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Author : Isaac Olaleye
Release : 1998
Genre : Africa
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 962/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lake of the Big Snake by : Isaac Olaleye
Download or read book Lake of the Big Snake written by Isaac Olaleye. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two boys outwit a hungry snake in an African rain forest village.
Author : Robert Twigger
Release : 2010-06-03
Genre : Travel
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 916/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Big Snake by : Robert Twigger
Download or read book Big Snake written by Robert Twigger. This book was released on 2010-06-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Twigger goes to the Far East in search of the world's longest snake - 'echoes of Gerald Durrell's trips crossed with Redmond O'Hanlon's foray into the heart of Borneo . . . a fantastic book' DAILY MAIL About to be married, Robert Twigger decides on his last great adventure as a bachelor. Surfing the net, he discovers the Roosevelt Prize - worth $50,000 - for the capture of a live 30 foot python. Armed only with a tin of High Toast Snuff (deadly if sniffed by a snake), Twigger sets off into the remote jungles of Indonesia in search of his prey. Along the way, he investigates the legendarily beautiful women of Sulawesi, treads in Nabokov's footsteps, looks for giant snakes beneath the sewers of Kuala Lumpur, and spends time with a variety of snake catchers and cults. After being caught up in anti-Chinese riots and surviving on greasy civet cat in the jungle, Twigger finally comes face to face with the big one; but the final capture is not quite what he had in mind.
Author : Robert Twigger
Release : 2010-11-16
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 991/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Big Snake by : Robert Twigger
Download or read book Big Snake written by Robert Twigger. This book was released on 2010-11-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Author : Edward Sylvester Ellis
Release : 1865
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Big Snake, the Huron; Or, Great Medicine of the 'Holy Lake'. by : Edward Sylvester Ellis
Download or read book Big Snake, the Huron; Or, Great Medicine of the 'Holy Lake'. written by Edward Sylvester Ellis. This book was released on 1865. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ashim Kumar Bhattacharyya Ph.D
Release : 2007-07-12
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 115/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Radha-Krsna by : Ashim Kumar Bhattacharyya Ph.D
Download or read book Radha-Krsna written by Ashim Kumar Bhattacharyya Ph.D. This book was released on 2007-07-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his book RadhaKrsna Sunil Gangopadhyay did not treat Krsna and Radha as god and goddess. He described them as common ordinary human just like us. His description of the love between Radha and Krsna therefore had sensual connotations following the custom of many literary publications of the past like Jayadeva's 'Gitagovinda' and many Padabali Kirtanas. However, we have to remember that Krsna is the 'Param Brahma' that is the Supreme Spirit as defined in the Hindu Dharma Shastras. Shrimati Radha is his consort or his 'Shakti' that is power. The 'Prema' that is love between them is devotional and spiritual love. Krsna and Radha's devotional love plays are the 'Rasa Lila' of Bhagavan Shri Krsna and his 'Shakti' Radha.
