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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.
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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 secret—the... (more)
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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 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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  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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  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 the Rocky Mountains in 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... (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.
• 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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  Vinland the Good

  by Nevil Shute

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  Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure (Kodansha Globe)

  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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  Dogs Move Too! From Max's Point Of View (Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, ... Gujarati, Bengali and Korean Edition)

  by Anthony M.T. Majewski

  I just found out my father lost his job and we have to move. My name is Maximus, but you can call me Max. I am a five-year-old yellow English Labrador Retriever and this is my first children s book in a series called, Read with Max. As you read my story, I ll share my moving adventure with you from my point of view. My book includes many photos of my friends and me during my moving experience. After you finish... (more)
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  A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador

  by Mina Benson Hubbard

  In 1905 Mina Benson Hubbard become the first white woman to cross Labrador, documenting her experience in the classic "A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador". This reissue, edited and fully annotated by Sherrill Grace, makes the work available for the first time since the original 1908 publication and features an introduction that situates Hubbard's writing in the context of her life and times. In 1903 Hubbard's... (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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  Conflict In The North

  by Daniel L Little

  It is 1966, and the Cold War is hot! The Prime Minister knows that Canadian Sovereignty is only being given lip service by the world's two Super Powers, but when a team of Soviet commandos is discovered in Labrador on a mission to disrupt NORAD's Pinetree Line communications, he realizes he must act swiftly or risk Canada forever becoming a mere puppet on the world stage. The President of the United States,... (more)