Everything
Here Is Mine: An Unhelpful Guide to Cat Behaviour by Nicole Hollander, Nicole Holander
Cat tales take on a whole new twist when cult cartoonist Nicole Hollander
analyzes felines in her latest outing: a delightfully "amewsing"
volume of essays, quizzes and cartoons. Features the Cat Lady (an equivalent
to Ann Landers), fascinating cat quizzes, and of course, those side-splitting
cartoons, as well as essays on the origin of cats, toilet training, and
cat health. Highly recommended!
Poetry
for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse by Henry Beard, Gary Zamchick (Illustrator)
Even if you don't like cats - or poetry, you'll be tickled by the contents
of Henry Beard's Poetry for Cats. Beard has already demonstrated his command
of French in previous books, French for Cats and Advanced French for Exceptional
Cats. Now he shows off his extraordinary skills as a parodist. Consider,
for example, "Grendel's Dog," from "Beocat":
. . . Then boasted Beocat, noble battle-kitten,
Bane of barrow-bunnies, bold seeker
of nest-booty:
Highly recommended!
Spock
and Dracs, the Wilderness Revisited by Ann Dickinson
More extracts from the Diaries of Two Siamese Lodgers. Tireless workers,
the boys have written a second book "The Wilderness Revisited, More
Extracts from the Diaries of Two Siamese Lodgers". After considerable
persuasion (they'd have preferred a lifetimes supply of catnip mice),
the talented feline authors have agreed that all the profits from the
diaries should go to the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA),
a British veterinary charity. You can read
an extract in the Juiciest Mice section. Highly recommended!
Cleveland
Armory's Compleat Cat: The Cat Who Came for Christmas, The Cat and the
Curmudgeon, The Best Cat Ever by Cleveland Amory Cleveland Amory's three classic cat stories have been compiled for
the first time into one edition, The Compleat Cat, an enchanting, moving,
and humorous collection. A self-confessed curmudgeon and dog lover firmly
established in his ways, Cleveland Amory never anticipated how one dirty
and scrawny alley cat could affect his life so dramatically. Underneath
the New York grime of this hungry stray hid a shimmering white coat and
an endearing pair of green eyes; Amory was smitten, and Polar Bear moved
right in.
A
Cat Abroad: The Further Adventures of Norton, the Cat Who Went to Paris,
and His Human by Peter Gethers Further engaging tales from Gethers (The Cat Who Went to Paris, 1991,
etc.) about travels and adventures with his worldly Scottish Fold cat,
Norton. When Gethers (expublisher of Villard Books) decides to leave New
York and the pressurized corporate world for life in a 300 year old house
in the south of France, his closest companions - girlfriend Janis and
feline Norton, waste no time in packing their bags. And so begins a year
long odyssey abroad, where the threesome quickly become immersed in the
French way of life.
Cat
Tales: Classic Stories from Favorite Writers by Robin Upward (Photographer) A cat lover's anthology presents a host of favourite feline tales,
including Lewis Carroll's "The Cheshire Cat," "The Long
Cat" by Colette, "Puss in Boots" by Charles Perrault, and
Anton Chekov's "Who Is to Blame?" - all accompanied by full-colour
photographs.
My
Cat Spit McGee by Willie Morris
The former editor in chief of Harper's magazine follows his 1995 boy-and-his-dog
memoir, My Dog Skip, with an equally moving account of the cat he owned
in adulthood, who traveled under the name Spit McGee. Of course, one does
not "own" a cat, and Morris "owns up" to that fact
as well as the fact that until he fell under the spell of Spit McGee,
he did not consider himself a cat person in the least. But it was Morris
"who actually delivered him at birth, and [has] saved his life four
times." Now Spit is eight years old, and he and Morris are pretty
tight. Morris talks about the entire story of their association and muses
over typical feline traits, such as their dining habits and their adoration
of new things to explore, and he makes general comments on feline-human
history. Like the previous book about his dog, this one is particularly
poignant without being maudlin. You've read pet books before but never
one as meaningfully or even beautifully written as this one and its predecessor.
Cat
Who Went to Paris by Peter Gethers At one time, publisher and author Peter Gethers was a confirmed cat
hater. That changed when a Scottish Fold kitten named Norton entered his
life. When Gethers opened his heart to the feisty grey feline, he learned
a thing or two about himself and he and his new companion soon became
inseparable.
Historical
Cats by Peter Gethers, Peter Getners, Norman Stiles In the tradition of French for Cats, Norton, star of The Cat Who Went
to Paris, journeys back in time to portray some of history's funniest
felines, including Nathan Hale's cat, who had but "nine" lives
to give for his country, and Marie Antoinette's cat, who said, "Let
them eat dry food." Fully illustrated, Historical Cats is truly an
irresistible collection of hysterical cats.
Everything
Here Is Mine: An Unhelpful Guide to Cat Behaviour
Poetry
for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse
Spock
and Dracs, the Wilderness Revisited
Cleveland
Armory's Compleat Cat: The Cat Who Came for Christmas, The Cat and the
Curmudgeon, The Best Cat Ever
Cat
Tales: Classic Stories from Favorite Writers
My
Cat Spit McGee
Cat
Who Went to Paris
Historical
Cats