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This edition does not include illustrations.The authorised biography of the great naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged seventy in January 1995 in Jersey, where he founded the zoo he’d dreamed of as a small boy and pioneered the captive breeding of animals for conservation.Gerald Durrell was a world-famous naturalist and popular author who wrote, in all, some thirty-seven immensely readable yarns, including the bestselling ‘My Family and Other Animals’. His other books include ‘Birds, Beasts and Relatives’, ‘The Bafut Beagles’ and ‘A Zoo in My Luggage’.Above all, he paved the way in print for the popular presentation of the natural world on television and presented twelve series himself – the early ones, of his own expeditions. Sir David Attenborough has said: ‘He was responsible for changing people’s attitudes to zoology and changing their agenda. He showed them small animals could be as interesting as apes and elephants…He was a pioneer with a marvellous sense of humour.’His brother was the famous writer Lawrence Durrell.


Gerald Fitzgerald, the Chevalier: A Novel Gerald Fitzgerald, the Chevalier: A Novel

Автор: Lever Charles James

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Gerald Ratner. The Rise and Fall...and Rise Again Gerald Ratner. The Rise and Fall...and Rise Again

Автор: Gerald Ratner

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In 1991 Gerald Ratner was booked to make what should have been an everyday speech at the Institute of Directors. Should have been. When the words «total crap» come out of his mouth in connection with a decanter and glasses set sold by his company, H. Samuel, it all turned out slightly different. The Rise and Fall…And Rise Again tells the full story, in Gerald Ratner's own words, of what lead him to that point at the IoD, the horror of what happened in the immediate aftermath, the fallout and the comeback. This is the fi rst time Gerald Ratner has given his side of the story. And what a story it is. You'll fi nd out: * How he wiped ?500m off the value of his own company virtually overnight * All the details about the initial gaffe and how he compounded it by remarking that some of the earrings were «cheaper than an M&S prawn sandwich but probably wouldn't last as long» * How «doing a Ratner» has entered into the vocabulary of British business * The wilderness years sitting glued to the sofa in front of Countdown * How he has bounced back, rediscovering his entrepreneurial spark by building up a health club business and, more recently, the immensely successful online jewellery retailer Geraldonline.com * The story's not over yet…


Durrellid Korful Durrellid Korful

Автор: Michael Haag

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Durrellide perekonnale on andnud surematuse Gerald Durrelli raamat „Minu pere ja muud loomad“ ja ITV poolt selle pohjal loodud teleseriaal „Durrellid“. Aga mis elu elasid Durrellid tegelikult? Miks nad uldse Korfule laksid ja mis sai neist parast saarelt lahkumist?Durrellide perekonna tegelik lugu on niisama ullatav ja koitev kui Gerry raamatud, ja Michael Haag, kes perekonnaga isiklikult kokku puutus, sobib seda ideaalselt jutustama. Ta votab seejuures aluseks paevikud, kirjavahetuse ja avaldamata autobiograafilised katked.„Durrellid Korful“ kirjeldab perekonna elu Indias ning neid koigepealt Inglismaale ja seejarel Kreekasse viinud kriisi. Selles on juttu ehedatest tegelaskujudest, kellega nad Korful kohtusid – bioloog Theodores, taksojuht Spiro Halikiopoulos ja sunnitooline Kostis –, ja Ameerika kirjaniku Henry Milleri kulaskaigust. Haag kirjeldab lugejale ka seda, kuidas Durrellid Korfult lahkusid, unustamata Margo ja Larry viimasel hetkel aset leidnud soja jalust pagemist. Pikk ja pohjalik epiloog annab ulevaate Larry kujunemisest maailmakuulsaks romaanikirjanikuks ja sellest, kuidas Gerryst sai loodusteadlane ja ohustatud liikide kaitsja. Juttu tuleb ka ulejaanud perekonna, nende soprade ja muude loomade kaekaigust.Raamatu illustreerimiseks on kasutatud Gerald Durrelli arhiivist parit perekonnapilte, paljud neist jouavad avalikkuse ette esimest korda.„Durrellide perekonna toeline lugu on koitev – Haag kirjeldab vaimustavalt nende teekonda sojaeelsel Korful, Inglismaal ja Indias.“ Simon Nye, stsenarist, ITV „Durrellid“.


Pretty Geraldine, the New York Salesgirl; or, Wedded to Her Choice Pretty Geraldine, the New York Salesgirl; or, Wedded to Her Choice

Автор: Alex. McVeigh Miller

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Tender is the night. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Учим английский, читая мировую классику Tender is the night. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Учим английский, читая мировую классику

Автор: Елизавета Хундаева

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Учебное пособие представляет фрагмент из текста классического романа американского писателя Фрэнсиса Скотта Фицджеральда «Ночь нежна» на английском языке. Приведены переводы некоторых слов и выражений на русском языке.Предназначено школьникам, студентам, аспирантам и лицам, интересующимся классической литературой и изучающим английский язык.