Stray Dog Story

Author : Rawi Hage
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735273641

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Stray Dogs by Rawi Hage Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE From the internationally acclaimed author of the novels De Niro’s Game, Cockroach, Carnival and Beirut Hellfire Society, here is a captivating and cosmopolitan collection of stories. In Montreal, a photographer’s unexpected encounter with actress Sophia Loren leads to a life-altering revelation about his dead mother. In Beirut, a disillusioned geologist eagerly awaits the destruction that will come with an impending tsunami. In Tokyo, a Jordanian academic delivering a lecture at a conference receives haunting news from the Persian Gulf. And in Berlin, a Lebanese writer forms a fragile, fateful bond with his voluble German neighbours. The irresistible characters in Stray Dogs lead radically different lives, but all are restless travelers, moving between states—nation-states and states of mind—seeking connection, escaping the past and following delicate threads of truth, only to experience the sometimes shocking, sometimes amusing and often random ways our fragile modern identities are constructed, destroyed, and reborn. Politically astute, philosophically wise, humane, relevant and caustically funny, these stories reveal the singular vision of award-winning writer Rawi Hage at his best.

Author : Marc Simont
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0060289333

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The Stray Dog by Marc Simont Pdf

When a little dog appears at a family picnic, the girl and boy play with him all afternoon, and they name him Willy. At day's end they say good-bye. But the dog has won their hearts and stays on their minds. The following Saturday the family returns to the picnic grounds to look for Willy, but they are not alone -- the dogcatcher is looking for him, too . . . Caldecott Medalist Marc Simont's heartwarming tale of a stray dog who finds a home is told with appealing simplicity and grace.

Author : Mikael Lindnord
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-09
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9781771643382

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Arthur by Mikael Lindnord Pdf

The epic true story of an extreme athlete, a stray dog, and how they found each other—now a major motion picture from Lionsgate starring Mark Walhberg and Simu Liu. “A miraculous tale.”—Washington Post “Like all great tales, this one had an intriguing start: a small good deed with enormous consequences for the dog and his rescuers, the basis for a heroic and heartwarming story.”—Forbes When you're racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing you need is a stray dog tagging along. But that's exactly what happened to Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, when he threw a scruffy but dignified mongrel a meatball one afternoon. When the team left the next day, the dog followed. Try as they might, they couldn't lose him—and soon Mikael realized that he didn't want to. Crossing rivers, battling illness and injury, and struggling through some of the toughest terrain on the planet, the team and the dog walked, kayaked, cycled, and climbed together toward the finish line, where Mikael decided he would save the dog, now named Arthur, and bring him back to his family in Sweden, whatever it took. Illustrated with candid photographs, Arthur provides a testament to the amazing bond between dogs and people.

Author : Tony Fleecs
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781534321915

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Stray Dogs by Tony Fleecs Pdf

It’s scary being the new dog. In this suspenseful new series, readers meet Sophie, a dog who can’t remember what happened. She doesn’t know how she ended up in this house. She doesn’t recognize any of these other dogs. She knows something terrible happened, but she just…can’t…recall…Wait! Where’s her lady? Now Sophie has to figure out where she is, what’s happening, and how she’s going to survive this. They say there’s no such thing as a bad dog—just bad owners. STRAY DOGS is a heartbreakingly adorable suspense thriller by My Little Pony comic artists TONY FLEECS and TRISH FORSTNER. It’s Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs. Collects STRAY DOGS #1-5 Select praise for STRAY DOGS: "What do you get when you crossbreed Silence of the Lambs with All Dogs Go to Heaven? Well, you get STRAY DOGS."—Forbes “It's not something that comes around every day, and if you enjoy trying new twists on classic comics premises, this should be at the top of your list.”—ComicBook.com "STRAY DOGS manages to somehow be a convincing collision between 101 Dalmations and CRIMINAL. Noir, charming and a really great take on quasi-real dog psychology."—KIERON GILLEN “A charming, compelling comic with the best kind of sinister center.”—Multiversity Comics “May catch your eye with its Disney-like style, but it will grab you with a riveting and shocking story that will keep you coming back for more.”—Horror DNA

Author : Tony Fleecs
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-26
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:NOV210253

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Stray Dogs: Dog Days #2 (Of 2) by Tony Fleecs Pdf

The STRAY DOGS adventure concludes with this giant-sized anthology issue. Take this last walk with us as we say goodbye to old friends, meet some new dogs, and make one final trip out to the Master’s house of horrors.

Author : Rawi Hage
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781324002925

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Beirut Hellfire Society: A Novel by Rawi Hage Pdf

“Truly a masterpiece.” —Lawrence Joseph On a ravaged street overlooking a cemetery in a Christian enclave in war-torn 1970s Beirut, we meet Pavlov, the son of a local undertaker. When his father dies suddenly, Pavlov is approached by a member of the mysterious Hellfire Society—an anti-religious sect that arranges secret burial for outcasts denied last rites because of their religion or sexuality. Pavlov agrees to take on his father’s work for the society, and over the course of the novel he becomes a survivor-chronicler of his embattled and faded community at the heart of Lebanon’s civil war.

Author : Robert Chesley
Publisher : TnT Classic Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Dogs
ISBN : 0935672117

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Stray Dog Story by Robert Chesley Pdf

Author : Kate McCormick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Dogs
ISBN : 0875657893

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Happy by Kate McCormick Pdf

Who knew a street mutt could win the hearts of a whole town? Happy, a scruffy stray dog, becomes a beloved hero when a fire threatens his new home. He will need all the help he can get in a town without a fire department or even fire hydrants. In this true story, neighbors work together to find a creative way to put out the fire, and Happy discovers that having a friend is the best reward.

Author : Gill Lewis
Publisher : David Fickling Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781788452199

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A Street Dog Named Pup by Gill Lewis Pdf

Between dog and human there is a special bond. A bond that must never be broken . . .Pup and his boy are inseparable. But both their worlds change forever when Pup is cruelly taken away and abandoned.With nowhere else to turn, Pup becomes a Street Dog - part of a misfit pack fighting for survival on the streets.Pup clings to the hope of one day being reunited with his boy. But as time passes, his hope shrinks. Will he ever know love like his boy's again?

Author : Steven Heighton
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773063829

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The Stray and the Strangers by Steven Heighton Pdf

Based on a true story, a stray dog befriends an orphan boy in a refugee camp on a Greek island. The fishermen on Lesvos call her Kanella because of her cinnamon color. She’s a scrawny, nervous stray — easily intimidated by the harbor cats and the other dogs that compete for handouts on the pier. One spring day a dinghy filled with weary, desperate strangers comes to shore. Other boats follow, laden with refugees who are homeless and hungry. Kanella knows what that is like, and she follows them as they are taken to a makeshift refugee camp. There she comes to trust a bearded man, an aid worker, and gradually settles into a contented routine. Kanella grows healthy and confident. She has a job now — to keep watch over the people in her camp. One day, a little boy arrives and does not leave like the others. He seems to have no family and, like Kanella, he is taken in by the workers. He sleeps on a cot in the food hut, and Kanella keeps him warm and calm. When two new adults come to the camp. Kanella is ready to defend the boy from them, until she is pulled away by the bearded man. They are the boy’s parents, and now he must go with them. Eventually, the camp is dismantled, and Kanella finds herself homeless again. Until one night, huddled in the cold, she awakens to see two bright lights shining in her eyes — the headlights of a car. The bearded man has come back for her, and soon Kanella is on a journey, too, to a new home of her own. Key Text Features maps illustrations author's note Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.

Author : Rawi Hage
Publisher : Steerforth
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781586421595

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De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage Pdf

WINNER OF THE 2008 INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY PRIZE De Niro’s Game plunges readers into the timely story of two young men caught in Lebanon’s civil war. Bassam and George, best friends in childhood, have grown to adulthood in war-torn Beirut. Now they must choose their futures: to stay in the city and consolidate power through crime, or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have known. Told in a distinctive, captivating voice that fuses vivid cinematic imagery and page-turning plot with the measured strength and beauty of Arabic poetry, De Niro’s Game is an explosive portrait of life in a war zone, and a powerful meditation on what comes after.

Author : Cynthia Rylant
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781439136164

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Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant Pdf

Here are twelve deeply moving short stories from the perceptive pen of Cynthia Rylant. Each captures the moment when someone's life changes -- when an animal causes a human being to see things in a different way, and, perhaps, changes his life.

Author : Mônica Carnesi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101648353

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Little Dog Lost by Mônica Carnesi Pdf

On a cold winter day, a curious dog wandered onto a frozen river, and before he knew it he was traveling fast on a sheet of ice. Many people tried to help, but the dog could not be reached. Finally, after two nights and seventy-five miles, the little dog was saved by a ship out in the Baltic Sea. The gallant rescue of the little dog nicknamed Baltic made international news. Mônica Carnesi's simple text and charming watercolor illustrations convey all the drama of Baltic's journey. His story, with its happy ending, will warm readers' hearts. An author's note and map are included.

Author : Rawi Hage
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780887848506

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Cockroach by Rawi Hage Pdf

Cockroach is as urgent, unsettling, and brilliant as Rawi Hage's bestselling and critically acclaimed first book, De Niro's Game. The novel takes place during one month of a bitterly cold winter in Montreal's restless immigrant community, where a self-described thief has just tried but failed to commit suicide. Rescued against his will, the narrator is obliged to attend sessions with a well-intentioned but naive therapist. This sets the story in motion, leading us back to the narrator's violent childhood in a war-torn country, forward into his current life in the smoky emigre cafes where everyone has a tale, and out into the frozen night-time streets of Montreal, where the thief survives on the edge, imagining himself to be a cockroach invading the lives of the privileged, but wilfully blind, citizens who surround him. In 2008, Cockroach was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General's Literary Award, and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. It won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, presented by the Quebec Writers' Federation.

Author : Tony Fleecs
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-24
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:DEC200019

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Stray Dogs #1 by Tony Fleecs Pdf

Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs It’s scary being the new dog. Sophie can’t remember what happened. She doesn’t know how she ended up in this house. She doesn’t recognize any of these other dogs. She knows something terrible happened, but she just…can’t…recall...WAIT! Where’s her lady? A five-issue Don Bluth-style suspense thriller by My Little Pony comic artists TONY FLEECS and TRISH FORSTNER, STRAY DOGS is Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs. “My favorite thing about comics is when someone shows you something you didn’t know you needed. The Secret Life of Pets meets Seven? Yes, please!! Welcome to STRAY DOGS. I was blown away!”—BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS