Dogs
Stories and Poems
$48.18
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2018
Summary
‘Handsomely produced … All in all, a quite absorbing collection, an easy Christmas present, and a perfect (if bulky) loo-side read.’
Jeremy Nicholas
A wonderful selection of writing on dogs, from Plato to Virginia Woolf, and from ancient Egypt to twentieth-century New York
From beautiful lyrics to madcap waggery, from Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s adored lap-dog Flush to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s terrifying Hound of the Baskervilles, and encompassing odes, fables, storie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408710234 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1408710234 |
| Author: | Dr Mark Bryant |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 545g |
| Dimensions: | 146mm x 219mm x 35mm |
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Praise for CATS: An Anthology of Stories and Poems
An ideal Christmas buy - GuardianPraise for It’s a Dog’s Life: A Canine Cartoon CollectionVery funny but often moving’ My other favourites [include] It’s a Dog’s Life edited by Mark Bryant - lots of funny doggy cartoons - Sunday TimesPraise for Casanova’s Parrot and Other Tales of the Famous and Their PetsCompulsively readable … a book to dip into during dark evenings, preferably with a cat on your lap, a dog at your feet and a favourite pet llama nibbling your ear. - Mail on SundayPraise for Casanova’s Parrot A must-have gift book for all animal lovers and pet owners - Books MagazinePraise for Cat Tales for ChristmasA thoroughly good read. - Daily TelegraphHandsomely produced … All in all, a quite absorbing collection, an easy Christmas present, and a perfect (if bulky) loo-side read.About The Author
Dr Mark Bryant
Mark Bryant has written/compiled a number of books on pets including It’s a Dog’s Life: A Canine Cartoon Collection (1991, Foreword by Jilly Cooper) - featuring the best of the entries for the Dog Cartoonist of the Year Awards - which was published to mark the centenary of the National Canine Defence League (now the Dogs Trust), with all royalties going to the charity. Other books include The Church Cat: Clerical Cats in Stories and Verse (1997); Cat Tales for Christmas (1993); The Artful Cat: A Tribute with 60 Portraits (1991); The World’s Greatest Cat Cartoons (1993); The Complete Lexicat: A Cat Name Companion (1992); CATS: An Anthology of Stories and Poems (2016) and Casanova’s Parrot and Other Tales of the Famous and Their Pets (2002). In addition, he is the author of Constable: A Brief History of Britain’s Oldest Independent Publisher (2010) and other books. His family’s much-loved canine companions have included a golden retriever and a short-haired terrier. He lives in London.
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