Author : Phyllis Root
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 28,86 MB
Release : 2011-10-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0763641642
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.
Author : Phyllis Root
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,86 MB
Release : 2011-10-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0763641642
A lonely cat, a rainy night, and an empty dinghy launch a heartwarming, seafaring tale about finding home in unlikely places. The scrawny cat used to belong to someone, someone who scratched his ears and let him lick her chin and knew his name. Now the only thing anyone ever calls him is “get out of here!” But when a snarling dog and a blowing rain turn the scrawny cat into a sailor cat, he learns that even a scared and shivery stray can find a kindred soul at the end of a storm-tossed night. Phyllis Root's lyrical narrative joins with charming illustrations by Alison Friend in a classic, comforting tale about a lost creature that cat lovers (and story hounds) will cozy up to.
Author : R.M. Smaby
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,89 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9401033382
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.
Author : Emily Fragos
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,39 MB
Release : 2005-05-03
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1400043344
This delightful anthology gives us a teeming litter of literary tributes to the ever-fascinating, ever-mystifying cat. The feline has inspired poetic adoration since the days of the pharaohs, and the poems collected here cover an astonishing range of periods, cultures, and styles. Poets across the continents and centuries have described the feline family–from kittens to old toms, pussycats to panthers–doing what they do best: sleeping, prowling, prancing, purring, sleeping some more, and gazing disdainfully at lesser beings like ourselves. Here are Yeats’s Minnaloushe, Christopher Smart’s Jeoffry, Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat, T. S. Eliot’s Rum Tum Tugger, William Blake’s tyger and Rilke’s panther. Here are tributes from Sufi mystics, medieval Chinese poets, and haiku masters of imperial Japan, from Chaucer, Shelley, Borges, Neruda, Dickinson, and Shakespeare. Here are the cats of Mother Goose, and the one who wore the hat for Dr. Seuss. The Great Cat will delight cat lovers everywhere, celebrating as it does the beauty, the mystery, the gravity, the grace, and, of course, the unassailable superiority of the cat.
Author : Donna Rawlins Feist
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 14,26 MB
Release : 2010-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1438984952
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.
Author : Jay Heinrichs
Publisher : Rodale Books
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,95 MB
Release : 2018-06-19
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1635652758
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.
Author : Ted Dekker
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,69 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0307588270
Documents the authors' meetings with some of the U.S.'s greatest adversaries to offer insight into their beliefs and the reasons for current conflicts between the Middle East and the western world.
Author : Kathryn Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,86 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Animals
ISBN :
A story about a little rabbit who cures a lion of the insatiable hunger which keeps him scrawny.
Author : Linda Joy Singleton
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 27,87 MB
Release : 2010-11-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0738717363
Sabine Rose is determined to become a “normal” teenager. She hides her psychic powers, but she can’t seem to get Opal, her spirit guide, out of her head. Suspected of a crime she didn’t commit, Sabine must defend herself and save a friend’s life.
Author : Clea Simon
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 16,10 MB
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Pets
ISBN : 1466850256
What is it with women and cats? The Feline Mystique is the first serious examination of the intense relationship between woman and their cats and of the repercussions that bond can have on others. Richly researched and searchingly personal, The Feline Mystique uses history, science, art, and literature as touchpoints to explain and explore contemporary women's lives with their cats. From a glamorous tiger trainer to a feral-cat rescuer, from a show breeder to Simon and her own relationship with the gray longhair Cyrus, this book will introduce you to women both ferocious and nurturing and animals both whimsical and noble. It's a fresh, fascinating exploration of the timeless bond between women and cats, and will deepen your understanding of your relationship with your own feline-be he or she tiger or tabby. A cat person's answer to Pack of Two and The Secret Life of Dogs, The Feline Mystique is an eye-opening and soul-soothing book for all cat lovers.
