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All Creatures Great and Small Series

8 primary works • 20 total works
Take an unforgettable journey through the English countryside and into the homes of its inhabitants--four-legged and otherwise--with the world's best-loved animal doctor. James Herriot is renowned for his memoirs about his life as a Yorkshire veterinarian. These books of fascinating vignettes brim with the wonder of life, animal and human.

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Book 1

If Only They Could Talk
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4.34 · 8368 Ratings · 523 Reviews · published 1970 · 1 edition
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    Book 2

    It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
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    4.36     · 7768 Ratings · 237 Reviews · published 1972 · 17 editions
    How on earth did James Herriot come to be sitting …

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    Book 3

    Let Sleeping Vets Lie
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    4.41     · 4631 Ratings · 160 Reviews · published 1973 · 40 editions
    With two years experience behind him, James Herrio…

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    Book 4

    Vet in Harness
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    4.40     · 3205 Ratings · 126 Reviews · published 1974 · 16 editions
    The Yorkshire dales have never seemed more beautif…

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    Book 5

    Vets Might Fly
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    4.32     · 3139 Ratings · 127 Reviews · published 1976 · 10 editions
    A few months of married bliss, a lovers' nest in D…

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    Book 6

    Vet in a Spin
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    4.35     · 2620 Ratings · 119 Reviews · published 1977 · 10 editions
    James Herriot has swapped his wellies for a flying…

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    Book 7

    The Lord God Made Them All
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    4.45     · 29922 Ratings · 1025 Reviews · published 1981 · 21 editions
    The Lord God Made Them All is the bestselling sequ…

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    Book 8

    Every Living Thing
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    4.51     · 17617 Ratings · 979 Reviews · published 1992 · 109 editions
    For more than twenty years, James Herriot has capt…

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    Book 1-2

    All Creatures Great and Small
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    4.35     · 158206 Ratings · 8332 Reviews · published 1972 · 243 editions
    The classic multimillion copy bestseller

    Delve into…

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    Book 3-4

    All Things Bright and Beautiful
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    4.36     · 83161 Ratings · 2258 Reviews · published 1976 · 140 editions
    "A very warm, very engaging read. . . . The reader…

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    Book 5-6

    All Things Wise and Wonderful
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    4.45     · 37735 Ratings · 1252 Reviews · published 1978 · 98 editions
    The third volume in the multimillion copy bestsell…

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    Book 1-4

    All Creatures Great and Small / All Things Bright and Beautiful
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    4.34     · 15706 Ratings · 336 Reviews · published 1972 · 14 editions
    The first two memoirs in the New York Times-bestse…

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    Book 5-7

    All Things Wise and Wonderful / The Lord God Made Them All
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    4.55     · 618 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 1999 · 9 editions
    Book by Herriot, James

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    Book 1-5

    If Only They Could Talk/ It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet / Let Sleeping Vets Lie / Vet in Harness / Vets Might Fly
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    4.44     · 77 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1982 · 11 editions
    JAMES HERRIOT [Hardcover] Herriot, James

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    Book 1-3

    Three James Herriot Classics: Volume 1
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    4.78     · 3871 Ratings · 155 Reviews · published 1980 · 12 editions
    Timeless stories from a country veterinarian about…

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    Book 1-6

    James Herriot - If Only They Could Talk/It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet/ Let Sleeping Vets Lie/ Vet in Harness/Vets Might Fly/Vet in a Spin
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    4.60     · 199 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 1984 · 2 editions
    IBSN 0 86273 172 0
    This the same book listed on abo…

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    Book 1-6

    James Herriot If Only They Could Talk/It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet/Let Sleeping Vets Lie/Vet in Harness/Vets Might Fly/Vet in a Spin
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    4.57     · 21 Ratings · 1 edition
    ISBN: 1-85052-003-8 ISBN 13:9781850520030

    This volu…

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    Book 1-7

    James Herriot: All Creatures Great and Small/All Things Bright and Beautiful/All Things Wise and Wonderful/The Lord God Made Them All/Boxed Set
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    4.60     · 1897 Ratings · 144 Reviews · published 1986 · 11 editions
    All Creatures Great and Small))All Things Bright a…

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    Book 1-8

    THE COMPLETE JAMES HERRIOT Box Set 1-8
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    4.74     · 682 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 2006 · 4 editions
    All Creatures Great and Small The Complete James H…

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    Book 4-6

    James Herriot Treble: Vet in Harness / Vet in a Spin / Vets Might Fly
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    4.67     · 46 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 3 editions

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