Particularly Cats and Rufus the Survivor
Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 11,34 MB
Release : 1993
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9780006545255
On Cats
Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : HarperPerennial
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,70 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Cats
ISBN : 9780007285518
Book Description
"The cats that have shared Doris Lessing's life have characters as vivid as any person: ragbag Rufus, beautiful Charles, the unequalled El Magnifico. First intrigued by the wild creatures on the African farm where she grew up, Lessing's fascination with felines was nurtured by the handsome domesticated creatures who inhabited her flats in London, and grew into real love with the awkwardly lovable El Magnifico, the last cat to share her home." "Bringing together the celebrated stories, Particularly Cats and Rufus the Survivor, and the memoir, The Old Age of El Magnifico, this book brilliantly evokes the subtleties of feline existence and convinces us of the reasons why cats really matter."--BOOK JACKET.
Particularly Cats-- and Rufus
Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 23,7 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Book Description
In a series of captivating, interconnected vignettes, Lessing writes about the cats that have slinked, bullied, and charmed their way into her life. Their exploits, rivalries, terrors, affections, ancient features, and learned behaviors are recounted with vivid simplicity in this humorous, entertaining look at the world of cats. 10 watercolors.
Writers and Their Cats
Author : Alison Nastasi
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,91 MB
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9781452164571
Book Description
"Come for the behind-the-scenes stories.stay for the cutest picture of a kitten-covered Stephen King ever." — O, The Oprah Magazine Every great writer needs a mews: Mark Twain, Alice Walker, Haruki Murakami, Ursula K. Le Guin—this volume celebrates many famous authors who have shared their homes and hearts with furry feline friends. From the six-toed kitties who still inhabit the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum in Florida to the mewling muses of mystery writer Lilian Jackson Braun, cats are clearly, in the words of Gloria Steinem, "a writer's most logical and agreeable companion." • Features photographs and stories from 45 famous authors that capture the special bond between wordsmith and mouser • Sorted by alphabetical order, you'll see photographs from some of the most well-known authors including Beverly Cleary, Mark Twain, Stephen King, Sylvia Plath, and many more • Alison Nastasi is a journalist and the author of Artists and Their Cats, also from Chronicle Books. She lives in Los Angeles, California "Full of charming anecdotes and feline whimsy, this collection is catnip for lit nerds." — Shelf Awareness • Makes a charming and thoughtful gift for any fan of great literature and cats • An excellent addition to your coffee table books for guests to enjoy browsing
His Natural Life
Author : Marcus Clarke
Publisher :
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 24,14 MB
Release : 1878
Category : Australian fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
The Everything Store
Author : Brad Stone
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0316219258
Book Description
The authoritative account of the rise of Amazon and its intensely driven founder, Jeff Bezos, praised by the Seattle Times as "the definitive account of how a tech icon came to life." Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now. Brad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving readers the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. Compared to tech's other elite innovators -- Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg -- Bezos is a private man. But he stands out for his restless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing. The Everything Store is the revealing, definitive biography of the company that placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet and forever changed the way we shop and read.
The Quotable Cat Lover
Author : Charles Elliott
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 25,37 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9781402716454
Book Description
An unexpectedly wide range of writers weigh in on the feline, from Twain, Coward, Dickens, and Beatrix Potter to Hemingway, Yeats, Garrison Keillor, and Erma Bombeck. There are thought-provoking and delightful proverbs, too-- such as the sly saying: When cat and mouse agree, the farmer has no chance. An irresistible delight for cat lovers everywhere.
Never Trust a Pirate
Author : Anne Kristine Stuart
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,68 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9781477849118
Book Description
A Victorian beauty finds passion...with the man who may have murdered her father. Madeleine Russell, the beautiful daughter of a shipping magnate, counted on marrying a wealthy husband. Then her father's disgrace and death left her with no dowry and no suitor. But Maddy and her sisters fully intend to restore their good name. Their first step: find the villain who framed their family. One of her father's captains, a notorious former pirate, becomes a prime suspect. When Maddy joins the captain's household disguised as his newest servant, her dark-eyed, charismatic employer soon develops his own agenda: seduction... Captain Thomas Morgan spent most of his life amassing vast riches and respectability...and keeping his gypsy roots a secret. Now, he just needs to marry his prim, polished fiancée...and resist his intriguing new housemaid. A pirate never falls in love, he reminds himself. As mutual deception leads Maddy and the captain into uncharted territory, the truth could anchor them to terrible heartache...or to passion beyond their wildest dreams.
On Cats
Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 14,51 MB
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0061981958
Book Description
Doris Lessing's love affair with cats began at a young age, when she became intrigued with the semiferal creatures on the African farm where she grew up. Her fascination with the handsome, domesticated creatures that have shared her flats and her life in London remained undiminished, and grew into real love with the awkwardly lovable El Magnifico, the last cat to share her home. On Cats is a celebrated classic, a memoir in which we meet the cats that have slunk and bullied and charmed their way into Doris Lessing's life. She tells their stories—their exploits, rivalries, terrors, affections, ancient gestures, and learned behaviors—with vivid simplicity. And she tells the story of herself in relation to cats: the way animals affect her and she them, and the communication that grows possible between them—a language of gesture and mood and desire as eloquent as the spoken word. No other writer conveys so truthfully the real interdependence of humans and cats or convinces us with such stunning recognition of the reasons why cats really matter.
The Apothecary
Author : Maile Meloy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101535741
Book Description
It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows - a fascinating boy who's not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy. When Benjamin's father is kidnapped, Janie and Benjamin must uncover the secrets of the apothecary's sacred book, the Pharmacopoeia, in order to find him, all while keeping it out of the hands of their enemies - Russian spies in possession of nuclear weapons. Discovering and testing potions they never believed could exist, Janie and Benjamin embark on a dangerous race to save the apothecary and prevent impending disaster. Together with Ian Schoenherr's breathtaking illustrations, this is a truly stunning package from cover to cover.
