| Cats Don't Always Land on Their Feet: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the Cat World Contributor(s): Barrett, Erin (Author), Mingo, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 1573247219 ISBN-13: 9781573247214 Publisher: Conari Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2002 Annotation: This book brings together hundreds of cat facts and trivia tidbits; for example, housecats typically blink twice a minute, and NCAA college football teams with "cat" nicknames--Lions, Tigers, Cougars--outnumber "dog" nicknames by more than two to one. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Pets | Cats - General - Humor | Form - Jokes & Riddles |
| Dewey: 636.8 |
| LCCN: 2002002478 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.03" W x 6.98" (0.51 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Every little fact cat lovers could want to know about the mysterious creatures that live in their homes is contained in this collection. For example, cats use at least a hundred different sounds to communicate and can pronounce thirteen vowel sounds and seven or eight consonant sounds; housecats typically blink twice a minute; and in ancient Egypt, the penalty for killing a cat was death |
Contributor Bio(s): Mingo, Jack: - Along with Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo published over 20 books, including Random Kinds of Factness (Conari, 2005, over 20,000 copies). He is a fulltime writer specializing in somewhat offbeat trivia books. In his spare time, Jack keeps six hives and half a million bees in his Alameda (Bay Area) backyard and sells their honey at local farmers markets. His bees produce 650 pounds of honey per year (59 gallons, 472 pint jars).Barrett, Erin: - Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo have authored 20 books, including How the Cadillac Got Its Fins, The Couch Potato Guide to Life and the bestselling Just Curious Jeeves. They have written articles for many major periodicals including The New York Times, Salon, Reader's Digest, and The Washington Post and have generated more than 30,000 questions for trivia games and game shows such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Their website, which lists their "This Day in History" nationallysyndicated column. |