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    I would recommend the Cornell Book of Cats.  It is one of the best
    books that I have seen.  Covers everything you can think of about
    cats, including a very extensive medical section.  I have been
    collecting cat books for years, and this is one of my favorites.
    
    It is also copyrighted in 1989, so the info is very current.  That
    is helpful in the case of some cat illnesses.
    
    Jo  

    Yeah!  A cat loving Aunt of mine recently sent me the Cornell Book of
    Cats.  It's wonderful!  Covers the different breeds as well as the
    medical text, and it is very easy to understand.  There is a glossary
    in the back too, for the medical terms and illnesses.
    
    I also like "The Ultimate Book of the Cat" by David Taylor.  The
    pictures in this book are gorgeous, and so are the cats.  It mostly
    covers the different breeds and a section about breeding and showing,
    but there is other useful information in there as well.
    
    For humor, I highly recommend "Catmopolitan", a take-off on
    Cosmopolitan.  This is a magazine style book, and it is hilarious!  I
    laughed for hours reading it.  The pages are similar to cardstock; it
    is really tastefully done.
    
    Happy reading!!
    
    
    --Roberta
    

    Somewhere there is a note about cat books.  There are a lot of paperback
    cat mystery books included.  Try dir/title="book".
    

    
here's a dir/title=book!
    
     4   ROYAL::RAVAN         1-JUN-1984    64  Cat Books
    30  GRAFIX::EPPES         3-AUG-1984     1  Cat Care Books
   245  EUCLID::PAULHUS       6-MAY-1986     3  Maine Coon book returns!
   259  SPACEY::FRIBERG       3-JUN-1986     1  Free Cat Books
   605   VIDEO::TEBAY         3-JUN-1987     3  New Cat book
   913  CIRCUS::KOLLING      23-NOV-1987     2  book: The Cat Who Came For Christmas
  1991   CURIE::SADLER_TEMP  21-NOV-1988     5  BOOK: What's your cat thinking
  2169  CIRCUS::KOLLING      22-JAN-1989     3  Cats Know Best book
  2220   DELNI::ROBINSON     12-FEB-1989     4  Cat books for sale
  2240  BERN01::MUELLERM     17-FEB-1989    10  Searching for a book
  2785  EDUHCI::SHERMAN      20-AUG-1989    10  Meet Booker!
  3426  SMEGIT::ROSSI        15-MAR-1990     6  CFA CAT BOOK/WISH BOOK
    
    Helpful hint - 
    
    if you extract this note, and edit out everything but the following
    command procedure, you'll have a program which will grab FELINE's
    directory. You can submit/noprint that program once a week, and you'll
    have a fast way to locate things in FELINE. The command SEARCH
    FELINE_DIR.OUT "topic" (once you've run this program) will locate
    the "topic" in the FELINE directory-file.
    
    
$ notes FELINE
dir/out=FELINE_dir.out
exit
$ !consider removing exclamation marks from the following and putting
$ !your username in the section below
$!mail
!send
!your_username
!FELINE_DIR.OUT is done.
$ EOJ


Feline helpful...

jack

    We have a keyword of BOOKS. Enter SHOW KEY/FULL BOOKS at the NOTES>
    prompt.
    
    Deb

    "How to Talk to Your Cats"...
    
    The methods really work.  I have so much fun with it!
    

    One of my very all time favorites it the "Fur Person." Small and
    inexpensive but once you read it you will remember if for life.
    
    Barbara

    There is a new book out on the market for cattery owners, multicat
    households and animal professionals.  It is called Feline Husbandry and
    it was written by Nels Pederson, DVM from UC Davis.  
    
    Actually, having read the book, I would have to say that the book is
    compiled by Nels Pederson, or edited by him. :^)  His name is on the
    cover, but the chapters inside are written by different specialists
    from around the country. 
    
    The chapter on breeds was written by Joan Wastlhuber, CFA Allbreed
    Judge and President of the Robert H. Winn Foundation.  This chapter
    covers not only breeds recognized by CFA, but breeds recognized in
    other associations, and some breeds that haven't been accepted yet.
    
    The index shows chapters on breeds, genetics, viral illnesses,
    parasites, pregnancy and lactation, cattery design and maintenance, and
    many, many other topics.  This book is not for the average pet owner. 
    It is very detailed, and not for the faint at heart.  It includes some
    very graphic pictures of cats who have different ailments, and it also
    has some graphic pictures of various internal organs.  The language
    used can border on the type you would need a vet to translate in some
    chapters, but most is easily understood.  In the illnesses chapters,
    the diseases are broken down into catagories, and then each disease is
    analyzed by mode of transmission, diagnostic methods, treatments,
    histopathalogical findings, course of the illness, and public health
    implications.  
    
    This book covers topics that are crucial to situations where you have a
    large number of cats all living together.  It covers mainly the
    diseases that you would find in multiple cat situations, like FIP,
    Felv, FIV, Upper Respiratory Infections, Fungus, etc.  
    
    It also has a chapter that gives some ideas for how to set up a
    cattery, and has complete diagrams and floor plans for doing so.  There
    are pictures of actual cattery set ups, including Joan Wastlhuber's
    cattery, and the cattery of Jim Rambo, a Persian breeder living in GA.
    
    The book was previously only available through mail order from
    California Veterinary Publications in southern California, but this
    months CFA Alamanac states that they will be distributing the book
    through the central office.  The cost is also a bit less through CFA,
    $39 plus $2 for postage and handling.
    
    The new address for CFA is:
    
    Cat Fanciers Association, Inc.
    1805 Atlantic Avenue 
    P.O. Box 1005
    Manasquan, NJ 08736-1005
    
    (908)528-9797
    
    Jo

    Thanks for posting that Jo.  I just called CFA and ordered a copy.
    For anyone else interested, they take phone orders with a major credit
    card.
    

    Boy, you are quick.  I just finished putting this in! ;^)  Wait til you
    read the other note that I just put in.  I am just full of useful info
    today! ;^) ;^)
    
    Jo