Author: Ingrid Lee Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 0545085780 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 210
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The triupmhant tale of a put bull pup. Soft fur. A cold, damp poke of a nose. And the thump, thump, thump of a tail. A puppy! "Cash," Mack calls the little pit bull, and from that moment on, boy and dog share a bond neither has ever felt before. But Mack's dad has a mean temper, and before long he's mad. Ignoring Mack's cries, he dumps Cash in the middle of nowhere. Hungry and lost, the young pup must face the world alone. Will she ever find her boy again?
Author: Kate Spicer Publisher: Ebury Press ISBN: 9781785039201 Category : Human-animal relationships Languages : en Pages : 288
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The Sunday Times top ten bestseller 'Lost Dog is already one of my books of the year. Spicer writes like a dream...You will love it.' India Knight, Sunday Times 'Sharply observed and deeply funny, it's one of the best, most enjoyable books of 2019 so far' British Vogue What did Fleabag do next? One morning, you wake up and wonder what has happened to your life. Then you realise: you happened to yourself. Kate is a middle aged woman trying to steer some order into a life that is going off the rails. When she adopts a lurcher called Wolfy, the shabby rescue dog saves her from herself. But when the dog disappears, it is up to Kate to hit the streets of London and find him. Will she save him, as he has saved her - or will she lose everything? As she trudges endlessly calling his name in the hopeless hope she may find him, she runs into other people's landscapes and lives, finding allies amongst psychics, bloggers and mysterious midnight joggers. Trying to find her dog tests her relationship, and her sanity, to its limits - and gets her thinking about her life, and why things have turned out as they have for her. A brilliant, life-affirming memoir, Lost Dog is a book like no other about the myth of modern womanhood.
Author: Jim Gorant Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101543809 Category : Pets Languages : en Pages : 321
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An inspiring story of survival and our powerful bond with man's best friend, in the aftermath of the nation's most notorious case of animal cruelty. Animal lovers and sports fans were shocked when the story broke about NFL player Michael Vick's brutal dog fighting operation. But what became of the dozens of dogs who survived? As acclaimed writer Jim Gorant discovered, their story is the truly newsworthy aspect of this case. Expanding on Gorant's Sports Illustrated cover story, The Lost Dogs traces the effort to bring Vick to justice and turns the spotlight on these infamous pit bulls, which were saved from euthanasia by an outpouring of public appeals coupled with a court order that Vick pay nearly a million dollars in "restitution" to the dogs. As an ASPCA-led team evaluated each one, they found a few hardened fighters, but many more lovable, friendly creatures desperate for compassion. In The Lost Dogs, we meet these amazing animals, a number of which are now living in loving homes, while some even work in therapy programs: Johnny Justice participates in Paws for Tales, which lets kids get comfortable with reading aloud by reading to dogs; Leo spends three hours a week with cancer patients and troubled teens. At the heart of the stories are the rescue workers who transformed the pups from victims of animal cruelty into healing caregivers themselves, unleashing priceless hope. Includes an 8-page photo insert. Watch a video
Author: Michelle de Kretser Publisher: Little, Brown ISBN: 031603200X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 200
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Tom Loxley, an Indian-Australian professor, is less concerned with finishing his book on Henry James than with finding his dog, who is lost in the Australian bush. Joining his daily hunt is Nelly Zhang, an artist whose husband disappeared mysteriously years before Tom met her. Although Nelly helps him search for his beloved pet, Tom isn't sure if he should trust this new friend. Tom has preoccupations other than his book and Nelly and his missing dog, mainly concerning his mother, who is suffering from the various indignities of old age. He is constantly drawn from the cerebral to the primitive -- by his mother's infirmities, as well as by Nelly's attractions. The Lost Dog makes brilliant use of the conventions of suspense and atmosphere while leading us to see anew the ever-present conflicts between our bodies and our minds, the present and the past, the primal and the civilized.
Author: Bill Cameron Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN: 0738709662 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 385
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Peter McKrall is at a crossroads and trying to figure out his next move. Life takes an unexpected turn when a search for his niece's stuffed dog leads him instead to a bullet-riddled corpse. An unwitting player in a bizarre chain of events, Peter has no idea that the deranged killer is after him.
Author: Susannah Charleson Publisher: Harvest ISBN: 1328995054 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 325
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From a New York Times best-selling author, an important and heartfelt exploration into the world of lost dogs and the power of reunion One in six dogs go missing at some point in their lives, leaving bereft owners to search high and low, hang missing posters, check shelters, and hope for good news. But amid these grim statistics, countless happy endings are forged. Tails wag again. Best friends are reunited. In Where the Lost Dogs Go, Susannah Charleson, author of Scent of the Missing and a trusted chronicler of the human/animal bond, dives headlong into the world of missing dogs. The mission to reunite lost pets with their families starts with Susannah's own shelter rescue, Ace, a plucky Maltese mix with a mysterious past who narrowly survived months wandering lost. While Susannah formally studies animal behavior, lost-pet search tactics, social media strategies, and the psychology of loss, Ace also steps up for training. Cheerful and resourceful, Ace has revealed a nose for the scent of lost pets, and together they help neighbors and strangers in their searching. In Where the Lost Dogs Go, readers take to the streets beside Susannah to bring home a host of missing pets. Along the way, Susannah finds a part of herself also lost. And when unexpected heartbreak shatters her own sense of direction, it is Ace--the shelter dog that started it all--who leads Susannah home. Inquisitive, instructive, heartrending, and hopeful, Where the Lost Dogs Go pays tribute to the missing dogs--and to the found--and to the restless space in between.
Author: Jeff Gilhooly Publisher: FriesenPress ISBN: 1525506331 Category : Pets Languages : en Pages : 132
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Humans and dogs have enjoyed a unique relationship for thousands of years. Yet, just in the last few generations, something has changed. For canine consultant Christopher Nicolov many humans have begun to disrespect the dog's nature. A kind of unintended selfishness has lead to over-humanizing dogs and an explosion in behavioral problems. Filled with a sense of history and personal accounts from a lifetime of working with dogs, the book implores dog owners to rethink the path we are on. Told through transcribed interviews and thoughtful interpretation by journalist Jeff Gilhooly the book will engage anyone with a humane heart.
Author: Lucie Pagé Publisher: Cormorant Books ISBN: 1770866701 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 291
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In this darkly funny debut from Lucie Pagé, characters collide in unexpected ways as they search to create meaning in their lives. A university English sessional teacher searches for his missing blind pit bull, not entirely aware that his relationship is coming unravelled. Katherine, his girlfriend, pays far more attention to her walk-on role in an alternative theatre production. Fourteen-year-old Becca struggles to get her mother’s attention, while her mother provides calorie-wise snacking and fashion advice and dates Becca’s psychologist. Karl fails to control his embarrassing and shameful bad habit at his dead-end telemarketing job. Pagé weaves together narratives that speak of people adrift in the conflicting tides of the first decades of the twenty-first century in a novel that echoes the works of Lynda Barry.
Author: Kat Albrecht Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1582343799 Category : Pets Languages : en Pages : 268
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Looks at the career of Kat Albrecht, the only law-enforcement-based pet detective in the United States who has helped pet owners reunite with their lost animals using investigative techniques such as physical searches by trained dogs.
Author: Josephine Cameron Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ISBN: 0374389748 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 264
Book Description
In this stand-alone middle-grade novel set in the same world as A Dog-Friendly Town, Josephine Cameron delivers a mystery full of prime-time puppers, Houdini-inspired whodunits, and a reminder that puzzles are best solved with a little teamwork. Eleven-year-old Rondo McDade is starting to feel left out. His older brother, Epic, is heading into high school, and his younger sister, Elvis, is always mad at him. His parents keep pushing him out of their dog-friendly bed and breakfast, the Perro del Mar, and into the company of the new kid in town while a famous TV show films on location at the Perro. It’s an important week for the town, and everyone knows Rondo has a history of causing trouble. Even if he doesn’t mean to. But when canine actors start to disappear, including Carmelito’s most beloved celebrity doggo, Pico Boone, Rondo is sure he knows who did it. Can he win back his family’s trust and crack the case before Pico is lost forever?
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