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Rosy Is My Relative

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 150404262X
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Rosy Is My Relative written by Gerald Durrell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An ‘almost true’ tale” of a man’s adventures inheriting an elephant, so “lovingly embellished . . . you’ll almost wish that you had a Rosy in your family too”—from the author of the Corfu Trilogy (Kirkus Reviews). When his uncle passes away unexpectedly, young Adrian Rookwhistle’s inheritance turns his humdrum life upside down. Instead of a manor house, Adrian has been bequeathed Rosy, an elephant whose predilection for fine spirits leads to high jinks far beyond the means of a shy English gentleman. Convinced that a circus will take the troublesome tusker off his hands, Adrian leads Rosy on a trek to the coast, setting in motion an uproarious adventure of mammoth proportions. Author Gerald Durrell promises that despite being embellished here and there, “nearly all the adventures in this book really happened.” Ultimately, this tale of a pachyderm with a penchant for pandemonium guarantees pure entertainment. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.

Rosy is My Relative [by] Gerald Durrell

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Rosy is My Relative [by] Gerald Durrell written by Gerald Durrell and published by . This book was released on with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781559701808
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories written by Gerald Durrell and published by Arcade Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of eight short stories by the author observing absurdity that abounds in the world.

The Mockery Bird

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Mockery Bird written by Gerald Durrell and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mockery Bird takes place on a tropical island called Zenkali. The island seems to be populated by the most eccentric people who came there from all around the world, along with the two indigenous tribes, the Fangoua and the Ginka. The Ginkas used to worship a dolphin god, while the Fangouas worshipped a strange avian, the Mockery Bird, which was hunted to extinction by the former French colonizers. Zenkali is ruled by King Tamalawala III, usually referred to as "Kingy" by his people. Peter Foxglove arrives to Zenkali to be the assistant of Hannibal Oliphant, Kingy's Political Advisor. Zenkali, once a British colony, is about to get self-government. They are also planning to construct a military base, an airport and a power station, and this will mean the flooding of a large, unexplored valley, owned by the villainous businessman, Looja. Peter, along with the beautiful Audrey Damien, visits the valley before it is totally destroyed, and makes a fantastic discovery: a small population of Mockery Birds still live in the valley. Peter's discovery attracts the attention of the world press, environmentalists, politicians and businessmen from all around the world, and this leads to a couple of adventures. Finally, Professor Droom, a biologist, discovers that the main and only agricultural product of Zenkali, the Amela tree is ecologically linked to the Mockery Birds (explained below), so the flooding of the valley will make the island's economy collapse. Consequently, the construction of the airport is cancelled.

The Garden of the Gods

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504041682
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Garden of the Gods written by Gerald Durrell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the trilogy of memoirs that inspired the television show The Durrells in Corfu: A naturalist’s adventures with animals—and humans—on a Greek island. When his family moved to a Greek island, young naturalist Gerald Durrell was able to indulge his passion for wildlife of all sorts as he discovered the new world around him—and the creatures and people who inhabited it. Indeed, Durrell’s years growing up on Corfu would inspire the rest of his life. In addition to his tales of wild animals, Durrell recounts stories about his even wilder family—including his widowed mother, Louisa, and elder siblings Lawrence, Leslie, and Margo—with undeniable wit and humor. The final chapter in Durrell’s reflections on his family’s time in Greece before the start of World War II, The Garden of the Gods is a fascinating look at the childhood of a naturalist who was ahead of his time. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.

Rosy Is My Relative

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780670608492
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Rosy Is My Relative written by Gerald Durrell and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1968-05-21 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Family and Other Animals

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher : Penguin Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780241951460
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book My Family and Other Animals written by Gerald Durrell and published by Penguin Books Limited. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What we all need,' said Larry, 'is sunshine . . . a country where we can grow.' 'Yes, dear, that would be nice,' agreed Mother, not really listening. 'I had a letter from George this morning - he says Corfu's wonderful. Why don't we pack up and go to Greece?' 'Very well, dear, if you like,' said Mother unguardedly. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu. But the Durrells find that, reluctantly, they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions, geckos, toads, bats and butterflies. Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood. 'Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' Sunday Telegraph

Rosy is My Relative by Gerald Durrell

Author : British Columbia Teachers' Federation
Publisher : B.C. Teachers' Federation, [197-?]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Rosy is My Relative by Gerald Durrell written by British Columbia Teachers' Federation and published by B.C. Teachers' Federation, [197-?]. This book was released on 197? with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Aye-Aye and I

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504042638
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Aye-Aye and I written by Gerald Durrell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “First-rate entertainment”: The author of the Corfu Trilogy recounts his expedition to Madagascar and search for the elusive, endangered aye-aye (Publishers Weekly). In 1990, Gerald Durrell; his wife, Lee; and a television crew embarked on a rescue mission to one of the most interesting places in the world: the island of Madagascar. It was there that they hoped to record and capture the endangered aye-aye, the world’s largest nocturnal primate. Recognizable by its big eyes and long fingers, the strange, rare aye-aye was an animal of incredible fascination for Durrell, one he felt compelled to conserve as its habitat was taken away by deforestation. In this passionate memoir, Durrell’s funny, vibrant voice shines as he describes the magical landscape of Madagascar, the exotic animals that inhabit it, and the challenges of his expedition to preserve an important part of our ever-changing world. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.

The Donkey Rustlers

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book The Donkey Rustlers written by Gerald Durrell and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gerald & Lee Durrell in Russia

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gerald & Lee Durrell in Russia written by Gerald Durrell and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Battle for Castle Cockatrice

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9780064407809
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Battle for Castle Cockatrice written by Gerald Durrell and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1999-06-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you get when you cross a bunch of odious toads and ornery fire-breathing birds with one parrot, a distressed dragon, a group of weasels, a troop of mermaids, a herd of unicorns, a band of gryphons, and three children? When Penelope, Simon, and Peter go to the beach, they get a surprise they'll never forget. A package washes ashore and begins to speak! The children open it up to reveal a talking parrot and spider who were kidnapped and sent away. Their home is Mythologia, where sunrise takes place all day long and magical creatures like Mooncalves and Will-o'-the-Wisps lived peacefully--until the evil Cockatrices decided to take over. And now the new rulers are threatening to turn it into a land of cruelty and fear. It's only a matter of time before the Cockatrices become all powerful. So with the help of a counterspy toad, Penelope, Simon, and Peter decide to do everything they can to help overthrow the wicked birds. But will they be able to survive a trip to Mythologia's scariest places and defeat the evil Cockatrices? For Penelope, Simon, and Peter, a day at the beach is the beginning of an unforgettable adventure. A big brown package washes ashore and begins to speak! Imprisoned inside are Parrot and his companion Ducibelle, a spider, exiles from the land of Mythologia, where magical creatures like unicorns, dragons, and mermaids live together happilyuntil the villainous cockatrices (half serpent, half rooster) take over and enslave the entire population. Can the children help defeat the evil cockatrices and restore peace to Mythologia?A charming, whimsical tour-de-force, The Battle for Castle Cockatrice is a classic story that fantasy readers will welcome back into print.A marvelously created fantasy. The Horn Book

The Overloaded Ark

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher : Gardners Books
ISBN 13 : 9780571209330
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Overloaded Ark written by Gerald Durrell and published by Gardners Books. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his first and funniest book, Gerald Durrell describes an expedition to the Cameroons before independence.

Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504042832
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons written by Gerald Durrell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel to Mauritius on a quest to save endangered species with the British naturalist whose work inspired Masterpiece production The Durrells in Corfu. The green and mountainous island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean was once the home of the ill-fated dodo. The island saw many other animals vanish from its soil, and by the 1970s, numerous species were close to being eliminated. Enter Gerald Durrell. Durrell sets out on a search for bats and pink pigeons, climbing near-vertical rock faces to find Telfair’s skinks and Gunther’s geckos, and swimming about coral reefs with multicolored marine life. But rounding up a collection to take back with him to his animal sanctuary in the English Channel won’t be easy: There are many dangers awaiting him. Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons is a delightful and inspiring adventure by the author of My Family and Other Animals, among other much-loved memoirs. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.

Rosy is My Relative

Author : Gerald Malcolm Durrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780006327332
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Rosy is My Relative written by Gerald Malcolm Durrell and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Music of a Life

Author : Andreï Makine
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 162872210X
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Music of a Life written by Andreï Makine and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief but extraordinarily powerful novel by the author of Dreams of My Russian Summers and Requiem for a Lost Empire, Music of a Life is set in the period just before, and two decades after, World War II. Alexeï Berg’s father is a well-known dramatist, his mother a famous opera singer. But during Stalin’s reign of terror in the 1930s they, like millions of other Russians, come under attack for their presumed lack of political purity. Harassed and proscribed, they have nonetheless, on the eve of Hitler’s war, not yet been arrested. And young Alexeï himself, a budding classical pianist, has been allowed to continue his musical studies. His first solo concert is scheduled for May 24, 1941. Two days before the concert, on his way home from his final rehearsal, he sees his parents being arrested, taken from their Moscow apartment. Knowing his own arrest will not be far behind, Alexeï flees to the country house of his fiancée, where again betrayal awaits him. He flees, one step ahead of the dreaded secret police until, taking on the identity of a dead soldier, he enlists in the Soviet army. Thus begins his seemingly endless journey, through war and peace, until he lands, two decades later, in a snowbound train station in the Urals, where he relates his harrowing saga to the novel’s narrator. An international bestseller, Music of a Life is, in the words of Le Monde, “extremely powerful . . . a gem.”

Birds, Beasts and Relatives

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504041666
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Birds, Beasts and Relatives written by Gerald Durrell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The follow-up to My Family and Other Animals and the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu: A naturalist’s memoir of his family’s time on a Greek island. In the years before World War II, Gerald Durrell’s family left the gloomy shores of England for the sun-drenched island of Corfu. Against this picturesque backdrop, Durrell fondly recalls his family’s disorderly household and outrageous antics, including their interactions with locals of both human and animal varieties. After a boyhood spent studying zoology and acquiring the island’s exotic insects, reptiles, birds, mammals, and sea creatures as pets, Durrell’s budding naturalism would later bloom into a passion for conservation that would last a lifetime. Filled with clever observations, amusing anecdotes, and childlike wonder, Birds, Beasts and Relatives is half nature guide, half coming-of-age tale, and all charmingly funny memoir. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.