Gerald Durrell

Pervoe izdanie zamechatelnoj detskoj knigi izvestnogo pisatelja-naturalista Dzheralda Darrella na russkom jazyke! Zakhvatyvajuschaja istorija o khrabrykh puteshestvennikakh - devochke Emme i ee bratjakh-bliznetsakh Ivane i Konrade, otvazhivshikhsja vmeste s dedushkoj Lanselotom sovershit puteshestvie vo vremeni i otpravitsja v epokhu dinozavrov. Ikh zhdut neverojatnye, fantasticheskie prikljuchenija i mnozhestvo otkrytij, kotorye budut interesny ne tolko ljubiteljam skazok, no i junym naturalistam.

Gerald Durrell's last book, The Aye-Aye and I records his final animal-collecting expedition, a trip to Madagascar in 1990, and his efforts to save the elusive and mythical lemuroid known as the Aye-Aye. Prompted by the country's radical deforestation, and slash-and-burn agriculture, Durrell, his wife, and their team of zoologists embark on a mission to capture and conserve the species - distinguished by its 'giant, chisel-like teeth', 'round, hypnotic eyes' and large 'spoon-like ears'. During the course of their journey, they encounter golden river snakes, flat-tailed tortoises, the gentle lemurs of Lac Alaotra, and the Malagasy chameleons. Durrell's exuberant descriptions of the island, its people and ecology are among his best.

Pervoe izdanie zamechatelnoj detskoj knigi Dzheralda Darrella na russkom jazyke! Fantasticheskaja, uvlekatelnaja i poznavatelnaja istorija o neverojatnom krugosvetnom puteshestvii na letajuschem dome. Dvoe malchishek i ikh sestra Emma vmeste s dedushkoj Lanselotom otpravljajutsja na poiski djadjushki Persivalja, kotoryj uekhal v Afriku smotret na slonov. No put okazhetsja neprostym: vsled za Persivalem khrabrye puteshestvenniki sovershat vysadki ne tolko v Juzhnoj Afrike, no i v Avstralii, v Kanade i Severnoj Amerike, na Severnom Poljuse i v Brazilii. I, konechno, oni poznakomjatsja (i dazhe smogut pogovorit!) s samymi udivitelnymi obitateljami etikh mest - krokodilami i pingvinami, verbljudami i kitami-ubijtsami, koalami, bobrami, dikovinnymi babochkami i mnogimi drugimi.Illjustratsii vsemirno izvestnogo khudozhnika Grema Persi. Perevod Diny Krupskoj.

Dzherald Darrell izvestnyj anglijskij pisatel-naturalist i puteshestvennik. Geroi ego znamenitoj skazochnoj povesti "Govorjaschij svertok" popadajut v udivitelnuju stranu Miflandiju i pomogajut ee zhiteljam odolet zlykh i kovarnykh vasiliskov. Chudesnye illjustratsii Mikhaila Belomlinskogo.

David Attenborough, Dion Leonard (Finding Gobi), Dervla Murphy and Brian Jackman are just four of the authors whose work features in this new anthology from Bradt focusing on true stories about travelling with animals. In Beastly Journeys, there are 46 tales of extraordinary animal travel experiences, from hilarious holidays with pets to journeys on which wild animals somehow came along for the ride, including: David Attenborough tries to get an armadillo through Paraguayan customs; adventurer Ash Dykes takes a white cockerel to Maromokotro to ward off evil spirits; Mike Gerrard shares a car journey from Belsize Park to Canvey Island with a python; Brian Jackman rides, walks and swims with Abu the elephant; Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year Dom Tulett rows with a kingfisher; and John Rendall travels to Africa with Christian, the lion he bought at Harrods and raised in west London. Also included is a brand new piece of writing from ultramarathon runner Dion Leonard about his experience with Gobi, the stray dog who accompanied him for 80 miles over the treacherous Tian Shian mountains. A mix of new, previously unpublished writers and old favourites are included, with extracts from writers such as Mark Shand (Travels on my Elephant), Dervla Murphy (Eight Feet in the Andes) and Robert Louis Stevenson (Travels with a Donkey), not to mention Gerald Durrell, 19th-century explorer Isabella Bird and renowned publisher Michael Joseph. Compelling, engaging, surprising, humorous and entertaining. if this book proves one thing it's that travel with animals is every bit as unpredictable as you would expect it to be.

"Man siger, at et barn, der dr mmer om at blive lokomotivf rer, meget sj ldent bliver i stand til at udfylde denne rolle som voksen. Hvis det er sandt, er jeg et us dvanligt heldigt menneske, for i en alder af bare to r besluttede jeg fast og uigenkaldeligt, at det eneste, jeg nskede, var at studere dyr. Intet andet interesserede mig." "Dyr p hjernen" er Gerald Durrells personlige fort lling om sit liv som dyreentusiast. Bogen fort ller om hans fantastiske barndom i Indien og p Korfu, hvor han samlede sig et v ld af dyrevenner, blandt andre l ven Albert, isbj rnen Babs og giraffen Peter - ja, til sidst havde lille Gerald s mange dyr, at familien vurderede, at det var p tide at finde en mere permanent zoologisk have. Og s dan gik det til, at Gerald Durrell blev dyrepasserpraktikant i London Zoo og efterf lgende skabte sig en fantastisk karriere inden for dyrenes verden. Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) er f dt i Indien og flyttede som fem rig med sin familie til England. Han skabte sig et stort navn i Storbritannien som tv-v rt for dyreprogrammer og forfatter til b ger om dyr. Gerald Durrell grundlagde Jersey Zoologiske Have i 1959 og startede naturfonden Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.-

Gerald Durrell sagde allerede som seks rig til sin mor, at han ville have sin egen zoologiske have. Det er nemt at sige, specielt n r man er barn og ikke ved, hvad der skal til, men for Gerald var viljen st rk nok til at overvinde alle forhindringer. I "Jubil um i Arken" fort ller han, hvordan det lykkedes ham at g re dr mmen til virkelighed og om sit sp ndende og vigtige arbejde med indsamling og bevarelse af truede dyrearter. Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) er f dt i Indien og flyttede som fem rig med sin familie til England. Han skabte sig et stort navn i Storbritannien som tv-v rt for dyreprogrammer og forfatter til b ger om dyr. Gerald Durrell grundlagde Jersey Zoologiske Have i 1959 og startede naturfonden Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.-

Sammen med sin kone, Lee, rejser Gerald Durrell til Sovjetunionen for at m de de mennesker, der k mper en brav kamp for at bevare Ruslands unikke natur og dyrearter. F lg parret p deres rejse fra de ug stfri, og dog sk nne polaromr der til de endel se rkner i syd, l s om naturen i den europ iske del af det nuv rende Rusland og tag med til Sibiriens allerfjerneste egne. Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) er f dt i Indien og flyttede som fem rig med sin familie til England. Han skabte sig et stort navn i Storbritannien som tv-v rt for dyreprogrammer og forfatter til b ger om dyr. Gerald Durrell grundlagde Jersey Zoologiske Have i 1959 og startede naturfonden Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.

Tv-personlighed, dyrepasser, indehaver af en zoologisk have og forfatter - Gerald Durrell har ikke s lidt p cv'et. Men bag det hele ligger en eventyrlig barndom omgivet af vilde dyr i Indien, p Korfu og andre vidunderlige steder, der har inspireret Gerald Durrell i hans mildest talt us dvanlige liv. "Skovturen" er en samling af morsomme og r rende erindringsnoveller om Gerald Durrells familie - den firbenede s vel som den tobenede. Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) er f dt i Indien og flyttede som fem rig med sin familie til England. Han skabte sig et stort navn i Storbritannien som tv-v rt for dyreprogrammer og forfatter til b ger om dyr. Gerald Durrell grundlagde Jersey Zoologiske Have i 1959 og startede naturfonden Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. "Jeg fl j igennem denne bog i et sug, og da jeg n ede sidste side, blev jeg helt bedr vet over at skulle skilles fra Gerald Durrell og hans mildest talt excentriske familie i en lyser d villa p Korfu. Jeg f lte mig bel rt, beriget og fl kket af grin p flere leder " - Henrik V. Ringsted

"Det raslede i krattet, og en stor fugl kom til syne mellem bladene. Peter stirrede vantro p den, for den fugl var det sidste p jorden, han havde ventet at se. Det var utvivlsomt en spillevende sp gefugl, der med hovedet let p skr sendte ham et skalkagtigt blik, mens den tog nogle langsomme dansetrin i rydningen. "Ha-ha-ha," sagde den og glippede med de lange jenvipper." De britiske myndigheder g r sig klar til at bygge en flyveplads midt i den natursk nne dal p den lille stillehavs Zenkali, da naturen og den unge opdagelsesrejsende Peter Foxglove spolerer deres planer ved et helt s rligt naturfund. Sp gefuglen, som alle havde troet var udd d for l ngst, dukker op i dalen, og dette medf rer et opr r p den lille mod det korrupte britiske herred mme. Gerald Durrells bog er ganske vist humoristisk og let, men den ber rer ogs tunge problematikker om koloniseringen af naturomr der, som egentligt fungerede ganske fint uden civilisationen. Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) er f dt i Indien og flyttede som fem rig med sin familie til England. Han skabte sig et stort navn i Storbritannien som tv-v rt for dyreprogrammer og forfatter til b ger om dyr. Gerald Durrell grundlagde Jersey Zoologiske Have i 1959 og startede naturfonden Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.

Gerard Durrell fort ller om sin vidunderlige have og de dyr, der bor i den - haven er en zoologisk have i Jersey, og dyrene er alverdens truede dyrearter, som det g lder om at f til at avle for at sikre arternes overlevelse. Det er med stor humor og varme, at Gerald Durrell fort ller om forelskede gorillaer og sildeelskende l ver, mens tonen er ganske anderledes, n r han taler om menneskets uvidenhed om alle de dyrearter, der g r til grunde i fremskridtets navn, og den natur, der bruges som ressourcer til produktion frem for et gode i sig selv. Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) er f dt i Indien og flyttede som fem rig med sin familie til England. Han skabte sig et stort navn i Storbritannien som tv-v rt for dyreprogrammer og forfatter til b ger om dyr. Gerald Durrell grundlagde Jersey Zoologiske Have i 1959 og startede naturfonden Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.

The third book in The Corfu Trilogy (after My Family and Other Animals and Birds, Beasts and Relatives), the beloved books that inspired ITV's television series The Durrells.Just before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the glorious, sun-soaked island of Corfu where the youngest of the four children, ten-year-old Gerald, discovered his passion for animals: toads and tortoises, bats and butterflies, scorpions and octopuses. Through glorious silver-green olive groves and across brilliant-white beaches Gerry pursued his obsession . . . causing hilarity and mayhem in his ever-tolerant family.'A wild and amusing chronicle' Daily Express'This book, an evocation of a budding naturalist's life as a boy on Corfu, will delight many readers, even those who can't stand spiders...' Evening Standard'Delightful, charming, funny' The Times

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.'A wild and amusing chronicle' Daily Express'This book, an evocation of a budding naturalist's life as a boy on Corfu, will delight many readers, even those who can't stand spiders...' Evening Standard'Delightful, charming, funny' The Times

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. 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'A bewitching book' Sunday Times

V knige rasskazyvaetsja ob ekspeditsijakh Dzheralda Darrella na ostrova Madagaskar i Mavrikij v poiskakh ischezajuschikh i redkikh vidov ptits, mlekopitajuschikh i reptilij.

From the time they lived on the island of Corfu, Gerald Durrell's family hoped he'd outgrow his love of animals. Instead he became a zoologist and worldwide conservation hero. In 1945, young zoologist, Gerald Durrell, finally came to work at his first actual zoo; Whipsnade Zoo--then a new concept in open-range animal exhibits--where Durrell joined in as a student keeper with Albert the lion, Babs the polar bear, and a baby deer among his first charges. In this entertaining history, he recaptures all the passion that permeated those early years, while conveying his insight into and affection for four-footed creatures. The book is full of larger-than-life animal characters: the bear who sang operatic arias with one paw clasped to his breast, his bosom friend Billy the goat, playful zebras, and a host of equally endearing and memorable critters. This is Durrell at his best. Fans of the PBS Masterpiece series, The Durrells in Corfu, know Gerald Durrell as a young boy with endless curiosity about animals. This is where that interest led. Durrell's great life work, the Wildlife Preservation Trust International, was still ahead in his future. Beasts in My Belfry is a wonderfully entertaining memoir for anyone who loves animals and a life lived with great purpose.

The inspiration behind ITV's hit family drama, The Durrells.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. With snakes, scorpions, toads, owls and geckos competing for space with one bookworm brother and another who's gun-mad, as well as an obsessive sister, young Gerald has an awful lot of natural history to observe. This richly detailed, informative and riotously funny memoir of eccentric family life is a twentieth-century classic.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterword by Peter Olney, former Keeper of Birds at the London Zoo, and a distinguished ornithologist who was awarded the Zoological Society of London's Silver Medal in 2003.

Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' Sunday TelegraphTen-year-old Gerald doesn't know why his older brothers and sisters complain so much. With snakes in the bath and scorpions on the lunch table, the family home on the Greek island of Corfu is a bit like a zoo so they should feel right at home... Gerald joyfully pursues his interest in natural history in the midst of an unconventional and chaotic family life - all brilliantly retold in this very funny book.

Celia Imrie and Toby Jones star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Gerald Durrell's much-loved comic gem. My Family and Other Animals is the classic tale of naturalist Gerald Durrell's magical 1930s childhood on pre-war Corfu. His descriptions of his eccentric family and his encounters with the local creatures are full of humour and charm, and the book has delighted readers of all ages for sixty years. Ten-year-old Gerry is the youngest member of the Durrell family, which also consists of Mother, pompous eldest son Larry, gun-mad second son Leslie, acne-ridden sister Margo, and Roger the dog. When they arrive in Corfu, Gerry is thrilled to find a paradise of exotic wildlife to be explored. Soon he is embarking on natural history expeditions, swimming in the clearblue sea and befriending the island's inhabitants.Gerry's relatives are less impressed with his exploits, especially when his burgeoning animal collection sparks chaos at the family's Christmas party... With a specially created soundtrack, this vivid adaptation takes the story out of the studio and into the Greek wilderness that enthralled Durrell the young naturalist. Duration: 2 hours approx.