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Because of Winn-Dixie 6 reviews KATE DICAMILLO
Scholastic, 2000
A great book that everyone can relate too!
+ Very, very Good + Will's Review + This book will make you smile, cry and laugh + because of winn-dixie
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Sight Hound 31 reviews Pam Houston
W. W. Norton & Company, 2005
Fall in love with Dante
+ Interesting style, tender story + For anyone whose ever loved a dog.... + I really wanted to give this 5 stars
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A Dog Day Or The Angel In The House (1919) 1 review Walter Lewis Emanuel
Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008
a dog lover's classic!!
A long sought-after favorite of collectors is back in print!! Cecil Aldin is known for capturing the personality of dogs perfectly in his illustrations. If you're unfamiliar with his work this book is a charming introduction. A must-have if you love dogs, and especially if you collect dog books.
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The Call of the Wild 6 reviews Jack London
Prestwick House Inc., 2005
Meat on them bones
+ Drama That Is Good for the Kids + bucks nasty fights + great book!
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Always Faithful: A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII 16 reviews William Putney
Potomac Books Inc., 2003
Always Faithful
+ Wonderful book about dogs + Must reading + better than I expected + Great for dog lovers
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Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edith ... 13 reviews Maureen Adams
Ballantine Books, 2007
A Unique and Very Readable book
+ Excellent mini-bios plus dog stories + Shaggy Muses + New look at women authors + Long Shelf Life
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The Dog Who Rescues Cats: True Story of Ginny, The 40 reviews Philip Gonzalez
Harper Paperbacks, 1996
Incredibly touching & inspiring
+ The Dog Who Rescues Cats + The Simple Truth + Inspiring and heart-warming + Ginny
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The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love, and Family 24 reviews Jon Katz
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004
Great Read!
+ I LOVE DOGS
I really enjoyed reading this book about the new work of dogs. Jon Katz writes what I always see in the lives of people with dogs, but can't exactly put into words. He does a great job of that by writing about the lives of people with dogs and how their dogs serve them. Yes, there are actual ...
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The Plague Dogs: A Novel 65 reviews Richard Adams
Ballantine Books, 2006
A Beautiful Book
+ Just Short of Greek Tragedy.... + Oh Snitter & Rowf!!! + Fun Book
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Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals 28 reviews Rupert Sheldrake
Three Rivers Press, 2000
Amazing, Enlightening, Thought-Provoking
+ Making science a quality social experience + questions which are rarely asked - and an attempt to answer + Convincing Research + One of the best books I've read lately
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White Fang (Scholastic Classics) 142 reviews Jack London
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2001
A Wonderful Read
+ Only the best book of all time [IMO] + Free SF Reader + white fang
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Dog Spelled Backwards: Soulful Writing by Literary Dog Lovers Mordecai Siegal
St. Martin's Press, 2007
“To err is human, to forgive canine.” --Anonymous A classic collection of the best of canine literature celebrating the soulful nature of dogs In Dog Spelled Backwards , author Mordecai Siegal presents a warm, wise, witty and wonderful collection of writing about the divine nature of dogs from the best of American and English literature and song. Siegal’s choices for ...
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The Incredible Journey 79 reviews Sheila Burnford
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1997
It really is an incredible journey
+ the incredible journey
In the Incredible Journey by Shelia Burnford 3 animals go on a dangerous current owner (John Longbridge) is not clear but they somehow know their former owner is coming back.
Three animals venture from their own home off to their old home and encounter many dangers along the way. Not long after ...
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The Mammoth Book of Dogs: A Collection of Stories, Verse and Prose (Mammoth Books) Frank Jackson
Running Press, 1998
Lifelong dog-lover Frank Jackson has chosen material from more than 400 writers, including Lewis Carroll, Graham Greene, James Joyce, Kipling, Ogden Nash, Richard M. Nixon, Ovid, Shakespeare, John Steinbeck, James Thurber, and Mark Twain. Gathering material from the fifth century BC to the 1990s, this one-of-a-kind collection presents a rich diversity of human observations about all things ...
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Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs 73 reviews Caroline Knapp
Delta, 1999
ONE OF THE BES DOG BOOKS I'VE READ
+ Very well written + Best Memoir + One of the best dog memoirs ever! + go, fetch!!!! immediatly!!!
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Dog Heroes of September 11th: A Tribute to America's Search and Rescue Dogs 33 reviews Nona Kilgore Bauer, The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
Kennel Club Books, 2006
Touchingly Beautiful
+ Great for the K9 lover + A WONDERFUL GIFT FOR DOG LOVERS + pipi + Wonderful tribute and RIP Jake...
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Blessing the Bridge: What Animals Teach Us About Death, Dying, and Beyond 19 reviews Rita M. Reynolds
NewSage Press, 2000
Hope, joy, love
+ How our companions teach us and give us so many gifts! + Help me through the dying process of my beloved dog + Blessing the Bridge: What Animals Teach Us About Death Dying and Beyond + They're angels on this earth!
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The Pawprints of History: Dogs and the Course of Human Events 9 reviews Stanley Coren, Andy Bartlett, 2002
A charming view of some wonderful friendships
+ Love Dogs, Love History, Love this book! + Dog Lovers Unite! + Pawprints of History + The book is amazing
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Just Gus: A Rescued Dog and the Woman He Loved 24 reviews Laurie Williams
McWitty Press, 2006
Very moving story
+ Easy reading that will grab your heart + heartbreaking + A Heartfelt Book
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A Three Dog Life 71 reviews Abigail Thomas
Harvest Books, 2007
A Three Dog Life
+ Maybe first E-book I also buy as a real book - this is a keeper + Not a book about dogs....but I loved it + What Would You Do? + Learning to Live with Change
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