The New Roger Caras Treasury of Great Cat Stories


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Mysterious, amusing, and always surprising, the domestic cat has padded its way into the hearts of animal lovers and, as this collection reveals, some of the world's greatest writers. Award-winning nature writer Roger Caras provides us with this big, new collection of tales all on the virtues of cats. Representing a wide range of styles, the authors in this anthology provide an irresistible array of stories. Cleveland Amory compares the human and feline aging processes in "A Cat for All Seasons". Ernest Hemingway paints an unforgettable scene about the allure of a wet stray in "Cat in the Rain". And P. G. Wodehouse doles out a generous portion of English wit in the delightful romp, "Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch". This volume celebrates the once-wild creature that has established a special place in the literature, lore, legends, and living rooms of their human admirers.




Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Fishing Stories


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Twenty-seven stories that celibrate fishing as art, craft, and quasi-religious persuit. Locals include British streams to American rivers and the ocean.




Roger Caras' Treasury of Classic Nature Tales


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A fresh, superlative anthology of 20th-century American nature writing, from Edward Abbey to Ann Haymond Zwinger. Among the myriad creatures and habitats: the annual thousand-mile migration of ruby-throated hummingbirds from New England to the Amazon; the adventures of an immense blue whale; an encounter between a swordfish and a mako shark; and many more.




Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Cat Stories


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The award-winning author of books on nature, wild and companion animals, and the environment brings together a collection of tales by such master storytellers as Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, P.G. Wodehouse, and others, who join in their respect and admiration for the mysterious and beautiful feline.




Cat is Watching


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Shows how cats view people and the world around them through a combination of biology, psychology, and personal anecdote.




The Cat and the Human Imagination


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An intelligent, amusing, and affectionate look at cats in history, literature, and art




A Dog Is Listening


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As readers of A Cat Is Watching know, Roger Caras has a special affinity with the animal kingdom. Now, in a winning mix of psychological insight, factual research, and personal, paws-on experience, Caras takes the reader into the special world of dogs. A noted wildlife author explores the canine world and reveals what they see, hear, feel, taste, and smell, and more, in a heartwarming guide to man's best friend accompanied by amusing stories.




Treasury of Great Horse Stories


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Featured in literature and popular culture; immortalized in myth, legen, and art; the role of the horse has been transformed by mankind through the years. Admired for their strength, speed and beauty, horses have represented survival, wealth, dominance, freedom and even spirituality. Thus, it is not surprising that many of our most treasured authors, both past and present, have chosen to feature this magnificent creature in their writings. From Anna Sewell's Black Beauty to Mary O' Hara's My Friend Flicka?-Treasury of Great Horse Stories gathers works from the greatest writers of our times




Short Story Index


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More Short Stories


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[In this book,] you will find many first-rate writers ... : Ernest Hemingway, H.G. Wells, P.G. Wodenhouse, Elizabeth Bowen, James Thurber, Shirley Jackson, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., to name a few. Some talented newcomers, like Ouida Sebestyen, a black writer, show us that basic human experiences are not restricted to race nor nation. There are classics, like Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "Marjorie Daw," and recent gems like Bel Kaufman's "Sunday in the Park." [You will find stories from other countries.]. [The book is] to improve [your] reading skills, [to increase your] vocabulary.-To the students