The Jewel Hunter

Author : Chris Gooddie
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400847230
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jewel Hunter written by Chris Gooddie and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of one man's obsession with rainforest jewels, this is the story of an impossible dream: a quest to see every one of the world's most elusive avian gems--a group of birds known as pittas--in a single year. Insightful, compelling, and laugh-out-loud funny, this is more than a book about birds. It's a true story detailing the lengths to which a man will go to escape his midlife crisis. A travelogue with a difference, it follows a journey from the suburban straitjacket of High Wycombe to the steamy, leech-infested rainforests of remotest Asia, Africa, and Australia. Dangerous situations, personal traumas, and logistical nightmares threaten The Jewel Hunter's progress. Will venomous snakes or razor-clawed bears intervene? Or will running out of fuel mid-Pacific ultimately sink the mission? The race is on. . . . If you've ever yearned to escape your day job, wondered what makes men tick, or simply puzzled over how to make a truly world-class cup of tea, this is a book for you.

Author : Gavin Kilty
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614295824
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from the Tibetan Operas written by Gavin Kilty and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight Tibetan opera narratives express Buddhist concepts in myths and stories for the enjoyment and edification of readers of all ages. Timeless Buddhist ideas come to life in the myths and stories in Tales from the Tibetan Operas. Poetically vibrant, these eight classic lhamo stories have continued to delight and edify Tibetan audiences of all backgrounds, from village children to learned scholar-monks and Dalai Lamas. Western readers can now also get a glimpse into ancient Indian and Tibetan history and mythology through these cultural touchstones. The operas revolve around the drives of the human condition: the desire for power, the irresistible seduction of attraction, thoughts of revenge, attachment to family, the fear of separation and pain, the wish to be free from oppression. On visual display are the human and nonhuman characters of history and folklore — kings, queens, conniving ministers, ordinary folk, yogis, monks, and powerful beings from other realms such as gods and nagas — engaged in plotting, kidnapping, fighting and death, journeys to faraway lands, separation, and reconciliation, often with a quest for seemingly impossible treasure. The suspenseful tales have many dramatic plot twists, but they all end in happiness, where the good achieve their goals and the bad receive their just desserts. The operas thus bring to the people the fundamental ethical laws of behavior and teachings of natural justice based on Buddhist doctrine. The book features more than fifty gorgeous photos of the operas being performed in Tibet and India.

Author : Marcius Willson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First-[sixth] Reader of the Popular Series written by Marcius Willson and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marcius Willson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385435196
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lippincott's Popular Series. The Fifth Reader of the Popular Series written by Marcius Willson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

Author : Marcius Willson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fifth Reader of the Popular Series written by Marcius Willson and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jewel Tea Company
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jewel written by Jewel Tea Company and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Saturday Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michelle West
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1101548940
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hunter's Death written by Michelle West and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 1996-06-01 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Averalaan—the most ancient of cities, had long been the home of magics both dark and bright. For the site where this most civilized city of mortals now stood had once been a dread place indeed, a citadel of evil ruled by the Lord of the Hells. Only through the greatest of sacrifices had he been contained and cast back into his own dimension. And though the passing centuries had all but obliterated the memories of that terrible time, trouble was once again stirring in the hidden byways of Averalaan. The first warning that the Dark Lord’s minions were at work came from a pack of street rats led by a young woman gifted with the ability to see the truth even when it was hidden behind carefully spell-crafted illusions. And as she carried her warning to The Terafin, head of one of the most powerful families in the land, others, too, were rallying to Averalaan’s aid. Blessed or cursed by their Hunter God and gifted with his most unique creation, the Hunter Lord Gilliam and his huntbrother Stephen were about to do the unthinkable. Guided by the seer Evayne, they would journey beyond the borders of their kingdom, something no Hunter Lord had ever done. For only in Averalaan could they find their true destiny, even if it meant facing the Dark Lord himself…

Author : Abram Smythe Palmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.KF/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaves from a Word-hunter's Note-book written by Abram Smythe Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 848 pages
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Download or read book The London and Paris Observer written by and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: