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Dancing with Cats [paperback] Burton Silver and Heather Busch [Jan 01, 2004]… 187717842X
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Dancing with Cats
Seller: Crappy Old Books, Barry, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good. There are books that promise to change your life, and then there are books that quietly suggest you might begin by persuading a cat to cooperate. Dancing with Cats (1999) by Burton Silver and Heather Busch, published by Tandem Press, falls very much into the latter category: a guide that treats the idea of choreographing your feline companion not as an absurdity, but as a perfectly reasonable extension of everyday life. At its core, the book presents itself as a practical manual, offering step-by-step guidance on how to teach cats a variety of movements?some elegant, some ambitious, and all dependent on the small but significant detail that the cat agrees to participate. The tone is reassuringly confident, as though the only real barrier between you and a gracefully performing cat is a lack of technique, rather than the cat?s own entirely independent view of the situation. What follows is a mixture of instruction, illustration, and quiet persistence. Techniques are explained, positions are demonstrated, and the reader is encouraged to approach the process with patience, consistency, and perhaps a slightly flexible definition of success. Whether the end result resembles an actual dance or simply a cat tolerating a sequence of movements for a short period is, of course, open to interpretation. This 1999 Tandem Press edition is presented in Good condition, which in Crappy Old Books terms suggests it has been handled with interest, if not necessarily with complete success. The cover may show some wear, the pages may have softened slightly, and there is the faint possibility that it has been consulted in moments of optimism. It remains entirely readable, and perhaps all the more interesting for the life it has led. It is not a book that demands to be taken entirely seriously, though it never quite admits that outright. Instead, it occupies a careful middle ground, offering genuine instruction while leaving just enough room for the reader to decide how far they wish to pursue the idea. Whether you approach it as a practical guide, a curiosity, or simply a reminder that some concepts are best appreciated rather than fully realised, it provides a reading experience that is both unusual and unexpectedly engaging. A quietly determined attempt to bring structure to one of the least structured creatures available, and a perfectly respectable way to suggest that your reading habits include not only the practical and the literary, but also the faintly improbable. Seller Inventory # 6382
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Dancing with Cats
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New Zealand
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. From the creators of the international bestseller Why Cats Paint comes Dancin g with Cats, a brave leap forward in the history of human-feline relations. Here are scores of delightful and inspiring photographs of people and cats engaging in their favourite routines, accompanied by an inspiring and informative text. A bout the AuthorBurton Silver has written several books on cats, including Why Ca ts Paint. He lives in New Zealand but travels extensively to lecture on feline e nergy-field dynamics.Heather Busch is a New Zealand born artist and photographer , internationally acclaimed for her work coproducing Why Cats Paint. She has bee n running cat dancing therapy workshops for years. Seller Inventory # 5021o
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