Family Dog

Maggie Allen hates being a delivery driver, but she can't leave her small town to find a better job; her father's too sick to take care of himself, her younger brother Jake can't stay out of trouble, and her nagging aunt won't stop meddling in their lives. The last thing she needs is a dog to take care of. Especially one that's spend most of his life chained up by neglectful owners. But when Dad goes behind her back to adopt a pit bull named Cappuccino, she has to admit that the dog is good for the family.

In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had planned an idyllic holiday, but in France they witness an event that alters the course of their lives entirely. Forty years on, their son-in-law is trying to uncover the cause of their estrangement and is led back to this moment on honeymoon and an experience of such darkness it was to wrench the couple apart.

Finally, an authoritative manual with step by step instructions for the conscientious canines who want to train their humans properly. Every dog who is considering a human of his own, needs to read this book! Without fail, Tommy's advice will produce a happy healthy and well-trained human. Even the spiritual development of your human is thoughtfully examined and considered. No dog should even think of trying to co-habit with a human before reading this book. Tommy, born blind and deaf, has an almost eerie grasp and understanding of human behavior. While this may be the funniest book you ...

Eliza Jacobson has always been the black sheep of her mega-successful family, who runs the HealthNut Corporation. She’s not as pretty, talented, or business-savvy as her older sister, but she loves volunteering to work with the dogs at Pretty Paws, especially Athena, a Great Dane whose high-anxiety habits make her nearly unadoptable. After her last-chance opportunity to become a vet tech collapses, she takes a job at the call center of HealthNut’s competitor, Thetalife Supplements, where she meets the dashing, charming, sweep-you-off-your-feet CEO, Tony Costos.

Are you unsure how to hand over control, or how to take it? Passing Down Your Success reveals the family dynamics that can hamper intergenerational transition–and how to address them. Learn how to face difficult questions together as a family, analyze your business, and prepare for a successful transition.

Nothing can bring two people together like an adorable little pooch! Brady Rogers took the job as the new city planner for Holiday Hills expecting a town rich with Christmas spirit. What he finds is anything but. Due to budget cuts, many of the Christmas activities have been cancelled. When a cute little dog steals his scarf, he's led to a couple of people who want to help Holiday Hills regain the towns reputation for being the place to celebrate. Could it be that little dog has also led him to love? Noelle Snow loves her job running the animal shelter, but she needs more money to keep the ...

The seventh novel Surge of the Dogs opens with the three remaining Colters living in the Colter Territory with their Lakota friends. Chase Colter, and his sisters Anna and Cora, are all that remain of those who moved west. The Buffalo have disappeared from much of the great plains, and the Sioux still make war on all their neighbors. The bond between Chase and the Colter dog Archer is strong, but the Colter territory is coveted by all who surround them. Change is coming. Even the Colters themselves are changing in ways no one could have imagined. The question is, do the changes mark the ...

When 12-year-old Georgie makes friends with an eccentric retired scientist, she becomes the test subject for a thrilling new experiment: a virtual reality, 3-D version of the future. Then a deadly virus threatens to wipe out every dog in the country, and Georgie’s beloved dog, Mr Mash, gets sick. Which is bad - but worse is still to come. As the world is thrown into chaos, Georgie embarks on a desperate quest: to save every dog on earth and all of humanity....

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to choose the right pet for your child. Your child might spot a cute dog or kitten at a neighbor's house. Maybe her best friend has a guinea pig or a rabbit. Which pet is right for your family?

When Azi’s grandfather leaves their small Mediterranean island, Azi waits every day for him to return. The arrival of a nesting turtle and a tall sandy dog convinces Azi that it must mean that Grandfather is on his way. As Azi digs deeper into the past, he begins to unravel hidden secrets and starts to find out just how alike he and his grandfather really are. And without him, Azi knows, he will never feel complete....

"We must be ruthless," Edward snarls, "because we lead ruthless lives: you, of anyone, should understand that. This is our existence, Jordan, this house, this land, that father, that mother - there's no pity, there's no mercy, there's probably no escape. It is hard, Jordan, and we have to be hard to survive it, and the best we can do is fight anything that threatens to make it worse."

The Starr Family loves ice cream! Today is July 4th, Independence Day, and they want to taste the new ice cream flavor to celebrate the occasion. This is just the beginning of their ice cream adventure. Follow along with the adorable story by Barbara Kurtz and illustrations by Teresa Amehana Garcia.

Family Celebration. Is Rudy going to surprise the family with a traditional homemade Christmas dinner, for real? Choose this option if you want to hear Rudy give his family the best Christmas ever!

Give that dog a puddle and he’d splash. Give him a whistle and he’d roll over. Give him a rule and he’d break it.

Okay, so putting superglue on all of Randy’s pens wasn’t my best idea, but when your control-freak husband makes you his executive assistant to avoid signing divorce papers, a girl’s gotta get creative. Randy Butts thinks he’s so clever with his little scheme. What he doesn’t know? I’m about to turn his perfectly organized office into my personal playground. This gorgeous, infuriating man has rules for everything—from my bathroom breaks to how I stack papers—so naturally, I’m going to break every single one. Glitter bombs in his mail? Check. Fart spray booby traps? Double ...

This series of serial novels follow the Stone siblings as each of them fights against a relationship and ends up finding a love, This group of six siblings (five sisters and one brother) show the strength of their family bond as they support each other through balancing work lives and love lives.

When Juliet Porter saw an advertisement for "Puppies for Sale", little did the author expect that instead of one puppy, they would end up adopting three adorable little pups from the same litter.

When Todd’s father passes away, he feels no sadness. He feels free, for the first time in his life, to tell those he loves who he really is, a secret he has kept hidden since he was a teen out of necessity. That sense of freedom is quickly extinguished when he’s asked to eulogize the man who tortured him and his family for a lifetime. Forced to dig through his past looking for fond memories of a war hero, he quickly realizes there aren’t any to be had. As the day of the funeral looms, Todd seeks the assistance of his brothers, whose own experiences only create more problems.

Cash is the puppy nobody wants - a pit-bull - a throwaway dog. A shivering wet bundle, Cash arrives in the life of twelve-year-old Mackenzie. And from that moment boy and dog share a love neither has ever known before. But when Cash is kicked out by Mackenzie’s father, she finds herself lost and alone in a cruel world. Will she ever find her boy again?

Random House presents the audiobook edition of A Farmer and His Dog by Adam Henson, read by Nicky Henson. 'For me, the bond I have with Peg, my Border Collie sheepdog, is priceless. I know how very lucky I and thousands of other shepherds and farmers are to have these extraordinarily bright, enthusiastic dogs at our sides. But we who work the land and our flocks are not the only beneficiaries of the extraordinary relationship between man and dog....'