Author : Christina Leighton
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 12,92 MB
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1681031884
Ever wonder what kind of feline the Chesire Cat is? HeÕs a British shorthair! This smiley, chubby-faced breed is versatile, friendly, and popular. Read more about the history, personality, and award-winning features of the British shorthair in this title for early readers!
Author : Jill C. Wheeler
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 13,62 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1614786550
This book introduces young readers to the British Shorthair cat, the feline known for its permanent smile. Engaging, easy-to-read text invites students to examine this breed's history, personality, behavior, and development. Coat characteristics, common colors, size, and care instructions are also highlighted. Beautiful, full-color photos feature the British Shorthair in a variety of situations. An index and glossary are also included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author : Roswitha Berger
Publisher : XinXii
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 10,14 MB
Release : 2022-04-16
Category : Pets
ISBN : 3986469281
Distinctive features of the British Shorthair are small rounded ears on a round face with large expressive eyes. This gives the cats a childlike appearance. They almost remind of a teddy bear. This is matched by the friendly nature of the animals, which form a close bond with their owner. Unlike other cats, the British are not loners. They love the company of other cats and also make friends with dogs. The book informs you about the breed's requirements. The book answers questions like: - Are British Shorthair cats suitable for apartment-only living? - How time-consuming is the coat care? - What food does the cat need? - What do I have to consider, so that my British Shorthair remains healthy? One thing we would like to reveal already: A British Shorthair has a calm and balanced nature, but it also needs exercise. If you keep it only indoors, you must make sure that she does not lack it. Contents: - Breed characteristics - History of the breed - Character of the breed - Demands of the breed - Healthcare & nutrition - With illustrations Become a team with your British Shorthair cat and learn how to handle it with love!
Author : Barbara Korte
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 38,36 MB
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3030303594
This book represents a contribution to both border studies and short story studies. In today’s world, there is ample evidence of the return of borders worldwide: as material reality, as a concept, and as a way of thinking. This collection of critical essays focuses on the ways in which the contemporary British short story mirrors, questions and engages with border issues in national and individual life. At the same time, the concept of the border, as well as neighbouring notions of liminality and intersectionality, is used to illuminate the short story’s unique aesthetic potential. The first section, “Geopolitics and Grievable Lives”, includes chapters that address the various ways in which contemporary stories engage with our newly bordered world and borders within contemporary Britain. The second section examines how British short stories engage with “Ethnicity and Liminal Identities”, while the third, “Animal Encounters and Metamorphic Bodies”, focuses on stories concerned with epistemological borders and borderlands of existence and identity. Taken together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the varied and complex ways in which British short stories in the twenty-first century engage with the concept of the border.
Author : Bettina Jansen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 41,33 MB
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3319948601
Narratives of Community in the Black British Short Story offers the first systematic study of black British short story writing, tracing its development from the 1950s to the present with a particular focus on contemporary short stories by Hanif Kureishi, Jackie Kay, Suhayl Saadi, Zadie Smith, and Hari Kunzru. By combining a postcolonial framework of analysis with Jean-Luc Nancy’s deconstructive philosophy of community, the book charts key tendencies in black British short fiction and explores how black British writers use the short story form to combat deeply entrenched notions of community and experiment with non-essentialist alternatives across differences of ethnicity, culture, religion, and nationality.
Author : Philip Hensher
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141992212
'Excellent, entertaining and ingenious ... from Oscar Wilde to Arthur Conan Doyle, this fine anthology celebrates one of the richest moments in Britain's literary history' Sunday Times The quarter century between 1890 and the outbreak of the First World War saw an extraordinary boom in the popularity and quality of short stories in Britain, fuelled by a large, eager new magazine readership. The great writers of the age produced some of their finest work, and literary genres - the ghost story, science fiction - took shape. This richly varied, endlessly entertaining anthology brings together authors from Katherine Mansfield to Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce to Saki, H. G. Wells to Rebecca West. It celebrates a teeming, innovative world of literary achievement. Edited with an introduction by Philip Hensher
Author : Dr Tim Killick
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 18,59 MB
Release : 2013-04-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1409475085
In spite of the importance of the idea of the 'tale' within Romantic-era literature, short fiction of the period has received little attention from critics. Contextualizing British short fiction within the broader framework of early nineteenth-century print culture, Tim Killick argues that authors and publishers sought to present short fiction in book-length volumes as a way of competing with the novel as a legitimate and prestigious genre. Beginning with an overview of the development of short fiction through the late eighteenth century and analysis of the publishing conditions for the genre, including its appearance in magazines and annuals, Killick shows how Washington Irving's hugely popular collections set the stage for British writers. Subsequent chapters consider the stories and sketches of writers as diverse as Mary Russell Mitford and James Hogg, as well as didactic short fiction by authors such as Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth, and Amelia Opie. His book makes a convincing case for the evolution of short fiction into a self-conscious, intentionally modern form, with its own techniques and imperatives, separate from those of the novel.
Author : Malcolm Bradbury
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 19,67 MB
Release : 1988-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141965150
This anthology is in many was a ‘best of the best’, containing gems from thirty-four of Britain's outstanding contemporary writers. It is a book to dip into, to read from cover to cover, to lend to friends and read again. It includes stories of love and crime, stories touched with comedy and the supernatural, stories set in London, Los Angeles, Bucharest and Tokyo. Above all, as you will discover, it satisfies Samuel Butler's anarchic pleasure principle: 'I should like to like Schumann's music better than I do; I daresay I could make myself like it better if I tried; but I do not like having to try to make myself like things; I like things that make me like them at once and no trying at all ...'
Author : James Richards
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 20,99 MB
Release : 1999-09
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9780811819299
An illustrated guide to cats that provides detailed profiles of fify breeds and information on choosing the right cat, preparing to bring a new cat home, keeping a cat healthy, litter box training, feeding and grooming, and other related topics.
Author : Leigh-Ann Andersen
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,18 MB
Release : 2016-07-31
Category : Pets
ISBN : 1365295850
The numerous cat breeds are both varied and mysterious. Most have tails, some do not. Some have curled ears, some have huge ears. Some have long hair, some have short, and some have no hair at all. Some have hair, but it's really no more than a little peach fuzz. But there are more just than just physical differences between the breeds. Their personalities are just as vibrant, and each breed is not quite like the others. Some are chatty and friendly, others are aloof and circumspect. Some spend their days climbing door frames, others would rather lie about in the sun. These differences are fascinating to behold and helpful to all those interested in sharing their home with a cat. Found here are more than sixty of the most common breeds and hybrids from around the world.
