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Menagerie Manor Free FREE MENAGERIE MANOR PDF Gerald Malcolm Durrell,Ralph Thompson | 180 pages | 01 Feb 2007 | Penguin Putnam Inc | 9780143038535 | English | New York, NY, United States Menagerie Manor - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Menagerie Manor and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for Menagerie Manor us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Menagerie Manor by Gerald Durrell. Menagerie Manor by Gerald Durrell Menagerie Manor. Ralph Thompson Illustrator. With his unfailing charm, Durrell tells the story of how Menagerie Manor finally fulfilled his childhood dream of founding his own private zoo, the Manor of Les Augres, on the English Channel island of Jersey. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published January 30th by Penguin Books first published More Details Original Title. Jersey United Kingdom. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions Menagerie Manor Menagerie Manorplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Menagerie Manor your review of Menagerie Manor. Jul 29, Caroline rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Anyone who wants a relaxing bedtime read. Shelves: 4-star-readsanimalsbedtime- readingauto-and-biog. Durrell is a self-deprecating, kindly and often hilarious writer, whose love for animals shines throughout this book. The book is dated though. Would conscientious zoo owners now buy from disreputable animal dealers, or try and raise money on the sort of flying-by-the-seat-of-his-pants basis that he did? I also wondered about the size of the cages in his zoo and levels of stimulation provided Menagerie Manor the animals. I felt he would have explored these issues were they important to him, but they were ba Durrell is a self-deprecating, kindly and often hilarious writer, whose love for animals shines throughout this book. I felt he would Menagerie Manor explored these issues were they important to him, but they were barely mentioned. Menagerie Manor in all everything sounded a bit Menagerie Manor fashioned. But then the book was written inand I think a lot of zoo practices have changed since then. In spite of my reservations, the warmth and humour of Durrell's writing make this a good read, and we get to meet some wonderful animals. View all 23 comments. Menagerie Manor 30, Preethi rated it it was amazing Shelves: history-couldvehappenedforreallove-the- authorbiography-firstperson-memoirMenagerie Manorfor-the-joy-of-readingebookawesom-oticmusings-thoughts-observationslaugh-out-loud-or- chuckle-somefootloose-free-wild-happy. I'd say that reading Durell is a pure joy. Him narrating an otherwise serious Menagerie Manor like a snake in your bedroom also makes you laugh because of his exceptional story telling skills. Now imagine him talking about animals, and his zoo and how he acquired each animal and the escapades of those animals. I chuckled and laughed Menagerie Manor loud in many places and thoroughly enjoyed the book! Jan 08, pinknantucket rated it liked it Shelves: ms-readathon A lifelong animal freak, this Menagerie Manor is about the zoo he Menagerie Manor up on the grounds of an old manor house Jersey Zoological Park in the Channel Islands, with the help of his wife, his mum, his staff and many very tolerant neighbours. While by no means a work that puts Menagerie Manor strain on the old brain cells, the book is nonetheless very enjoyable and contains lots of cute animal stories Menagerie Manor I liked the one about the fat skunk, and another one about Menagerie Manor young lion who decided he needed to learn how to roar but had to practice quietly in the Menagerie Manor of Menagerie Manor cage for a long time before showing it off. When I finished, I even wondered whether I should reconsider my intense dislike for the entire monkey family, so charming did the author make them sound. Dec 14, Ensiform Menagerie Manor it really liked it Shelves: non-fictionanimals. Acquiring and caring for animals gives more charming, informative and sometimes strikingly funny episodes. Like all of Gerald Durrell's books that I have read, this was a fun and fast read. I love reading Menagerie Manor stories about his animal experiences. You always learn something new that any animal lover out there, will enjoy learning about. This book talks about some of the animals that have made some lasting Menagerie Manor for Gerald during the first five years of his zoo, that he opened up on the Island Menagerie Manor Jersey. There are some hilarious stories about animals escaping from their cages to some heart warming Menagerie Manor Like all of Gerald Durrell's Menagerie Manor that I have read, this was a fun and fast read. There are some hilarious stories about animals escaping from their cages to some heart warming stories like, Topsy, a woolly monkey. When Gerald found her in a "dealer's" shop, she was sick and most likely going to die. He felt so sad for her, that he bought her and took her to Jersey. When she got there, she was so scared and didn't trust anyone, that the staff came up with an idea to use a stuffed teddy Menagerie Manor as a surrogate mother, for her. She became so attached to it, that when it was time to put her in with other monkeys, they had to intrudes a guinea pig named, Harold to help her get weaned from the teddy bear. I can't wait to dive into another Gerald Durrell book sometime soon. Oct 09, Louise rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fictionce-onwardsauto-biography. It has been years since I've read anything by Durrell, and this book has brought back the enjoyment I had when I was a teenager and reading such gems as Birds, Beasts, and Relatives - which sadly I have lost from my Menagerie Manor. In Menagerie Manor, Durrell recounts the efforts, good times, and bad times, experienced while setting up his Zoo in Jersey. The tale of the escaped tapir amused me considerably - as it is an event that I could picture my family being involved in. The plight of the two baby It has been years since I've read anything by Durrell, and this book has brought back the enjoyment I had when I was a teenager and reading such gems as Birds, Beasts, and Relatives - which sadly I have lost from my shelves. The plight of the two baby orangutans he discovered in Holland makes you Menagerie Manor, and through his writing, you can share the joy of their rehabilitation. Gerald Durrell was a special human being, and his writing will fire you with the zeal of animal conservation - a project we should all be Menagerie Manor in. Having grown up on Gerald Durrell's books, it was an absolute delight Menagerie Manor re-read Menagerie Manor - I think, for the third or fourth time. A series of often hysterical anecdotes from the first few years Menagerie Manor the life of Durrell's Jersey zoo, the pages trip through the Menagerie Manor, many of them adorned with wonderful drawings. Durrell himself is as fascinating as his stories although, fifty years on, it's inevitable parts have dated. Nevertheless, a joy from start to finish. I'm so pleased Bello books h Having grown up on Gerald Durrell's books, it was an absolute delight to re-read Menagerie Manor - I think, for the third or fourth time. I'm so pleased Bello books has reprinted the series. Jul 18, Tegan Boundy rated it it was amazing. Shelves: biographypoliticsmedicalanimalshumorcatsby-durrell. This was a fun book to read about a man starting his own zoo! The writing style is humorous, and the illustrations help you to understand how the various animals behave! It happened out of the benign Menagerie Manor of housing numerous birds and animals he could not bear to part with after a collecting trip to Africa. How he finally found the perfect place on the Isle of Jersey, and how life has been with his family of animals during those years, form this lively and frequently side-splitting book, accompanied by Ralph Thompson's delightful drawings of the individual animals. Durrell is always the first to laugh at himself, however chagrined he may be, and the problems of managing a zoo were an unforeseen and wildly assorted series of adventures. The human residents of the quiet Menagerie Manor were tolerant of the newcomers: they hunted and donated special food for the diet of exotic feeders, and bore up well under the strain of meeting escapees such as Claudius the tapir, who liked Menagerie Manor strolls along the roads. Menagerie Manor even sponsored a fun d to purchase N'Pongo the gorilla, who had to be bedded down in the Durrell guest room until his own quarters were ready. The zoo has become a National Trust to preserve species threatened with extinction and to experiment with breeding wild creatures in captivity. The five or six hundred animal inhabitants on the Isle of Jersey form one of the most interesting living labratories in the world -- and Durrell's stories about them have the quality and charm typical of his intimate love and knowledge of animals. Gerald Durrell founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust as a charitable institution in with the dodo as its Menagerie Manor. This book is the funniest so far. I checked it out of the library yesterday, took it with Menagerie Manor to eat dinner, laughed Menagerie Manor hard the waitress thought I was choking, got about half-way through it and finished it when I got home.
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