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There are more than 220 million cats in the world, and this book has stories about the world’s favourite pet from all across the globe. From an owner with 96 cats in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to a daring cat-escape from Lebanon to the Middle East, the book tells many fine feline tales. We also list over 20 different breeds from around the world, where they’re from and a short description. Truly a global cat reference for any cat-lover.

Bruce Tilbrook hooks you with his unique brand of humor and observations about fly-fishing and reels you in with this collection of entertaining stories about the men of the river.

Toronto is not only Canada’s economic capital, but it also has one of the most diverse populations and has been classified as one of the world’s most livable cities. But Toronto’s past and present are full of weird facts and tidbits from the truly trivial to the seriously strange.

So many of our greatest authors have had cats that it seems a cat is next to the pen in importance to writers. Similarly cats have appeared all through great literature and all through more mainstream modern entertainment. This book tells the stories of these cats in story, and of their writers.

Most pets’ main job is to provide companionship to their human companions. But many dogs have other, very important jobs as well. Dogs’ keen sense of smell, their intelligence and willingness to learn and their strong dispositions make them irreplaceable as K-9 police officers, as seeing eye dogs for the blind, therapy and companion dogs for seniors and as soldiers’ helpers in times of war. A few even work with politicians or as mascots on television! Here are over fifty, easy-to-listen-to stories about these hardworking dogs.

Searching through the annals of North American history uncovers the diverse and astounding contributions by the Natives of the Americas who formed the world we know today.

What do you know about your dog? Or dogs in general? Learn more from over 300 facts, trivia bits, factoids (and even some jokes) all about humans’ most loyal companion: the dog. Sit down, listen up and be informed.

It’s not true that dead men tell no tales. You can hear their haunting stories on the fog-shrouded banks of Newfoundland, in the aging brick manses of Upper and Lower Canada, on the wind-beaten flatlands of the prairies and among the misty mountains of the far west. This entertaining collection features tales of ghosts and other unexplained phenomena that have found their way into Canadian folklore.

Während er schlief. Derbyshire, 1779. In den britischen Kolonien wurde Cecilias Bruder im Kampf verletzt. Mutig tritt sie die Schiffspassage nach Nordamerika an. Doch in Manhattan angekommen, entdeckt Cecilia, dass eine Verwechslung vorliegt. Statt ihres Bruders findet sie den attraktiven Captain Edward Rokesby bewusstlos im Lazarett vor. Einen innigen Briefwechsel hatte sie mit ihm und dabei ihr Herz verloren. Jetzt will sie ihm helfen, obwohl das eigentlich nur Anverwandten gestattet ist. Cecilia greift zu einer tollkühnen Lüge: Sie gibt sich als Edwards Gattin aus.

Bridgerton – wie alles begann. Miss Billie Bridgerton weiß genau, dass sie Edward oder Andrew Rokesby heiraten wird. Seit Kindertagen sind sie und die Nachbarssöhne beste Freunde. Wen Billie dagegen bestimmt nicht heiraten wird, ist George, den ältesten Sohn der Rokesbys! Die arroganten Blicke aus seinen eisblauen Augen zeigen ihr: Er kann sie genauso wenig ausstehen wie sie ihn. Aber seit der attraktive Earl sie nach einem Unfall auf seinen starken Armen getragen hat, hat sich etwas geändert...

Conventional wisdom says that marriage as we experience it and understand it hasn’t changed much through human history. But marriage has and will continue to evolve and change as human beings wrestle with what kind of loving forms marriage should take. Is our current construct of marriage helping us or hurting us? How could we begin to imagine new forms of marriage that are more loving?

Das große Hochzeitsfinale der Bridgerton-Reihe. Der Weg zur Hochzeit ist verschlungen: Erstens verliebt Gregory Bridgerton sich in die falsche Frau. Zweitens verliebt die sich in jemand anderen. Drittens beschließt Lucy Abernathy, sich einzumischen. Viertens verliebt sie sich dabei in Gregory. Fünftens ist sie so gut wie verlobt mit Lord Haselby. Sechstens verliebt Gregory sich in Lucy. Am Ende wird in jedem Fall geheiratet, aber versprechen auch die Richtigen einander ewige Treue?

Eine erfolgreiche und zugleich wertschätzende Arbeitskultur sollte sich an den Bedürfnissen des Hirns eines jeden Einzelnen orientieren. Doch wie lässt sich ein solches Umfeld schaffen in einer Zeit voller Herausforderungen, wie Corona, Digitalisierung, Homeoffice, Fachkräftemangel und Dauer-Burn-Out? In ihrem neuen Hörbuch widmet sich Friederike Fabritius den Themen der Stunde: Führung und Zusammenhalt im Homeoffice, flexible Arbeit, Bindung von Talenten, Schaffen optimaler Arbeitsvoraussetzungen und das große Potential von (neuro-)diversen Teams.

Whitney James is a 34-year old millennial who loves femme on femme action. Although she wears dresses well, Whitney also enjoys wearing the pants and the strap-on in her relationships. Caught up in a complicated relationship with a politician, the pussy is private because Congresswoman Mikael Rollins’s public life keeps her hiding in the closet.

First published in 2017, Living Poetry is the second book by Chloe Gilholy and the second in her Life with Poetry series. The book contains 50 poems dedicated to the various themes of life.

Überlegen Sie, sich eine Katze oder einen Kater anzuschaffen? Oder haben Sie schon einen oder mehrere Stubentiger? In jedem Fall ist dieses Hörbuch ein umfangreicher Ratgeber für alle Samtpfoten-Freunde. Eine dieser Samtpfoten ist Miez, Ihre Katze in diesem Buch. Miez wird Sie an die Pfote nehmen und Ihnen die Katzenwelt erklären. Auf die Pirsch! Die Anschaffung einer Katze bedeutet auch, Verantwortung zu übernehmen. Die Tiere haben spezifische Bedürfnisse. Ihre Pflege und Fürsorge sind das A und O, ein ganzes Katzenleben lang. Und Miez kann bis zu 20 Jahre alt werden.

Cayden Chappell has been interested in Ginny for months, and she's definitely interested in him, too. They've attended all of her social functions together over the holidays, but everything is so stiff and formal. He's not sure if he's getting the real version of Ginny or the one wearing a mask to keep up appearances. When her mother tells Cayden that horses and whiskey don't mix and that he needs to end their relationship, he doesn't know how to disobey someone as powerful as Wendy Winters.

Join Jalen, Jelissa, Ella, and Jonathan on their adventure as they get teleported to Fun World, an old, local amusement park. Jalen and Jelissa's mother is an app developer who created a new app that transports the children to an amusement park in their home state of New York. As the children get transported to the amusement park, Fun World, the phone livestreams their adventure. The video of the children enjoying the rides and games goes viral and it brings a lot of publicity to the amusement park.

When you're surrounded by a group of solid friends, a ride-or-die momma, a loving twin sister, financially stable, and the owner of your own business, what more could you want out of life? Tavia has all these things,l but longs for someone to really love her. Her boyfriend Cash has been showing her he’s not the one, but it takes the ultimate betrayal for her to finally wake up and see it. Life isn’t what she thought it was and the ones closest to her aren’t as loyal as they claim to be.

In today’s world, a woman can be overwhelmed by the expectations put upon her—people who don’t know her, what she wants, or who she wants to be. Where do you turn when you know you want more, but your “more” doesn’t look like everyone else’s? Shop Social goes beyond the traditional understanding of buying from friends and shows how building a microcommunity of people who know you and who are personally invested in your well-being can be a life-changing experience that saves time and money, while putting you in control of your own health, happiness, and fulfillment.