“gerald a rosenthal”

This lavishly illustrated and informatively written book offers readers a guide to the Sonoran Desert that will enhance their understanding of the plants and animals that live there. Designed to be carried easily when traveling, it will enable the whole family to identify commonly found annuals, per... More

A hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo. It tells how journeying to the Cameroons, he and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect 'plenty beef.' It tells that their difficulties began when they found themselves back at home, with Cholmondel... More

When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. "My Family and Other Animals" was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up ... More

Preface And  Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1 Conceptual Foundations : Children And Culture 1. Socio-Cultural Diversity And Ethnocentrism In Child Mental Health  2. The Social World : Experiences That Shape Brain And Mind  3. The Concept Of Culture ... More

'LDAP System Administration' shows you how to use Open LDAP 2, the widely-available open source LDAPv3 directory server, to help you manage your configuration information effectively and securely. Open LDAP ship with most Linux distributions and Mac OS X, and can easily be installed in most Unix-bas... More

uritius, once the home of the ill-fated Dodo (Symbol of Gerald Durrell's Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust), still has amongs its fauna many unique but endangered species, among them Mauritian kestrels, Telfair's skinks, Gunther's geckos and Pink pigeons. When Gerald Durrell went to rescue some of... More

"A hilarious record that no Durrell fan will want to miss." - Sunday Telegraph "A loving chronicle of jitter-bugging gnus, singing duets with a bear, stealing eggs to feed the Arctic foxes, practising tiger sniffs...Highly entertaining and informative." - The Times "Durrell manages to convey not o... More

In these eight stories, which feature the author himself, naturalist Durrell contrasts human and animal behavior. The entire collection is prefaced by an epigram from Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary : "Bride--a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her." The reader soon finds the same p... More