The Lion in the Living Room : How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World (Paperback)

from JulieStielstra

I am an unabashed cat person. My parents' Siamese cat Sinbad slept in my crib with me. I have had a series of Abyssinians because I can't have a mountain lion. I also have dogs, and have read LOTS of fun, serious, thoughtful, scientific books on our friend the dog and its history, evolution, psyc...

from LisCarey

Such a promising title.And such a disappointment.Tucker says she's a cat lover, and I think she probably is. Yet she conveys an impressively negative tone in this book, as if she feels guilty about liking our favorite little carnivores. She's very insistent that cats serve no real, practical use ...

from Devil_llama

A look at the history of house cats and their relationship (or lack of same) with humans. The author does a good job of bringing together the relevant research in a readable fashion, though parts of it might be tough going for cat lovers, since the author, a cat lover herself, is honest about the...

from kaitanya64

Some interesting facts, brief overviews of a lot of interesting ideas about how cats and humans interact and how house cats may be the only cat to flourish in contact with humans or perhaps even the only cat to survive along with us as we eliminate all the cats relatives.

from bookworm2bookworm

I am a cat lady, and proud of it. Cat videos make me laugh. Books about cats make me smile. This book wasn't what I was expecting, but it did make me think about origin of cats and their arrival to our shores. I was hoping for more humor and what I got is a dry, fact filled recitation.In my opini...