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When novice P.I. Geri Sullivan first heard her adopted Chihuahua talk, she thought she'd gone barking mad. But it turns out Pepe is a savvy sleuth - and if he has his way, he'll soon be a bone-a-fido celebrity, too, as Pepe and Geri are Hollywood-bound to star in the reality show Dancing with Dogs. So far, so bueno. Then Nigel St. Nigel, the judge everyone loves to hate, becomes the judge someone wanted dead. Pepe and Geri are hot on a killer's heels but between perfecting the paso doble and protecting Pepe's Pomeranian lady love, both have their paws full.

Aspiring P.I. Geri Sullivan's new case has got her talking Chihuahua, Pepe, hot under the collar. Wealthy widow Lucille Carpenter left her entire fortune to her beloved dogs, and someone is trying to poison them. Anyone who would hurt a perro is lower than a cucaracha in Pepe's book. But when Geri and Pepe investigate, they discover that it's not just the coddled canines who are in danger. Now there are human targets too.

In 1899 Jeremy, a young engineer, leaves a small town in Maine to oversee the construction of a railroad across East Africa. In charge of hundreds of Indian laborers, he soon finds himself the reluctant hunter of two lions that are killing his men in almost nightly attacks on their camp. Plagued by fear, wracked with malaria and alienated by a secret he can tell no one, he takes increasing solace in the company of the African who helps him hunt.

Eine warmherzige Geschichte über das Geheimnis des Glücks und den Mut, es festzuhalten – von Bestsellerautorin Catherine Ryan Hyde.Als Abby mehrere winzige Welpen vor dem Ertrinken rettet, ist ihr klar, dass sie die Hunde nicht mit nach Hause nehmen kann. Ihr Vater bekäme einen seiner Wutanfälle. Auch ihre Mutter könnte das nicht verhindern. In ihrer Not bringt Abby die Tiere zu einer entlegenen Jagdhütte, die aber nicht so verlassen ist, wie sie gedacht hat.

Il Maggiore, un veterano della Seconda guerra mondiale, esala in ospedale il suo ultimo respiro. A vegliarlo, sua moglie e il cane Tassen. La macchia sul naso gli ha impedito di sfilare nelle mostre canine, ma gli ha fatto scoprire in casa Thorkildsen l’affetto di una vera famiglia. Purtroppo, ora, le cose non vanno granché bene: Tassen e la signora Thorkildsen devono ricominciare una nuova vita, loro due soli, e non è semplice, per Tassen, che è un cane da un solo padrone, e per la donna, sempre più evanescente e smarrita. Beve troppa «acqua del drago» e non uscirebbe più di casa, se non ci fosse lui.

Una auténtica novela feel-good, encantadora y estimulante que atrapa desde la primera hasta la última página. Leonie, una joven profesora de instituto que ha decorado su piso de Colonia con gran dedicación, acepta a regañadientes cuidar de la gata de su vecina durante tres semanas.

Na juventude, Henri Lachapelle foi um cavaleiro de raro talento, entre os poucos admitidos na academia de elite do hipismo francês, o Le Cadre Noir. Contudo, reviravoltas da vida o levaram da França a Londres, onde ele agora vive em um simples conjunto habitacional. Sem nunca abandonar o amor pela antiga carreira, aos trancos e barrancos Henri ensina a neta, Sarah, a montar o cavalo Boo, na esperança de que o talento da dupla seja o passaporte para uma vida melhor e mais digna para todos.