Author: DBC Pierre
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788169783
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Big Snake Little Snake
Author: DBC Pierre
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788169783
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788169783
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Snakes
Author: Sandra Markle
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1590788745
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
One snake can be as long as a city bus—that's big! Another snake is as little as an earthworm. How does it help one snake to be big? How does it help another snake to be little? In Snakes Biggest! Littlest! readers will learn how a snake's size is important to stay alive. Dramatic photos from around the globe show the features that make snakes unusual. Every snake has parts—like fangs or special scales—that allow it to live in its specific place in the world, and now readers can see them up close. As readers slither into the world of snakes, they will come to understand the power of these remarkable creatures.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1590788745
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
One snake can be as long as a city bus—that's big! Another snake is as little as an earthworm. How does it help one snake to be big? How does it help another snake to be little? In Snakes Biggest! Littlest! readers will learn how a snake's size is important to stay alive. Dramatic photos from around the globe show the features that make snakes unusual. Every snake has parts—like fangs or special scales—that allow it to live in its specific place in the world, and now readers can see them up close. As readers slither into the world of snakes, they will come to understand the power of these remarkable creatures.
Big Snake
Author: Robert Twigger
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062029991
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"Discovery Channel junkie" meets "weekend warrior" in this true story of a terrified desk dweller who sets out to capture the world's longest snake. Out of funding, acclaimed poet Robert Twigger was surfing the Internet for poetry prizes when he came upon a cash reward being offered for the capture of a live snake in excess of thirty feet. Established in 1912 by President Roosevelt following the capture of a twenty-eight-foot reticulated python, the reward had gone unclaimed for eighty-six years, boosting the $1,000 prize to $50,000. About to be married but craving one last adventure, the scrawny Oxford poet sets off for the Far East without either hesitation or serious strategy. No matter that his closest encounter with a live snake was at the reptile house at the Howlett Zoo or that he suffers from ophicliophobia, a fear nearly universal among humans. Twigger is determined to win the moneyand to guarantee that his last escapade as a bachelor will be an unforgettable one. Part travelogue, part classic adventure, Big Snake grapples with the mythic and symbolic status of one of the world's most fascinating yet dreaded creatures, which are generally the victims of bad press. Trekking through South-East Asia with a band of headhunters, Twigger stalks pythons in the sewers of Kuala Lumpur, is forced to survive on greasy civet cat (a relative of the skunk) deep in the jungle, attempts to date the most beautiful woman in the world, encounters the cobweb hunters of Buru, and evaluates the legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace ("the true discoverer of evolution"). Ultimately, after close encounters with snakes both petite though venomous and harmless yet gargantuan, Twigger eventually comes face-to-face with the big one-but the final capture is not quite what he had in mind.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062029991
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"Discovery Channel junkie" meets "weekend warrior" in this true story of a terrified desk dweller who sets out to capture the world's longest snake. Out of funding, acclaimed poet Robert Twigger was surfing the Internet for poetry prizes when he came upon a cash reward being offered for the capture of a live snake in excess of thirty feet. Established in 1912 by President Roosevelt following the capture of a twenty-eight-foot reticulated python, the reward had gone unclaimed for eighty-six years, boosting the $1,000 prize to $50,000. About to be married but craving one last adventure, the scrawny Oxford poet sets off for the Far East without either hesitation or serious strategy. No matter that his closest encounter with a live snake was at the reptile house at the Howlett Zoo or that he suffers from ophicliophobia, a fear nearly universal among humans. Twigger is determined to win the moneyand to guarantee that his last escapade as a bachelor will be an unforgettable one. Part travelogue, part classic adventure, Big Snake grapples with the mythic and symbolic status of one of the world's most fascinating yet dreaded creatures, which are generally the victims of bad press. Trekking through South-East Asia with a band of headhunters, Twigger stalks pythons in the sewers of Kuala Lumpur, is forced to survive on greasy civet cat (a relative of the skunk) deep in the jungle, attempts to date the most beautiful woman in the world, encounters the cobweb hunters of Buru, and evaluates the legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace ("the true discoverer of evolution"). Ultimately, after close encounters with snakes both petite though venomous and harmless yet gargantuan, Twigger eventually comes face-to-face with the big one-but the final capture is not quite what he had in mind.
Yesu's Baboon
Author: Gerhard Venter
Publisher: Gerhard Venter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
The judgment of Koyati, a poor herdboy from a remote village in Tanzania, is often clouded, as if he were a crocodile lurking under muddy waters. He would rather be quick and clear-eyed like Rabbit. He goes to the city and soon lands in prison. A parole officer calls him a baboon. Insulted to the core, Koyati starts incorporating a baboon in his woodcarving. On death row he discovers that he has world-class talent. Can his strange art save him?
Publisher: Gerhard Venter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
The judgment of Koyati, a poor herdboy from a remote village in Tanzania, is often clouded, as if he were a crocodile lurking under muddy waters. He would rather be quick and clear-eyed like Rabbit. He goes to the city and soon lands in prison. A parole officer calls him a baboon. Insulted to the core, Koyati starts incorporating a baboon in his woodcarving. On death row he discovers that he has world-class talent. Can his strange art save him?
Don Sturdy with the Big Snake Hunters
Author: Victor Appleton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
"Don's uncle, the hunter, fills an order for some of the biggest snakes to be found in South America - to be delivered alive!" -- dust jacket.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
"Don's uncle, the hunter, fills an order for some of the biggest snakes to be found in South America - to be delivered alive!" -- dust jacket.
Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Author: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Americanisms Old and New
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Romantic Medical Saint in the City
Author: Xiao Ya
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647810558
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Wang Yunjie accidentally knew the director's secrets while he was revengeed by the director. However, he got blessed by misfortune and got a magic bracelet unexpectedly. This bracelet helped him to be the best doctor and any incurable diseases could be easily cured by him. His status rose so rapidly that those who used to underestimate him now had to start humble. His life was totally changed.☆About the Author☆Xiao Ya, an online novelist. She is good at writing urban novels especially about doctor. Her work Romantic Medical Saint in the City is developed in the profession of doctors, with her fluent writing telling the story of an intern doctor changing his life.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647810558
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Wang Yunjie accidentally knew the director's secrets while he was revengeed by the director. However, he got blessed by misfortune and got a magic bracelet unexpectedly. This bracelet helped him to be the best doctor and any incurable diseases could be easily cured by him. His status rose so rapidly that those who used to underestimate him now had to start humble. His life was totally changed.☆About the Author☆Xiao Ya, an online novelist. She is good at writing urban novels especially about doctor. Her work Romantic Medical Saint in the City is developed in the profession of doctors, with her fluent writing telling the story of an intern doctor changing his life.
Fable King
Author: Del Winterbottom
Publisher: Del Winterbottom
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Billy Mern is a special boy from Manchester, England, who can speak to animals, and on his eighteenth birthday, he is greeted by a rabbit named Ware, who gives Billy the news that he is a Fable King, and a Fable King can have a wonderful relationship with all walks of life. After a frightening assassination attempt, Billy Mern ends up going with Ware to a mythical island called Memoril, and on this island, that is home to all creatures, common, legendary, great and small, he must go on a journey, all around Memoril; he must find and gather his seven chosen newborn fable companions: a baby phoenix, a baby snake, a baby dragon, a baby kraken, a baby wolf, a baby dinosaur, and a baby giant spider. And if Billy can do that, if he can travel all around this fantastic island and traverse the many dangers it has in store, then together, with his seven fable companions, he must go deep into the pit of the island's heart, deep, deep down into the Dark Ruin, and there he must defeat the evil Fable God - Deathendus - a magic-breathing half-dragon, half-serpent beast!
Publisher: Del Winterbottom
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Billy Mern is a special boy from Manchester, England, who can speak to animals, and on his eighteenth birthday, he is greeted by a rabbit named Ware, who gives Billy the news that he is a Fable King, and a Fable King can have a wonderful relationship with all walks of life. After a frightening assassination attempt, Billy Mern ends up going with Ware to a mythical island called Memoril, and on this island, that is home to all creatures, common, legendary, great and small, he must go on a journey, all around Memoril; he must find and gather his seven chosen newborn fable companions: a baby phoenix, a baby snake, a baby dragon, a baby kraken, a baby wolf, a baby dinosaur, and a baby giant spider. And if Billy can do that, if he can travel all around this fantastic island and traverse the many dangers it has in store, then together, with his seven fable companions, he must go deep into the pit of the island's heart, deep, deep down into the Dark Ruin, and there he must defeat the evil Fable God - Deathendus - a magic-breathing half-dragon, half-serpent beast!
A School for Others
Author: George LeBard
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 145354089X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
A School for Others covers my time in Belize, Central America as a Peace Corps Volunteer. It is about my personal growth, some adventure, unintentional altruism, and finding true love, despite my best efforts not to. I live in a Mayan village and one day I discover an abandon school in the jungle. It is the beginning of a vision to develop a school for students who are unable to continue their education in a system that is designed to weed out the “academically challenged.” They are the “other” kids who don’t have the privilege of attending secondary school.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 145354089X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
A School for Others covers my time in Belize, Central America as a Peace Corps Volunteer. It is about my personal growth, some adventure, unintentional altruism, and finding true love, despite my best efforts not to. I live in a Mayan village and one day I discover an abandon school in the jungle. It is the beginning of a vision to develop a school for students who are unable to continue their education in a system that is designed to weed out the “academically challenged.” They are the “other” kids who don’t have the privilege of attending secondary school.