My Family and Other Animals (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback)

My Family and Other Animals (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

My Family and Other Animals (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

Ten-year-old Gerald doesn't know why his older brothers and sisterscomplain so much. With snakes in the bath and scorpions on thelunch table, the family home on the Greek island of Corfu is a bitlike a zoo so they should feel right at home... Gerald joyfullypursues his interest in natural history

My Family and Other Animals (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback)

The first book Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy a bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu, now the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece PBSWhen the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any

The Durrells of Corfu (Haag Michael)(Paperback)

The Durrell family are immortalised in Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals and its ITV adaptation, The Durrells. But what of the real life Durrells? Why did they go to Corfu in the first place - and what happened to them after they left? The real story of the Durrells is as surprising and

My Family and Other Animals (Durrell Gerald)(Pevná vazba)

My Family and Other Animals is Gerald Durrell's hilarious account of five years in his childhood spent living with his family on the island of Corfu, which inspired the ITV drama The Durrells. With snakes, scorpions, toads, owls and geckos competing for space with one bookworm brother and another

My Family and Other Animals (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.'What we all need,' said Larry, 'is sunshine...a country where we can

Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback)

Birds, Beasts and Relatives (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

Gerald Durrell - The Authorised Biography (Botting Douglas)(Paperback / softback)

The authorised biography of the great naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged seventy in January 1995 in Jersey, where he founded the zoo he'd dreamed of as a small boy and pioneered the captive breeding of animals for

Corfu Trilogy (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

Suitable for adults and children alike, this title includes three classic tales of childhood on an island paradise - 'My Family and Other Animals', 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives' and 'The Garden of the

Přetížená archa - Gerald Durrell

Světoznámý přírodovědec a spisovatel Gerald Durrell se vypravil do afrického Kamerunu, aby pro britské zoologické zahrady nachytal vzácné exotické živočichy. Byla to jeho první cesta za zvířaty vůbec a rozhodně nešlo o žádnou nudnou vědeckou výpravu. Chytit luskouna,

Tři jízdenky do Dobrodružství - Gerald Durrell

Světoznámý přírodovědec a spisovatel Gerald Durrell se vypravil do jihoamerické džungle, aby pro britské zoologické zahrady nachytal vzácné exotické živočichy. Jenže tahle cesta rozhodně není žádná nudná vědecká výprava. Chytit mravenečníka, elektrického úhoře,

Růženka je z příbuzenstva - Gerald Durrell

Jeden z nejoblíbenějších románů anglického humoristy a přírodovědce Geralda Durrella milují čtenáři na celém světě. Líčení trampot mladého úředníka, kterému připadá život příliš jednotvárný a neustále touží po dobrodružství. Jeho sny se naplní v okamžiku, kdy

Růženka je z příbuzenstva - Gerald Durrell - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Slavný a oblíbený humoristický román britského přírodovědce Geralda Durrella o nečekaném dědictví, které obrátí Hadriánovi život doslova na ruby. | Slavný britský humoristický román o neobvyklém dědictví, který milují čtenáři na celém světě. Hadrián

Sky Ship and other stories: A Bloomsbury Reader (McCaughrean Geraldine)(Paperback / softback)

Party Animals - My Family and Other Communists (Aaronovitch David)(Paperback / softback)

Blending memoir, history and biography, the author uncovers the story of his family's life by picking through letters, diaries and secret service files, which in turn unleash vivid childhood memories of a lost and idealistic

My Animals and Other Family (Balding Clare)(Paperback / softback)

Clare Balding grew up in a rather unusual household. Her father a champion trainer, she shared her life with more than 100 thoroughbred racehorses, mares, foals and ponies, as well as an ever-present pack of boxers and lurchers. As a toddler she would happily ride the legendary Mill Reef and take

Birds, Beasts, and Relatives (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback)

Volume two in The Corfu Trilogy, now the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu on PBS Masterpiece Part coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald Durrell's dazzling sequel to My Family and Other Animals is based on his boyhood on Corfu, from 1933 to 1939. Originally published in 1969

Aye-Aye and I (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

In the gloom it came along the branches towards me, its round, hypnotic eyes blazing, its spoon-like ears turning to and fro independently like radar dishes ...it was Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky come to life ...one of the most incredible creatures I had ever been privileged to

Whispering Land (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

The author and his wife are the proud owners of a small zoo on the island of Jersey. But there's one thing that's better than a small zoo - a bigger one. So the author heads off to South America to collect more animals. This title offers an account of his journey into the South American

Zlatí netopýři a růžoví holubi - Gerald Durrell - audiokniha

Audiokniha:,Kdyby Durrell dorazil včas, možná by blboun nejapný nevymřel. Vtipná i poučná kniha o velké výpravě za záchranou ohrožených druhů ptáků a plazů na ostrově Mauricius v Indickém oceánu. Když Portugalci objevili v Indickém oceánu souostroví později nazvané

The Frank Business (Glazebrook Olivia)(Paperback)

A novel about family, love and other

Derrida and Other Animals: The Boundaries of the Human (Still Judith)(Paperback)

Analyses Derrida's late writings on animals, especially his seminars The Beast and the SovereignWhat is man? This book examines Derrida's contribution to this long-standing philosophical and political debate, which has typically evoked a significant division between human beings and other animals

Pets by Royal Appointment: The Royal Family and Their Animals (Hoey Brain)(Paperback)

The royal family say they can do without many things, but not their animals. With intimate anecdotes and fascinating detail, royal expert Brian Hoey describes the mini palaces provided for the Queen's pampered corgis; Princess Anne's badly behaved bull terriers; the regal passion for horses, and