- Don't try to give your cat a bath. Cats wash themselves several times a day;
- The best place to keep food out of a cat's reach is your safe, provided the cat doesn't know the combination;
- If your cat is willing to share your bed with you, he gets first crack at the pillow, blankets and any space he wants. You get what's left over;
- Explain the rules to your cat. Then follow his;
- A cat's greatest gift to his owner is that he lends you his presence. That should be more than enough.
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A recent census taken among cats show that approximately 100% neurotic. Of course they are. As a human, you have everything they want and you refuse to share it. You take up too much room in the bed, keep the best food for yourself, don't offer them a seat at the table and hang on to the remote control for the TV. This cat's-eye view of thew world is full of helpful pointers, such as: -
Originally published over 300 years ago as The Compleat Housewife - and 100 years before the famous Mrs Beeton - Eliza Smith, drawing on her vast experience while 'constantly employed by fashionable and noble families' compiled this collection of over 600 recipes which had 'met with general approbation'. There are also remedies and cures for the 'benefit of every accomplished noblewoman' for every ailment from the bite of a mad dog to a case of pimples. This book was not only famous in Britain, but also in America where it has the distinction of being the first ever cookery book to be published there. N.B. Please exercise caution if you should decide to try any of the remedies mentioned; this is a 300 year old book and some of the recommendations and ingredients therein would definitely NOT be advisable to try. -
The last chapter of Heidi was called, 'Promises to Meet Again.' In this sequel, written by Johanna Spyri's translator, all the timeless characters do meet again - Peter, the goat-herd; Clara, no longer an invalid; Granny; the good Doctor and Grandfather. There are new characters to meet and new stories to tell as Heidi begins a strange new life at boarding school. Illustrations by Pelagie Doane. -
Sam Pig lives in a thatched cottage with Tom, Bill and Ann Pig - and also Brock the Badger. Cheerful stories for children from Alison Uttley (1884-1976) who wrote over 100 stories for little people, including a pioneering time-slip novel A Traveller In Time. Illustrations by A.E. Kennedy. -
More than 4,000 American Express employees were in Lower Manhattan on the morning of 9/11. Many had just arrived at the office and were getting ready to start their day. Eleven Coporate Travel employees who worked on the 94th floor of the World Trade Centre's north tower died that day. This is American Express' tribute to them and to all the A.E. employees world-wide, who turned to and kept going through the devastation of that day. Includes a CD. An item for collectors of the unusual. -
The trip with the football team is a tradition and a rite of passage: the first trip where they stay at motels rather than being billeted, someone's going to lose his virginity, everyone's expected to get drunk... On this trip The Sandman makes a significant discovery - which he can't disclose, because then it won't be his secret anymore. Sandy is a natural bus clown- not the leader of the group, but the one who entertains the others and performs his funny noises if the cool players at the back of the bus get bored, such as the Pterodactyl, the Lip Trumpet, Compressed Air Walking.... This will resonate with blokes who grew up in Australia - specifically Newcastle - in the early to mid seventies. Politically incorrect cover art by Michael Bell, The Sandman, Archibald Prize finalist 2000. -
Full Flavour: Doris Leslie
$25.00Catherine DuCrox, at the age of eighteen, abruptly inherited her father's RUN-DOWN cigar and tobacco shop. For a young woman in Victoria's England to take it upon herself to become a business owner was almost scandalous - and in such a masculine-oriented business as well. Yet she goes ahead to first create an income for her mother and sister and later to extend her empire, becoming the first tobacconist to import Indian cigars and the first to introduce cigarettes to the public. Along the way, she finds that breaking the rules will not always get her what she wants - and that some rules are never meant to be broken. -
A Tale of Rome, in the time of Marcus Aurelius...very few major historical characters will appear here. This story concerns itself with the back streets of Rome; the artisans, the growers and the makers; where hucksters and tricksters rubs shoulders with priests and philosophers. The Encyclopedia of the Novel describes it as a 'playfully comic' depiction of Ancient Rome. So don't worry too much about any historical inaccuracies you may find, it's all in good fun! -
A light-hearted, adventure story, set on the Great Barrier Reef around Lizard Island and Cooktown, of two young boys who join a trochus shell fishing boat and cruise to Lizard Island. A story for young adults, and it is NOT about opium or any other drug.
