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2) A dog's tale
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'A Dog's Tale' is a short story written by Mark Twain. It first appeared in the December 1903 issue of Harper's magazine. In January of the following year it was extracted into a stand-alone pamphlet published for the National Anti-Vivisection Society. Still later in 1904 it was expanded into a book published by Harper & Brothers. The book is told from the standpoint of a loyal household pet, a dog self described by the first sentence of the story;...
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Elvis and the underdogs volume 1
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All his life Benji, now ten, has been sickly and he has long been targeted by the school bully, but after a seizure Benji gets a therapy dog that is not only big enough to protect him, it can also talk.
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"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. The domesticated life of a powerful St. Bernard-Shepherd mix named Buck is quickly turned on end when he is stolen away from his master and put to work as a sled dog in Alaska. His once life of luxury turns into a life of survival...
8) Ice dogs
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In this survival story set in Alaska, fourteen-year-old Vicky and her dog sled team find an injured sledder in the wilderness.
9) The friend
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This book is a meditation on loss and solitude and a celebration of the transfiguring power of human-dog devotion. When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and literary mentor, she finds herself burdened with the dog he has left behind, a huge Great Dane that is not allowed in her Manhattan apartment building. Nevertheless, she refuses to be separated from the dog, and becomes increasingly obsessed with the animal's care, determined...
11) Henry Huggins
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Henry Huggins picks up a stray dog, names him Ribsy and sets out on numerous adventures with him, incliding breeding hundreds of fish and collecting over a thousand worms.
12) Bowser the hound
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Green Meadow series volume 4
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Bowser the Hound, outsmarted so often by Old Man Coyote, finally gets even with the help of some friends. Thornton Burgess charms young readers and nature lovers of all ages once again with another, old-fashioned story of wildlife behavior. 6 black-and-white illustrations.
13) Henry and Ribsy
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Henry bargains with his father to keep his dog Ribsy out of trouble for two months. His reward will be a trip salmon-fishing if he is successful.
14) The drop
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"Based on the screenplay he developed for Twentieth Century Fox from his short story "Animal Rescue," New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's The Drop follows a former criminal whose efforts to build a new life with his girlfriend and pit bull rescue puppy fall apart when he becomes mixed up in a robbery gone wrong; scheduled for release in Fall 2014, Fox's film of the same title stars James Gandolfini (in his final on-screen performance),...
17) White Fang
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From the Publisher: In the frozen North during the Gold Rush days, marauding canines hunt in packs and search for their next victim. Sadistic dog trainers are looking for easy money. And the unconquerable spirit of a vicious wolf roams free until he receives a human being's love and understanding. All these come together in White Fang, Jack London's classic sequel to The Call of the Wild. Weaving adventure, bravery, greed, survival of the fittest,...
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Henry and Mudge books volume 4
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In the autumn Henry and his big dog Mudge watch the leaves turn, meet with some Halloween spooks, and share Thanksgiving dinner.
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