Edition 2, illustrated. — Dorling Kindersley, 1993. — 320 p. — ISBN: 0863188702, 9780863188701. Everybody wants to do their bit to help the environment in the 1990s and this practical book should be of interest to anyone concerned about the natural world and how they can play a part - however small - in conserving nature. It includes information on identifying tracks,...
Penguin Books, 2005.
A Zoo in My Luggage begins with an account of Durrell’s third trip to the British Cameroons in West Africa, during which he and his wife capture animals to start their own zoo. Returning to England with a few additions to their family—Cholmondeley the chimpanzee, Bug-eye the bush baby, and others—they have nowhere to put them as they haven’t yet secured a...
Bello, 2016. Beautiful book by the legendary naturalist Gerald Durrell (from 1983) about efforts to save rare animals in Mauritius and Madagascar but removing endangered specimens from stressed habitats to a sanctuary on the channel island of Jersey. Durrell's efforts effectively saved several species from probable extinction. Foreword Landing on the Dodo’s Grave The Dying...
Pan Books Part of the sequence of autobiographical books that begins with My Family and Other Animals. In this one Durrell starts working in London Zoo and somehow manages to resist the еemptation to put on a ripped old uniform leaping out from behind the lion enclosure only tell zoo visitors tall stories about how savage and dangerous the lions are. A Bevy of Beasts A Lusk of...
London: Collins, 1969. - 256 с. Отсканированный PDF Birds, Beasts, and Relatives is the second volume of the autobiographical Corfu Trilogy by naturalist Gerald Durrell. The trilogy describes his childhood spent on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939. Like its predecessor, the more famous My Family and Other Animals, Durrell intersperses humorous family anecdotes...
London: Collins, 1969. - 256 с. Birds, Beasts, and Relatives is the second volume of the autobiographical Corfu Trilogy by naturalist Gerald Durrell. The trilogy describes his childhood spent on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939. Like its predecessor, the more famous My Family and Other Animals, Durrell intersperses humorous family anecdotes with rich descriptions...
Bello, 2013.
First published 1972.
If you’ve never read anything by the late English naturalist Gerald Durrell, you’re in for an absolute treat. The author is perhaps best known for his wonderfully readable travelogues describing international animal collecting journeys. This is one of his books describing hilarious and interesting adventure to coollect new species.
Encounters with Animals WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY Ralph Thompson, Penguin Books Encouraged to write about his life’s work by his novelist brother Lawrence, Durrell published his first book, The Overloaded Ark, in 1953. It soon became a bestseller and he went on to write thirty-six other titles, including My Family and Other Animals, The Bafut Beagles, Encounters with Animals, The...
Bello. С иллюстрациями
Five short stories plus an introduction make up this delightful compendium of tales from Gerald Durrell's childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. Boats and beaches of Corfu, pet shops and hospitals of London, colonial houses of Cameroon; all provide backdrops for his characteristically humorous anecdotes, richly flamboyant language and outrageous...
New York, 1986.—193 pages. Illustrated. A word in advance. Darvinsky: song of the capercaillie. Oka: flood rescue. Berezina: children in nature. Askaniya nova: last of the virgin steppe. Caucasus: return of the bison. Astrakhan & Kalmyk: cormorants, crows and. catfish. Bukhara: saving the saiga. Chatkal: erom Tien Shan to Samarkand. Repetek: red desert. Baikal: seals and...
New York, 1986.—193 pages. Illustrated. A word in advance. Darvinsky: song of the capercaillie. Oka: flood rescue. Berezina: children in nature. Askaniya nova: last of the virgin steppe. Caucasus: return of the bison. Astrakhan & Kalmyk: cormorants, crows and. catfish. Bukhara: saving the saiga. Chatkal: erom Tien Shan to Samarkand. Repetek: red desert. Baikal: seals and...
Summersdale, 2007. - 177 с. На английском языке.
Впервые книга была опубликована в 1977 году.
In this particular volume of Durrell’s memoirs of his journeys he travels to Mauritius with the dual aim of educating a Mauritian student in the conservation of the local wildlife and catching some of the more endangered species to take back to his Jersey zoo to start breeding...
На английском языке.
Впервые книга была опубликована в 1977 году.
In this particular volume of Durrell’s memoirs of his journeys he travels to Mauritius with the dual aim of educating a Mauritian student in the conservation of the local wildlife and catching some of the more endangered species to take back to his Jersey zoo to start breeding programmes. It sees him and his...
Впервые книга была опубликована в 1977 году.
In this particular volume of Durrell’s memoirs of his journeys he travels to Mauritius with the dual aim of educating a Mauritian student in the conservation of the local wildlife and catching some of the more endangered species to take back to his Jersey zoo to start breeding programmes. It sees him and his companions encountering...
How To Shoot An Amateur Naturalist by Gerald Durrell. Printed in 1984. A blend of adventure, travel, and natural history, this book recounts Durrell's forty-nine-thousand-mile journey for "The Amateur Naturalist" TV series and his introduction to the art of filming wildlife. A BBC television series based on Durrell's book The Amateur Naturalist features the author and his wife,...
With photographs.
"Ever since I was quite small I have wanted to have my own zoo. When I grew up I traveled all over the world, catching wild animals for other people’s zoos, and I found it heartbreaking to have to part with a creature that I had spent six months looking after and brought back from some strange part of the world.
Well, eventually I managed to save enough...
With photographs.
"Ever since I was quite small I have wanted to have my own zoo. When I grew up I traveled all over the world, catching wild animals for other people’s zoos, and I found it heartbreaking to have to part with a creature that I had spent six months looking after and brought back from some strange part of the world.
Well, eventually I managed to save enough...
With photographs.
"Ever since I was quite small I have wanted to have my own zoo. When I grew up I traveled all over the world, catching wild animals for other people’s zoos, and I found it heartbreaking to have to part with a creature that I had spent six months looking after and brought back from some strange part of the world.
Well, eventually I managed to save enough...
Arcade Pub., 1991. Keeper is a very lucky dog. His master, a world-renowned naturalist and conservationist, owns his own zoo, and Keeper visits his friends, the animals, every day. And as Keeper discovers new facts about his friends, readers also share in the instruction. Full color illustrations by Keith R. West.
Arcade Publishing, 2011. In this collection of stories by naturalist and animal lover Gerald Durrell, we are introduced to an eccentric cast of characters, including a perfume-wearing truffle pig and his jealous owner; an ageing set of alcoholic southern belles; a young, handsome sea captain who meets a tragic fate; a whisky-drinking hangman in Paraguay who is haunted by his...
Джеральд Даррелл. Зоопарк в моём багаже.
Summersdale, 2007. - 192 с. На английском языке
Классическая книга Джеральда Даррела о возникновении его зоопарка на острове Джерси. Впервые книга была опубликована в 1964 году.
Написана с юмором и очень хорошо читается.
Gerald Durrell was born in India in 1925. His family settled on Corfu when he was a boy and he spent his time studying its wildlife. He relates these experiences in the trilogy beginning with My Family and Other Animals, and continuing with Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. He writes with wry humour and great perception about both the humans and the animals...
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. - 256 с. Отсканированный PDF. Первая книга о пребывании семьи Джеральда Даррелла на острове Корфу перед второй мировой войной. Очень трогательные и смешные воспоминания о детстве, родственниках и животных.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. - 256 с. Скан 600dpi Первая книга о пребывании семьи Джеральда Даррелла на острове Корфу перед второй мировой войной. Очень трогательные и смешные воспоминания о детстве, родственниках и животных.
Первая книга о пребывании семьи Джеральда Даррелла на острове Корфу перед второй мировой войной. Очень трогательные и смешные воспоминания о детстве, родственниках и животных.
Первая книга о пребывании семьи Джеральда Даррелла на острове Корфу перед второй мировой войной. Очень трогательные и смешные воспоминания о детстве, родственниках и животных.
Illustrated by Cliff Wright. — Scott Ltd., 1993. — 26 p. Puppy goes to the beach with Nick and Susan, his owners, and ends up meeting a crab, a seagull and a little terrier that he saves from drowning. Once again, Puppy ends up being a hero (even though it was actually accidental).
Illustrated by Cliff Wright. — Scott Ltd., 1993. — 28 p. Nick and Susan take Puppy to school where he meets other children's pets. Unfortunatelly, he gets himself in a tangle with two dogs and the Headmaster. But, can Puppy save the day?
Illustrated by Cliff Wright. — Scott Ltd., 1993. — 28 p. Having woken up feeling wonky, the mention of a picnic in the country soon perks up Puppy. Follow him on his travels through Five Oak Wood in the fourth book of the series.
Bello.
Rosy, the elephant bequeathed to young Adrian Rookwhistle by a reprobate relative, turns out to be a handful; not only because of her size but also because of her fondness for strong drink. To Adrian she represents the chance to get away from a city shop and a suburban lodging by exploiting her theatrical talent and experience. To Rosy their progress towards the gayer...
Rosy, the elephant bequeathed to young Adrian Rookwhistle by a reprobate relative, turns out to be a handful; not only because of her size but also because of her fondness for strong drink. To Adrian she represents the chance to get away from a city shop and a suburban lodging by exploiting her theatrical talent and experience. To Rosy their progress towards the gayer South Coast...
Rosy, the elephant bequeathed to young Adrian Rookwhistle by a reprobate relative, turns out to be a handful; not only because of her size but also because of her fondness for strong drink. To Adrian she represents the chance to get away from a city shop and a suburban lodging by exploiting her theatrical talent and experience. To Rosy their progress towards the gayer South Coast...
Bello, 2011. When Gerald Durrell was six he told his mother that he intended to have his own zoo. This is the story of how he achieved his ambition – and how his dream grew into The Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, to become a major world force in wildlife conservation. Whether the author is on the trail of a bank manager or a pigmy hoe, whether he is courting patrons or...
Summersdale, 2007. - 701 с. На английском языке Первоначально книга была опубликована в 1992. Путешествие на Мадагаскар с целью спасения существа, которое считалось давно вымершим. Here is the riveting tale of Gerald Durrell's adventures and misadventures in the enchanted forests of Madagascar, in search of the elusive Aye-aye. Once thought to be extinct, the Aye-aye, the beast...
In Which We Done Come. Toads and Dancing Monkeys. The Bafut Beagles. The Squirrel That Booms. The King and the Conga. Hunt for the Hairy Frogs. Snakes and Shillings. The Que-Fong-Goo. The Typhlops in Disguise. The Fon and the Golden Cat. Zoo under Canvas. The Forest of Flying Mice. A Wilderness of Monkeys. In Which we Walka Good
In Which We Done Come.
Toads and Dancing Monkeys.
The Bafut Beagles.
The Squirrel That Booms.
The King and the Conga.
Hunt for the Hairy Frogs.
Snakes and Shillings.
The Que-Fong-Goo.
The Typhlops in Disguise.
The Fon and the Golden Cat.
Zoo under Canvas.
The Forest of Flying Mice.
A Wilderness of Monkeys.
In Which we Walka Good
Penguin Books, 2006. - 756 с. На английском языке The Corfu Trilogy consists of the popular classic My Family and Other Animals and its delightful sequels, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. All three books are set on the enchanted island of Corfu in the 1930s, and tell the story of the eccentric English family who moved there.
Penguin Books, 2006. - 756 с. На английском языке The Corfu Trilogy consists of the popular classic My Family and Other Animals and its delightful sequels, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. All three books are set on the enchanted island of Corfu in the 1930s, and tell the story of the eccentric English family who moved there.
Penguin Books, 2006. - 756 с. На английском языке The Corfu Trilogy consists of the popular classic My Family and Other Animals and its delightful sequels, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. All three books are set on the enchanted island of Corfu in the 1930s, and tell the story of the eccentric English family who moved there.
Penguin Books, 2006. - 756 с. На английском языке The Corfu Trilogy consists of the popular classic My Family and Other Animals and its delightful sequels, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. All three books are set on the enchanted island of Corfu in the 1930s, and tell the story of the eccentric English family who moved there.
Penguin Books, 2006. - 756 с. На английском языке The Corfu Trilogy consists of the popular classic My Family and Other Animals and its delightful sequels, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. All three books are set on the enchanted island of Corfu in the 1930s, and tell the story of the eccentric English family who moved there.
This lively story with a Greek island setting tells how Amanda and David plot to outwit the unpleasant local mayor and help their Greek friend, Yani. The villagers, and especially the mayor, depend on their donkeys for transport. If the children are to blackmail them successfully the donkeys must disappear. And disappear they do, to the consternation of the whole village......
This lively story with a Greek island setting tells how Amanda and David plot to outwit the unpleasant local mayor and help their Greek friend, Yani. The villagers, and especially the mayor, depend on their donkeys for transport. If the children are to blackmail them successfully the donkeys must disappear. And disappear they do, to the consternation of the whole village......
With illustrations by Ralph Thompson. — Penguin Books. First published in 1956, The Drunken Forest is an account of a six-month trip Gerald Durrell made with his wife Jacquie to South America (Argentina and Paraguay) in 1954.
By Gerald Durrell (Author), Graham Percy (Illustrator). Paperback – 27 Sep 1990 Great-Uncle Lancelot's latest invention, a time machine, has been stolen by a villain and his henchman. The evil pair have travelled back in time to the Age of the Dinosaurs to capture the beasts. Emma, Ivan and Conrad travel back through time with Lancelot to save the dinosaurs.
By Gerald Durrell (Author), Graham Percy (Illustrator).Hardcover – 28 Sep 1989 This picture book combines an adventure story with an introduction to the world of animals. It recounts the story of Great-Uncle Lancelot, who, together with his great-niece and great-nephews, embarks on a journey in an ecological flying machine to meet some of the world's most interesting animals.
Durrell Gerald. The Mockery Bird. SIMON AND SHUSTER, New York. This book is for Lee. For those readers who are interested, may I say that although this book has been written in a light-hearted vein, all things described in it have happened or are happening in different parts of the world.
Bello, 2013.
First Published 1955.
Boa-Constrictors, paradoxical frogs, hoatzins, bush babies and tucotucos - they're all part of what Gerald Durrell casually calls his 'big family'. Each animal in his menagerie exhibits such curious habits and eccentricities. There was Cholmondely the chimpanzee, for example, who was 'king' of the collection, liked a good cigarette and his...
The story of a six months’ collecting trip made by Gerald Durrell and John Yealland to the great rain forests of the Cameroons in West Africa to bring back alive some of the fascinating animals, birds, and reptiles of the region and to see one of the few parts of Africa that remained as it had been when the continent was first discovered. . . a book of immense charm. The author...
The story of a six months’ collecting trip made by Gerald Durrell and John Yealland to the great rain forests of the Cameroons in West Africa to bring back alive some of the fascinating animals, birds, and reptiles of the region and to see one of the few parts of Africa that remained as it had been when the continent was first discovered. . . a book of immense charm. The author...
Bello, 2012. A selection of humourous short stories that captures the spirit of the Durrell household. The Picnic. The Maiden Voyage. The Public School Education. The Havoc of Havelock. The Michelin Man. The Entrance. A Message from the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.
Bello, 2013.
First published 1976.
Nowadays, a good many zoos are seriously involved in conservation work, the last hope for some of the most endangered species on the planet. In the 1970s, that wasn't the case. This book was Durrell's polemic against the keeping of wild animals purely for entertainment purposes, an impassioned plea for things to change. In a series of seven...
Illustrated by Pamela Johnson. The big brown paper parcel that washes up on the beach seems perfectly ordinary—that is, until it begins to speak and sing, and not in one voice but two! And the talking parcel is only the beginning of the amazing adventure of discovery that takes Penelope, Peter, and Simon from modern Greece to Mythologia—where flowers never die, where there are...
Fans of Gerard Durrell’s beloved classic My Family and Other Animals and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom will rejoice at The Whispering Land. The sequel to A Zoo in My Luggage, this is the story of how Durrell and his wife’s zoo-building efforts at England’s Jersey Zoo led them and a team of helpers on an eight- month safari in...
Fans of Gerard Durrell’s beloved classic My Family and Other Animals and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom will rejoice at The Whispering Land. The sequel to A Zoo in My Luggage, this is the story of how Durrell and his wife’s zoo-building efforts at England’s Jersey Zoo led them and a team of helpers on an eight- month safari in...
A Word in Advance. Prelude. Snakes and Sakiwinkis. Red Howlers and Rats. The Monstrous Animal and Sloth Songs. Big Fish and Turtle Eggs. After the Anteater. Capybara and Cayman. Crab Dogs and Carpenter. The Toad With Pockets. Pimpla Hog and Tank ‘e God. Finale
A Word in Advance.
Prelude.
Snakes and Sakiwinkis.
Red Howlers and Rats.
The Monstrous Animal and Sloth Songs.
Big Fish and Turtle Eggs.
After the Anteater.
Capybara and Cayman.
Crab Dogs and Carpenter.
The Toad With Pockets.
Pimpla Hog and Tank ‘e God.
Finale
By Gerald Durrell (Author), Keith West (Illustrator) .Hardcover – October 1, 1991 Gerald, a boy growing up on the Greek island of Corfu, rescues a land tortoise from the sea and introduces it into the company of the frogs, toads, snakes, crabs, octopuses, and other animal friends he has cultivated. So when he and his dog Roger rescue a land tortoise that has fallen into the sea,...
Bello, 2013.
First published 1966.
This is the chronicle of a six-month journey which took us through New Zealand, Australia and Malaya. The reasons for this journey were twofold – firstly that I wanted to see what was being done about conservation in these countries, and secondly that the BBC wanted to make a series of television films on the same subject. (Gerald Durrell)
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