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  Old Yeller

  by Fred Gipson

  A young boy, Travis Coates, is left as the man of the house while his father is away on a cattle drive. While his father is away, a stray dog appears at the house and the family decides to take it in. At first Travis does not like the dog but grow to love it after it saves his family on several occasions. A legendary children's tale describing the cost of love and coming of age.
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  Rachel Goddard Mysteries: Book 1

  The Heat of the Moon

  by Sandra Parshall

  Young veterinarian Rachel Goddard's world begins to crumble when a client rushes into the animal hospital with a basset hound struck by a car during a thunderstorm. The dog owner's terrified tot, drenched with rain, loses sight of her mother in the flurry of activity and screams, "Mommy! I want Mommy!" Instantly Rachel is hurled back in time to a day in her own childhood when her baby sister Michelle uttered the... (more)
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  Against His Will

  by Trish Jensen

  Get Ready For...The Time of Your Life! FBI agent Jake Donnelly is not a happy camper. His favorite aunt is gone and he's gained...not the childhood retreat he loves, but custody of a bulldog. Worse still, the terms of the will require him and Muffin to spend two weeks at a dog spa owned by a quack canine shrink named LeAnne. But after one look at the luscious LeAnne, Jake knows the dogs arent going to be the... (more)
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  Scent of the Missing

  Love and Partnership with a Search and Rescue Dog

  by Susannah Charleson

  Susannah Charleson had always lived in a houseful of dogs, having rescued many from shelters. But in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, she became intrigued by a newspaper photograph of a diligent search and rescue dog alongside her exhausted handler. Susannah clipped the photo, realizing she knew little of the work dogs did to rescue humans but recognizing how very important that work was. So she began to... (more)
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  Pru Marlowe Pet Noir: Book 1

  Dogs Don't Lie

  by Clea Simon

  Pru Marlowe isn't your ordinary animal psychic. A tough girl on the run from her own gift, Pru left the big city to return to her picturesque Berkshires hometown looking for a little peace. Too bad that her training as an animal behaviorist got her mixed up with Lily, a rescue dog, and Charles, her person. Now Charles is dead, and Lily looks good for it. After all, Lily is a pitbull, a fighting-ring dropout, and... (more)
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  Until Tuesday

  A Wounded Warrior and the Dog Who Saved Him

  by Luis Carlos Montalván, Bret Witter

  A highly decorated captain in the U.S. Army, Montalván's memoir chronicles his military service in Iraq, and the recovery -- physically, psychologically, and spiritually thereafter. Tuesday is a sensitive Golden Retriever who was trained to assist the disabled and lived among prisoners and in a boarding school for troubled youth. UNTIL TUESDAY is the true love story of how these two lives became intertwined. It... (more)
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  Thunder Dog

  A Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero

  by Michael Hingson, Susy Flory

  A blind man and his guide dog show the power of trust and courage in the midst of devastating terror. It was 12:30 a.m. on 9/11 and Roselle whimpered at Michael's bedside. A thunderstorm was headed east, and she could sense the distant rumbles while her owners slept. As a trained guide dog, when she was "on the clock" nothing could faze her. But that morning, without her harness, she was free to be scared, and... (more)
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  Burning Man

  by Alan Russell

  LAPD cop Michael Gideon and his police dog partner Sirius became reluctant celebrities after capturing a notorious serial killer in the midst of an inferno. For their heroism, they were chosen to head up the newly formed Special Cases Unit. Now the duo tackles out-of-the- ordinary cases, anything deemed unusual or bizarre even by Hollyweird standards. When a teenager is found crucified in a city park, Gideon... (more)
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  The Story of Rose

  A Man and His Dog

  by Jon Katz

  From the acclaimed author of A Good Dog, Dog Days, and Going Home comes this eBook original—a poignant memoir that celebrates Jon Katz’s beloved border collie, Rose, and their transformative years together on Bedlam Farm.   “I like to say you get the dog you need,” Jon Katz writes, “and I don’t think any human ever needed a dog more than I needed Rose in the fall of 2003.” That year, Katz embarked on a... (more)