عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QL337.M37 D87 2007eb
QL337
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M37
D87
2007eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1429494514
(Number (ISBN
1840247886
(Number (ISBN
1840247894
(Number (ISBN
9781429494519
(Number (ISBN
9781840247886
(Number (ISBN
9781840247893
Erroneous ISBN
1840246359
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b747473
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Golden bats and pink pigeons /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Gerald Durrell.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chichester, UK :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Summersdale,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Title from PDF cover (viewed Sep. 17, 2007).
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
FOREWORD by Lee Durrell; A WORD IN ADVANCE; CHAPTER ONE -- MACABEE AND THE DODO TREE; CHAPTER TWO -- PINK PIGEON PALAVER; CHAPTER THREE -- ROUND ISLAND; CHAPTER FOUR -- THE FRUGIVOROUS FLIGHT; CHAPTER FIVE -- THE ENCHANTED WORLD; CHAPTER SIX -- BOA-HUNT; CHAPTER SEVEN -- PINK PIGEON POSTSCRIPT; TAILPIECE; AFTERWORD by Toni Hickey, Senior Bird Keeper, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust; A MESSAGE FROM THE DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Mauritius, the green and mountainous island in the Indian Ocean, was once the home of the ill-fated dodo, and by the 1970s it still had many unique but endangered species, hanging onto their existence by their fingernails. When Gerald Durrell went to rescue some of these creatures from extinction, he experienced danger and discomfort, but enjoyed the adventures greatly. He spent nights in the jungle looking for bats and pink pigeons, and climbed near-vertical rock faces to find Telfair's skinks and Gunther's geckos, spending his spare time exploring the enchanted worlds of the coral reefs with.
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OverDrive, Inc.
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Title
Golden bats and pink pigeons.
International Standard Book Number
1840246359
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Rare animals-- Mauritius.
Wild animal collecting-- Mauritius.
Rare animals.
SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Zoology-- General.
Wild animal collecting.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mauritius.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
SCI-- 070000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
596/
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09/6982
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QL337
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M37
Book number
D87
2007eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Durrell, Gerald,1925-1995.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204073203.0
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