Not Your Ordinary Snake Stories
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Not Your Ordinary Snake Stories
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Author : Jim Pepper
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2011-09-07
Not Your Ordinary Snake Stories written by Jim Pepper and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
I recently discovered something very interesting. Everyone you chance to meet has a true "snake story". Some are good, some bad, some ugly; most are humerous; a rare few are incredible. I have gathered together a couple dozen of the best. Read the stories in any order; read them one at a time, over a period of time; but do yourself a big favor...READ them! Some stories may be a tad scary...most are funny. "Truth IS stranger than fiction and these stories are TRUE...they really happened!"
Not Your Ordinary Vietnam War Stories
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Author : Jim Pepper
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2013-03-29
Not Your Ordinary Vietnam War Stories written by Jim Pepper and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
After graduating from the University of Missouri in 1969 I was commissioned as an officer in the Marines. I served an interesting tour of duty in Southeast Asia in 1972, during which time I was in and out of six different countriesincluding Vietnam. A greenhorn lieutenant when I landed, I was eventually promoted to captain. Because of my God given take charge personality and a few very junior officer notable accomplishments I found myself frequently being handpicked for special assignments. I saw action with seven different unitssome good some badsome ugly. I saw men die. I saw capable men withered by fatigue, brave men crippled by fear. Since I served, more than forty years ago now, I have had the pleasure and privilege of meeting and getting to know hundreds of fellow-Vietnam Vets; short term acquaintances, professional colleagues, neighbors, close friends, family members. Although our individual Vietnam stories are unique and intensely personal, I have come to realize that a common thread runs through most of them. For more than twenty-five years I have been asked to formally speak to sundry civic organizations, history classes, and social gatherings. As a result of fielding thousands of audience questions and listening to their spontaneous reactions to my talks I have learned what people are interesting in hearing. I have seen their reactions to my version of Americas Vietnam experience. I know whats interesting and whats not; whats important to those who werent there, ordinary people who merely wonder what it was like. I have enjoyed two successful careers and am currently embarked upon my third. I have fired most of lifes best bullets, emptied most of my chosen weapons most precious magazines, drained my fullest canteens, exhausted most of my allotted time on this fair planet we call earth. I want to share a few of the stories of men I served with, men I came to know later in life, men I loved as brothers-in-arms surviving in harms way; or men who were simply Crazy Vietnam Vets (like me) with a special story to tell. Men JUST like meonly different! Ours are interesting up and down tales of wonder and weird, of good times and bad. I am happily married to a seasoned school nurse, am the father of three college educated sons, and have two fine grandsons. I live in Blanco, Texas about forty miles due west of Austin. I have always viewed lifes glass as half full; hope you enjoy our Not Ordinary war stories.
Rambles In Polynesia
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Author : Sundowner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Rambles In Polynesia written by Sundowner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Oceania categories.
One Thousand One Papua New Guinean Nights Tales Form 1972 1985
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Author : Thomas H. Slone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
One Thousand One Papua New Guinean Nights Tales Form 1972 1985 written by Thomas H. Slone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Folklore categories.
A two-volume collection of folktales that were published in Papua New Guinea's Wantok newspaper. The two-volume collection presents the complete set of 1047 folktales that were originally published from 1972 through 1997 in Tok Pisin.
Snake Adventure Book Discover Amazing Snakes Snake Pictures Snakes As Pets
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Author : Kate Cruise
language : en
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2013-09-26
Snake Adventure Book Discover Amazing Snakes Snake Pictures Snakes As Pets written by Kate Cruise and has been published by Speedy Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-26 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This snake adventure book contains a journey of fun facts, amazing discoveries, curious and intriguing stories about snakes, and amazing pictures of snakes. You will find some interesting revelations and secrets you probably never heard about snakes. Some myths and truths, and other curious stuff about snakes that children just find cool and groovy to know are also included. This book will take your child through a journey of interesting facts, amazing discoveries, curious and intriguing stories about snakes, and touching pictures of snakes that are going to stimulate your child's interest to learn more about these mysterious & gracious creatures. You will find some interesting revelations and secrets you probably never heard about snakes. Did you know that in captivity, many of the snake species can live for surprisingly very long times. The average is somewhere between 18-20 years! As a mother of 3 young children and with the experience as an elementary teacher, science researcher, writer and publisher of many publications for kids, Kate Cruise has learned to listen & to interact with kids. It is a book series inspired by kids and for kids! Kids learn about new and interesting facts so that a combination of both the curious and the new materials and facts together with the visual aspect of the pictures. Children are entertained with the coolness factor of the discovery book plus they learn some new and a little bit harder to retain facts simultaneously with the cool stuff and this is how the child is going to retain all of the information. The discovery books work in synchronization with the brain and not against the brain like some dull textbooks try to teach things. Stimulation of thought and contemplation increases intelligence and the brain power & TV kills the brain cells of your child. Parents & home-schoolers alike are reporting unprecedented results with children who usually hate reading books. Suitable for kids age 5+
Russian Magic Tales From Pushkin To Platonov
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Russian Magic Tales From Pushkin To Platonov written by and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Fiction categories.
'She turned into a frog, into a lizard, into all kinds of other reptiles and then into a spindle' In these tales, young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds. Half the tales here are true oral tales, collected by folklorists during the last two centuries, while the others are reworkings of oral tales by four great Russian writers: Alexander Pushkin, Nadezhda Teffi, Pavel Bazhov and Andrey Platonov. In his introduction to these new translations, Robert Chandler writes about the primitive magic inherent in these tales and the taboos around them, while in the afterword, Sibelan Forrester discusses the witch Baba Yaga. This edition also includes an appendix, bibliography and notes. Translated by Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler With Sibelan Forrester, Anna Gunin and Olga Meerson
How To Read The Bible
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Author : James L. Kugel
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-05-01
How To Read The Bible written by James L. Kugel and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-01 with Religion categories.
James Kugel’s essential introduction and companion to the Bible combines modern scholarship with the wisdom of ancient interpreters for the entire Hebrew Bible. As soon as it appeared, How to Read the Bible was recognized as a masterwork, “awesome, thrilling” (The New York Times), “wonderfully interesting, extremely well presented” (The Washington Post), and “a tour de force...a stunning narrative” (Publishers Weekly). Now, this classic remains the clearest, most inviting and readable guide to the Hebrew Bible around—and a profound meditation on the effect that modern biblical scholarship has had on traditional belief. Moving chapter by chapter, Harvard professor James Kugel covers the Bible’s most significant stories—the Creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the flood, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and his wives, Moses and the exodus, David’s mighty kingdom, plus the writings of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the other prophets, and on to the Babylonian conquest and the eventual return to Zion. Throughout, Kugel contrasts the way modern scholars understand these events with the way Christians and Jews have traditionally understood them. The latter is not, Kugel shows, a naïve reading; rather, it is the product of a school of sophisticated interpreters who flourished toward the end of the biblical period. These highly ideological readers sought to put their own spin on texts that had been around for centuries, utterly transforming them in the process. Their interpretations became what the Bible meant for centuries and centuries—until modern scholarship came along. The question that this book ultimately asks is: What now? As one reviewer wrote, Kugel’s answer provides “a contemporary model of how to read Sacred Scripture amidst the oppositional pulls of modern scholarship and tradition.”
The Snake Charmer
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Author : Jamie James
language : en
Publisher: Hyperion
Release Date : 2009-06-23
The Snake Charmer written by Jamie James and has been published by Hyperion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-23 with Nature categories.
"Absolutely riveting. This sensitive, fascinating exploration of a scientist's quest for knowledge deepens with relentless suspense into a classic tale of a man's fight for survival in the wilderness." --Linda Greenlaw, author of The Hungry Ocean "Absorbing, stylishly written account of the life and career of a celebrated young herpetologist . . . an exquisitely crafted book that will grab even those who have no interest in snakes." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A dramatic and moving story, told by an author who clearly understands that his subject is not simply about a man's cruel and ironic death but also about his life, his spirit, and his dreams." --Booklist "This book will astonish and delight anyone who believes that the great age of biological collecting is over." --Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down In the fall of 2001, deep in the jungle of Burma, a team of scientists searches for rare snakes. They are led by Dr. Joe Slowinski, at 38 already one of the most brilliant biologists of our time. It is the most ambitious scientific expedition ever mounted into this remote region, brought to a dramatic halt by the bite of the many-banded krait, the deadliest serpent in Asia. Thus begins one of the most remarkable wilderness rescue attempts of modern times. In The Snake Charmer, renowned journalist and author Jamie James captures the life and death of the fascinating and charismatic Joe Slowinski--a man whose career was fast and exciting, and whose tragic final expedition became a pulse-pounding struggle between man and nature.
South African Treasury Of Poems Prose
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Author : Moitsadi Moeti Ph. D.
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2012
South African Treasury Of Poems Prose written by Moitsadi Moeti Ph. D. and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Poetry categories.
The ethnographic material in this book derives from a concern with a contemporary south African literary works and Poems, it delves in to the corrective history of the region because otherwise it will be impossible to understand how the present came into being and what the trends are for the post-apartheid South Africa. Thus the material aims to represent the historical events that shaped South African Poetry written in English.
Forest And Stream
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
Forest And Stream written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Birds categories.