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Marley & Me
Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
by John Grogan
The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life. John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same.Marley quickly... (more)
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Annabel
by Kathleen Winter
Kathleen Winter’s luminous debut novel is a deeply affecting portrait of life in an enchanting seaside town and the trials of growing up unique in a restrictive environment. In 1968, into the devastating, spare atmosphere of the remote coastal town of Labrador, Canada, a child is born: a baby who appears to be neither fully boy nor fully girl, but both at once. Only three people are privy to the secretthe... (more)
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The Leanin' Dog
by K. A. Nuzum
More than anything, Dessa Dean needed a friend. A friend to love and confide in, a friend with whom she could share her heart. A friend who would delight in all the beauty and joy and fun of Christmas, only four days away. Hope had just about run out, but then . . . there came a scratchin' at the door and Dessa Dean's life was forever changed.
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Izzy & Lenore
Two dogs, an unexpected journey, and me
by Jon Katz
Jon Katz learns about the unexpected places animals can take us. As trained hospice volunteers visiting homes and nursing facilities in upstate New York, Katz and his Izzy bring comfort and canine companionship to people who most need it. Meanwhile, high-spirited Lenore rekindles Katz' love of working with dogs and restores his connection to the farm, animals, and the people around him.
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The Rescue
by Nicholas Edwards
Emily has dreams of drowning. Night after night, she’s being sucked under—until the third night. She realizes it’s not just a dream. It’s really happening to someone—or something. On the rocky shore outside her house, Emily finds a large dog. He’s barely alive, but she’s determined to save him. She can feel his pain—and his determination to live. The dog is brought to the vet. And with Emily’s help, he starts... (more)
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The Lure of the Labrador Wild
by Dillon Wallace
In the late spring of 1903 Leonidas Hubbard, an ambitious young writer, Dillon Wallace, a forty-year-old New York attorney, and George Elson, an Indian guide with no firsthand knowledge of their destination, set out on an adventure. Beset by delays, the men paddle past their intended route. When in early September they finally glimpse the vast waters of Michikamau from atop an unknown mountain, the cold winds have... (more)
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Theatre of Fish: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador
by John Gimlette
An extraordinary journey across the magnificent, delinquent coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. John Gimlette’s journey across this harsh and awesome landscape, the eastern extreme of the Americas, broadly mirrors that of Dr Eliot Curwen, his great-grandfather, who spent a summer there as a doctor in 1893, and who was witness to some of the most beautiful ice and cruelest poverty in the British Empire. Using... (more)
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The Hunger Games: Book 1
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
May the odds be ever in your favor.In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. In the previous war the Capitol took over and now, the Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl from each district, between the ages of twelve and eighteen to... (more)
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Dog In The Dugout
by Jody Studdard
Fifteen-year-old Angel Williams has wanted a puppy for all of her life, so she is ecstatic when her dad finally agrees she can get one – but only on one condition. She has to hit a home run in her softball game later in the day. Much to Angel’s delight, she does, and she is rewarded with an adorable chocolate Labrador named Homer. Homer becomes her team’s mascot, and he leads them on their quest to win the state... (more)
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Softball Star
by Jody Studdard
Softball Star is a compilation of three of Jody Studdard's fastpitch stories: Dog in the Dugout, A Different Diamond, and Fastpitch Fever.Join Rachel Adams, Brooke Conrad, and Angel Williams (and Homer!) as they attempt to win the state championship.
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Lily Liver Series
Lily Liver's On the Ball
by Susan Swain
Lily Liver's On the Ball is a rhyming story about how a playful labrador shows a ball-shy dalmatian to catch (and fetch) balls before they can hit and hurt her.
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Lily Liver Series
Lily Liver's On the Call
by Susan Swain
Lily Liver's On the Call is a rhyming story about dogspeak.
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Lily Liver Series
by Susan Swain
The Lily Liver Series of rhyming stories introduces dalmatians Lily Liver and Two Pi R. Lily Liver learns to play ball with Boomerang the labrador in On the Ball. In On the Run, while Billy Brown the border collie guides the dalmatians, cocker spaniels Yankee Sam and Jake and Joe, and Australian terriers Sadie and her sister on their daily walk, they are ambushed by Wiley Shep. Can Billy protect his ‘flock’ from... (more)
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Where the Trail Grows Faint: A Year in the Life of a Therapy Dog Team (River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize) by Hugo, Lynne published by University of Nebraska Press Hardcover
by Lynne Hugo
Coastal Labrador: A Northern OdysseyTony Oppersdorff
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Coastal Labrador: A Northern Odyssey
by Tony Oppersdorff
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The Labrador Pact: A Novel
by Matt Haig
The story of a family in crisis and the loyal dog that holds them together, from the witty and imaginative author of The Dead Fathers Club
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The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
This is a book about love and devotion. Enzo, the dog, is the narrator. He watches over his man, Denny, and Denny's wife and daughter. Enzo is true love and loyalty. He believes in reincarnation. He is the truest friend and protector. This is a story of love told through tales of racing and the unfiltered love your best canine friend.
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Vinland the Good
by Nevil Shute
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Great Heart
The History of a Labrador Adventure
by James West Davidson
In 1903 Leonidas Hubbard was commissioned by an outdoors magazine to explore Labrador by canoe. Joined by his best friend, Dillon Wallace, and a Scots-Cree guide, George Elson, Hubbard hoped to make a name for himself as an adventurer. But plagued by poor judgment and bad luck, his party turned back and Hubbard died of starvation just thirty miles from camp. Two years later, Hubbard's widow, Mina, and Wallace... (more)
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Creation
by Katherine Govier
Running two steps ahead of the bailiff, alternately praised and reviled, John James Audubon set himself the audacious task of drawing, from nature, every bird in North America. The result was his masterpiece, The Birds of America. In June 1833, partway through his mission, he enlisted his son, Captain Bayfield of the Royal Navy, and a party of young gentlemen to set sail for nesting grounds no ornithologist had... (more)

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