Download or read book Cat is Watching written by Roger A. Caras and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1990-09-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how cats view people and the world around them through a combination of biology, psychology, and personal anecdote.
Download or read book The New Roger Caras Treasury of Great Cat Stories written by Roger A. Caras and published by Galahad Books. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mysterious, amusing, and always surprising, the domestic cat has padded its way into the hearts of animal lovers and, as this collection reveals, some of the world's greatest writers. Award-winning nature writer Roger Caras provides us with this big, new collection of tales all on the virtues of cats. Representing a wide range of styles, the authors in this anthology provide an irresistible array of stories. Cleveland Amory compares the human and feline aging processes in "A Cat for All Seasons". Ernest Hemingway paints an unforgettable scene about the allure of a wet stray in "Cat in the Rain". And P. G. Wodehouse doles out a generous portion of English wit in the delightful romp, "Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch". This volume celebrates the once-wild creature that has established a special place in the literature, lore, legends, and living rooms of their human admirers.
Download or read book Cats Of Thistle Hill written by Roger A. Caras and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1995-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: oduces readers to his feline companions, and to the dogs, horses, cows, and even a llama with whom they share a "mostly peaceable kingdom". "Full of warmth and charm . . . delightful".--Alix Madrigal, San Francisco Chronicle. Photos.
Download or read book Going for the Blue written by Roger A. Caras and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2001-02-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this patented puppy tell-all, Roger Caras will enlighten, edify, and amuse us with the inside scoop that only he can provide on what really goes on behind the scenes of dog shows. He gives a brief history of how, without knowledge of genetics, ancient people first selectively bred dogs from wolves. He goes on to explain which factors are utilitarian and which are purely aesthetic and how these figure in judging a dog today. He then describes how dog shows evolved, how winners are selected, the immense amount of preparation that goes into grooming a showdog, what constitutes a champion, and the most important factor in a dog show -- politics. Peppered with photographs of champion dogs and dog shows from around the country, and filled with charming anecdotes about dogs who have made it to the top and those who have been left at the bottom of the doggy pile, "Going for the Blue" is a book that will appeal to dog lovers everywhere.
Download or read book Think Like a Cat written by Pam Johnson-Bennett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's favorite cat behavior expert, author of Catwise and Cat vs. Cat, offers the most complete resource for cat owners of all stripes, now fully updated. "The queen of cat behavior" - Steve Dale, author of My Pet World Think it's impossible to train a cat? Think again! By learning how to think like a cat, you'll be amazed at just how easy it is. Whether you are a veteran cat lover, a brand-new owner of a sweet kitten, or the frustrated companion of a feline whose driving you crazy, Pam Johnson-Bennett will help you understand what makes your cat tick (as well as scratch and purr). Topics range from where to get a cat to securing a vet; from basic health care to treating more serious problems; choosing an inrresistible scratching post and avoiding litterbox problems. A comprehensive guide to cat care and training, she helps you understand the instincts that guide feline behavior. Using behavior modification and play therapy techniques, she shares successful methods that will help you and your cat build a great relationship.
Download or read book Good Owners Great Cats written by Brian Kilcommons and published by Grand Central Pub. This book was released on 1995 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers guidelines for cat care and tells how to interpret cat behavior, with details about kittenhood and techniques for readjusting feline behavior
Download or read book A Dog Is Listening written by Roger A. Caras and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1993-03-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As readers of A Cat Is Watching know, Roger Caras has a special affinity with the animal kingdom. Now, in a winning mix of psychological insight, factual research, and personal, paws-on experience, Caras takes the reader into the special world of dogs. A noted wildlife author explores the canine world and reveals what they see, hear, feel, taste, and smell, and more, in a heartwarming guide to man's best friend accompanied by amusing stories.
Download or read book Golden Days written by Arthur Vanderbilt and published by Willow Creek Press. This book was released on 2014-07-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's no love quite like the love of a golden retriever. Anyone who has experienced this unique, wondrous relationship, or who simply enjoys a beautiful tale of the affection between people and their very special dogs, will fall in love with Arthur Vanderbilt's unforgettable memoir of a doting retriever named Amy and the seasons of joy she shared with those around her. First published in 1998, Willow Creek Press is proud to bring back to print this tenderly told love story that illustrates what a golden retriever can teach us about ourselves and the world we share.
Download or read book Ethics into Action written by Peter Singer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than twenty years after its publication, Peter Singer's Ethics into Action continues to inspire new generations of activists through its portrayal of Henry Spira and the animal rights movement. With a new preface from the author, this edition celebrates the continued importance of social movements and provides a path towards furthering changes in our world. Singer, one of the world's most influential living philosophers, reveals how Henry Spira influenced major corporations by simultaneously applying targeted pressures and removing existing obstacles to achieve his ethical goals. As people all over the world continues to struggle for justice, Spira's method of effecting change serves as a proven model for activists fighting across a wide range of causes.
Download or read book 99 Lives written by Howard Loxton and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "99 Lives is a colorful journey through the feline world from ancient Egypt to the present. Along the way we meet ninety-nine cats of great distinction--from Oscar, a World War II seafaring cat, to the honored Siamese who attended the coronation of the King of Siam. Spirited illustrations, enchanting photographs and enlightening stories reveal the secrets of the feline mystique." -- Page [4] cover.
Download or read book Roger Caras Treasury of Great Fishing Stories written by Roger A. Caras and published by Bristol Park Books. This book was released on 1996-05 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-seven stories that celibrate fishing as art, craft, and quasi-religious persuit. Locals include British streams to American rivers and the ocean.
Download or read book This Dog for Hire written by Carol Lea Benjamin and published by Walker. This book was released on 1996 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She gets top billing. But he's the real teeth of the operation. In the search for a killer, they make the perfect team.... She's thirty-eight, too independent for most men's taste, and too suspicious for her own good. In her back-alley Greenwich Village cottage, private investigator Rachel Alexander has one ace in the hole: Dash, the devoted, barrel-chested pit bull terrier she once saved from certain death, and who is now about to return the favor. Dash and Rachel are looking for a missing barkless champion basenji named Magritte, and for a killer. The basenji belonged to a struggling artist found dead on a downtown pier near a sign that said "don't be caught alone." As Rachel pursues a string of clues that take her from the SoHo art scene to the world of Manhattan's homeless to the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, those words echo in her mind. For in an urban landscape where good friends are hard to come by and true lovers even harder, Rachel soon discovers how dangerous it can be to trust the wrong person. Unless, of course, that person is a dog...
Download or read book Angelic Tails written by Joan Wester Anderson and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angelic Tails is a collection of down-to-earth true stories from ordinary people who believe that God has graced their lives through heavenly canine companions. Each of the 30 stories challenges readers to reconsider their conception of angels - from the story of a former Air Force colonel whose golden retrievers served as his heavenly helpers in the Colorado wilderness to the account of St. John Bosco, who, for more than 30 years, was protected by an angelic dog as he walked the dangerous city streets. In the end, for all who see through the eyes of faith, this book is evidence that God can use even muddy paws and cold noses to fulfill his purposes in our world.
Download or read book Poetics of Children s Literature written by Zohar Shavit and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its emergence in the seventeenth century as a distinctive cultural system, children's literature has had a culturally inferior status resulting from its existence in a netherworld between the literary system and the educational system. In addition to its official readership—children—it has to be approved of by adults. Writers for children, explains Zohar Shavit, are constrained to respond to these multiple systems of often mutually contradictory demands. Most writers do not try to bypass these constraints, but accept them as a framework for their work. In the most extreme cases an author may ignore one segment of the readership. If the adult reader is ignored, the writer risks rejection, as is the case of popular literature. If the writer utilizes the child as a pseudo addressee in order to appeal to an adult audience, the result can be what Shavit terms an ambivalent work. Shavit analyzes the conventions and the moral aims that have structured children's literature, from the fairy tales collected and reworked by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm—in particular, “Little Red Riding Hood”—through the complex manipulations of Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, to the subversion of the genre's canonical requirements in the chapbooks of the eighteenth century, and in the formulaic Nancy Drew books of the twentieth century. Throughout her study Shavit, explores not only how society has shaped children's literature, but also how society has been reflected in the literary works it produces for its children.
Download or read book Roger Caras Treasury of Classic Nature Tales written by Roger A. Caras and published by Galahad Books. This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh, superlative anthology of 20th-century American nature writing, from Edward Abbey to Ann Haymond Zwinger. Among the myriad creatures and habitats: the annual thousand-mile migration of ruby-throated hummingbirds from New England to the Amazon; the adventures of an immense blue whale; an encounter between a swordfish and a mako shark; and many more.
Download or read book Animal Blessings written by June Cotner and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our pets. They are our loyal companions and our faithful friends, a constant source of joy and inspiration. In this endearing anthology of prayers and poems, June Cotner has handpicked choice writings by some of the world's most notable animal lovers to celebrate the playful, the poignant, and the profound ways these wonderful creatures touch our daily lives. Selections include Emily Dickinson's astute observations of her cat, Roger Caras' thoughts about the love a dog brings to a home, and a cat's rules for running a house. Readers will be delighted by Anne Porter's poem exalting a spring symphony of peepers and Rumi in praise of birds in flight. The section "Partings" includes Annie Dougherty's lovely poem "Time to Say Good-bye" and Lord Byron's epitaph to his dog. "Reflections" includes the words of St. Francis, Jane Goodall, and Chief Seattle, reminding us that we are all interconnected beings, and James Herriot and Walt Whitman honoring the humble dignity of all creatures. Animal Blessings makes a wonderful gift for all animal lovers. This delightful volume is a charming companion that reminds us to be grateful for everything our pets and all the other animals of the world bring to our lives.
Download or read book Just a Dog written by Arnold Arluke and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we make sense of acts of cruelty towards animals?
