The Nine Emotional Lives Of Cats

This book takes a scientific look at the world of cats: why they do what they do, why they are what they are and how they got to be that way in the first place.

From the author of 'THE HIDDEN LIFE OF DOGS' comes 'The Secret Life of Cats'.

A study of man's best friend, this book talks about the dog's emotions, dreams, sadness, fears and loves, and attempts to interpret their feelings.

Arguments that animals possess an emotional life are often dismissed as sentimental anthropomorphism. This book challenges that notion by proposing that the objective scientific evidence for human emotions is all but non-existent.

In 1994, WHY CATS PAINT took the art world and animal world by storm with its unprecedented photographic record of cat creativity. Following in its multicolored pawprints, WHY PAINT CATS ruffled fur in 2002 with its scholarly study of a controversial art movement that treats cats as canvas. Those seminal books in feline aesthetics are now offered in new pocket-size editions filled with the best ..

A new edition of Catwatching , in which the text is accompanied by colour photographs of cats of every variety, each illustrating the behaviour described by the author. Morris answers 60 questions such as: why does a cat purr; and why are cats attracted to people who don't like them?

Every single cat carries an inheritance of amazing sensory capacities, vocal utterances, body language and territorial displays. 'What does a cat signal with its ears?' 'Why does your cat tear at the fabric of your chair?' Addressing these questions, this work gives an insight into the nature of your cat.

It's the dark side that most cat owners never see. The side that wouldn't be caught dead purring. Here, in colour, in all their infamy, are hundreds of trouble makers and moggy delinquents. They're bad cats, with bad intentions and bad attitude. So the next time your cat misses the litter tray, ask yourself - was it really an accident?

The haiku is an ancient Japanese verse form - three lines, 17 syllables, encapsulating a vision of the essence of the thing, scene or person being written about. Enigmatic, independent, surprising, single-minded, loving - cats are all these things. Here, the author gets inside the minds of the cats and comes up with some surprising revelations.

A groundbreaking book from one of the world's most celebrated animal scientists that will revolutionise our understanding of how animals think and feel