Author: Paul Gallico
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 9780517548875
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The author of The Silent Miaow examines the cat in all his infinite variety, moods, and from every aspect--psychological, social, intellectual, and historical. More than 60 charming poems are illustrated by beautiful full-color photographs by famed photographer Nishikawa. Full-color photographs.
Honorable Cat
Author: Paul Gallico
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 9780517548875
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The author of The Silent Miaow examines the cat in all his infinite variety, moods, and from every aspect--psychological, social, intellectual, and historical. More than 60 charming poems are illustrated by beautiful full-color photographs by famed photographer Nishikawa. Full-color photographs.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 9780517548875
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The author of The Silent Miaow examines the cat in all his infinite variety, moods, and from every aspect--psychological, social, intellectual, and historical. More than 60 charming poems are illustrated by beautiful full-color photographs by famed photographer Nishikawa. Full-color photographs.
Honourable Cat
Author: Paul Gallico
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780330312936
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780330312936
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
The Tygrine Cat
Author: Inbali Iserles
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 076363798X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Lost and alone, Mati the cat seeks acceptance from a pack of feral cats at Cressida Lock, but in order to defeat the assassin on his trail, Mati must unlock the secret of his true identity and learn to harness an ancient and deadly feline power.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 076363798X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Lost and alone, Mati the cat seeks acceptance from a pack of feral cats at Cressida Lock, but in order to defeat the assassin on his trail, Mati must unlock the secret of his true identity and learn to harness an ancient and deadly feline power.
Honorable Cat
Author: Paul Gallico
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN: 9780517388075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN: 9780517388075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Cat
Author: Katharine M. Rogers
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861892928
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
An entertaining look at the cat, one of the most popular pets in the world.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781861892928
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
An entertaining look at the cat, one of the most popular pets in the world.
The Nine Lives of Florida's Famous Key Marco Cat
Author: Austin J. Bell
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 081307200X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Secrets of an iconic artifact Florida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for Florida Nonfiction Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Award for Meritorious Achievement in Preservation Communications Excavated from a waterlogged archaeological site on the shores of subtropical Florida by legendary anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing in 1896, the Key Marco Cat has become a modern icon of heritage, history, and local identity. This book takes readers into the deep past of the artifact and the Native American society in which it was created. Austin Bell explores nine periods in the life of the six-inch-high wooden carving, beginning with how it was sculpted with shell and shark-tooth tools and what it may have represented to the ancient Calusa—perhaps a human-panther god. Preserved in the muck for centuries on Marco Island and discovered in pristine condition due to its oxygen-free environment, the Cat has since traveled more than 12,000 miles and has been viewed by millions of people. It is one of the Smithsonian Institution’s most irreplaceable items. In this fascinating account, Bell traces the clues to the Cat’s mysterious origins that have emerged in its later lives. Captivating readers with the miracle and beauty of this rare example of pre-Columbian art, Bell marvels at how an object originally understood to hold cosmological power has indeed transformed the people and places around it. The Nine Lives of Florida’s Famous Key Marco Cat is the story of a timeless masterpiece of staggering simplicity that has prevailed over impossibly long odds.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 081307200X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Secrets of an iconic artifact Florida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for Florida Nonfiction Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Award for Meritorious Achievement in Preservation Communications Excavated from a waterlogged archaeological site on the shores of subtropical Florida by legendary anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing in 1896, the Key Marco Cat has become a modern icon of heritage, history, and local identity. This book takes readers into the deep past of the artifact and the Native American society in which it was created. Austin Bell explores nine periods in the life of the six-inch-high wooden carving, beginning with how it was sculpted with shell and shark-tooth tools and what it may have represented to the ancient Calusa—perhaps a human-panther god. Preserved in the muck for centuries on Marco Island and discovered in pristine condition due to its oxygen-free environment, the Cat has since traveled more than 12,000 miles and has been viewed by millions of people. It is one of the Smithsonian Institution’s most irreplaceable items. In this fascinating account, Bell traces the clues to the Cat’s mysterious origins that have emerged in its later lives. Captivating readers with the miracle and beauty of this rare example of pre-Columbian art, Bell marvels at how an object originally understood to hold cosmological power has indeed transformed the people and places around it. The Nine Lives of Florida’s Famous Key Marco Cat is the story of a timeless masterpiece of staggering simplicity that has prevailed over impossibly long odds.
No One Noticed the Cat
Author: Anne McCaffrey
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479449539
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
After the death of wise old Mangan, the Regent of Esphania, many of the regent's skills and qualities seem to have been transferred to his beautiful and intelligent cat, Niffy, who at once attaches herself to the new ruler, Prince Jamas. When the king of a neighboring kingdom seems keen to forge an alliance with Jamas by allowing the prince to marry his niece, the real danger is Yasmin, the wicked queen wife, who poisons everyone she dislikes or suspects of interfering with her ambitions. Now, Niffy must guide Jamas through a thicket of difficulties to save the Prince Jamas from a horrible fate!
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479449539
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
After the death of wise old Mangan, the Regent of Esphania, many of the regent's skills and qualities seem to have been transferred to his beautiful and intelligent cat, Niffy, who at once attaches herself to the new ruler, Prince Jamas. When the king of a neighboring kingdom seems keen to forge an alliance with Jamas by allowing the prince to marry his niece, the real danger is Yasmin, the wicked queen wife, who poisons everyone she dislikes or suspects of interfering with her ambitions. Now, Niffy must guide Jamas through a thicket of difficulties to save the Prince Jamas from a horrible fate!
The Cat Manifesto
Author: Victoria L. Richardson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496972929
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Thoreau, a most unusual cat with a penchant for cake, dead poets, and a curiosity towards human nature, turns introspective as his ninth and final life comes to a close. Although he considers humans to be strange and often disagreeable in nature, he must concede that there is something endearing about them, even as he struggles to understand their exceedingly curious natures. The Cat Manifesto is the story of Thoreau and the humans he called family and friends. In it, he reminisces about his exciting adventures and the unforgettable people (some famous) with whom he has crossed paths with. Inspired by the legacies left by some of his human companions, he aspires to do the same. This book is his own legacy, a parting gift to mankind before his next and greatest adventure. This is his story. But mostly, this book is what he learned about himself, a proud and independent creature who is like humans in more ways than he could have ever guessed, even in his wildest imaginings.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496972929
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Thoreau, a most unusual cat with a penchant for cake, dead poets, and a curiosity towards human nature, turns introspective as his ninth and final life comes to a close. Although he considers humans to be strange and often disagreeable in nature, he must concede that there is something endearing about them, even as he struggles to understand their exceedingly curious natures. The Cat Manifesto is the story of Thoreau and the humans he called family and friends. In it, he reminisces about his exciting adventures and the unforgettable people (some famous) with whom he has crossed paths with. Inspired by the legacies left by some of his human companions, he aspires to do the same. This book is his own legacy, a parting gift to mankind before his next and greatest adventure. This is his story. But mostly, this book is what he learned about himself, a proud and independent creature who is like humans in more ways than he could have ever guessed, even in his wildest imaginings.
The Cat and the Human Imagination
Author: Katharine M. Rogers
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472087501
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
An intelligent, amusing, and affectionate look at cats in history, literature, and art
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472087501
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
An intelligent, amusing, and affectionate look at cats in history, literature, and art
The Cat at the Wall
Author: Deborah Ellis
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554984920
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
A remarkable and thought-provoking new novel set on Israel’s West Bank, by the author of The Breadwinner. On Israel’s West Bank, a cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house that has just been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him? After all, she’s just a cat. Or is she? It turns out that this particular cat is not used to thinking about anyone but herself. She was once a regular North American girl who only had to deal with normal middle-school problems — staying under the teachers’ radar, bullying her sister and the uncool kids at school, outsmarting her clueless parents. But that was before she died and came back to life as a cat, in a place with a whole different set of rules for survival. When the little boy is discovered, the soldiers don’t know what to do with him. Where are the child’s parents? Why has he been left alone in the house? It is not long before his teacher and classmates come looking for him, and the house is suddenly surrounded by Palestinian villagers throwing rocks, and the sound of Israeli tanks approaching. Not my business, thinks the cat. And then she sees a photograph, and suddenly she understands what happened to the boy’s parents, and why they have not returned. And as the soldiers begin to panic, and disaster seems certain, she knows that it is up to her to diffuse the situation. But what can a cat do? What can any one creature do? Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554984920
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
A remarkable and thought-provoking new novel set on Israel’s West Bank, by the author of The Breadwinner. On Israel’s West Bank, a cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house that has just been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him? After all, she’s just a cat. Or is she? It turns out that this particular cat is not used to thinking about anyone but herself. She was once a regular North American girl who only had to deal with normal middle-school problems — staying under the teachers’ radar, bullying her sister and the uncool kids at school, outsmarting her clueless parents. But that was before she died and came back to life as a cat, in a place with a whole different set of rules for survival. When the little boy is discovered, the soldiers don’t know what to do with him. Where are the child’s parents? Why has he been left alone in the house? It is not long before his teacher and classmates come looking for him, and the house is suddenly surrounded by Palestinian villagers throwing rocks, and the sound of Israeli tanks approaching. Not my business, thinks the cat. And then she sees a photograph, and suddenly she understands what happened to the boy’s parents, and why they have not returned. And as the soldiers begin to panic, and disaster seems certain, she knows that it is up to her to diffuse the situation. But what can a cat do? What can any one creature do? Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).