The Dog Stars

Publisher : Vintage
Release Date : 2012-08-07
ISBN : 0307960935
Pages : 337 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (37 users)

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Download or read book The Dog Stars written by Peter Heller and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this "end-of-the-world novel more like a rapturous beginning" (San Francisco Chronicle), Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. His gripping story is "an ode to friendship between two men...the strong bond between a human and a dog, and a reminder of what is worth living for" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). Hig's wife is gone, his friends are dead, and he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, Jasper, and a mercurial, gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley. But when a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail, only to find something that is both better and worse than anything he could ever hope for.

Dog Stars - Three Luminaries in the Dog World

by T. P. O'Connor

Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2017-09-15
ISBN : 1473341914
Pages : 294 pages
Rating Book: 4.7/5 (473 users)

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Download or read book Dog Stars - Three Luminaries in the Dog World written by T. P. O'Connor and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic collection of fun, amusing and heart warming stories is a must read for anybody who loves dogs. Sixteen short anecdotes full of courage, humour, danger and most of all love, proving there is only one animal that can be called 'man's best friend'. Written by Elizabeth Paschal O'Connor a Texan socialite living in Victorian, married to Irish politician and newspaper magnate T. P. O'Connor. A heart-warming book but also a delightful insight into the upper classes of Victorian Britain. First printed in 1915. This text has been republished here for its historical and cultural significance. Including a new introduction on dogs in fiction.

The Dog Stars: The hope-filled story of a world changed by global catastrophe

by Peter Heller

Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-08-07
ISBN : 0755392612
Pages : 217 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (755 users)

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Download or read book The Dog Stars: The hope-filled story of a world changed by global catastrophe written by Peter Heller and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A life-affirming dystopian tale of global disaster, survival, and belief for any reader of Emily St John Mandel's STATION ELEVEN or Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD 'THE ROAD crossed with a post-apocalyptic romance...[engages] deep emotions to spine-chilling (and suspenseful) effect' Lawrence Norfolk, Guardian Books of the Year Readers fell in love with THE DOG STARS 'Every bit as good as THE ROAD... A superbly sustained masterpiece' ***** 'A beautifully written tale of loss, survival and self-discovery ... suspenseful and touching' ***** 'A wee gem ... A great story, beautifully spun and well told' ***** 'I absolutely loved this book' ***** Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for - his dog Jasper, his aggressive but helpful neighbour, and his Cessna aeroplane. He's just about surviving, so long as he only takes his beloved plane for short journeys, and saves his remaining fuel. But, just once, he picks up a message from another pilot, and eventually the temptation to find out who else is still alive becomes irresistible. So he takes his plane over the horizon, knowing that he won't have enough fuel to get back. What follows is scarier and more life-affirming than he could have imagined. And his story, THE DOG STARS, is a book unlike any you have ever read.

Cornelius and the Dog Star

by Diana Spyropulos

Publisher : Illumination Arts Pub. Co.
Release Date : 1995
ISBN : 9780935699081
Pages : 60 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (699 users)

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Download or read book Cornelius and the Dog Star written by Diana Spyropulos and published by Illumination Arts Pub. Co.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grouchy, miserly, old Cornelius Basset-Hound is stunned when Saint Bernard turns him away from the Gates of Dog Heaven. He always did the right thing--but did he? This magical story encourages children to see themselves and their attitudes about prejudice, charity, work, and the importance of kindness and love. Full color. (All Ages)

Leo, the Incredible and Amazing Dog Star

by Martin Deeley

Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2014-02-06
ISBN : 1490726780
Pages : 72 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (49 users)

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Download or read book Leo, the Incredible and Amazing Dog Star written by Martin Deeley and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book tells the story of a pup found in a sports field and then adopted to become part of a family of three dogs. It is Leo himself that tells the story of how he developed and the problems he came up against in his pack. In telling his story, Leo explains how bad behavior and habits are easily learned and how he did not always understand why they were not accepted. The story then takes on a new turn as Leo then recounts how he came to be included in the pack of a world-famous dog trainer and behaviorist known as the Dog Whisperer. From that moment onward, his life changed and his behavior began to be more acceptable. He also found his true vocation in life running, jumping, and playing ball. A game that he excelled and made him a star of posters and photographs all over the world. Leo explains throughout in simple terms how poor behavior is developed in dogs and gives his thoughts on how good behavior can be encouraged and taught in a way that dogs understand. Leo tells his story from his viewpoint to help dog owners and potential owners, and especially children/young people, how dogs think and learn.

Under the Dog Star

by Joseph Caldwell

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Release Date : 1987
ISBN :
Pages : 248 pages
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Download or read book Under the Dog Star written by Joseph Caldwell and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Myths of the Dog-Man

by David Gordon White

Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1991-05-07
ISBN : 0226895092
Pages : 364 pages
Rating Book: 4.2/5 (226 users)

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Download or read book Myths of the Dog-Man written by David Gordon White and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1991-05-07 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An impressive and important cross-cultural study that has vast implications for history, religion, anthropology, folklore, and other fields. . . . Remarkably wide-ranging and extremely well-documented, it covers (among much else) the following: medieval Christian legends such as the 14th-century Ethiopian Gadla Hawaryat (Contendings of the Apostles) that had their roots in Parthian Gnosticism and Manichaeism; dog-stars (especially Sirius), dog-days, and canine psychopomps in the ancient and Hellenistic world; the cynocephalic hordes of the ancient geographers; the legend of Prester John; Visvamitra and the Svapacas ("Dog-Cookers"); the Dog Rong ("warlike barbarians") during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou periods; the nochoy ghajar (Mongolian for "Dog Country") of the Khitans; the Panju myth of the Southern Man and Yao "barbarians" from chapter 116 of the History of the Latter Han and variants in a series of later texts; and the importance of dogs in ancient Chinese burial rites. . . . Extremely well-researched and highly significant."—Victor H. Mair, Asian Folklore Studies

The Friendly Stars

by Martha Evans Martin

Publisher : DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-08-01
ISBN :
Pages : 184 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (859 users)

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Download or read book The Friendly Stars written by Martha Evans Martin and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Friendly Stars" by Martha Evans Martin. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Works of Sir Thomas Browne

by Sir Thomas Browne

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Release Date : 1852
ISBN :
Pages : 574 pages
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Download or read book The Works of Sir Thomas Browne written by Sir Thomas Browne and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas Browne. Supplementary memoir by the editor. Mrs. Lyttleton's communication to Bishop Kennet. Pseudodoxia epidemica, books I-IV

by Sir Thomas Browne

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Release Date : 1884
ISBN :
Pages : 556 pages
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Download or read book The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas Browne. Supplementary memoir by the editor. Mrs. Lyttleton's communication to Bishop Kennet. Pseudodoxia epidemica, books I-IV written by Sir Thomas Browne and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sirius

by Jay B. Holberg

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-07-05
ISBN : 0387489428
Pages : 250 pages
Rating Book: 4.8/5 (387 users)

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Download or read book Sirius written by Jay B. Holberg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-05 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells two stories. The first and most obvious is why the star known as Sirius has been regarded as an important fixture of the night sky by many civilizations and cultures since the beginnings of history. A second, but related, narrative is the prominent part that Sirius has played in how we came to achieve our current scientific understanding of the nature and fate of the stars. This is the first book to integrate the cultural history of Sirius with modern astrophysics in a way which provides a realistic view of how science progresses over time.

How to Gaze at the Southern Stars

by Richard Hall

Publisher : Awa Press
Release Date : 2004
ISBN : 9780958250993
Pages : 172 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (25 users)

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Download or read book How to Gaze at the Southern Stars written by Richard Hall and published by Awa Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty thousand years ago, a small family of our ancestors huddled around a campfire. Robbed of vision, they were vulnerable in the darkness; the night is the time of the predator. As they listened to the crackle of the fire and the sounds of the night, they looked upwards. What, they wondered, were those mysterious lights in the sky? So begins astronomer Richard Hall's engrossing account of the stars as seen from Down Under! Today scientists know a great deal about the universe we live in. Photos have even been taken of the planet Mars, 35 million miles away. But for most people it's all still a mystery.

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Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas Browne. Supplementary memoir by the editor. Mrs. Lyttleton's communication to Bishop Kennet. Pseudodoxia epidemica, books I-IV

by Sir Thomas Browne

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Release Date : 1852
ISBN :
Pages : 562 pages
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“The” Works of Sir Thomas Browne

by Thomas Browne

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Release Date : 1852
ISBN :
Pages : 564 pages
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Sir Thomas Browne's works, ed. by S. Wilkin

by sir Thomas Browne

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Release Date : 1852
ISBN :
Pages : 568 pages
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The midnight sky, notes on the stars and planets

by Edwin Dunkin

Publisher :
Release Date : 1879
ISBN :
Pages : 600 pages
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The dog; with directions for his treatment [&c.] by 'Idstone'.

by Thomas Pearce

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Release Date : 1872
ISBN :
Pages : 316 pages
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