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Timothy's book : (Record no. 105838)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9781846270543
060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER
Classification number PZ
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal author Klinkenborg, Verlyn
245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Timothy's book :
Subtitle notes of an english country tortoise
260 ## - PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Place of publication London :
Publisher Portobello books,
Date 2006
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Physical description 185p
520 ## - ABSTRACT
Abstract Timothy, a wise and eloquent tortoise, has spent some forty years amongst humans, living in their midst in the lovely Hampshire village of Selborne, the occasional object of study for his host, Gilbert White, whose letters famously comprise A Natural History of Selborne. But Timothy is inclined to study too. His observations of the natural world that surrounds him can match those of his master for aptness, precision, illumination and beauty - his gaze falls with equal aplomb on the flitting martins and swallows, trooping frogs, mating harvest mice, hares nibbling at the cabbage and, above all, on those 'tottering, stilt-gaited beasts', their instincts so derelict, who tower over Timothy and make their odd ways known to him. Who would guess that a tortoise marooned in the heart of old England could tell us so much?
650 ## - SUBJECT HEADINGS
Subject term Fiction
9 (RLIN) 6184
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
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Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type
    National Library of Medicine     Stenhouse Library (Kingston Hospital) Stenhouse Library (Kingston Hospital) Shelves 31/12/2024 Donation 12.99   PZ KLI ST00573 31/12/2024 12.99 31/12/2024 Book