ISBN: 9781585675920

When Judith Summers first met George, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who would change her life, she and her young son, Joshua, were mourning the deaths of her husband and her father, w… mais…

When Judith Summers first met George, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who would change her life, she and her young son, Joshua, were mourning the deaths of her husband and her father, who had died barely two weeks apart.It was love at first sight. George was the ultimate upper-class pooch, and seemingly the perfect puppy, brimming with love and joy and complete with "the kind of film-star looks that made strangers stop in the street and coo over him."But, as Judith soon discovered, George was as time-consuming as a full-time job and as expensive to run as a Ferrari. Willful, possessive and badly behaved, he refused to eat anything other than organic roast chicken, destroyed her work, and suffered from every allergy and illness under the sun. On top of that, George was horribly accident-prone. Stuff happened to him. His vet bills alone have run to $25,000?and George is still only nine years old!It wasn't long before King George ruled the roost in Judith's home. But even after he drove away one of her suitors, she couldn't fathom giving him up. Just as his naughtiness was boundless, so was his devotion to her and her son. A foot-warmer on cold nights, a good listener, and a fierce (okay, not so fierce) protector, George was always by their side--and much of the time underfoot.For anyone who has ever loved an incorrigible pet or known what it was like to lose a loved one, My Life with George is the hilarious and moving account of the impossible but adorable George, and of the wonderful way in which he helped to fill a huge void in the lives of both Judith and her son while driving them absolutely barking mad along the way. Media > Book<

2002, ISBN: 158567592X

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[EAN: 9781585675920], [PU: Overlook Press, Woodstock], Jacket, 6.25"x9.25". 689 indexed pages. 1st printing. Cream boards w/Overlook Press colophon blind stamped brc. Black spine w/gilt l… mais…

[EAN: 9781585675920], [PU: Overlook Press, Woodstock], Jacket, 6.25"x9.25". 689 indexed pages. 1st printing. Cream boards w/Overlook Press colophon blind stamped brc. Black spine w/gilt letters. Jacket image courtesy of Goethe-und Schiller-Archiv. 37 B&W illustrations. Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Preface; Chapters; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/slight toning w/trace of foxing. Light soiling to edges. "An accessible, anecdotally rich" biography of the profoundly influential 19th century philosopher, author of Beyond Good and Evil and The Will to Power (Kirkus Reviews). Friedrich Nietzsche was the most fearlessly provocative and original thinker in Western history. The protean diversity of his writings make him one of the most influential of modern philosophers, yet his often paradoxical statements can be properly understood only within the context of his restless, tragic life. Physically handicapped by weak eyesight, violent headaches and bouts of nausea, this Nietzsche made short shrift of self-pity and ostentatious displays of compassion. The son of a Lutheran clergyman, whom he adored, he became a fearless agnostic who proclaimed, in Thus Spake Zarathustra that "G. Source: Publisher., Books<