![]() ![]() When he set up his own company in Sakci, the industrial boomtown of Jamshedpur, his contracts as a contractor included Tata Iron and Steel Works. As an engineer, he was very successful, later becoming the Chief Engineer of the famous Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. ![]() He studied at the prestigious Thomson Civil Engineering. His father, Lawrence Samuel Durrell was an Anglo-Indian in the sense that his origin was English by descent but he was brought up in India. Gerald Malcolm Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India. “ By The Sea” by Eleni Karaindrou (courtesy of Ozan Çoban): Warmly humorous, replete with intriguing natural history, and delighting in the merry eccentricities of the Durrell household, My Family and Other Animals is a splendid trip in very good company.ĭanilia, a village in Corfu where The Durrells television series was filmed ‘But’, he confesses, ‘I made a grave mistake by introducing my family into the book in the first few pages.’ Readers will be glad for his error. In the ‘Speech for the Defence’ that prefaces this witty and beguiling volume of reminiscences, the author reveals that he had intended to write a straightforward natural history of Corfu. His family, mother, sister, and two brothers are less than thrilled when Gerry starts filling the fridge with his zoological specimens. Rural Corfu is heaven for an animal-loving ten-year-old boy like Gerry, teeming with exotic birds and various animals ranging from toads, tortoises, scorpions, geckos to porpoises, and a pigeon named Quasimodo. After the death of his father, Durrell’s unconventional family with their income reduced to a widow’s pension only, moves to the sunny Greek island of Corfu as life there is much more affordable. The saga begins in England, in the early 1930s. “If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.”ĭurrell’s blissfully happy childhood not only provided him with wonderful material for several bestselling books but started him on his life path to a career as a famous naturalist, zoologist, and conservationist. I learned better after reading Gerald Durrell’s remark: I always thought that an unhappy childhood gives a writer ideal material. “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (courtesy of aj paauwe): It is to protection by man from the cruelty of man. I hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled “To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. Check out Jeff Vogel's new Substack Blog.“The world is as delicate and as complicated as a spider’s web….When that’s done, we have exciting plans for a new remaster! Coming Soon: We’ll be spending a while maintaining Queen’s Wish 2 and preparing the iOS version.Learn more or try out a big demo!ĭon't miss any news about new games, sales, and updates! Geneforge 1 - Mutagen is now out for Windows, Macintosh and iPad. Explore the indie cult-classic with unmatched player freedom. Will you help them? Crush them? Use battle or cunning to change the world, served by your own army of custom-made mutant monsters. You are a Shaper, gifted with the awesome power to create life to serve you. Learn more or try out a big demo!Ī unique, truly open-ended fantasy adventure in a strange, new world. Queen’s Wish 2: The Tormentor is now out for Windows and Macintosh (iOS coming soon). Escape into an unpredictable open-ended story and cunning tactical combat. The Queen has endless demands, but you may have other plans! In this epic, indie fantasy adventure, you are free to explore, gain great power, and make the tough calls about how that power is used. You are a prince of a mighty Empire, sent to tame a wild land of vengeful warriors. Our promises to you: big free demos, a money-back guarantee, and no DRM! Latest Releases We are a small company, founded in 1994, that is dedicated to creating terrific games for Windows, Macintosh, and iPad.
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