5 Top nonfiction books like My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) by Gerald Durrell, Helma Lapiņa

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My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

By: Gerald Durrell , Helma Lapiņa

4.17

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do…

"Larry was always full of ideas about things of which he had no experience."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

"Larry was always full of ideas about things of which he had no experience."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

"‎'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

"‎'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

If you liked the nonfiction plot in My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) by Gerald Durrell, Helma Lapiņa , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Autobiografija

By: Branislav Nušić

4.28

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Knjiga je u celosti dostupna u docx formatu na sledecoj adresi: http://www.antologijasrpskeknjizev… read more

Similar categories in Branislav Nušić's Autobiografija book and Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

  • nonfiction
  • classics
  • biography
  • humor
"Известно е, че възприемчивите и подвижни деца създават главоболия на родителите си и затова не е чудно, че и моите родители гледаха на въпроса за моето бъдеще като на една от големите си грижи. И лел…"

-Branislav Nušić, Autobiografija

Cover of Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade (Auntie Mame, #1) by Michael Tanner, Patrick Dennis, Edward Everett Tanner III, Paul Rudnick

2. Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade (Auntie Mame, #1)

By: Michael Tanner , Patrick Dennis , Edward Everett Tanner III , Paul Rudnick

4.04

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

Wildly successful when it was first published in 1955, Patrick Dennis' Auntie Mame sold over two mi… read more

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  • classics
  • humor
"Life is a banquet and most poor s.o.b.'s are starving to death." Auntie Mame"

-Michael Tanner, Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade (Auntie Mame, #1)

"Oh, darling, you know we writers must occasionally stretch a point to heighten the dramatic situation. "

-Michael Tanner, Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade (Auntie Mame, #1)

"Within the last two years it had been called Tony's, Belle's Bar Sinister, The Ole Plantation, Tony's, Alt Wien, Paris Soir--or Sewer--Victor's Vesuvius, Chez Cocotte, York House, Gay Madrid, and Ton…"

-Michael Tanner, Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade (Auntie Mame, #1)

"She was built along the lines of a General Electric refrigerator and looked like a cross between Caligula and a cockatoo. Mother Burnside had beady little eyes, an imperious beak of a nose, sallow sk…"

-Michael Tanner, Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade (Auntie Mame, #1)

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3. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

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  • travel
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

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4. Whatever Happened to Margo?

By: Gerald Durrell , Margaret Durrell

4.00

Format: None pages,

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • humor
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Il più grande uomo scimmia del Pleistocene by Terry Pratchett, Carlo Brera, Roy  Lewis

5. Il più grande uomo scimmia del Pleistocene

By: Terry Pratchett , Carlo Brera , Roy Lewis

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

<>ha scritto Terry Pratchett. E vero, tanto tempo e passato, da quando vissero Ernest, il narratore… read more

Similar categories in Terry Pratchett's Il più grande uomo scimmia del Pleistocene book and Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

  • classics
  • humor

6. Embers

By: Sándor Márai , Carol Brown Janeway

3.87

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisite… read more

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7. Lessico famigliare

By: Natalia Ginzburg , Cesare Garboli

5.00

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Lessico famigliaree la storia di una famiglia ebrea, quella della stessa scrittrice, che si svolge … read more

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8. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

By: Peter Cameron

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

It's time for eighteen-year-old James Sveck to begin his freshman year at Brown. Instead, he's surf… read more

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9. Prospero's Cell

By: Lawrence Durrell

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A guide to the landscape and manners of the island of Corfu. 'One of Lawrence Durrell's best books … read more

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Cover of My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) by Gerald Durrell, Helma Lapiņa

10. My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

By: Gerald Durrell , Helma Lapiņa

4.17

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do… read more

Similar categories in Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) book and Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

  • classics
  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • humor
  • animals
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • greece
"Larry was always full of ideas about things of which he had no experience."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

"‎'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

"I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

"Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

11. Felici i felici

By: Yasmina Reza , Maurizia Balmelli

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Felici gli amati e gli amanti e coloro che possono fare a meno dell'amore. Felici i felici>>: le d… read more

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12. The Durrells of Corfu

By: Michael Haag

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Simon Nye's TV series, The Durrells, is based loosely on Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy and in part… read more

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13. Chi dice e chi tace

By: Chiara Valerio

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Scauri, affacciato sul Tirreno, è l’ultimo paese del Lazio, un posto né bello né brutto, con una su… read more

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14. L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra

By: Michael Bible

3.60

Format: 135 pages, ebook

Mentre tutti sono raccolti in preghiera, dall’ultima fila Iggy avanza verso il centro della chiesa.… read more

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"Quegli anni sono così malinconici e bizzarri. Per effetto del vento sembrava che le azalee levitassero a una spanna da terra. I cani dei vicini, Sale e Pepe, abbaiavano come due innamorati durante un…"

-Michael Bible, L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra

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15. L'età fragile

By: Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3.73

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Non esiste un'età senza paura. Siamo fragili sempre, da genitori e da figli, quando bisogna ricostr… read more

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16. Quando muori resta a me

By: Zerocalcare

4.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Un viaggio con suo padre verso il paesino tra le Dolomiti da cui proviene la famiglia paterna sareb… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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17. Saint Richard Parker

By: Merlin Franco

4.34

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

His search for love and enlightenment across India, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia...… read more

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  • travel
  • humor
"See you later, tailgater."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"Dark is beautiful, brother."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"Tell me, son, what do you seek?"

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

"A saint has control over his anger and itches."

-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

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18. What Happens at Night

By: Peter Cameron

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An unnamed American couple travels to a strange, snowy European city to adopt a baby. It’s a diffic… read more

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19. MI FAMILIA Y OTROS ANIMALES /ALIANZA

By: G. Durrell

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

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20. Tundra e Peive

By: Francesca Matteoni

3.85

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Le piante della città non sono più le stesse, non offrono riparo e sollievo ma si stanno inesorabil… read more

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21. La natura lo fa meglio (e prima). Le sorprendenti invenzioni tecnologiche che la natura suggerisce all’uomo

By: Giorgio Volpi

4.21

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Prima dell’ingegno umano è arrivata la natura, anzi, l’evoluzione. Un libro di pop-science, ricco d… read more

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4.04

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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

David Foster Wallace

4.15

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Sara Pascoe

4.30

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2.00

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4.34

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3.65

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