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Author(s): Durrell, Gerald
Reader(s): Degas, Rupert
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Non-Fiction
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: NA0356
Barcode: 9781781982341
Release Date: 03/2019
DURRELL, G.: Beasts in My Belfry (Unabridged)
Beasts in My Belfry is the wonderfully funny memoir about Gerald Durrell’s time at Whipsnade Zoo and his experiences as a young zookeeper. Following the Second World War, Durrell joined Whipsnade Zoo as a junior keeper—an opportunity that fulfilled a lifelong dream. Thanks to Rupert Degas’s brilliant voicing, which captures all of Durrell’s charm and wit, the listener can enjoy being taken behind the scenes of one of the world’s very first zoos. This is a delightful portrait of the animals who lived there and those who looked after them.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Durrell, Gerald - Author
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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1 | Beasts in My Belfry | 10:41 |
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2 | 'It's the last straw!' roared Larry… | 11:49 |
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3 | Phil led me out to the main gate… | 11:38 |
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4 | Chapter 2: A Lusk of Lions | 12:20 |
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5 | Albert and his wives, unlike their ancestors… | 12:10 |
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6 | Only once during our association did I see him… | 10:44 |
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Disc 2
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1 | Chapter 3: A Triumph of Tigers | 09:55 |
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2 | Jum and Maurena fed, we would retrace our… | 08:34 |
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3 | Then, as I watched, Maurena's walk became… | 07:58 |
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4 | 'Where are you off to?' I inquired. | 08:17 |
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5 | Chapter 4: A Plash of Polars | 09:23 |
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6 | Periodically Babs would be afflicted with… | 09:04 |
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7 | Babs and Sam were an amusing and interesting… | 08:57 |
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8 | Then I tried to find out to what particular food… | 08:56 |
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Disc 3
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1 | Wops, towards winter, grew a tremendously… | 07:28 |
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2 | In the drawing room I found Laura, Billy's sister… | 07:09 |
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3 | Chapter 5: A Gallivant of Gnus | 08:46 |
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4 | When the Europeans came to North America… | 10:17 |
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5 | He at once wrote home to Paris, to Professor… | 08:42 |
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6 | They very soon got the hang of the idea that… | 08:31 |
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7 | As I watched our gnus posturing, rampant on… | 10:09 |
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Disc 4
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1 | Chapter 6: A Bumble of Bears | 09:58 |
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2 | '…as he passed through the wood with…' | 09:58 |
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3 | I was lucky enough to be still working on this… | 11:21 |
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4 | Chapter 7: A Loom of Giraffe | 12:58 |
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5 | Peter's silence was very noticeable… | 12:02 |
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6 | To remove the calf of a doting buffalo cow… | 10:31 |
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Disc 5
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1 | Chapter 8: A Superiority of Camels | 10:06 |
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2 | By the time you had moved one camel… | 07:36 |
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3 | As you approached the edge of the pond… | 07:48 |
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4 | 'Have you?' I would inquire disinterestedly… | 06:53 |
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Disc 6
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1 | Chapter 9: Odd-Beast Boy | 09:37 |
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2 | Wandering freely about in the park, as well… | 10:27 |
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3 | Eventually, rosy from his bath, he lumbered… | 08:34 |
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4 | Chapter 10: Beasts in My Belfry | 06:51 |
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5 | Another point which became very obvious… | 06:44 |
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6 | Epilogue | 10:43 |
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Total Playing Time: 05:53:35