Heroic Dogs Volume 2

True dog stories that will inspire and warm your heart. These incredible dog heroes have demonstrated acts of bravery, courage, and intelligence beyond and above what you would expect of man's best friend. Ask pet owners how they feel about their companions and you will no doubt be met with descriptions of love and adoration. We have a special bond with our pets, and this is especially true with our bond to dogs. Throughout history, dogs have been our faithful companions. Whether it is for hunting, protection, sport, or companionship, the relationship between people and dogs is one that is unprecedented anywhere else in the animal world. They are more than just pets; they are loyal companions, and in some cases, they are lifesavers. In this book, you will read about twelve of the most amazing heroic dogs in recent times. Each one has impacted the lives of humans in truly incredible ways. Each of these dogs comes from a different beginning and environment, but they all have something in common: incredible intuition and protective instincts. Read on to learn about these amazing creatures and the almost unbelievable ways that they have saved the lives and spirits of humans. Meet the dogs in this book: Katrina, Hurricane Katrina Savior Ginny, a fearless Rottweiler, saves paraplegic from burning truck Trakr, breaking boundaries and saving feline lives Belle, making calls to save lives Duke, most loyal babysitter Noah, canine shields, and life save Treo, the decorated war hero Kiko, the canine surgeon Yogi, saves the day after a tragic bike accident Xana, shelter dog brings life to autistic boy Tobu, Heimlich miracle Let's get started! Scroll back up and order your copy today!

Looking for a great dog story? How would you like 18 great dog stories! Jennifer Ogden's 2nd book of heroic dog stories is filled with 18 remarkable true stories of ordinary dogs that performed extraordinary, heroic acts. * Find out what a German shepherd named Shelby does when her family's house fills with carbon monoxide * Discover what Blue, an Australian blue heeler, does when his elderly owner falls at night in an area filled with alligators * Learn what happens when a man crashes his car in a remote part of Australian and the only one who knows he is there is his English sheepdog named Boydy. * Find out what a great dane named Juliana does to stop a bomb from exploding during the London blitz when a bomb falls into her home. * Discover what happens when a sweet border collie mix named Vicious does when a cougar walks into her home and leaps on her owner. These are just a few of the great dog stories in the book Hero Dog Stories 2: 18 True Stories of Amazing Dogs. There are many more! The book is appropriate for ages 7 and up. Although written in a simple style for children, adults enjoy the stories as well. The book contains 132 pages. Like a good dog story? This book of 18 dog stories is perfect for you!

Dogs really are man's best friend - and we can prove it! In this uplifting, beautifully illustrated book, readers will discover the incredible true stories of talented, brave, and daring dogs whose exploits have made them world-famous. These tales of canine courage, loyalty and intelligence will warm any dog-lovers heart. Over 30 stories are included, accompanied by delightful full-colour illustrations by Isabel Muñoz. Find out all about... • Balto and Togo, who bravely led sleds carrying a life-saving vaccine through the Alaskan wilderness • Bobbie, who journeyed 2,500 miles from Indiana, to return to his family in Oregon • Belka and Strelka, the first dogs in space • Chips, the most decorated war dog of WWII • ... and so many more! Perfect for animal-lovers aged 8+.

Renowned today for his contribution to the rise of the modern European fairy tale, Giovan Francesco Straparola (c. 1480–c. 1557) is particularly known for his dazzling anthology The Pleasant Nights. Originally published in Venice in 1550 and 1553, this collection features seventy-three folk stories, fables, jests, and pseudo-histories, including nine tales we might now designate for ‘mature readers’ and seventeen proto-fairy tales. Nearly all of these stories, including classics such as ‘Puss in Boots,’ made their first ever appearance in this collection; together, the tales comprise one of the most varied and engaging Renaissance miscellanies ever produced. Its appeal sustained it through twenty-six editions in the first sixty years. This full critical edition of The Pleasant Nights presents these stories in English for the first time in over a century. The text takes its inspiration from the celebrated Waters translation, which is entirely revised here to render it both more faithful to the original and more sparkishly idiomatic than ever before. The stories are accompanied by a rich sampling of illustrations, including originals from nineteenth-century English and French versions of the text. As a comprehensive critical and historical edition, these volumes contain far more information on the stories than can be found in any existing studies, literary histories, or Italian editions of the work. Donald Beecher provides a lengthy introduction discussing Straparola as an author, the nature of fairy tales and their passage through oral culture, and how this phenomenon provides a new reservoir of stories for literary adaptation. Moreover, the stories all feature extensive commentaries analysing not only their themes but also their fascinating provenances, drawing on thousands of analogue tales going back to ancient Sanskrit, Persian, and Arabic stories. Immensely entertaining and readable, The Pleasant Nights will appeal to anyone interested in fairy tales, ancient stories, and folk creations. Such readers will also enjoy Beecher’s academically solid and erudite commentaries, which unfold in a manner as light and amusing as the stories themselves.

100 real-life stories of canine heroism from around the world, including an New York police dog and a bomb-detecting dog in Northern Ireland. Hero Dogs celebrates the noble traits of man’s best friend—smarts, guts, devotion, perseverance, and intuition—in an extraordinary array of true stories accompanied by evocative photographs. Among the many adventurers: Mimi, a tiny peach-colored poodle, who saved a family of seven from a fiery death; Weela, an American pit bull terrier, who rescued thirty people, twenty-nine dogs, thirteen horses, and one cat from the perilous water of the swollen Tijuana River; Reona, the astonishing Rottweiler, who jumped three fences during an earthquake to come to the aid of an epileptic child. Everyone loves a hero, and everyone loves a dog. Here is a book that unites the two.

The hero cycles of Arabic belong to the literary tradition of The Arabian Nights and can be seen as the popular epics of their civilisation. The second volume analyses their contents and literary formulae.