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""A very warm, very engaging read. . . . The reader falls totally under his spell."" --""Associated Press "" The second volume in the multimillion copy bestselling series Millions of readers have delighted in the wonderful storytelling and everyday miracles of James Herriot in the over thirty years since his delightful animal stories were first introduced to the world. Now in a new edition for the first time in a decade, ""All Things Bright and Beautiful"" is the beloved sequel to Herriot's first collection, ""All Creatures Great and Small,"" and picks up as Herriot, now newly married, journeys among the remote hillside farms and valley towns of the Yorkshire Dales, caring for their inhabitants---both two- and four-legged. Throughout, Herriot's deep compassion, humor, and love of life shine out as we laugh, cry, and delight in his portraits of his many, varied animal patients and their equally varied owners. ""Humor, realism, sensitivity, earthiness; animals comic and tragic; and people droll, pathetic, courageous, eccentric---all of whom he views with the same gentle compassion and a lively sense of the sad, the ridiculous, and the admirable."" --""Columbus Dispatch""

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The kind of book that makes an evening seem a little warmer and your pet a bit more important. -- The Philadelphia Inquirer A very warm, very engaging read . . . the reader falls totally under his spell. -- The Associated Press Whether sad or glad, each story shows his affection for animals and people . . . this man is a celebrant of life. -- Chicago Tribune Herriot is both tender and wise . . . All Things Bright and Beautiful is a book to be happy with. -- The Boston Globe You had better read this book yourself. It's a treat, a rare one, and God knows we all need all treat these days. -- The Washington Post Human beings just naturally respond to a writer as lovable, wholesome, eloquent, humorous and well-stocked with anecdotes as James Herriot. He offers a mastery of both the comic and the tragic. -- Chicago Tribune All Things Bright and Beautiful is like a visit to a loved place inhabited by dear friends . . . certainly the happiest book so far this season -- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) James Herriot has served up another warm, witty, wonderful book in All Things Bright and Beautiful, -- The Indianapolis News It is impossible to speak of this second book without thinking strongly of the first. For it is truly a repeated 'miracle' as All Creatures Great and Small was described. Whatever joy one found in the first is in the second, only even more joyous; whatever laughter rippled from the throat in the reading of the first, finds even greater gusto in this one. It is funny, wry, simple in its story but as deep and perceptive of life's truths as the superlative sensitivity of the writer and his talent can make it. Best seller list, look out! -- The Hartford Courant Humour, realism, sensitivity, earthiness; animals comic and tragic; and people droll, pathetic, courageous, eccentric--all of whom he views with the same gentle compassion and a lively sense of the sad, the ridiculous, and the admirable. -- The Columbus Dispatch Superb, a book to be enjoyed in one sitting or in bits and pieces to make it last longer. -- Library Journal

The kind of book that makes an evening seem a little warmer and your pet a bit more important. &#8212; The Philadelphia Inquirer <br> A very warm, very engaging read . . . the reader falls totally under his spell. &#8212; The Associated Press <br> Whether sad or glad, each story shows his affection for animals and people . . . this man is a celebrant of life. &#8212; Chicago Tribune <br> Herriot is both tender and wise . . . All Things Bright and Beautiful is a book to be happy with. &#8212; The Boston Globe <br> You had better read this book yourself. It's a treat, a rare one, and God knows we all need all treat these days. &#8212; The Washington Post <br> Human beings just naturally respond to a writer as lovable, wholesome, eloquent, humorous and well-stocked with anecdotes as James Herriot. He offers a mastery of both the comic and the tragic. &#8212; Chicago Tribune <br> All Things Bright and Beautiful is like a visit to a loved place inhabited by dear friends . . .

Humour, realism, sensitivity, earthiness; animals comic and tragic; and people droll, pathetic, courageous, eccentric-all of whom he views with the same gentle compassion and a lively sense of the sad, the ridiculous, and the admirable. It is impossible to speak of this second book without thinking strongly of the first. For it is truly a repeated ''miracle'' as All Creatures Great and Small was described. Whatever joy one found in the first is in the second, only even more joyous; whatever laughter rippled from the throat in the reading of the first, finds even greater gusto in this one. It is funny, wry, simple in its story but as deep and perceptive of life''s truths as the superlative sensitivity of the writer and his talent can make it. Best seller list, look out! You had better read this book yourself. It''s a treat, a rare one, and God knows we all need all treat these days. A very warm, very engaging read . . . the reader falls totally under his spell. All Things Bright and Beautiful is like a visit to a loved place inhabited by dear friends . . . certainly the happiest book so far this season. Herriot is both tender and wise . . . All Things Bright and Beautiful is a book to be happy with. Human beings just naturally respond to a writer as lovable, wholesome, eloquent, humorous and well-stocked with anecdotes as James Herriot. He offers a mastery of both the comic and the tragic. James Herriot has served up another warm, witty, wonderful book in All Things Bright and Beautiful. Superb, a book to be enjoyed in one sitting or in bits and pieces to make it last longer. Whether sad or glad, each story shows his affection for animals and people . . . this man is a celebrant of life. The kind of book that makes an evening seem a little warmer and your pet a bit more important. The Philadelphia Inquirer A very warm, very engaging read . . . the reader falls totally under his spell. The Associated Press Whether sad or glad, each story shows his affection for animals and people . . . this man is a celebrant of life. Chicago Tribune Herriot is both tender and wise . . . All Things Bright and Beautiful is a book to be happy with. The Boston Globe You had better read this book yourself. It's a treat, a rare one, and God knows we all need all treat these days. The Washington Post Human beings just naturally respond to a writer as lovable, wholesome, eloquent, humorous and well-stocked with anecdotes as James Herriot. He offers a mastery of both the comic and the tragic. Chicago Tribune All Things Bright and Beautiful is like a visit to a loved place inhabited by dear friends . . . certainly the happiest book so far this season The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) James Herriot has served up another warm, witty, wonderful book in All Things Bright and Beautiful. The Indianapolis News It is impossible to speak of this second book without thinking strongly of the first. For it is truly a repeated 'miracle' as All Creatures Great and Small was described. Whatever joy one found in the first is in the second, only even more joyous; whatever laughter rippled from the throat in the reading of the first, finds even greater gusto in this one. It is funny, wry, simple in its story but as deep and perceptive of life's truths as the superlative sensitivity of the writer and his talent can make it. Best seller list, look out! The Hartford Courant Humour, realism, sensitivity, earthiness; animals comic and tragic; and people droll, pathetic, courageous, eccentric--all of whom he views with the same gentle compassion and a lively sense of the sad, the ridiculous, and the admirable. The Columbus Dispatch Superb, a book to be enjoyed in one sitting or in bits and pieces to make it last longer. Library Journal The kind of book that makes an evening seem a little warmer and your pet a bit more important. -- The Philadelphia Inquirer A very warm, very engaging read . . . the reader falls totally under his spell. -- The Associated Press Whether sad or glad, each story shows his affection for animals and people . . . this man is a celebrant of life. -- Chicago Tribune Herriot is both tender and wise . . . All Things Bright and Beautiful is a book to be happy with. -- The Boston Globe You had better read this book yourself. It's a treat, a rare one, and God knows we all need all treat these days. -- The Washington Post Human beings just naturally respond to a writer as lovable, wholesome, eloquent, humorous and well-stocked with anecdotes as James Herriot. He offers a mastery of both the comic and the tragic. -- Chicago Tribune All Things Bright and Beautiful is like a visit to a loved place inhabited by dear friends . . . certainly the happiest book so far this season -- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) James Herriot has served up another warm, witty, wonderful book in All Things Bright and Beautiful. -- The Indianapolis News It is impossible to speak of this second book without thinking strongly of the first. For it is truly a repeated 'miracle' as All Creatures Great and Small was described. Whatever joy one found in the first is in the second, only even more joyous; whatever laughter rippled from the throat in the reading of the first, finds even greater gusto in this one. It is funny, wry, simple in its story but as deep and perceptive of life's truths as the superlative sensitivity of the writer and his talent can make it. Best seller list, look out! -- The Hartford Courant Humour, realism, sensitivity, earthiness; animals comic and tragic; and people droll, pathetic, courageous, eccentric--all of whom he views with the same gentle compassion and a lively sense of the sad, the ridiculous, and the admirable. -- The Columbus Dispatch Superb, a book to be enjoyed in one sitting or in bits and pieces to make it last longer. -- Library Journal

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James Herriot (1916-1995) was the bestselling author of memoirs including ""All Creatures Great and Small,"" ""All Things Wise and Wonderful,"" ""The Lord God Made Them All,"" and ""Every Living Thing."" At age 23, Herriot qualified for veterinary practice with the Glasgow Veterinary College, and moved to the town of Thirsk in Yorkshire to work in a rural practice. He would live in, work in, and write about the region for the rest of his life. Though he dreamed for years of writing a book, his veterinary work and his family kept him busy, and he did not start writing until the age of 50. In 1979, he was awarded the title Order of the British Empire (OBE). His veterinary practice in Yorkshire, England, is now tended by his son, Jim Wight.

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