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Christmas Tree Ranch volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Veterinarian J. T. "Rush" Rushford, who lost custody of a girl he thought was his daughter, is in Branding Iron, Texas, with his mobile vet practice, just hoping to get through the season - until a Christmas miracle happens.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Sadie Montogmery has had good breaks and bad breaks in her life, but as a struggling artist, all she needs is one lucky break. Things seem to be going her way when she lands one of the coveted finalist spots in a portrait competition. It happens to coincide with a surgery she needs to have. Minor, they say. Less than a week in the hospital they say. Nothing about you will change, they say. Upon recovery, it begins to dawn on Sadie that she can see...
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Español
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"Para ser veterinario, necesitas mucho m̀s que un amor por los animales. Este libro explica la realidad de convertirse en veterinario. Al igual que otros m̌dicos, los veterinarios van a la escuela durante muchos ąos. Aprenden muchas habilidades, incluido el tratamiento de enfermedades, la prescripci̤n de medicamentos y la realizaci̤n de cirug̕a. Los lectores aprender̀n que los veterinarios no solo cuidan de las mascotas. Algunos pueden trabajar...
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English
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"Set in Ireland's striking, rugged countryside, USA Today bestselling author Carlene O'Connor's dark, atmospheric new crime fiction series combines the eerie atmosphere of Tana French and Louise Penny with the compulsively taut plotting of Dervla McTiernan and Lucy Foley, as an Irish veterinarian grapples with life, death, family dynamics, and the secrets at the heart of her small community... On a rocky beach in the southwest of Ireland, the body...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When youre the only veterinarian in an area thats 130 miles long and has a coast on either side, you never know what each new day might bring. Andrew Peacock is a born vet, devoted to the care of animals, and in constant wonder as an observer of their lives. Luckily for the rest of us, he is a born storyteller, too. Creatures of the Rock is a funny, thrilling, unflinching but ultimately heartwarming collection of tales about the connections between...
8) Meant to be
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English
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"It's 1972 and times are changing. In the small farming community of Mason, Kansas, Vera and Kelly Exton are known for their ambitions. Vera is an activist who wants to join her boyfriend in the Peace Corps. But she is doing her duty caring for her widowed mother and younger sister until Kelly is firmly established. Kelly is studying to become a veterinarian. She plans to marry her childhood sweetheart and eventually take over his father's veterinary...
Author
Series
All creatures great and small volume 2
Language
English
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James Alfred Wright, who writes under the pseudonym James Herriot, was a British veterinarian who practiced for more than 60 years. Presented here are stories based on the diaries he kept as a young doctor working in the Yorkshire Dales.
Author
Series
Calpurnia Tate volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--
Author
Series
All creatures great and small volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1977
Language
English
Author
Series
All creatures great and small volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1981
Language
English
14) All dogs go to Kevin: everything three dogs taught me (that I didn't learn in veterinary school)
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A veterinarian discusses the lessons her beloved dogs have imparted throughout her life and in her professional practice.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The veterinarian author relates stories revealing that llamas do not enjoy having their toenails trimmed, Scottish Highland cattle prefer each other to their medical caregivers, and amorous burros need to be neutered expediently.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
From the best-selling author of Cowboys are my Weakness comes a story of a woman, Rae, and her dog, Dante, who teaches her that love is stronger than fear. A catalyst for change in other characters as well, Dante effects the lives of Rae's house-tender, her therapist, two veterinarians, and an anxiety-ridden actor. In addition to Dante, there is also Rose, another dog, and Stanley the cat, all of whom have something to add. With her characteristic...
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English
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"Gabriel Callahan has lost everything that mattered. All he wants is solitude on an isolated mountain estate. Instead, he gets a neighbor. Vibrant, no-nonsense Nic Sullivan is Eternity Springs' veterinarian, and she has an uncanny plan to lure this talented architect back to the world of the living. First with a dog, next with a renovation project, and, finally, with a night of passion that ends with a surprise. Now a man still raw from tragedy must...
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