All creatures great and small
by James Herriot · first published 2011
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…version of a book you've purchased the Kindle version of at a steep discount. So steep that purchasing the ebook+audiobook is cheaper than purchasing the audiobook by itself. Compare the pricing for All Creatures Great and Small, which is atypical mostly in that the combined-purchase discount is unusually stingy: Libro.fm: $37.94 Audible: $29.99 Kindle+Audible: $17.48 I don't like buying DRMed audiobooks, but it's not that…
on “The harmful impact of Audible-exclusive audiobooks” ↗A term I haven't heard since reading All Creatures Great And Small, where the local knackerman c. 1930 was described as a walking example of the hygiene hypothesis: surrounded by dead animals, and in the peak of health.
on “The knackerman: the toughest job in British farming” ↗…the infinite pile of forgotten work. And at best, they might add something interesting to the world, with a different perspective than a writer's writer might bring. Fwiw, this week I've been reading 'All Creatures Great and Small,' an autobiographical classic by a veterinary surgeon, and quite wonderfully written... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herriot And let's also remember that JM Coetzee, novel laureate in literature,…
on “Signed Char Lotte” ↗