Download or read book The Black Cat Who Only Wanted to be Loved written by Rosa Silva and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black cats mean bad luck......or do they? Abandoned by his owner on the side of a road, little Pepper must go on a journey of self-discovery. Will the little black cat embrace his own identity, or will he change the color of his fur to find a family that will love him? You will love this touching and inspiring story about the power of friendship and the importance of acceptance and self-love.

Download or read book Black Cats Tell All written by Layla Morgan Wilde and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthology of stories about and photographs of black cats.

Download or read book Cat Life written by Amy Shojai and published by Furry Muse Publications. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with beautiful color photographs of these furry friends, this book reveals virtually everything needed to appreciate this mysterious, lovable companion.Chapter One, "Evolutionary Cat," traces the domestic feline back to the Paleocene Era, then introduces its big cat relatives. Sidebars highlight the fascinating evolutionary differences between big cats and small cats, which clearly explain why the smaller kitties became household favorites. Cats have been both revered and scorned throughout history. Egyptian law protected sacred cats, and the beauty of Egyptian women was measured by their resemblance to the cat. But the cat's spiritual heyday came to a halt in the Middle Ages, when the Christian church crushed the worship of cat-gods. Yet, in the seventeenth century, cat popularity rose again as the French aristocracy welcomed the cat back into polite society.Chapter Two, "Cultured Cat," is a survey of artistic homage paid to the cat. From Aesop's fables to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, cats have been featured as analogy, metaphor, and hero. From the Egyptians to Leonardo da Vinci and beyond, the cat has been featured in paintings and other media. Notable cat lovers include Winston Churchill, President Lincoln, and President Roosevelt, whose cat, Slippers, often attended White House dinners. Enemies of the cat include Hitler, Alexander the Great, and Napoleon.Chapter Three, "Physical Cat," is a guide to understanding and caring for your cat. First, each of the cat's senses and physical attributes are described, to reveal how they see the world. Important cat care issues are discussed, such as whether you should get your cat "fixed" (definitely!) and what ailments your cat is likely to suffer from. Also provided are tips for proper training, advice on when to vaccinate, and information about choosing and caring for kittens.Cat Life closes with a "Gallery of Breeds," a parade of fascinating cat types with descriptions of their unique personalities and special characteristics. Overflowing with endearing photographs and enlightening, entertaining text, Cat Life is sure to capture the fancy of ailurophiles everywhere.

Download or read book Black Cats Get a Bad Rap written by J. G. Piper and published by J.G. Piper. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do black cats deserve the bad rap that they get? These black cats get a chance to express themselves and tell their side of the story! Clever rhymes and beautiful cat illustrations will captivate children, and young readers will look forward to every page-turn. The black cats tell their stories in a way that is fun and funny, and by the end of the book, readers both young and old will delight in saying, "I'm a black cat who got a bad rap." The short poetic verses are gorgeously illustrated by internationally known artist Linda Apple. Her illustrations are rich with color and cat-personality. Read the book, and decide for yourself: are black cats as bad as all that?

Download or read book The Black Cat written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by SAMPI Books. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" is a short story that explores themes of guilt and perversity. The narrator, haunted by cruelty to his black cat and acts of domestic violence, is consumed by paranoia and madness. His attempt to conceal a crime leads to his own disgrace.

Download or read book Los Gatos Black on Halloween written by Marisa Montes and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2006-08-22 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow los monstruos and los esqueletos to the Halloween party Under October's luna, full and bright, the monsters are throwing a ball in the Haunted Hall. Las brujas come on their broomsticks. Los muertos rise from their coffins to join in the fun. Los esqueletos rattle their bones as they dance through the door. And the scariest creatures of all aren't even there yet! This lively bilingual Halloween poem introduces young readers to a spooky array of Spanish words that will open their ojos to the chilling delights of the season. Los Gatos Black on Halloween is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year, the winner of the 2008 Pura Belpre Medal for Illustration and a Pura Belpre Honor Book for Narrative.

Download or read book The Cats House written by Bob Walker and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cats.

Download or read book Big Cat Little Cat written by Elisha Cooper and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2018 Caldecott Honor book There was a cat who lived alone. Until the day a new cat came . . . And so a story of friendship begins, following the two cats through their days, months, and years until one day, the older cat has to go. And he doesn’t come back. This is a poignant story, told in measured text and bold black-and-white illustrations about the act of moving on.

Download or read book The Way of Cats written by Pamela Merritt and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way of Cats is a way of playing games with our cat. These communication, training, and affection games are fun and easy to learn. Then we have well-behaved and happy cats.

Download or read book Five Black Cats written by Patricia Hegarty and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five black cats in the moonlight meet spooky new friends on Halloween night! Follow the five brave, black cats as they go on a ghostly rhyming adventure!

Download or read book Karen s Black Cat Baby Sitters Little Sister 102 written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! A new petKaren’s family is adopting a kitten! Karen wants to name the kitten Pumpkin and teach him tricks. But then the family picks a black kitten. And Karen’s name does not fit. Now she feels sorry for her old cat, Boo-Boo. Maybe she will teach him tricks instead. Can Karen learn to love two cats at once?

Download or read book The Book of Love written by Cynthia Markovitch and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-05-17 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Love is a twisted fairytale about a young girl growing up in America searching for the truth in a world of falsehoods only to discover her real identity.

Download or read book Please Send Me Someone to Love written by Octavia Barnes and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nelly Watts, writer for The Great Society Magazine had no idea what fate had in store for her when she accepted the job in Washington, DC. She was definitely looking forward to the opportunity to meet Alana Charleston, and a weekend in DC wasn't such a bad deal to boot. Ms. Charleston was a member of Washington, DC's elite, and Nelly couldn't wait to meet her. But Nelly never knew the secrets that this lovely city would reveal. No, she never even saw what was coming, and by the time it hit her she was running to catch up!

Download or read book The Luciferian Book written by Lucifer Damuel White and published by Lucifer Damuel White. This book was released on 2023-02-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not only a theistic approach to Satanism but a philanthropic one as well. This book is an examination of what is good about life. The answers here are not ones of achieving the greatest spiritual states but are down to earth and require that your own strength accompany it all. The answers here are not lofty headed. They are sensible, practical, and founded on Truth. It is all the better through self empowerment, something required of you here. Just as a Luciferian book should be, it is a book of enlightenment.

Download or read book Naming Your Little Geek written by Scott Rubin and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate book of baby names for comic book nerds, sci-fi fans and more—with the meanings and stories behind more than 1,000 names! Having trouble finding a baby name that celebrates your favorite fandom? Whether you want your child’s name to stand out in a crowd or fit in on the playground, Naming Your Little Geek is here to save the day! This ultimate guidebook is complete with every name a geek could want to give their baby—from Anakin and Frodo to Indiana and Clark; and from Gwen and Wanda to Buffy and Xena—plus their meanings, and a list of all the legends who have borne them. Naming Your Little Geek covers everything from comic book superheroes to role-playing game icons, Starfleet officers to sword and sorcery legends with characters who have appeared on film and TV, in novels and comic books, on the tabletop, and beyond. With nearly 1,100 names referencing more than 4,400 characters from over 1,800 unique sources, it's the perfect resource for parents naming a child or anyone looking for a super cool and meaningful new name.

Download or read book The Nightwatchman s Occurrence Book written by V. S. Naipaul and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2012-04-02 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (includes The Suffrage of Elvira, A Flag on the Island and Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion) Written early in V. S. Naipaul’s prolific career, these three works of fiction — two novels and a collection of stories — are ample evidence of his cosmopolitan reach and his seemingly effortless command of broad comedy and acute observation.

Download or read book The Book of Gothic Tales written by Charles Dickens and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-29 with total page 9595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Gothic Tales' brings together an unprecedented assembly of literary genius, spanning two centuries of Gothic fiction that has haunted, thrilled, and ensnared readers across the globe. This collection showcases a stellar array of literary styles, from the psychological terror and eerie mysteries of Poe to the romantic despair of the Brontës, all under the broad and shadowy umbrella of the Gothic tradition. Each tale has been meticulously selected for its ability to explore the darker facets of human nature, the thin line between the supernatural and the psychological, and the societal undercurrents of the time. The anthology resonates with themes of forbidden knowledge, the supernatural, and the struggle between reason and passion, making it a cornerstone for understanding the depth and diversity of Gothic literature. The contributing authors, distinguished by their significant contributions to literature and the Gothic genre, come from diverse backgrounds, both culturally and historically. Together, they represent a cross-section of the 19th and early 20th centuries' most influential literary figures. Their collective works capture the evolving nature of Gothic fiction, reflecting on the anxieties of their respective eras - from the haunting landscapes of Irish and Scottish lore to the nuanced critiques of social norms and the exploration of the human psyche. This anthology aligns with essential literary movements, assembling pieces that, though varied in setting and subject, share a core fascination with the macabre, the mysterious, and the grotesque. 'The Book of Gothic Tales' is essential reading for anyone keen to explore the rich tapestry of Gothic literature through its most iconic narratives and figures. It offers readers a unique opportunity to engage with the works of literary giants within a single volume, presenting a broad, yet curated exploration of Gothic fictions evolution and its enduring relevance in contemporary discussions around fear, desire, and the supernatural. Inviting both scholars and enthusiasts to traverse its haunting pages, this collection promises an unparalleled journey through the minds of those who crafted the Gothic literary tradition.