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"Wilson Steele is a single professor and Vietnam veteran who likes living alone, insisting it's too late for him to have a family. His mother disagrees. When she impulsively adopts a rescued black lab mix, she insists Thurman is special, and has whispered of the coming of grandchildren. Wilson brushes the notion off as fantasy. When his mother learns of her retirement community's 'no pets' policy, she forces Wilson to take the lovable dog. Wilson...
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In the updated edition of this best-seller, The Dog Whisperer, Paul Owens offers more in-depth dog training protocols with additional notes, tips and problem-solving which make Paul's Three-Step-Process of shaping dog behaviors even more accessible.
In addition to the best-selling nonviolent training features from the previous edition, this new edition includes:
• Updated material on the power of non-force dog training
• Information on the...
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Brings together, for the first time, the best of Gladwell's writing from The New Yorker in the past decade, including: the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill; the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz; spotlighting Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen; and the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer." Gladwell also explores intelligence tests, ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias," and...
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K team novels volume 4
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"For the K Team, playing "good dog", "bad cop" is all fun and games... until there's a body on the scene, in the next K Team Novel by bestselling author David Rosenfelt. The K Team enjoys investigating cold cases for the Paterson Police Department. Corey Douglas, his K-9 partner Simon Garfunkel, Laurie Collins, and Marcus Clark even get to choose which cases they'd like to pursue. When Corey sees the latest list of possibilities, there's no question...
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Survivors (Erin Hunter). Gathering darkness volume 2
Survivors. Gathering darkness volume 2
Survivors the gathering darkness volume 2
Survivors. Gathering darkness volume 2
Survivors the gathering darkness volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
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There is darkness at the heart of the Wild Pack. Whisper is dead -- and Storm is certain that his wounds could only have been inflicted by another dog. Storm doesn't want to believe that one of her Packmates could have done such a vicious thing. But as she wrestles with her suspicions in the light of the Sun-Dog, at night Storm is haunted by terrifying dreams -- visions of fear and shadows that guide her paws through the forest while she sleeps. Lucky...
10) Chaos
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"Iris Johansen introduces a new kickass female protagonist, Alisa Flynn, a CIA agent who may be willing to go rogue if it means catching the most heartless band of criminals she's ever encountered. Alisa is aided by mysterious billionaire-genius-inventor Gabe Korgan and recurring character Margaret Douglas, an animal whisperer who brings along her beloved dog Juno to fight alongside them. Alisa is determined to rescue schoolgirls kidnapped from their...
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KGI novels volume 4
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"Shea has been on the run from people who will stop at nothing to exploit her unique abilities. She never wanted to drag Nathan into more danger, but she doesn't have a choice, so she reaches out to him for help. Finally face-to-face after having already formed a soul-deep bond in hell, their emotion connection is even more powerful than their telepathic one. Nathan refuses to let her go again, but she worries they can never have a life free of the...
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"No stranger to wildlife, Nick Jans had lived in Alaska for nearly thirty years. But when one evening at twilight a lone black wolf ambled into view not far from his doorstep, Nick would finally come to know this mystical species--up close as never before. A Wolf Called Romeo is the remarkable story of a wolf who returned again and again to interact with the people and dogs of Juneau, living on the edges of their community, engaging in an improbable,...
14) I love you, Fred
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Aladdin Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
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2019.
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"Fred! Fred! Fred!" they say. They say it all the time. "Fred! Fred! Fred! all day. (You whisper it sometimes.) If only I could Fred.--
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Little, Brown and Company
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2011
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"For more than thirty years the Monks of New Skete have been among America's most trusted authorities on dog training, canine behavior, and the animal/human bond. In their two now-classic bestsellers, How to be Your Dog's Best Friend and THE ART OF RAISING A PUPPY, the Monks draw on their experience as long-time breeders of German shepherds and as trainers of dogs of all breeds to provide--brilliantly distilled--the indispensable information and advice...
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"A gripping historical mystery based on the real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of...
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Exit 13 stories volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
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"The McGinns were supposed to be going on a perfectly normal family vacation. Sure, Ash's older sister Willow was a pain, their dog Daisy was a whiny scaredy cat, and their parents were being kind of lame. All of that was to be expected. Perfectly normal! But when the family decides to make an unplanned stop one night, it quickly becomes clear that this family vacation is about to get more than a little weird, because there is nothing normal about...
18) The loudest bark
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"Samuel knows that their real name is Simone, but things at their house are too quiet to think about how to tell their parents. When Chloe the costume designer moves in across the street with a dog about to have puppies, life becomes bigger, more colourful, and louder. And so does Simone. Detail: Samuel has a new babysitter, Chloe -- a costume designer for actors in movies and theatre. "At Chloe's house, nothing is quiet!" When Chloe's dog, Piano,...
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IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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The elevator sinks down until you're deep underground. When the doors open, you stare into the silent darkness. Then a phantom girl holding a candle appears out of nowhere. She whispers your name. Will you follow her into the dark underground? Get ready to read four terrifying tales about deep, dark underground places. This 24-page book features controlled, narrative nonfiction text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction....
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"Disaster, Melanie Barrick was once told, is always closer than you know. It was a lesson she learned the hard way growing up in the constant upheaval of foster care. But now that she's survived into adulthood--with a loving husband, a steady job, and a beautiful baby boy named Alex--she thought that turmoil was behind her. Until one Tuesday evening when she goes to pick up Alex from childcare only to discover he's been removed by Social Services....