<p>Like corny song lyrics, love is all around, and sometimes we’re lucky enough to share some, to give some, to receive some. But love is different from marriage, and, while they may go together like ... well, like a horse and carriage, these are two very different things that also exist quite independent from each other. This collection of personal stories collected by Read650’s Edward McCann were originally performed live for a full house at Sarah Lawrence College. Read650 shows on wide-ranging topics are produced at venues around the country, and you can learn about submission deadlines and upcoming events on our website or Facebook page. Please help spread the word about the spoken word.</p>

650 | Love and Marriage: True Stories of Dating, Dancing, and Daring

Literature & Fiction

Burgo, Joseph

Collins, Sheila

Curto, Kathy

Meyendorff, Margarita

McCann, Edward

Baraf, Marlena Maduro

Finnegan, Honor

McNally, Tracey Doolittle

Pattison, Cari

Najman, Aviva

Essays & Correspondence

Read 650, Inc.

Truffles is no ordinary cat - in fact she would claim that she is very special indeed, and who would dare to argue with her? Her nineteen plus years of observing human behaviour, often mystifying and comical, have equipped her with all the wisdom and cunning necessary to use the human environment and its two-legged inhabitants to her best advantage and, as is the ambition of all cats, she has learnt how to make her existence as comfortable as possible. In this diary Truffles allows us to take a very privileged peek through her discerning eyes as she describes her thoughts and day-to-day activities (or lack of them!) Written in three weekly parts, the first from when she approaches her milestone sixteenth birthday followed up by catch-ups over the next two years, Truffles also recounts an assortment of amusing, true anecdotes from her past involving her feline and canine pals, but with the last laughs most often being on the hapless humans. What is quite clear is that twenty-first century cats are a far superior species in terms of getting what they want, when they want and with the minimum amount of effort, and the very humanised Truffles is no exception. She has her human carers well trained to carry out their expected feline-orientated duties to her exacting standards, is always one step ahead of them and knows exactly which buttons to press to get the desired effect ... which only goes to prove that it is a cat's life after all!

Truffles' Diaries

G2 Rights

<p>Truffles is no ordinary cat - in fact she would claim that she is very special indeed, and who would dare to argue with her? Her nineteen plus years of observing human behaviour, often mystifying and comical, have equipped her with all the wisdom and cunning necessary to use the human environment and its two-legged inhabitants to her best advantage and, as is the ambition of all cats, she has learnt how to make her existence as comfortable as possible. In this diary Truffles allows us to take a very privileged peek through her discerning eyes as she describes her thoughts and day-to-day activities (or lack of them!) Written in three weekly parts, the first from when she approaches her milestone sixteenth birthday followed up by catch-ups over the next two years, Truffles also recounts an assortment of amusing, true anecdotes from her past involving her feline and canine pals, but with the last laughs most often being on the hapless humans. What is quite clear is that twenty-first century cats are a far superior species in terms of getting what they want, when they want and with the minimum amount of effort, and the very humanised Truffles is no exception. She has her human carers well trained to carry out their expected feline-orientated duties to her exacting standards, is always one step ahead of them and knows exactly which buttons to press to get the desired effect... which only goes to prove that it is a cat's life after all!</p>

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Apex Publishing Ltd

Seventeen-year-old upper-class tabby cat, Truffles, is now one year older and one year wiser since she last allowed us to peek into one week of her private diary. As observant as ever, which is very surprising considering that her policy is to sleep 22 hours a day, she is keen to share more amusing anecdotes about her life as an employer of human caretakers. Reminiscing about her past feline and canine friends, Truffles once again flies the banner of superiority of the feline species over her canine and human counterparts, scoffing at the inferior intelligence and disgusting habits of the former as well as at the valuable eating and sleeping time that the latter expend on seemingly futile and thankless tasks. As always, Truffles ensures that her human caretakers give her due deference at all times and perform their duties to the highest standard, proving yet again that the cat always gets the cream - a fact that politician Ann Widdecombe, who has kindly written a fitting foreword for this book, knows only too well, having been expertly trained by her own tubby tabby, Arbuthnot.

Truffles Diary: One Year on

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Widdecombe, Ann

Pets & Animal Care

Apex Pub Ltd

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