Gerald Durrell's classic memoir of growing up on Corfu with an afterword by Peter Olney, former Keeper of Birds at the London Zoo.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Gerald Durrell was a naturalist, author, media personality, conservationist and founder of both the internationally renowned Jersey Zoo and what is now known as the Durrell Wildlife Preservation Trust. A passionate and inspiring advocate of the need for the conservation of animals and plants and their habitats, he was also a brilliant storyteller. His early family life forms the basis for the ITV drama, The Durrells. Though he had almost no formal education he became a prolific writer, publishing numerous articles and thirty-seven books including Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods, before his death in 1995, aged seventy.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction i: The Speech for the Defence Unit 1: Part One Chapter 0: The Migration Chapter 1: The Unsuspected Isle Chapter 2: The Strawberry Pink Villa Chapter 3: The Rose Beetle Man Chapter 4: A Bushel of Learning Chapter 5: A Treasure of Spiders Chapter 6: The Sweet Spring Chapter 0: Conversation Unit 2: Part Two Chapter 7: The Daffodil Yellow Villa Chapter 8: The Tortoise Hills Chapter 9: The World in a Wall Chapter 10: The Pageant of Fireflies Chapter 11: The Enchanted Archipelago Chapter 12: The Woodcock Winter Chapter 0: Conversation Unit 3: Part Three Chapter 13: The Snow White Villa Chapter 14: The Talking Flowers Chapter 15: The Cyclamen Woods Chapter 16: The Lake of Lilies Chapter 17: The Chessboard Fields Chapter 18: An Entertainment with Animals Chapter 0: The Return Acknowledgements ii: A Message from the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Acknowledgements iii: Afterword
Introduction i: The Speech for the Defence Unit 1: Part One Chapter 0: The Migration Chapter 1: The Unsuspected Isle Chapter 2: The Strawberry Pink Villa Chapter 3: The Rose Beetle Man Chapter 4: A Bushel of Learning Chapter 5: A Treasure of Spiders Chapter 6: The Sweet Spring Chapter 0: Conversation Unit 2: Part Two Chapter 7: The Daffodil Yellow Villa Chapter 8: The Tortoise Hills Chapter 9: The World in a Wall Chapter 10: The Pageant of Fireflies Chapter 11: The Enchanted Archipelago Chapter 12: The Woodcock Winter Chapter 0: Conversation Unit 3: Part Three Chapter 13: The Snow White Villa Chapter 14: The Talking Flowers Chapter 15: The Cyclamen Woods Chapter 16: The Lake of Lilies Chapter 17: The Chessboard Fields Chapter 18: An Entertainment with Animals Chapter 0: The Return Acknowledgements ii: A Message from the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Acknowledgements iii: Afterword
Rezensionen
I do assure you, the world needs Durrell. Sir David Attenborough
A bewitching book Sunday Times
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497