{"title":"Gerald Durrell","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the books of \u003cstrong\u003eGerald Durrell\u003c\/strong\u003e, all in one place. Reader favourites include \u003cem\u003eMy Family and Other Animals\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBeasts in My Belfry\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Garden of the Gods\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse every Gerald Durrell book we stock below, with delivery across South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"9780241951460","title":"My Family and Other Animals","description":"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, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. 'What we all need, ' said Larry, 'is sunshine...a country where we can grow.'\n'Yes, dear, that would be nice, ' agreed Mother, not really listening. \n'I had a letter from George this morning - he says Corfu's wonderful. Why don't we pack up and go to Greece?'\n'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 'A bewitching book' Sunday Times Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. He returned to England in 1928 before settling on the island of Corfu with his family. In 1945 he joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper, and in 1947 he led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. He later undertook numerous further expeditions, visiting Paraguay, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Mauritius, Assam and Madagascar. His first television programme, Two in the Bush, which documented his travels to New Zealand, Australia and Malaya was made in 1962; he went on to make seventy programmes about his trips around the world. In 1959 he founded the Jersey Zoological Park, and in 1964 he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. He was awarded the OBE in 1982. Encouraged to write about his life's work by his brother, Durrell published his first book, The Overloaded Ark, in 1953. It soon became a bestseller and he went on to write thirty-six other titles, including My Family and Other Animals, The Bafut Beagles, Encounters with Animals, The Drunken Forest, A Zoo in My Luggage, The Whispering Land, Menagerie Manor, The Amateur Naturalist and The Aye-Aye and I. 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Republished to celebrate the centenary of his birth, here is Gerald Durrell's legendary account of his coming-of-age as a reader, writer and budding naturalist at Whipsnade Zoo. He joyfully recaptures the glory of this single formative year where, in the crucible of muck, operatic brown bears, and reading Pliny by night and tending to the lions by day, the passionate worldview of one of the century's great animal-loving renegades came into full view. 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Gerald Durrell's beloved portrayal of his chaotic family - beatific Mother, Roger the dog, diet-obsessed Margo, book-loving Lawrence and gun-wielding Leslie - as well as his own adventures with a burgeoning menagerie of beasts, birds and insects (including an owl called Ulysses), is a timeless account of an idyllic childhood and an uproarious portrait of the English abroad.","brand":"BOOKSITE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45359006875763,"sku":"9780241762943","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/1342973482274.jpg?v=1789646113"},{"product_id":"9780241762967","title":"The Garden of the Gods","description":"My collection of animals swelled to a point where even Mother occasionally grew alarmed'\n \n The island of Corfu, where the Durrell family live in agreeable chaos, is paradise for aspiring naturalist Gerald. His battalion of creatures has grown to include eleven puppies, a toad named Dierdre and an unwelcome infestation of scorpions. Yet the human visitors to their sun-drenched villa are even more curious, whether it is an innocent pair of American painters ripe for practical jokes, or a supercilious Count who barely survives an outing on Gerald's home-made boat, the Bootle-bumtrinket. The third volume in the Corfu Trilogy brings this glorious tale of halcyon days to a close.","brand":"BOOKSITE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45359007006835,"sku":"9780241762967","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/1343213482274.jpg?v=1789472926"}],"url":"https:\/\/readerswarehouse.us\/collections\/gerald-durrell-books.oembed","provider":"Readers Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}