Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: crown, London (25 Berkeley
Date Published: 1984
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. 509p. : col. ill.; 21 cm. Nop's trials originally published: London: Collins, 1984-The fourth protocol originally published: Boston, Mass. : The canyon originally published: Boston, Mass. Houghton, Mifflin, 1953; London: Transworld, 1957-Stormswi read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Lyons Press
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9781558211858ISBN:1558211853
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. pb text clean solid edge/shelfwear on cover smoke free. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 336 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
Description: Very Good. B000EIXJ74 First Edition. Stated: "First Edition" 100% guaranteed. Very good shape with a tight spine, very good dust cover with normal wear, clean pages, yellowing pages, personalized inside, and light shelf wear. We work hard to make you happy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780517551899ISBN:0517551896
Description: Acceptable in Acceptable jacket. Ex-library. Used hardcover with dust jacket. Both are in good condition with some signs of wear to the dust jacket. read more
Description: Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 262 pp. Two condensed books in one. Text is tight and clean with no marks, tears, creases or folds. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780517551899ISBN:0517551896
Description: A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
"When I first heard about this book, I thought it would be another memoir about a guy and his dog. It turned out that it was fiction. As I read the beginning of it, I thought "I'm not really going to get into it." I thought it was just going to be downright weird, to be honest. The dog's "talk." Not to people, but to each other. And not only do they talk, but they talk in a highly formalized way, using "thy" and "thou," but in the context of short, clipped sentences. It turned out that I was wrong about enjoying the book. It didn't take long until I was absorbed into it. The "dog language" actually began to make sense -- it separated their "speech" from that of the humans.
Nop's trials tells the story of a sheepdog (border collie) named Nop who is owned by a man named Lewis. Lewis uses him as a stockdog on his farm and also gets him into sheepdog trials. On Christmas Day, Nop goes out running with a friend's dog and the two disappear. It turns out they're stolen. The rest of the story goes back and forth between telling the story of Lewis's search that takes him from Virginia to Ohio and back again a few times to Nop's various adventures as he's sold and given away time and time again. Some of the people he lands with are decent folks. Some not so much.
The story was really touching and amazing, but also tragic at times. I really loved this book."
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