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Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Dog Stories from the "Spectator"
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Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Dog Stories from the "Spectator" Being Anecdotes of the Intelligence, Reasoning Power, Affection and Sympathy of Dogs, Selected from the Correspondence Columns of "The Spectator".
Author: John St. Loe Strachey
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Pages : 0
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Dog Stories from the "Spectator"
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Category : Dog, Legends and stories of
Languages : en
Pages : 329
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Category : Dog, Legends and stories of
Languages : en
Pages : 329
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Dog Stories and Dog Lore
Author: Thomas Wallace Knox
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Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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The Spectator
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Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Pages : 844
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Dog Stories from the "Spectator"
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Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Dog Stories from the Spectator
Author: John St. Loe Strachey
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ISBN: 9781484994771
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Strachey's purpose, as given in his introduction, is to provide "no little entertainment for all who love dogs", and in this he surely succeeds.There are unusual and compelling tales of thoughtful and coherent dogs, dogs who pass judgment, hospital dogs, package-carrying dogs, and purchasing dogs - that is, dogs which "understand the first principles of the science of exchange". We learn of dogs with an actual sense of humor, of dogs who befriend hens, rabbits, and pigeons, dogs that foretell death, and dogs that recognize themselves in the mirror. By the time we get to the end of the book we may agree with Strachey that "a single story of a clever dog may amuse, but... if we have half a dozen illustrating the same form of intelligence, the value of the evidence is enormously increased".An added pleasure of the book is, of course, its age. This was a time when the correspondence columns of a general interest magazine were filled with letters written in formal, elegant, crafted prose. The sense of a forgotten time of good manners and civility could not be better expressed than in the strange and delightful Dog Stories from The Spectator.(cover image courtesy of Jason Antony)
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ISBN: 9781484994771
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Strachey's purpose, as given in his introduction, is to provide "no little entertainment for all who love dogs", and in this he surely succeeds.There are unusual and compelling tales of thoughtful and coherent dogs, dogs who pass judgment, hospital dogs, package-carrying dogs, and purchasing dogs - that is, dogs which "understand the first principles of the science of exchange". We learn of dogs with an actual sense of humor, of dogs who befriend hens, rabbits, and pigeons, dogs that foretell death, and dogs that recognize themselves in the mirror. By the time we get to the end of the book we may agree with Strachey that "a single story of a clever dog may amuse, but... if we have half a dozen illustrating the same form of intelligence, the value of the evidence is enormously increased".An added pleasure of the book is, of course, its age. This was a time when the correspondence columns of a general interest magazine were filled with letters written in formal, elegant, crafted prose. The sense of a forgotten time of good manners and civility could not be better expressed than in the strange and delightful Dog Stories from The Spectator.(cover image courtesy of Jason Antony)
The Spectator Bird
Author: Wallace Stegner
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141392339
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Literary agent Joe Allston, the central character of Stegner's novel All the Little Live Things, is now retired and, in his own words, 'just killing time until time gets around to killing me.' His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator. A postcard from an old friend causes Allston to return to the journals of a trip he and his wife had taken years before, a journey to his mother's birthplace, where he'd sought a link with the past. The memories of that trip, both grotesque and poignant, move through layers of time and meaning, and reveal that Joe Allston isn't quite spectator enough. Wallace Stegner was the author of, among other works of fiction, Remembering Laughter (1973); The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1943); Joe Hill (1950); All the Little Live Things (1967, Commonwealth Club Gold Medal); A Shooting Star (1961); Angle of Repose (1971, Pulitzer Prize); Recapitulation (1979); Crossing to Safety (1987); and Collected Stories (1990). His nonfiction includes Beyond the Hundredth Meridian (1954); Wolf Willow (1963); The Sound of Mountain Water (essays, 1969); The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard deVoto (1964); American Places (with Page Stegner, 1981); and Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West (1992). Three short stories have won O.Henry prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141392339
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Literary agent Joe Allston, the central character of Stegner's novel All the Little Live Things, is now retired and, in his own words, 'just killing time until time gets around to killing me.' His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator. A postcard from an old friend causes Allston to return to the journals of a trip he and his wife had taken years before, a journey to his mother's birthplace, where he'd sought a link with the past. The memories of that trip, both grotesque and poignant, move through layers of time and meaning, and reveal that Joe Allston isn't quite spectator enough. Wallace Stegner was the author of, among other works of fiction, Remembering Laughter (1973); The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1943); Joe Hill (1950); All the Little Live Things (1967, Commonwealth Club Gold Medal); A Shooting Star (1961); Angle of Repose (1971, Pulitzer Prize); Recapitulation (1979); Crossing to Safety (1987); and Collected Stories (1990). His nonfiction includes Beyond the Hundredth Meridian (1954); Wolf Willow (1963); The Sound of Mountain Water (essays, 1969); The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard deVoto (1964); American Places (with Page Stegner, 1981); and Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West (1992). Three short stories have won O.Henry prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements.
The Literary Dog
Author: Jeanne Schinto
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 9780871135049
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Gathers stories by Donald Barthelme, Doris Lessing, Raymond Carver, Alice Adams, John Updike, William Trevor, Ann Beattie, and Michael Bishop.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 9780871135049
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Gathers stories by Donald Barthelme, Doris Lessing, Raymond Carver, Alice Adams, John Updike, William Trevor, Ann Beattie, and Michael Bishop.
Dog Stories from The "Spectator"
Author: Various
Publisher: Trieste Publishing
ISBN: 9780649564187
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original. Imperfections could be in the form of blurred text, photographs, or missing pages. It is highly unlikely that this would occur with one of our books. Our extensive quality control ensures that the readers of Trieste Publishing's books will be delighted with their purchase. Our staff has thoroughly reviewed every page of all the books in the collection, repairing, or if necessary, rejecting titles that are not of the highest quality. This process ensures that the reader of one of Trieste Publishing's titles receives a volume that faithfully reproduces the original, and to the maximum degree possible, gives them the experience of owning the original work.We pride ourselves on not only creating a pathway to an extensive reservoir of books of the finest quality, but also providing value to every one of our readers. Generally, Trieste books are purchased singly - on demand, however they may also be purchased in bulk. Readers interested in bulk purchases are invited to contact us directly to enquire about our tailored bulk rates.
Publisher: Trieste Publishing
ISBN: 9780649564187
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original. Imperfections could be in the form of blurred text, photographs, or missing pages. It is highly unlikely that this would occur with one of our books. Our extensive quality control ensures that the readers of Trieste Publishing's books will be delighted with their purchase. Our staff has thoroughly reviewed every page of all the books in the collection, repairing, or if necessary, rejecting titles that are not of the highest quality. This process ensures that the reader of one of Trieste Publishing's titles receives a volume that faithfully reproduces the original, and to the maximum degree possible, gives them the experience of owning the original work.We pride ourselves on not only creating a pathway to an extensive reservoir of books of the finest quality, but also providing value to every one of our readers. Generally, Trieste books are purchased singly - on demand, however they may also be purchased in bulk. Readers interested in bulk purchases are invited to contact us directly to enquire about our tailored bulk rates.