Download or read book Cleveland Amory s Compleat Cat written by Cleveland Amory and published by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first-ever, all-in-one collection of Cleveland Amory's beloved Cat tales is a bona fide publishing event. Presented here in their entirety, these three books - each volume an international bestseller upon publication - have captured the hearts and the imaginations of readers everywhere, and made a four-footed celebrity of Amory's sublime companion, the redoubtable Polar Bear. The Cat Who Came for Christmas delightfully recounts the earliest adventures of Amory and Polar Bear, including their memorable meetings with Walter Cronkite, George C. Scott, and Cary Grant, not to mention those with a cat psychiatrist, an afghan in Central Park, a Kamikaze Kitten, and Herbert the Pigeon. The Cat and the Curmudgeon takes up where the first book ends, Amory and Polar Bear still stubbornly standing their ground in battles both domestic and foreign. The Best Cat Ever is the most humorous of Amory's books - and the most touching - a loving look back at the trials and adventures of man and cat, all of which end in a kind of triumphal truce.
Download or read book The Cat Who Came for Christmas written by Cleveland Amory and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cat charms its way into a curmudgeon's heart one hilarious holiday season in this "extraordinary" bestselling Christmas classic (Parade), the perfect gift for the animal lover in your life. 'Twas the night before Christmas when a bedraggled white feline entered the heart -- and home -- of Cleveland Amory. To say it is a friendly takeover is an understatement. For the cat who came for Christmas is clearly of the Independent Type, and Cleveland Amory, cranky or not, is a pushover where animals are concerned. Toe to toe they stand -- Amory at six feet three, the cat at six inches -- and eyeball to eyeball with each other on every issue: whether or not to come when called; to recognize one's name; to take a trip, a pill, a bath, or a walk on a leash; to be civil to New People; or even in an age when Thin Is In, why anyone in his right mind would want to be the Last Fat Cat. We will not spoil The Cat Who Came For Christmas by telling you who blinks first. Suffice it to say that in this hilarious battle, nine times out of ten, it is not the cat.
Download or read book Cleveland Amory written by Marilyn S. Greenwald and published by Upne. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, the first comprehensive biography of Cleveland Amory, Marilyn Greenwald applies her considerable journalistic skills to a searching account of the complex life and times of this successful writer turned dedicated animal-rights activist--what shaped his beliefs in social responsibility, and how his own intense commitment to his chosen cause, ignited by the spectacle of a Mexican bullfight he covered as a young journalist, permeated every aspect of his life. Amory's bestselling books included three classic social history critiques, The Proper Bostonians, The Last Resorts, and Who Killed Society?, and his popular series on "Polar Bear," a cat that he rescued from the streets of Manhattan on Christmas Eve 1978, now available as The Compleat Cat. In the 1960s and 1970s, Amory wrote prolifically for TV Guide (for which he was chief critic for over a decade), Saturday Review, Parade, and other publications. He was a regular commentator on the Today Show until 1963, when he was summarily fired for a story on animal abuse that greatly disturbed NBC's breakfast audience. In 1967 Amory founded the charity Fund for Animals, and as an animal-rights activist he employed his charm, intelligence, and understanding of human nature to garner national publicity for a movement that was, in the 1960s, relatively obscure. He was the first to use celebrities to help get support for the Fund for Animals, including Mary Tyler Moore, Doris Day, Grace Kelly, Dick Cavett, and Jack Paar. Amory's Fund merged with the Humane Society in 2005. As the Fund for Animals grew, the organization gained international notoriety with high profile and daring animal rescues, including the airlifting of burros from the Grand Canyon, the rescues of wild goats in San Clemente, the spray painting of baby harp seals in Canada. In 1980 he opened his Black Beauty Ranch animal sanctuary east of Dallas, Texas. For all of this and more, Amory's name today remains renowned in animal-rights activist circles. Throughout his life, Amory reinvented himself several times, and Marilyn Greenwald follows him every step of the way with an outstanding narrative and penetrating analysis of the man, his career, the animal-rights movement, the times, and the extraordinary legacy of Cleveland Amory.
Download or read book The Cat and the Curmudgeon written by Cleveland Amory and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 1991-10-21 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite his hard-knock beginnings, Polar Bear is finicky about his newfound fame. Will nine lives be enough for him to answer all his fan mail? This tale of two curmudgeons will tickle the fancy of everyone who has ever been owned by a cat. And it doesn't end here-Polar Bear's fans won't want to miss the third and most poignant installment of the trilogy: The Best Cat Ever.
Download or read book The Last Diving Horse in America written by Cynthia A. Branigan and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rescue of the last diving horse in America and the inspiring story of how horse and animal rescuer were each profoundly transformed by the other—from the award-winning animal rescuer of retired racing greyhounds and author of the best-selling Adopting the Racing Greyhound It was the signature of Atlantic City’s Steel Pier in the golden age of “America’s Favorite Playground”: Doc Carver’s High Diving Horses. Beginning in 1929, four times a day, seven days a week, a trained horse wearing only a harness ran up a ramp, a diving girl in a bathing suit and helmet jumped onto its mighty bare back, and together they sailed forty feet through the air, plunging, to thunderous applause, into a ten-foot-deep tank of water. Decades later, after cries of animal abuse and changing times, the act was shuttered, and in May 1980, the last Atlantic City Steel Pier diving horse was placed on the auction block in Indian Mills, New Jersey. The author, who had seen the act as a child and had been haunted by it, was now working with Cleveland Amory, the founding father of the modern animal protection movement, and she was, at the last minute, sent on a rescue mission: bidding for the horse everyone had come to buy, some for the slaughterhouse (they dropped out when the bidding exceeded his weight). The author’s winning bid: $2,600—and Gamal, gleaming-coated, majestic, commanding, was hers; she who knew almost nothing about horses was now the owner of the last diving horse in America. Cynthia Branigan tells the magical, transformative story of how horse and new owner (who is trying to sort out her own life, feeling somewhat lost herself and in need of rescuing) come to know each other, educate each other, and teach each other important lessons of living and loving. She writes of providing a new home for Gamal, a farm with plentiful fields of rich, grazing pasture; of how Gamal, at age twenty-six, blossoms in his new circumstances; and of the special bond that slowly grows and deepens between them, as Gamal tests the author and grows to trust her, and as she grows to rely upon him as friend, confidant, teacher. She writes of her search for Gamal’s past: moved from barn to barn, from barrel racer to rodeo horse, and ending up on the Steel Pier; how his resilience and dignity throughout those years give deep meaning to his life; and how in understanding this, the author is freed from her own past, which had been filled with doubts and fears and darkness. Branigan writes of the history of diving horses and of how rescuing and caring for Gamal led to her saving other animals—burros, llamas, and goats—first as company for Gamal and then finding homes for them all; and, finally, saving a ten-year-old retired greyhound called King—despondent, nearly broken in spirit—who, running free in the fields with Gamal, comes back to his happy self and opens up for the author a whole new surprising but purposeful world. A captivating tale of the power of animals and the love that can heal the heart and restore the soul.
Download or read book A Cat Named Darwin written by William Jordan and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003-11-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes his detachment from animals before meeting a cat whose failing health and winning personality shifted his scientific perspectives and brought about his understanding of the evolutionary significance of kinship.
Download or read book Best Cat Ever written by Cleveland Amory and published by . This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the same sly humor and deep affection that have enchanted readers of Cleveland Amory¿s earlier, best-selling accounts of his adventures with his curmudgeonly cat, Polar Bear, the author here reflects on his life and on the many ways in which it was enriched by fifteen years of his feline friend¿s companionship. This is Amory¿s best book ever -- the witty and wise conclusion to a wonderful love story. ¿Wickedly amusing.¿ Illustrations.
Download or read book Ranch of Dreams written by Cleveland Amory and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Black Beauty Ranch in East Texas and of countless animals who have "found their haven at the ranch."--Jacket.
Download or read book The Best Cat Ever written by Cleveland Amory and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1994-10 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with charming vignettes of the loving relationship between a cranky old man and his recalcitrant cat. Also packed with anecdotes and observations that are vintage Amory - crotchety, fascinating, and wickedly amusing.
Download or read book For the Love of Cats written by Sandy Robins and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expressing the passion felt for pets using all 26 letters of the alphabet accompanied by rhymes, colorful illustrations, and informative text, this tribute to cats explores the feline obsession in a fresh and humorous way. Readers will enjoy fun facts about the intelligent, affectionate, complicated, and independent pets that curl up in laps and bound through the house with elegant acrobatics.
Download or read book Buckley s Story written by Ingrid King and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buckleys Story is the story of how one small cat changed the authors life in ways she never could have imagined. In this warm-hearted memoir, Ingrid King shares the story of Buckley, a joyful, enthusiastic and affectionate tortoiseshell cat she meets while managing a veterinary hospital. When Ingrid leaves her job at the veterinary hospital to start her own business, Buckley comes home to live with her and Amber, another tortoiseshell cat who had adopted the author several years earlier. Buckley is diagnosed with heart disease after only two years of living with Ingrid, and caring for Buckley through her illness only deepens the bond between cat and human. Interspersed with well-researched information about cat health in general, and heart disease in particular, the author describes the challenges and rewards of managing illness in a feline companion, and ultimately helping her through the final transition. Ingrid shares both the day-to-day joys of living with a special cat as well as the profound grief that comes with losing a beloved animal companion. Buckleys Story is a celebration of the soul connection between animals and humans, a connection that is eternal and transcends the physical dimension. PRAISE FOR Buckleys Story Buckleys Story is a true celebration of the bond between pets and their humans. This story of a gimpy little tortoiseshell cat with a huge heart who changed her humans life in unexpected ways shows us how pets teach us universal lessons about living a joyful life, how caring for a terminally ill pet can deepen this special bond, and how to navigate the devastating grief that comes with losing a beloved animal companion. Dr. Marty Becker, Americas Veterinarian and author of The Healing Power of Pets: Harnessing the Amazing Ability of Pets To Make and Keep People Happy and Healthy *** Ingrid King loves animals, and in Buckleys Story she leads us through how these precious creatures in particular, one gimpy tortie named Buckley can teach us how to open our hearts to the world. - Clea Simon, author of The Feline Mystique: On the Mysterious Connection Between Women and Cats *** For those of us who thinkor, rather, knowthat cats have a thing or two to teach us in this life, youll appreciate Ingrid Kings story about her cat Buckley. - Megan McMorris, Editor Cat Women Female Writers on their Feline Friends ***
Download or read book Who Killed Society written by Cleveland Amory and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Angel Whiskers written by Laurel E. Hunt and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2001-02-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone whos ever loved a cat knows the pleasure and comfort these feline companions can bringand anyone whos ever lost a cat knows the deep sorrow brought on by their passing. This elegant tribute to cats past and present features classic poetry and short stories by authors both famous and unknown, as well as vintage photographs and drawings. These timeless words and pictures offer bereaved owners a chance to express and validate their feelings of grief while celebrating the many qualities that make cats special.
Download or read book This Side of Paradise written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Side of Paradise is a novel about post-World War I youth and their morality. Amory Blaine is a young Princeton University student with an attractive face and an interest in literature. His greed and desire for social status warp the theme of love weaving through the story.
Download or read book The Best Cat Ever written by Cleveland Amory and published by Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 1994 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picking up where "The Cat Who Came for Christmas" and "The Cat and the Curmudgeon" left off, this beautiful new paperback edition continues the story of the cat named Polar Bear and his grumpy, lovable owner.
Download or read book Monkey Business written by Kathy Snow Guillermo and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The case that launched the animal rights movement. Working undercover at a research laboratory in 1981, Alex Pacheco's discoveries led to the first criminal prosecution for animal cruelty against a medical researcher.
Download or read book Diet for a New America written by John Robbins and published by H J Kramer. This book was released on 2011-03-09 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the leading killer in America, cardiovascular disease, is directly linked to meat consumption? Or that you save more water by not eating one pound of beef than you would by not showering for a whole year? Diet for a New America simply and eloquently documents these ecological concerns and more, as well as the little-known horrors that animals experience during factory farming. Few of us are aware that the act of eating can be a powerful statement of commitment to our own well-being, and at the same time to the creation of a healthier world. In Diet for a New America, you will learn how your food choices can provide ways to enjoy life to the fullest, while making it possible that life, itself, might continue. Heeding this message is without a doubt one of the most practical, economical, and potent things you can do today to heal not only your own life, but also the ecosystem on which all life depends. Reading this book will change your life.
