This language series is suitable for those learning German for leisure, business purposes or working towards a curriculum qualification. Specially designed for adults of all ages, it should give students a thorough grounding in all the skills required to understand, speak, read and write contemporary German from scratch. The coursebook consists of 10 units covering different topic areas, each including language focus panels explaining the structures covered. A comprehensive glossary, learning tips, assessment checklists and references to web-based activities are also included.

The trilogy that inspired ITV's television series The Durrells. Three classic tales of childhood on an island paradise - My Family and Other Animals, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods by Gerald Durrell - are available in a single edition for the first time in The Corfu Trilogy. Just before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the glorious, sun-soaked island of Corfu where the youngest of the four children, ten-year-old Gerald, discovered his passion for animals: toads and tortoises, bats and butterflies, scorpions and octopuses. Through glorious...

The weather in England that summer had been so awful that Gerald's mother sold the family house and took her children to live on the Mediterranean island of Corfu. Between lessons, the ten-year-old Gerald was free to walk round the sunny island and discover the wonderful people and animals living there. This is the story of Gerald's adventures with the fascinating animals of Corfu, and, of course, with his surprising family and their friends.

My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. 'What we all need, ' said Larry, 'is sunshine...a country where we can grow.' 'Yes, dear, that would be nice, ' agreed Mother, not really listening. 'I had a letter from George this morning - he says Corfu's wonderful. Why don't we pack up and go to Greece?' 'Very well, dear, if you like, ' said Mother unguardedly. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell...

This is an account of Gerald Durrell's trip to the Cameroons to collect animals for the zoo he was setting up in Jersey. We meet a riotous collection of colourful characters, including Cholmondley the Chimp and Small the Squirell.

Seeing that the aye-aye was threatened with extinction in its native Madagascar, Gerald Durrell and his wife, Lee, led an expedition to the island to bring pairs of the species into captivity at their Jersey zoo.