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The fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. Finally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet. While the world has changed after the war, the blunt Yorkshire clients and menagerie of beasts with weird and wonderful ailments remain the same.

The inspiration for the BBC series of the same name. Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, to the young James Herriot 1930s Yorkshire seems to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But from his erratic new colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, to incomprehensible farmers, herds of semiferal cattle, a pig called Nugent and an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo, James find he is on a learning curve as steep as the hills around him.

In this first volume of his memoirs, then-newly-qualified vet James Herriot arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and he has no idea what to expect. How will he get on with his new boss? The local farmers? And what will the animals think? This program is filled with hilarious and touching tales of the unpredictable Siegfried Farnon, his charming student brother Tristan, and Herriot's first encounters with a beautiful girl named Helen.

This enchanting collection of stories is the warm and joyful sequel to All Things Bright and Beautiful and All Creatures Great and Small, the memoirs of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian.

Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby and married to Helen the farmer's daughter, James Herriot thinks he's finally got himself sorted. But life as a vet in the 1930s was never going to be easy. Quite aside from his unpredictable colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, he must contend with new-fangled medical techniques, delivering calves after far too much homemade wine, and a grudge-holding dog called Magnus who never forgets.

The fifth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. During his decades spent as a country vet in Yorkshire, James Herriot has seen huge advances in medical science, technological leaps, and a world irrevocably changed by war. Yet some things have always stayed the same - gruff farmers, hypochondriac pet owners, and animals that never do quite what you expect them to.

Herriot continues the rich and rewarding day-to-day life of a small-town veterinarian, and we journey with him across the dales, meeting a whole new cast of unforgettable characters - humans, dogs, horses, lambs, parakeets - all of them drawn with the same infinite fascination, affection and insight that made James Herriot one of the most beloved authors of our time. And all the stories are warmly, evocatively told by the world-renowned "voice" of Dr. Herriot: Christopher Timothy.

The volume that completes the verse: All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all. These are the memoirs of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian.

James Herriot's Treasury for Children collects all of the beloved veterinarian's delightful tales for young listeners. From the springtime frolic of "Oscar, Cat-About-Town" to the yuletide warmth of "The Christmas Day Kitten", these stories are perennial favorites, and this new complete edition will make a wonderful gift for all listeners, great and small.

James Herriot is one of the most beloved storytellers of our time, a writer whose rich and unique literary gifts are matched by an exuberant gift for celebrating existence. His tales have brought joy to millions, and now the country veterinarian brings us another memorable collection of stories.

And don't miss James Herriot's Cat Stories!

This enchanting program collects some of the Yorkshire vet's favorite stories about one of his favorite animals, each tale as memorable and heartwarming as the last...

The world's most beloved veterinarian, James Herriot, brings his storytelling magic to the enchanting world of cats. Also available from Herrriot: Every Living Thing.

When you enter the world of James Herriot's Animal Stories, you'll share his wonder and humor, his adventures and misadventures as he contends with pet owners and landowners; rough-spoken farmers and soft-spoken gentry; orphaned lambs, litters of piglets and puppies, cattle and draught horses; and a miscellany of cats and dogs including, of course, Mrs. Pumphrey's inimitable Pekinese, Tricki Woo.

Dr. Herriot hat wieder alle Hände voll zu tun. "Mrs. Donovans Stärkungsmittel" ist die Geschichte der liebenswerten Mrs. Donovan, die einen kranken Hund bei sich aufnimmt, der auf wundersame Weise gesundet. In "Monty wird zum Stier" bekommt es Dr. Herriot mit einem ehemals kleinen, nun aber sehr stattlichen und überaus temperamentvollen Jungbullen zu tun.

Es ist wieder einiges los bei Doktor Herriots tierischen Patienten. Freuen Sie sich in dieser Ausgabe auf die Geschichten "Der geschwätzige Peter" und "Nachtragende Patienten".

Der BBC-Klassiker als Hörbuch: In der ersten von zwei Folgen kommt James Herriot nach Darrowby in den Yorkshire Dales, um dort eine Assistentenstelle bei dem Tierarzt Siegfried Farnon anzutreten. Anfangs fällt es ihm gar nicht leicht, sich an seinen ruppigen Chef und die Eigenarten des Landlebens zu gewöhnen. Amüsant und kurzweilig berichtet Herriot von den Tücken des Alltags in einer ländlichen Tierarztpraxis.

Dr. Herriot ist wieder da. Gleich zwei Geschichten gibt es zu hören. In der Folge Schwein gehabt wird der junge Tierarzt mitten in der Nacht aus dem Bett geklingelt, um frisch geborenen Ferkeln das Leben zu retten. Zum Glück weiß Dr. Herriot ein Wundermittel. Die zweite Geschichte geht ans Herz: James Herriot - inzwischen schon das zweite Jahr in Darrowby tätig - hat sich in die hübsche Helen Alderson verliebt.