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Homer's Odyssey

Gwen Cooper · 287 pages

A pet rescue volunteer and literacy outreach coordinator describes her relationship with a three-pound blind cat whose daredevil character and affectionate personality saw the author through six moves, a burglary, and the healing of her broken heart.

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Enslaved by Ducks

Bob Tarte · 320 pages

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The Cat Who Came for Christmas

Cleveland Amory · 240 pages

The story of a bedraggled white feline who came for Christmas and took over the heart of Cleveland Amory.

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The Cat Who Came in from the Cold

Deric Longden · 216 pages

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All My Patients are Under the Bed: Memoirs of a Cat Doctor

Louis J. Camuti · 222 pages

America's favorite and most heartwarming cat book by the beloved cat doctor Dr. Louis J. Camuti. For sixty years he treated thousands of cats and mad so many house calls he became known as "the Albert Schweitzer of the cat world." In recollections both funny and tender, Dr. Camuti astutely observes his patients and their protectors--the cat people whose foibles and follies he understands as tho

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A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me

Jon Katz · 239 pages

The book that inspired Marley and Me, published in the UK for the first time.When Jon Katz takes in a young troubled border collie, his calm, sedate life will never be the same again. Jon and his wife live in a New Jersey suburb with two perfectly behaved Labradors. Then into the mix comes Devon, who creates havoc from the moment he arrives at the airport, when it takes Jon, two baggage handlers a

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Close Encounters of the Furred Kind

Tom Cox · 240 pages

Have you ever moved house, over a distance of 350 miles, with four cats? If you haven't, and are thinking about it, I'll give you some advice: don't. If you really must move, try to get the cats to arrange their own transport. Focus on yourself instead. You'll have plenty to think about as it is, and the cats will only get in the way with their sarcasm and hairballs. I moved from Norfolk to Devon

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Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology

Caroline Paul · 165 pages

What do our pets do when they're not with us? Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton offer a tender, hilarious look at how they used everything from cutting-edge technology to psychics to track the adventures of their beloved cat Tibia.

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Cleo

Helen Brown

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Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat

David Dosa · 256 pages

When Oscar arrived at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rhode Island, he was a cute little cat with attitude. He loved to stretch out in a puddle of sunlight and chase his tail until he was dizzy. Occasionally he consented to a scratch behind the ears, but only when it suited him. In other words, he was a typical cat. Or so it seemed. It wasn't long before Oscar had created som

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Moses the Kitten

James Herriot, Peter Barrett · 32 pages

A bedraggled orphaned kitten is nursed back to health on a Yorkshire farm, and when he recovers turns out to have a very unusual idea about the identity of his mother.

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Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul: Stories of Feline Affection, Mystery and Charm

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Marty Becker, Carol Kline, Amy Shojai · 380 pages

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Chicken Soup for the Cat & Dog Lover's Soul: Celebrating Pets as Family with Stories About Cats, Dogs and Other Critters

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Marty Becker, Carol Kline · 408 pages

Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul spoke directly to the hearts of all readers whose lives have ever been changed by the love of a pet. Now the coauthors bring readers this volume, honoring the unique and enduring love that people share with their cats and dogs. Like its predecessor, this book is a joyous and inspiring collection--sometimes poignant, sometimes amusing, always filled with th

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A Year in Provence

Peter Mayle · 207 pages

In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glo

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Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting

Michael Perry · 368 pages

In over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the acclaimed author of Truck: A Love Story gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country.Last seen sleeping off his wedding night in the back of a 1951 International Harvester pickup, Michael Perry is now living in a rickety Wisconsin farmhouse. Faced with thirty-seven acres of fallen fences and over

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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Vicki Myron · 277 pages

The story of Dewey the celebrated library cat is now available for the youngest of readers in this new, fully-illustrated picture book adventure. When Librarian Vicki Myron finds a young kitten abandoned in the Spencer Library return box, she nurses him back to health, deciding then and there that he will be their library cat, and naming him, appropriately, Dewey Readmore Books. Dewey loves his ne

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I Am Maru

Mugumogu · 95 pages

"Meet Maru! This round, adorable Scottish Fold cat may be an internet sensation, but he knows how to keep his celebrity status from going to his fluffy head...mostly. Maru and his owner, mugumogu, give readers a peek into the low-key life of the world's most famous cat. See all his favorite hiding places--trash cans, cupboards, cereal boxes...if it's cozy, he's there--meet his treasured toys, and

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