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The Insect World of J. Henri Fabre
Jean-Henri Fabre
Beacon Press, 1991
For the naturalist in all of us
In this book Fabre is not only a taxonomist but a behaviorist and he describes insect behavior in a charming and almost poetic way. This book is in no way dry in the way some find books on science to be and as much as it teaches us about insects and other classes of ...
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My Family and Other Animals (Cascades)
Gerald Durrell
Collins Educational, 1997
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Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
Gerald Durrell
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004
Classic Durrell: wonderfully funny
I have been a huge fan of Gerald Durrell's books since childhood, especially the ones that his family features in, predominantly. This is the follow up to My Family and Other Animals and it is just as much fun!
Highly recommended.
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Fillets of Plaice
Gerald Durrell
David R Godine, 2008
Parting is such sweet sorrow...
Well, I may have mangled the quote for this review's title but I am right about the rating of this book. This was such a good book that I actually felt a bit sad after turning the last page! Many of the encounters in this book of short stories shares the same wit, keen ...
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A Zoo in My Luggage
Gerald Durrell
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
Excellent, the 4th best of his many books, in my opinion
Gerald Durrell spent most of his life collecting interesting animal specimens and Durrell is an interesting human specimen himself. His well chronicled life (mostly chronicled by Durrell) begins with the hilarious, and very succesfull, "My family and Other Animals". It ...
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Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories
Gerald Durrell
Arcade Publishing, 1993
Marrying off Mother
One of Durrell's best! Sadly he died in 1995 and he is missed by his many fans. Suggestion: Buy and read all of his books. There's an education to be had and many laughs to enjoy.
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The Whispering Land
Gerald Durrell
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
a great book by one of the best zoologist authors ever
A charming little book about an animal collecting trip in South America. Durrell paints both an enchanting picture both of the Argentine people and of the flora and fauna of the country. He encounters vampire bats, a puma, and many birds. He rescues an ocelot from a ...
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My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004
Gerald Durell is wonderful!
All of Gerald Durell's writings are terrific, but the ones about his family are truly laugh-out-loud wonderful! This is a book I have enjoyed over and over, and have given as a gift many times.
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Menagerie Manor
Gerald Durrell
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
A zoo with a difference
Unlike most other Durrel books which speak of his expeditions to study and work with animals, this one talks of him setting up his own zoo in the Channel island of Jersey. This book overturns a stereotype of the zoo as a humourless place with unhappy animals in poor ...
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The Aye-Aye and I: A Rescue Journey to Save One of the World's Most Intriguing Creatures from Extinction
Gerald Durrell
Touchstone, 1994
Aye-ayes are wonderful!
This book was absolutely fabulous. As a college student interested in someday studying aye-ayes in the forests of Madagascar, reading this book was sheer pleasure. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested at all in lemurs, Madagascar, or simply in animal ...
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Madagascar: A World Out of Time
Frans Lanting
Aperture, 1990
A brilliant, photoessay about a wonderful place
Madagascar is bigger than Texas. This fourth biggest island in the world, also known as the "Eighth Continent", is located 200 miles off Southeast Africa. It's as remote from the United States as you can get. In an absolutely scintillating, evocative photo essay, ...
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Encounters With Animals
Gerald Durrell
Penguin Books, 1980
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The Talking Parcel
Gerald Malcolm Durrell
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1975
now published as 'The Battle for Castle Cockatrice'
I can remember my head teacher reading this book to me in his class 17 years ago and am now revisiting it as literature for some theatre workshops with year 6 children. The colourful characters, language and visual images must be passed down to the next generation. the ...
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My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1977
I wish I could give it 6 stars!
This book is absolutely, brilliantly funny. The wit and unique characterizations are woven with great descriptions of the animals and plants of Corfu. That Durrell can hold the attention of readers who have no interest in biology simply demonstrates what a fine work ...
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Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
Gerald Durrell
The Viking Press, 1969
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