zar decide di offrire una ricompensa straordinaria a chi riuscirà a uccidere l'animale, l'equivalente del peso della Tigre in monete d'oro.