Pig Fiction

London, New Year's Eve. Snow falls on a Georgian mansion, vibrating with the festivities of an 18th-century themed masquerade ball within. Middle-aged divorcee Anna stands alone, mourning her youth - until the clock chimes midnight and a mysterious masked figure kisses her on the mouth. Thus begins a heady dance of seduction charged by other clandestine romances swirling around them, whipping the ball into an erotic frenzy of operatic proportions - until the night climaxes, revealing unease beneath the glitter....

One of the noblest creatures to ever live on Rufus the Cat’s farmstead was Hic the Pig. He was a pig of modest means and very few words. In fact, he would not speak at all unless there was something to say. This humble characteristic was one that Rufus admired very much, especially when he considered the behavior of the dog. There was one very strange thing about Hic though, that made him unique in the world of domesticated farm animals, but nothing Rufus couldn’t handle … naturally.

In 1985, three Harvard archaeology graduate students travel to Peru for a backpacking trip to seek adventure, culture, and historic sites. While exploring undiscovered Incan ruins on the remote eastern frontier of the old empire, the friends witness an unspeakable crime. Their enchanting trip becomes a primal fight for survival. The three friends must come to terms with their experiences, and each student's recovery and healing process becomes intensely personal and continues for decades. This is a story of exploration, endurance, and the cruelty of lost love.

When Orange the flying pig and his best friend, Jes, take a flying trip to Australia to find Orange's distant relatives, they end up finding much more than that. Covering much of the continent by way of some very interesting modes of transportation, they encounter adventure, excitement, danger, and intrigue.

Mattie, Ariel, and Nicki are fast friends facing the pitfalls of life at 13. Mattie's kitschy pig collection and agoraphobic mother might completely derail her social life. Ariel's attempts to follow in Rachel Ray's culinary footsteps have landed her in hot water. And Nicki is carrying a secret that threatens to cut her off from her best friends. After discovering a mysterious book of spells and performing a ritual, the girls leave their troubles far behind - or so they think.

James Marshall retells the familiar tale in which one of three pigs survives a wolf's attacks by using his head.

Sechs Abenteuer mit Eliot und Isabella! Eine Geschichtensammlung mit den beliebtesten Rattenkindern der Tierwelt. Eliot und Isabella erleben so manche Abenteuer und scheuen keine Gefahr, doch oft wird es ganz schön brenzlig für die beiden. In der Box enthalten sind: Eliot und Isabella und die Abenteuer am Fluss, Eliot und Isabella und die Jagd nach dem Funkelstein, Eliot und Isabella und das Geheimnis des Leuchtturms, Eliot und Isabella im Finsterwald, Eliot und Isabella in den Räuberbergen, Eliot und Isabella und der Trüffeldieb.

Two young pademelons fall into trouble and find themselves swept away. They are saved by Dewey, the sugar glider, and her friend Stripe, a possum, with the help of a friendly white-tailed uromys. First Moonshine, the first book in the Just Oz series, tells of their adventures as the little band sets out through the rainforest to reunite Paddy and Mellie with their family … and of some of the strange and wonderful creatures that they meet along the way, and how Dewey learns to fly.

"Ambrosius Habedank, im Namen des Königs, öffnen Sie!" Mit diesen Worten beginnt für das kleine Hamstermädchen Wilhelmine Habedank ein Alptraum. Die Eltern werden entführt, der Bau verwüstet, und das, wo doch der Winterschlaf kurz bevor steht. Völlig verzweifelt macht sie sich auf den Weg in die große Stadt Hamsterdam, um dort ihren Onkel zu suchen, der die Familie lange vor Wilhelmines Geburt verlassen hatte. Unterwegs lernt sie neue Freunde kennen, muss große Gefahren überstehen und gerät schließlich in eine Verschwörung, die das ganze Land vernichten könnte.

A shy boy at Amelia and Sam's school is using his pet guinea pig to help him make friends – by taking his pet to school. How can Animal Ark's young helpers get him to see that the playground isn't the best place for a guinea pig?

Paddy is an ordinary pig in the tiny village of Termonfeckin in Ireland, happily eating & sleeping his days away in his owner Mrs McGuirk’s farmyard. When an unexpected encounter with the King of the Fairies results in Paddy being granted two extraordinary magical powers, life couldn’t look any better. But at almost the exact same moment, evil pub landlord Colm Quigley has a chance encounter of his own…with ruthless developer Tom O’Meaney.

A junior high janitor. A kidnapped pop star. And a talking guinea pig who saw too much. Oliver Holmes was content with his life as a janitor until the day he wakes to find a guinea pig on his bed adamant that he investigate a murder that might not be what it seems. Throw in a captivating veterinarian and an officer who knows the secrets of Oliver’s past, and he has his work cut out for him.

Pearly Woe is a worrier. She worries about everything, especially that she'll never be brave enough to become a member of the top-secret group of stealth adventurers – The Adventurologists' Guild. Pearly also has a special talent – she can talk to animals. Her favourite animal to talk to is her pet pig, called Pig. But with her parents missing, Pig pig-napped and Pearly a stowaway on an icebreaker heading for Antarctica, Pearly's worries just got REAL.

Some of the most famous children's tales to be enjoyed by the whole family.

Die Geschichte von Miika der Maus ist eine Geschichte über Freundschaft, Käse, Diebstahl und die magische Fähigkeit, einfach Maus zu sein. Miika möchte doch nur dazugehören. Aber wenn man mit magischen Wesen wie Elfen, Trollen und Pixies zusammenlebt, fühlt man sich als gewöhnliche Maus schnell wie ein Außenseiter. Als er endlich eine Artgenossin kennenlernt, glaubt Miika, dass all seine Probleme nun der Vergangenheit angehören. In Wahrheit ist dieses Zusammentreffen jedoch der Beginn eines aufregenden Abenteuers. Eine herzerwärmende Weihnachtsgeschichte, berührend schön gelesen von Rufus Beck.

Mips und Mops besteht aus zehn zusammenhängenden Gute-Nacht-Geschichten, die ohne erhobenen Zeigefinger auskommen. Es ist vielfach erprobt von Kindern mit ihrem Papa oder ihrer Mama. Die Handlung: Es beginnt alles ganz friedlich im Wald der Tiere, wo sich alle gut verstehen. Bis eines Tages die Stadtmäuse mit ihrem Schrottauto in den Wald preschen. Sie sind auf der Flucht vor Fielem, dem Schwarzen Kater und wollen sich bei Mips und Mops verstecken, den wilden Waldmäusen. Der Schwarze Kater ist bei der Käsepolizei und liebt kleine Mäuse - besonders zum Frühstück.

Basil the mouse detective is called to Paris when the organizers of the Great Cheese Cook-off (an international culinary competition) start receiving threats against the event. Who could want to deprive all of mousedom of one of its tastiest nights? Basil immediately suspects Ratigan, who has escaped yet again and was seen lurking around Paris, and sets off on his investigation at the event’s location, the Parisian College of Cooking. But Basil is baffled when circumstantial evidence shows that it couldn’t have been his old enemy after all.

Lancelot lebt schon lange bei den Winstons, mitten in London. Sein Lieblingsmensch ist Lucy: Die hat ihn nämlich nicht verpfiffen, als sie sein Mauseloch entdeckte. Deshalb hat Lancelot sich etwas ganz fest vorgenommen: Er wird Lucy dieses Jahr ihren allergrößten Weihnachtswunsch erfüllen. Ehrensache!

Celia Willow is the baby of the family, and she’s sick of it. She's sick of being younger and smaller. She's sick of never being taken seriously. So when Celia's hamster surprises the Willows with his wish-granting powers, she blurts out her deepest desire. The problem? Celia didn't exactly wish to be furry. Her big brothers and sister can't let their parents see her like this, but they only have one night to fix things. How can Abner, Tate, and Derek reverse something as powerful as hamster magic...before breakfast?

Es ist Weihnachtszeit und in Frau Fröhlichs Feinkostladen ist zur Freude der Muskeltiere jede Menge los. Da beobachtet Gruyère ein kleines Mädchen, das jeden Tag sehnsüchtig auf die köstlichen Schokoladen von Frau Fröhlich blickt, aber nie etwas kauft. Als sich im Laden Diebstähle häufen, verdächtigt Margarethe das kleine Mädchen. Das können die Muskeltiere nicht glauben, und sie beginnen, auf eigene Faust nach dem Schokoladendieb zu suchen. Und so stolpern sie bei ihren Nachforschungen mitten hinein in ein großes Weihnachtsabenteuer.