When Marines enter an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq, and hear a suspicious noise, they clench their weapons, edge around the corner, and prepare to open fire. What they find during the U.S.—led attack on the "most dangerous city on Earth" in late 2004, however, is not an insurgent but a puppy left behind when most of the city's residents fled. Despite military law forbidding pets, the Marines de-flea the pup with kerosene, de-worm him with chewing...

In this sequel to All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot, a rural animal doctor, continues his memoirs of his meetings with a whole new cast of unforgettable characters.

When Susan Richards agreed to take on the care of one of the abused horses just rescued by the local SPCA, she didn't know it was about to open a new chapter in her life. Things had not always been easy for Susan-she had lost her mother at the age of five and was raised by uncaring relatives, married unhappily and divorced, and suffered from alcoholism. But while Susan is trying to capture the horse assigned to her, a skeletal mare named Lay Me Down...