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The Serpent S Tale
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Author : Gregory McNamee
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2000
The Serpent S Tale written by Gregory McNamee and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Social Science categories.
“We travel the world,” writes Gregory McNamee, “and wherever we go there are snake stories to entertain us.” Here are some fifty diverse and unusual accounts of serpents from cultures across time and around the globe: snakes that talk, jump, and dance; snakes that transform into other creatures; snakes that just . . . watch. Many selections are drawn from the rich oral traditions of peoples in every clime that supports reptiles, from the Akimel O’odham of North America to the Mensa Bet-Abrahe of Africa to the Mungkjan of Australia. Included as well are such writings as prayers from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, a poem by Emily Dickinson, and a journal entry by Charles Darwin. What we read about snakes in The Serpent’s Tale is just as fascinating for what it says about us, for there always will be something primordial about our connection to them. That bond is evident in these stories: in how we associate snakes with nature’s elemental forces, how we attribute special qualities to their eyes and skin, and how they preside over all phases of our existence, from creation to death to resurrection.
The Serpent S Tale
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Author : Annabel Du Boulay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Serpent S Tale written by Annabel Du Boulay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Women categories.
The Serpent S Tale
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Author : Ariana Franklin
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2008-01-31
The Serpent S Tale written by Ariana Franklin and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-31 with Fiction categories.
The follow-up to Mistress of the Art of Death- in the national bestselling series hailed as "the medieval answer to Kay Scarpetta and the CSI detectives." When King Henry II's mistress is found poisoned, suspicion falls on his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. The king orders Adelia Aguilar, expert in the science of death, to investigate-and hopefully stave off civil war. A reluctant Adelia finds herself once again in the company of Rowley Picot, the new Bishop of St. Albans...and her baby's father. Their discoveries into the crime are shocking- and omens of greater danger to come.
Mistress Of The Art Of Death
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Author : Ariana Franklin
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2007-02-06
Mistress Of The Art Of Death written by Ariana Franklin and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-06 with Fiction categories.
The national bestselling hit hailed by the New York Times as a "vibrant medieval mystery...[it] outdoes the competition." In medieval Cambridge, England, Adelia, a female forensics expert, is summoned by King Henry II to investigate a series of gruesome murders that has wrongly implicated the Jewish population, yielding even more tragic results. As Adelia's investigation takes her behind the closed doors of the country's churches, the killer prepares to strike again.
We Need To Talk About Kevin
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Author : Lionel Shriver
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2011-05-01
We Need To Talk About Kevin written by Lionel Shriver and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-01 with Fiction categories.
The inspiration for the film starring Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly, this resonant story of a mother’s unsettling quest to understand her teenage son’s deadly violence, her own ambivalence toward motherhood, and the explosive link between them remains terrifyingly prescient. Eva never really wanted to be a mother. And certainly not the mother of a boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much–adored teacher in a school shooting two days before his sixteenth birthday. Neither nature nor nurture exclusively shapes a child's character. But Eva was always uneasy with the sacrifices and social demotion of motherhood. Did her internalized dislike for her own son shape him into the killer he’s become? How much is her fault? Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with Kevin’s horrific rampage, all in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her estranged husband, Franklin. A piercing, unforgettable, and penetrating exploration of violence and responsibility, a book that the Boston Globe describes as “impossible to put down,” is a stunning examination of how tragedy affects a town, a marriage, and a family.
The Serpent S Tale
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Author : Gary Crew
language : en
Publisher: Lothian Children's Books
Release Date : 2010
The Serpent S Tale written by Gary Crew and has been published by Lothian Children's Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Life categories.
This is a carefully designed, multi-layered picture book for older readers. At the most literal level of the story, a boy demands that his mother buy a bracelet or amulet at a fair in the town square. The artifact looks like a snake chasing or devouring its own tail in an endless cycle. Alone in his attic room, the boy puts the bracelet on and falls asleep. At this, the snake comes to life in the boy s dreaming, thus telling its story. Even as the boy sees visions in his dreaming, through his open attic window, we, the readers, look down on the town square and see high drama. Invaders attack the town and rob the boy s house as he sleeps, a girl is rescued from the attic window opposite, there are scenes of heroism and death these events might be what leads the boy to dispose of the charm when he wakes, taking it for a bad omen But what is real and what is not? Are the boy s fantastic snake-induced dreams the real events, or the events that we see at the real-life story level, taking place in the town square? The snake serves as a metaphor for story and narrative itself story as world-creating, eternal, terrifying at times, but sublimely beautiful.
The Serpent S Tail
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Author : Martin Dillon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Serpent S Tail written by Martin Dillon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with English fiction categories.
Based on a sequence of true events, this nov el tells of two young Belfast Catholics who are recruited as informers and find themselves at the heart of a ''sting'' inv olving the IRA, the SAS and MI5. '
The Serpent S Revenge
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Author : Sudha Murty
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-10-26
The Serpent S Revenge written by Sudha Murty and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-26 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
How many names does Arjuna have? Why was Yama cursed? What lesson did a little mongoose teach Yudhisthira? The Kurukshetra war, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas and which forced even the gods to take sides, may be well known, but there are innumerable stories set before, after and during the war that lend the Mahabharata its many varied shades and are largely unheard of. Award-winning author Sudha Murty reintroduces the fascinating world of India’s greatest epic through the extraordinary tales in this collection, each of which is sure to fill you with a sense of wonder and bewilderment.
Hasib The Queen Of Serpents
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Author : David B.
language : en
Publisher: NBM
Release Date : 2018-06-01
Hasib The Queen Of Serpents written by David B. and has been published by NBM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-01 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Heir to the wise Daniel, Hâsib is a young woodcutter promised to a great future. When his greedy companions abandon him in the middle of the forest, he meets the Queen of Serpents. She then tells her story, a fabulous adventure filled with gods and demons, princes and prophets. From Kabul to Cairo, journeys intertwine with intrigues and spiritual quests while the fabulous nights follow one another. An enchanting and intricately designed interpretation of the story of Hâsib Karîm ad-Dîm, through which David B. opens for us the gates of the Thousand and One Nights. For mature readers.
The Serpent Mage
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Author : Greg Bear
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-11-27
The Serpent Mage written by Greg Bear and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-27 with Fiction categories.
When Michael is released from the land of the Sidhe, all he wants is to lead a normal life in L.A. But there are hauntings in the streets, bodies in a hotel, and an ancient creature summoned from a loch. Now Michael must become a Mage to save his country.