Finding Gobi: a little dog with a very big heart

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Leonard, Dion
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While racing through the Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia, the author, a seasoned ultramarathoner, encounters a stray dog who, keeping pace with him for nearly 80 miles, gives him a new perspective on life, causing him to fight to bring her home with him with the help of strangers and a viral outpouring of assistance on the internet.

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Animals
Asia
Autobiographies
Biographies
Biography
Dog adoption
Dog owners
Dog owners -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Biography
Dogs
Dogs -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) -- Biography
Geography
Gobi
Gobi -- (Dog)
Human-animal relationships
Inspirational literature
Juvenile literature
Leonard, Dion
Male long-distance runners
Male long-distance runners -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Biography
People
Religion
Travel writing
Ultra running
Ultra running -- Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China)

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Inspirational literature
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