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My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals

by Gerald Durrell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

In this hilarious memoir, Durrell recounts sparkling anecdotes of his childhood on Corfu in the 1930s -- not least his passion for the toads, tortoises, bats, scorpions and other creatures. Read it aloud or give it to the budding naturalist in your life. (GRE35, $15.00)

The Whispering Land

The Whispering Land

by Gerald Durrell

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A sparkling account of an eight-month jaunt on the trail of fur seals, guanaco, parrots and other Patagonian marvels. (PAT13, $15.00)

A Zoo in My Luggage

A Zoo in My Luggage

by Gerald Durrell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

Charming stories of a six-month sojourn in British Cameroon in search of animals for his new zoo. (WAF78, $14.00)

 
Birds, Beasts, and Relatives

Birds, Beasts, and Relatives


by Gerald Durrell

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Tels of his eccentric family and passion for all things wild on the island of Corfu continue. (MED80, $15.00)

Fillets of Plaice

Fillets of Plaice


by Gerald Durrell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

More delightful tales of Durrell's engagingly eccentric family and passion for all things in nature, including chapters on Corfu, his misadventures in the British Cameroons and back home in Jersey. The title is a spoof on elder brother Lawrence's Spirit of Place. (GRE356, $15.95)

Menagerie Manor

Menagerie Manor


by Gerald Malcolm Durrell

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

Another delightful tale from the charming Durrell, who treats us to the story of how he and his wife founded their own private zoo on an island in the English Channel. (GBR684, $13.00)

My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals


by Sheree Folkson

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • DVD

The Masterpiece Theatre adaptation of Durrell's delightful tales of his eccentric family and passion for all things wild on the island of Corfu in the 1930s. (GRE357, $19.95)

The Aye-Aye and I

The Aye-Aye and I


by Gerald Durrell

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

The engaging and extremely amusing story of a serious scientific effort to retrieve, and help save, the rare aye-aye of Madagascar. (MAD10, $14.95)

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