Menagerie Manor by Gerald Durrell (2007, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100143038532
ISBN-139780143038535
eBay Product ID (ePID)57112068

Product Key Features

Book TitleMenagerie Manor
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Essays & Travelogues, Animals / General
Publication Year2007
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Travel, Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorGerald Durrell
FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight5.4 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-050323
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsAnimals come close to being Durrell's best friends. . . . He writes about them with style, verve, and humor. ( Time ) [Hours] of delightful entertainment. ( Book Week ) This book is a certain joy. ( New Statesman , London), Animals come close to being Durrell’s best friends. . . . He writes about them with style, verve, and humor. ( Time ) [Hours] of delightful entertainment. ( Book Week ) This book is a certain joy. ( New Statesman , London), Animals come close to being Durrell’s best friends. . . . He writes about them with style, verve, and humor. (Time), Animals come close to being Durrells best friends. . . . He writes about them with style, verve, and humor. ("Time"), Animals come close to being Durrell’s best friends. . . . He writes about them with style, verve, and humor. ( Time ), Animals come close to being Durrell's best friends. . . . He writes about them with style, verve, and humor. ("Time")
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal590/.744
Grade ToUP
SynopsisMenagerie Manor is sure to delight fans of Durrell's beloved classic My Family and Other Animals, which was the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece PBS, and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom. With his unfailing charm, Durrell tells the story of how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream of founding his own private zoo, the Manor of Les Augres, on the English Channel island of Jersey. With the help of an enduring wife, a selfless staff, and a reluctant bank manager, the zoo grows, and readers are treated to a colorful parade of the zoo's unusual animal inhabitants., With his unfailing charm, Durrell tells the story of how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream of founding his own private zoo, the Manor of Les Augres, on the English Channel island of Jersey. With the help of an enduring wife, a selfless staff, and a reluctant bank manager, the zoo grows, and readers are treated to a colorful parade of the zoo's unusual animal inhabitants., "Menagerie Manor" is sure to delight fans of Durrells beloved classic "My Family and Other Animals" and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom. With his unfailing charm, Durrell tells the story of how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream of founding his own private zoo, the Manor of Les Augres, on the English Channel island of Jersey. With the help of an enduring wife, a selfless staff, and a reluctant bank manager, the zoo grows, and readers are treated to a colorful parade of the zoos unusual animal inhabitants., Menagerie Manor is sure to delight fans of Durrell s beloved classic My Family and Other Animals (the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece PBS)and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom. With his unfailing charm, Durrell tells the story of how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream of founding his own private zoo, the Manor of Les Augres, on the English Channel island of Jersey. With the help of an enduring wife, a selfless staff, and a reluctant bank manager, the zoo grows, and readers are treated to a colorful parade of the zoo s unusual animal inhabitants."
LC Classification NumberQL76.5.G72T7426 2007

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