Beasts In My Belfry
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Beasts In My Belfry
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Author : Gerald Durrell
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2011-12-16
Beasts In My Belfry written by Gerald Durrell and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Written with Gerald Durrell's usual sharp eye for observing humour in any situation, Beasts in my Belfry will delight fans both old and new. At the age of two I made up my mind quite firmly and unequivocally that the only thing I wanted to do was study animals. Nothing else interested me. Beasts in My Belfry is a charming account of Gerald Durrell's first job in 1945 as a student keeper at Whipsnade Zoo. Over a year, we encounter a typically absurd cast – including Albert the lion, who's a dab hand at ventriloquism, and Teddy the brown bear, with whom the young Durrell sings duets. With notebook and pen in hand, the eager young Durrell observes his co-workers and animal charges alike. Whether getting dirty mucking out the buffalo enclosure or attempting to cajole a jitter-bugging gnu into a transportation crate, life at the zoo is certainly never boring.
Beasts In My Belfry
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Author : Derald Durrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
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If you looked you would think that his mind was full of beautiful, poetic thoughts... A ball of food would make its appearance at the base of his long neck and would travel upwards with all the majesty of a department store lift. The ball was generally the size of a coconut and would end its travels by rolling into his mouth. A satisfied expression would replace the look of thoughtful genius and Peter's lower jaw would recommence its monotonous movement.
Beasts In My Belfry
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Author : Gerald Malcolm Durrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Beasts In My Belfry written by Gerald Malcolm Durrell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Zoo animals categories.
As a teenager, the author collected a large number of exotic animals as pets. When his family refused to accept any more animals he joined Whipsnade Zoo as a student keeper. This is an account of the amusing year he spent there.
Beasts In My Belfry
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Author : Gerald Durrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Beasts In My Belfry written by Gerald Durrell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with categories.
Beasts In My Bed
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Author : Jacquie Durrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Beasts In My Bed written by Jacquie Durrell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Animal behavior categories.
MEMOIR OF AN OPERA STUDENT WHO MARRIED A PENNILESS ZOOKEEPER.
The Aye Aye And I
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Author : Gerald Durrell
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-09-06
The Aye Aye And I written by Gerald Durrell and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-06 with Travel categories.
'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 meet.' The fourth largest island in the world, Madagascar is home to woodlice the size of golf balls, moths the size of Regency fans and the Aye-Aye, a type of lemur held by local superstion to be an omen of death. But when Gerald Durrell visited the island, the destruction of the forests meant that the Aye-Aye and many other creatures were in danger of extinction. Told with his unique sense of humour and inimitable charm, Gerald Durrell's The Aye Aye and I is the final adventure from one Britain's best loved conservationists.
The Imagination Thief
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Author : Rohan Quine
language : en
Publisher: EC1 Digital and the Firsty Group
Release Date : 2013-01-01
The Imagination Thief written by Rohan Quine and has been published by EC1 Digital and the Firsty Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with Fiction categories.
The Imagination Thief by Rohan Quine is about a web of secrets, triggered by the stealing and copying of people’s imaginations and memories. It’s about the magic that can be conjured up by images of people, in imagination or on film; the split between beauty and happiness in the world; and the allure of various kinds of power. A Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award 2021, it celebrates some of the most extreme possibilities of human imagination, personality and language, exploring the darkest and brightest flavours of beauty living in our minds. Alone in his skyscraper office one night, Jaymi undergoes a transformation that will change his life: he acquires the power to see into others’ minds, and then to control and project their thoughts. Realising the potential of this gift, he hypnotises a media mogul into agreeing to broadcast an electrifying extravaganza of sound and vision emanating from Jaymi, the like of which has never been witnessed before, that will captivate millions. However, one of the mogul’s underlings has more subversive plans for milking Jaymi’s talent, involving the theft of others’ imaginations and intimate memories for commercial gain. The broadcasting of his visions plunges Jaymi and his best friend Alaia on a journey into the underbelly of Asbury Park – a seaside town once full of life but now half-forgotten. The town’s entire oceanfront is now almost a ghost town: ruled by gangsters and drug dealers, headed by Lucan, it is populated by lost souls and the beautiful who have fallen on hard times. Blackmailed into thieving the most private and primal memories and experiences from these people’s imaginations, Jaymi discovers a web of secrets and provocations simmering beneath the surface of the town, about to explode. When a waxwork of Lucan’s decapitated head is anonymously planted in his own bar, fear bubbles up, as everyone becomes a suspect in this unforgivable challenge to Lucan’s dominance. Then when another provocative waxwork appears – a naked full-body modelling of Lucan’s beautiful but tortured lover, Angel – Jaymi knows he must use his own gift to discover the perpetrator before Lucan does. Delving into and celebrating the most beautiful and extreme possibilities of human imagination, personality and love, The Imagination Thief is literary fiction, with a touch of magical realism and a dusting of horror. It explores the universal human predicaments of power, beauty, happiness, hopelessness, good and evil. Keywords: literary fiction, magical realism, dark fantasy, horror, gay, Asbury Park, psychic, New York, broadcast, imagination, transgender, contemporary, enhanced ebook
My Family And Other Animals
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Author : Gerald Durrell
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books Limited
Release Date : 2011-04-07
My Family And Other Animals written by Gerald Durrell and has been published by Penguin Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-07 with Corfu Island (Greece) categories.
'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
Encounters With Animals
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Author : Gerald Durrell
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-09-06
Encounters With Animals written by Gerald Durrell and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'I once travelled back from Africa on a ship with an Irish captain who did not like animals. This was unfortunate, because most of my luggage consisted of about two hundred odd cages of assorted wildlife . . .' Gerald Durrell's accounts of the animals he encountered on his travels were some of the first widely shared descriptions of the world's most extraordinary animals. Moving from the West Coast of Africa to the northern tip of South America - and elsewhere - Durrell observes the courtships, wars and characters of a variety of creatures, from birds of paradise, to ants and anteaters, among others. Told with his trademark charm and humour, Gerald Durrell's Encounters with Animals is a uniquely entertaining exploration of some of the world's most striking landscapes and the wildlife it is home to.
Birds Beasts And Relatives
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Author : Gerald Durrell
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2017-04-06
Birds Beasts And Relatives written by Gerald Durrell and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The follow up to My Family and Other Animals and the second book in The Corfu Trilogy, the beloved books that inspired ITV's television series The Durrells. In this second collection of tales concerning the Durrell family on the island of Corfu, young Gerry continues to be captivated by the fascinating flora and fauna of their adopted home - much to the bemusement and upset of his long suffering siblings and mother. Whether it's lamp fishing by night or roving the countryside with his mentor Theodore, Gerry encounters intoxicated hedgehogs, tarantulas, dung beetles, water spiders and other animals, some of which become the family's very unwanted pets.