Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.

Matt, a loner alcoholic, struggles to maintain sobriety and honor his mother's dying wish to see him get sober. His AA sponsor offers him refuge at his farm where Matt finds Yup'ik, a stray husky with a unique talent. Their relationship struggles at first, but with the help of their Montana community, the two strays find a connection and discover what it takes to pull through to the finish line.

Leah, a little girl adopted from China, dreams of adopting a puppy of her very own. Ginger, a shelter dog living in the heart of Chinatown, dreams of having a forever family of her very own. Anticipating the Chinese New Year parade and celebrations for the Year of the Dog, both Leah and Ginger hope that their wishes become reality. Meeting by chance at the festivities, they discover the true meaning of what it means to be a forever family, and that...

In the tradition of women as the unsung keepers of history, Deborah Paredez's second poetry collection tells her story as a Latina daughter of the Vietnam War. The title refers to the year 1970-the "year of the Metal Dog" in the lunar calendar-which was the year of the author's birth, the year of her father's deployment to Vietnam with a troop of Mexican-American immigrant soldiers, and a year of tremendous upheaval across the United States. Images...

The year is 1540. Strangers wearing shells like turtles and carrying sticks that roar and spit killing stones are on the rampage in what will become Mississippi in the New World. The Spanish expedition led by Hernando de Soto has just destroyed a village to the southeast, and is headed for the Chickasaw village of Chicaca.A young Chickasaw maiden named Swift Doe has had a dream about a white dog, but it's not until the tribe's shaman tells a similar...

Many people have asked the question, "What does the future hold?" This book provides some answers. This touching story of a man and his dog may surprise you, because this dog is like no other dog you have ever met. Both man and dog live in the near future, at a time when everything has been transformed by new technology: voting, driving, spending money, the use of clocks, time zones, and basic measurements. But the most surprising is likely the use...

A poet at heart, Amy Minato rejects her life of consumption in Chicago to go back to nature-specifically, to a commune in Oregon, where she rediscovers herself.

In this sequel to Year of the Dog, Pacy has another big year in store for her. The Year of the Dog was a very lucky year: she met her best friend Melody and discovered her true talents. However, the Year of the Rat brings big changes: Pacy must deal with Melody moving to California, find the courage to forge on with her dream of becoming a writer and illustrator, and learn to face some of her own flaws. Pacy encounters prejudice, struggles with acceptance,...

"Few of us meet our dogs at Day One. The dog who will, eventually, become an integral part of our family, our constant companion and best friend, is born without us into a family of her own. A puppy's critical early development into the dog we come to know is usually missed entirely. Dog researcher Alexandra Horowitz aimed to change that with her family's new pup, Quiddity (Quid). In this scientific memoir, she charts Quid's growth from wee grub to...