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What do readers say about Lily and the Octopus?
love and life losing a dog funny, heartfelt, and tragic plain and simpleA national bestseller combining the emotional depth of The Art of Racing in the Rain with the magical spirit of The Life of Pi, "Lily and the Octopus is the dog book you must read this summer" (The Washington Post).
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It’s Thursday the first time I see it. I know that it’s Thursday because Thursday nights are the nights my dog, Lily, and I set aside to talk about boys we think are cute. She’s twelve in actual years...
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What do readers say about Because of Winn-Dixie?
realistic contemporary fiction love, happiness and forgiveness middle-grade southern fiction loss, acceptance, and growthOne summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries – and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Wi... Read more about Because of Winn-Dixie
My name is India Opal Buloni, and last summer my daddy, the preacher, sent me to the store for a box of macaroni-and-cheese, some white rice, and two tomatoes and I came back with a dog. This is what ...
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What do readers say about A Boy and His Dog?
spooky and haunting first request genre short story and comic revolting and goodIn post-apocalyptic America, the surface is the province of the roverpaks, bands of feral human males teamed with intelligence-enhanced dogs, descendants of those bred for military use in the war that drove civilization underground.
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I was out with Blood, my dog. It was his week for annoying me; he kept calling me Albert. He thought that was pretty damned funny. Payson Terhune: ha ha. I'd caught a couple of water rats for him, the...
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What do readers say about Dog on It?
first person narrative light and amusing reading light and easy narrate the storiesThe first book of the New York Times bestselling Chet and Bernie mystery series, an "enchanting one-of-a-kind novel" (Stephen King) that is "nothing short of masterful" (Los Angeles Times).
Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator of Dog on It, and... Read more about Dog on It
I could smell him—or rather the booze on his breath—before he even opened the door, but my sense of smell is pretty good, probably better than yours. The key scratched against the lock, finally found ...
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What do readers say about White Fang?
gripping adventure story rugged, energetic and thrilling the ruthless ending poetic and extensiveHe was three quarters wolf and all fury. Born in a cave, in famine, in the frozen arctic. Born in a world where the weak died without mercy, where only the swift, the strong, the cunning saw each dawn. It was White Fang's world-until he and his mothe... Read more about White Fang
Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean toward each other, black and omino...
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What do readers say about The Power of the Dog?
a book club read unbelievably well crafted tale compelling and gripping more violent and grittyFrom the acclaimed author of "The Death and Life of Bobby Z" and "California Fire and Life" comes an explosive novel of the drug trade described by "The Baltimore Sun" as "an express train of a thriller."... Read more about The Power of the Dog
Campesinos—Mexican peasant farmers—trot in front of the flames, clutching the few possessions they could grab before the soldiers put the torch to their village. Pushing their children in front of the...
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What do readers say about The Plague Dogs?
suspense of each chapter two laboratory research dogs too self-consciously angry how society views animalsRowf, a shaggy black mongrel, and Snitter, a black-and-white fox terrier, are among dozens of animals being cruelly held in a testing facility in North West England. When one of the handlers fails to close Rowf's cage properly, the two dogs make a da... Read more about The Plague Dogs
“I think it’s packing in, chief,” he said. “Oh, no, wait a jiffy.” He paused, drew back the cuff of his white coat to avoid another, though weak, splash and then bent over the water once more. “No, I ...
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What do readers say about Dogs of War?
innovative, bewildering, thoughtful engaging, thoughtful and emotional ethics and morality artificial life explorationA bio-engineered dog fights for its life and its right to life. From the Arthur C. Clark award-winning author of Children of Time.... Read more about Dogs of War
I am coming close to the enemy now. I am coming from downwind. I can smell them: there are at least thirty human beings in their camp. I can smell guns. I cannot smell explosives. I cannot smell other...
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What do readers say about Travels with Charley?
boring and grumpy a partial biography lovely, precise and evocative a meandering journalIn September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that he might have lost touch with the country, with its speech, the smell of its grass and trees, its color and quality of light, the pulse of its people. To reassure hi... Read more about Travels with Charley
When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. When years described me as mature, the remedy prescribed was middl...
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What do readers say about Watchers?
genetic engineering gone awry touching and heartbreaking old school audio book a very entertaining thrillerA "superior thriller"(Oakland Press) about a man, a dog, and a terrifying threat that could only have come from the imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz-nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great Ame... Read more about Watchers
On his thirty-sixth birthday, May 18, Travis Cornell rose at five o’clock in the morning. He dressed in sturdy hiking boots, jeans, and a long-sleeved, blue-plaid cotton shirt. He drove his pickup sou...
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