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Summary: indescribable
Review: As gifted a story teller as he is a veterinarian, James Herriot has the rare ability to bring out every emotion known to the human race with a single magical flick of his pen. Every Living Thing is without a doubt one of the crowning achievements of a master, and is possessed by a single, true trait that is difficult to find in many commercial books- every single tale is told straight from the heart. You will never fail to laugh at the hilarious tales and cry at the most poignant moments. If you're an animal lover, or even just have a passing interest in animals, this is a book you will hold on to and re-read until the end of your days. Kudos, James Herriot, you are very much missed.
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Summary: Every Living Thing
Review: Every Living Thing is one of my all time favorite books. James Herriot's stories come to life and touch you in a way that no other author can. I share this book with as many people as possible and they all give rave reviews. This is a must for an animal lover!
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Summary: Every Living Thing
Review: Every Living Thing is one of my all time favorite books. James Herriot's stories come to life and touch you in a way that no other author can. I share this book with as many people as possible and they all give rave reviews. This is a must for an animal lover!
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Summary: Laugh out loud
Review: Expect to look like a lunatic if you read this book in public - I was sitting at a picnic table reading it today and kept snickering and smiling to myself at the chapter about the 'funny turns'. His books are always called 'quaint' and I agree, but they are also bold, vividly descriptive and so funnily true to life. All his books are great, this one included.
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Summary: Wonderful reading
Review: I have read each of James Herriot's books many times (including this one) and still enjoy them every time I read them! This book is one of my favorite books of the series, and is highly recommended by me. If you have read the other books you will love this one just as much if not more! If you have not read any of the other books, this book would also be a good one to start off with. After reading it I can assure you that you will want to read all the others. NOTE: I also have all five of these books on audio tape (by Christopher Timothy) and would recommend these as well! It is great to listen to them while you do hobbies since you can actually do two things at the same time, and Christopher Timothy (who played James Herriot in the BBC series) really brings the characters to life, using different voices and accents.
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Summary: Another warm winner from Herriot
Review: James Herriot has an easy-going and warm writing style that is incredibly suited to his stories. He chronicles the animals and people he helps as an active veternarian in Yorkshire, England. As such, the stories are usually more about the people and their attachment to their pets and livestock than they are about the animals themselves. Although the time period is not explicitly mentioned and he jumps around in time a great deal, this book seems to cover the period right after his preceeding book (The Lord God Made Them All), the late 50s and early 60s. Herriot's children are now 6-10 years old and play an increasing role in his practice. He also includes a touching series of stories about his and his wife's attempts to tame some farm cats. Every Living Thing was Herriot's final full-length original book, and it is an excellent end to an excellent series.
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Summary: As heartful and tearful as its predecessors.
Review: The last words from the gentle and loving pen of Yorkshire's beloved veterinarian is balm for the troubled soul. Herriot skillfully manoeuvres the tight and narrow highwire between genuine humanity and bathos without a stumble, and with loads of kind and respectful humor, often self-deprecating, without being maudlin. This is a must for all Herriot fans and would even serve to convert those animal lovers who have yet to discover this charmingly whimsical, yet so real gentleman vet and his lovely books.
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Summary: More from the Yorkshire veterinarian the world loves
Review: The late Alf Wight aka James Herriot left a legacy of books that excites readers to this day (and I presume will do so for decades more.) His gentle, self-deprecating style of humor and the portraits of the Yorkshire Dales farmers and country people are amusing and interesting.The four books, named after a hymn "All Creatures Great and Small" are joined by this fifth volume with similar stories. James (as Alf called himself) now has his own practice in Skeldale House, is married with two kids. The stories are very similar to the first four, with goof-ups, miracles, and funny tales. Somehow, these stories are not quite as hilarious as the first set, possibly because Mr. Herriot had written up most of the good stuff, or to represent the seriousness of raising two kids and having his own practice and being a settled man rather than a raw youth just out on his own. Nonetheless, if you lapped up all the "Creature" books, as I did, and you mourn the loss of Dr. Wight, who passed away in the 90's, then you will want to read these stories and vicariously enjoy more of the daily life of a country vet.
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Summary: Gently humorous
Review: This book is the last book written by James Herriot - actually James Alfred Wight (1916-95). James, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, qualified as a veterinarian at 23 years of age, and quickly fell with his new location of Yorkshire. Beginning in 1970, James began to write books, reaching into his years of experience as a vet, and spinning out enthralling and entertaining stories of things that did happen and things that might have happened on the Yorkshire Dales.
As I said, this book was James's last, being published in 1992. In it, we read adventures of a country vet, doing battle against disease, hypochondriac pet-owners, uncooperative animals, the weather, other vets, and...just about everything. This is another great James Herriot - All Creatures book, one that I loved as much as the earlier books. If you like good storytelling, or are interested in veterinarians, then you will love this book. It is a gently humorous story that is sure to entertain all. I highly recommend it!
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