Download or read book Scrawny Cat written by Phyllis Root and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lost, lonely, scrawny cat who is hungry and afraid unexpectedly meets someone who takes him in and loves him, in a heartwarming tale about finding home in unlikely places.
Download or read book Paraphrase Grammars written by R.M. Smaby and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent rapid development of transformational grammars has incorpo rated some strong claims in the areas of semantics and co-occurrence. The earlier structuralists relied on a minimum of information about the meaning of strings of a language. They asked only if strings of sounds were different in meaning - or simply were different words or phrases. Current transfor mational grammars, on the other hand, set as their goal the production of exactly the meaningful strings of a language. Stated slightly differently, they wish to specify exactly which strings of a language can occur together (meaningfully) in a given order. The present book purports to show that transformational grammar is in dependent of the current trends in semantics. I claim that exciting and sophisticated transformational grammars are required for describing when strings of a language mean the same, that is, for describing when strings of a language are paraphrases of each other. This task can be quite naturally limited to a project of much weaker semantic claims than those which are current in transformational linguistics.
Download or read book Skinny written by Donna Rawlins Feist and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skinny! An Inspirational Cat Tale - is an entertaining story about a neighborhood rescue-cat nicknamed Skinny, and how he came to be the feline expression of unconditional love through the relentless pursuit of his unsociable neighbor, Miss Bhava. While inadvertently revealing his intuitive secrets of how to get along with everyone, he inspires a new connotation of the word, "skinny." Overall the tale is a humorous one, but it isn't without poignant moments. Mending a few saddened hearts along the way, Skinny befriends both human and animal alike with his instinctive timing and gentle spirit. You don't have to be a cat lover to appreciate Skinny's touching and comical adventures as he demonstrates how important it is to be kind, and that often, the very people (or animals in this case) needing love and compassion the most, may appear to be the least lovable.
Download or read book Fe Lines written by Norman R Shapiro and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The French have long had a love affair with the cat, expressed through centuries of poetry portraying the animal's wit and wonder. Norman R. Shapiro lionizes the felines' limitless allure in this one-of-a-kind collection. Spanning centuries and styles, he draws on she-cats and toms, and an honor roll of French poets, well known and lesser known, who have served as their devoted champions. He reveals the remarkable range of French cat poems, with most works presented here for the first time in English translation. Scrupulously devoted to evoking the meaning and music of the originals, Shapiro also respects the works' formal structures. Pairing his translations with Olga Pastuchiv's elegant illustrations, Fe-Lines guides the reader through the marvels and inscrutabilities of the Mystique féline .
Download or read book Cat Tales written by Aline Alexander Newman and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection of tales of playfulness, friendship, heroism, and inspiration is sure to touch the soul, tickle the funny bone, and inspire animal lovers everywhere to be the best kitty caretakers and companions they can be."--
Download or read book How to Argue with a Cat written by Jay Heinrichs and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to persuade cats—the world’s most skeptical and cautious negotiators—with this primer on rhetoric and argument from the New York Times bestselling author of Thank You for Arguing! Cats are skilled manipulators who can talk you into just about anything without a single word (or maybe a meow or two). They can get you to drop whatever you’re doing and play with them. They can make you serve their dinner way ahead of schedule. They can get you to sit down in an instant to provide a lap. On the other hand, try getting a cat to do what you want.... While it’s hard, persuading a cat is possible. And after that, persuading humans becomes a breeze, and that is what you will learn in this book. How to Argue with a Cat will teach you how to: · Hold an intelligent conversation—one of the few things easier to do with a cat than a human. · Argue logically, even if your opponent is furry and irrational. · Hack up a fallacy (the hairball of logic). · Make your body do the talking (cats are very good at this). · Master decorum: the art of fitting in with cats, venture capitalists, or humans. · Learn the wisdom of predator timing to pounce at the right moment. · Get someone to do something or stop doing it. · Earn any creature’s respect and loyalty.
Download or read book Cat Society written by Ray Sadri and published by Book Guild Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cat Society is a witty and bonkers story of life and politics in Westminster – reimagining the debates, events and headlines of recent years had the world been run by cats. A lot changes. A lot doesn’t. The country is on the brink of bankruptcy, and backbencher Douglas Schnitty is disappointed with the thousands of homeless cats sleeping by the bins. He gets frustrated with higher powers who only seem to care about their own interests and preserving the country’s finances. He schmoozes and sabotages his way through the political elite, from assisting the bombastic Hector Perp Pahpousson to disrupting the plans of the Prime Minister. Can his conscience save him, and the slum cats, as events spiral out of control?
Download or read book Chicken Soup for the Soul My Very Good Very Bad Cat written by Amy Newmark and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What has the cat done now? You’ll recognize your own cat in this collection of stories about how very good and very bad our cats can be. From cats with nine lives to cats that save lives— from cats that wreck houses to cats that repair families—from cats that crack us up to cats that act like therapists—you’ll see your own cat with new appreciation for its unique skills and intuition. With a special emphasis on the benefits and joys of adopting abandoned cats, these stories will make you laugh out loud, nod your head in recognition, and maybe even shed a tear or two. And your purchase will help support the great work of the American Humane Association!
Download or read book No More Cats written by Barbara Ann Kirlin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a heart warming story of a farm girl's life in rural Iowa in the 1940's and 1950's. It is about her love of family, farm and felines, as well as the heartaches and happiness of life.
Download or read book Julia s Cats written by Patricia Barey and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A cat-centric biography of Julia Child? Why not? . . . The many feline fanciers out there will surely enjoy the photographs of the cats.” —Chicago Tribune The world knows Julia Child as the charismatic woman who brought French cuisine to America and became a TV sensation, but there’s one aspect of her life that’s not so familiar. Soon after the Childs arrived in Paris in 1948, a French cat appeared on their doorstep, and Julia recalled, “Our domestic circle was completed.” Minette captured Julia’s heart, igniting a lifelong passion for cats equaled only by her love of food and her husband, Paul. All the cherished feline companions who shared Julia’s life—in Paris, Provence, and finally California—reminded her of that magical time in Paris when her life changed forever. From Julia’s and Paul’s letters and original interviews with those who knew her best, Patricia Barey and Therese Burson have gathered fresh stories and images that offer a delightfully intimate view of a beloved icon. “It’s clear that all the cats that passed through her life gave her joy and comfort, probably in ways that food and even Paul could not. Having that perspective of this grande dame makes her seem all the more human and wonderfully admirable to me.” —Epicurious “This compact, entertaining read is filled with personal photos and letters that document the role cats played in Julia’s life as she moved from Paris to Provence, Cambridge to California.” —Shelf Awareness “Brings this little known aspect of Julia Child’s life to light in an engaging and entertaining way.” —The Conscious Cat
Download or read book Shadow Cats Book 12 written by Baron Specter and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Marshfield Grove is suddenly overrun with ghost cats, Barry has to venture into the graveyard, and possibly the spirit world, to figure out what they're trying to tell him. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Out of Sight written by T.J. MacGregor and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambitious scientist George Nash and Luis Manteles, an Ecuadoran shaman, have finally created the technology to make humans and objects invisible, but their project gets out of hand when an experiment with Tyler and Logan Griffin, their first ever human test subjects, goes awry. Three years later, Logan, who escaped shortly after becoming invisible, sneaks into Nash's Florida compound to free her husband, whom Nash has confined in a glass house. With the help of her visible roommate, Logan shuts down the computer system at the same time that the Townsends, a family of three, wander into the test site. Consequently, the Townsends, along with a super intelligent Labrador retriever, turn invisible. Now targets of an effort by the National Security Bureau (NSB) to capture them, family and dog are forced on the run. After numerous close calls, a killing and a miraculous healing, all characters converge in a heady conclusion that hinges on Nash. Will he end the project or hand the Griffins, the Townsends and his life's work over to the NSB?
Download or read book The Storyteller s Supper written by Taffy Thomas MBE and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'You and me, me and you, we all bring something to the stew, From the tales we tell, to the food we've got, we all bring something to the pot.' Over the last fifty years, Taffy Thomas has shared the stage with noted Lakeland chefs, who have tickled his palate with tastings and information about dishes and ingredients, which he uses to season these magical stories, telling the oral history of food. This feast of traditional tales is spiced up with the rhymes and riddles that always enrich Taffy's work, as well as charming illustrations from artist Dotty Kultys, and will appeal to all who savour stories and food.
Download or read book Rumble Seat Adventures in the Mountains written by Stan Harris and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-04 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the continuation of the original Rumble Seat Adventures that was written in 1977. The original Rumble Seat Adventures covered the years 1930 to 1934 near Crane, Texas. In Rumble Seat Adventures In the Mountains, the Harris family has moved from the Gulf camp outside of Crane to the Gulf camp outside of Iraan. Rumble Seat Adventures In the Mountains covers the years 1934 to 1938 near Iraan, Texas. In 1934 Stan is 10 years old and he is ready to explore. We hope you enjoy the additional adventures of Stan and his friends as they have adventures near their West Texas home.
Download or read book Every Inch a King written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Otto of Schlepsig is risking his neck as an acrobat in a third-rate circus in the middle of nowhere when news arrives that the land of Shqiperi has invited Prince Halim Eddin to become its new king. Otto doesn’t know the prince from Adam, but he does happen to look just like him—a coincidence that inspires Otto with a mad plan to assume Halim’s identity and rule in his stead. True, Shqiperi is an uncivilized backwater, but even in uncivilized backwaters kings live better than acrobats. Plus, kingship in Shqiperi comes with a harem. Rank, as they say, has its privileges. With his friend Max, a sword-swallowing giant whose chronic cough makes every performance a potential tonsillectomy, Otto embarks on a rollicking journey filled with feats of derring-do, wondrous magic, and beautiful maidens—well, beautiful women. And that’s before he enters a royal world that is truly fantastical.
Download or read book In Search of Fatima written by Ghada Karmi and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghada Karmi's acclaimed memoir relates her childhood in Palestine, flight to Britain after the catastrophe, and coming of age in Golders Green, the north London Jewish suburb. A powerful biographical story, In Search of Fatima reflects the author's personal experiences of displacement and loss against a backdrop of the major political events which have shaped conflict in the Middle East. Speaking for the millions of displaced people worldwide who have lived suspended between their old and new countries, fitting into neither, this is an intimate, nuanced exploration of the subtler privations of psychological displacement and loss of identity.
Download or read book The Fear Principle written by B. A. Chepaitis and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Jaguar Addams knows about fear. On a satellite prison called Planetoid Three, she establishes a telepathic link to her subjects. She confronts their demons. And makes them her own . . . They were known as the Killing Times, when serial murder reached epidemic proportions. Victims of hard-edged crime demanded hard-wired punishment, and the new prisons were born. Now one determined woman, a survivor of that dark age, tries to rehabilitate killers by tapping into the source of their obsessions: their worst fears. Her name is Jaguar Addams, and she is about to face the most challenging subject of her career. The ultimate assassin. A dangerously disturbed woman who will teach Jaguar the true meaning of fear.
