Serpentine

Author : Thomas Thompson
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781504043274

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Serpentine by Thomas Thompson Pdf

New York Times Bestseller: This in-depth account of Charles Sobhraj, the serial killer portrayed in Netflix miniseries The Serpent, is “compulsive reading” (The Plain Dealer). There was no pattern to the murders, no common thread other than the fact that the victims were all vacationers, robbed of their possessions and slain in seemingly random crimes. Authorities across three continents and a dozen nations had no idea they were all looking for same man: Charles Sobhraj, aka “The Serpent.” A handsome Frenchman of Vietnamese and Indian origin, Sobhraj targeted backpackers on the “hippie trail” between Europe and South Asia. A master of deception, he used his powerful intellect and considerable sex appeal to lure naïve travelers into a life of crime. When they threatened to turn on him, Sobhraj murdered his acolytes in cold blood. Between late 1975 and early 1976, a dozen corpses were found everywhere from the boulevards of Paris to the slopes of the Himalayas to the back alleys of Bangkok and Hong Kong. Some police experts believe the true number of Sobhraj’s victims may be more than twice that amount. Serpentine is the “grotesque, baffling, and hypnotic” true story of one of the most bizarre killing sprees in modern history (San Francisco Chronicle). Edgar Award–winning author Thomas Thompson’s mesmerizing portrait of a notorious sociopath and his helpless prey “unravels like fiction, but afterwards haunts the reader like the document it is” (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland).

Author : Philip Pullman
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241475102

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Serpentine by Philip Pullman Pdf

**Don't miss the second series of His Dark Materials on BBC One this November.** A brand new short story set in the world of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust by master storyteller, Philip Pullman. Serpentine is a perfect gift for every Pullman fan, new and old. 'Lyra Silvertongue, you're very welcome . . . Yes, I know your new name. Serafina Pekkala told me everything about your exploits' Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon have left the events of His Dark Materials far behind. In this snapshot of their forever-changed lives they return to the North to visit an old friend, where we will learn that things are not exactly as they seem . . . Illustrated throughout by Tom Duxbury, the perfect re-entry for fans of His Dark Materials and a wonderful companion to The Book of Dust. 'It's a stunning achievement, the universe Pullman has created and continues to build on' New York Times 'Pullman is an easeful storyteller and an intricate and inventive world-builder, and everything he has to write is worth reading' Telegraph

Author : Jonathan Kellerman
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525618560

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Serpentine by Jonathan Kellerman Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis search for answers to a brutal, decades-old crime in this electrifying psychological thriller from the master of suspense. LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis is a master detective. He has a near-perfect solve rate and he’s written his own rule book. Some of those successes—the toughest ones—have involved his best friend, the brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware. But Milo doesn’t call Alex in unless cases are “different.” This murder warrants an immediate call. Milo’s independence has been compromised as never before, as the department pressures him to cater to the demands of a mogul: a hard-to-fathom, megarich young woman who is obsessed with reopening the coldest of cases—the decades-old death of the mother she never knew. The facts describe a likely loser: a mysterious woman found with a bullet in her head in a torched Cadillac that has overturned on infamously treacherous Mulholland Drive. No physical evidence, no witnesses, no apparent motive. And a slew of detectives have already worked the case and failed. But as Delaware and Sturgis begin digging, the mist begins to lift. Too many coincidences. Facts turn out to be anything but. And as they soon discover, very real threats lurking in the present. This is Delaware/Sturgis at their best: traversing the beautiful but forbidding place known as Los Angeles and exhuming the past in order to bring a vicious killer to justice.

Author : Susan Harrison,Nishanta Rajakaruna
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520948457

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Serpentine by Susan Harrison,Nishanta Rajakaruna Pdf

Serpentine soils have long fascinated biologists for the specialized floras they support and the challenges they pose to plant survival and growth. This volume focuses on what scientists have learned about major questions in earth history, evolution, ecology, conservation, and restoration from the study of serpentine areas, especially in California. Results from molecular studies offer insight into evolutionary patterns, while new ecological research examines both species and communities. Serpentine highlights research whose breadth provides context and fresh insights into the evolution and ecology of stressful environments.

Author : Mark Laita
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1419706306

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Serpentine by Mark Laita Pdf

Photographer Mark Laita unveils a pantheon of spectacular snakes in this electrifying collection. Inciting both allure and alarm, shining pastel pythons and vibrant green vipers slither across the pages. An illuminating essay by William T. Vollmann accompanies the images, delving into the associations with snakes that haunt our collective imagination. From the iridescent blue Malaysian coral snake to the candy-cane-striped albino Honduran milk snake, the aptly named beautiful pit viper, and the gleaming black mamba, the world's most dangerous and gorgeous snakes are pictured in Serpentine, showing off their fascinating colors and textures--as well as the sensual forms their movement creates. Through Laita's lens, there is nothing they can do, no position they can take, that fails to be anything but mesmerizing.

Author : Cindy Pon
Publisher : Month9Books, LLC
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781942664598

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Serpentine by Cindy Pon Pdf

Inspired by the rich history of Chinese mythology, this sweeping fantasy is set in the ancient Kingdom of Xia and tells the coming of age story of Skybright, a young girl who worries about her growing otherness. As she turns 16, Skybright notices troubling changes. By day, she is a companion and handmaid to the youngest daughter of a very wealthy family. But nighttime brings with it a darkness that not even daybreak can quell. When her plight can no longer be denied, Skybright learns that despite a dark destiny, she must struggle to retain her sense of self – even as she falls in love for the first time.

Author : Hans Ulrich Obrist,Kostas Stasinopoulos
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780141995328

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140 Artists' Ideas for Planet Earth by Hans Ulrich Obrist,Kostas Stasinopoulos Pdf

Through 140 drawings, thought experiments, recipes, activist instructions, gardening ideas, insurgences and personal revolutions, artists who spend their lives thinking outside the box guide you to a new worldview; where you and the planet are one. Everything here is new. We invite you to rip out pages, to hang them up at home, to draw and scribble, to cook, to meditate, to take the book to your nearest green space. Featuring Olafur Eliasson, Etel Adnan, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Jane Fonda & Swoon, Judy Chicago, Black Quantum Futurism Collective, Vivienne Westwood, Cauleen Smith, Marina Abramovic, Karrabing Film Collective, and many more.

Author : Anne Perry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 9780425284988

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Murder on the Serpentine by Anne Perry Pdf

Privately summoned by Queen Victoria when one of her closest confidantes is found murdered, Thomas Pitt navigates the secretive world of London society in what becomes the most dangerous case of his career.

Author : Christy Dietz
Publisher : Ambassador International
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781620207482

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Serpentine by Christy Dietz Pdf

Determined to survive, an orphaned Esther must fight a rising new order in a broken America. This new order, the Federation of Acceptance, enforces directives that jeopardize human rights and beliefs. Esther must decide where she stands as she faces disappearing teachers, murdered classmates, and a traitorous ex-flame. Haunted by the mistakes of her parents’ past, Esther is forced to make decisions that will affect the lives of everyone around her. On the run from the Federation in an endless quest for truth, Esther must rise up to lead a resistance of people willing to lose it all for what matters most—their God, their freedom, and an everlasting hope. Advance Praise of Serpentine This alternate future history centered on Esther reflects so much of the rhetoric we hear in these hot political days, it adds a fearsome tone. It’s almost too real. Letters left by her resistance leader parents and flashbacks to her experience in the Catholic orphanage provide a running memoir for a back story. Love, betrayal, loss, young romance, and dystopian survival. What more could you ask for? Guy L. Pace author of the Spirit Missions trilogy

Author : Earl B. Alexander,Robert G. Coleman,Todd Keeler-Wolfe,Susan P. Harrison
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780195165081

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Serpentine Geoecology of Western North America by Earl B. Alexander,Robert G. Coleman,Todd Keeler-Wolfe,Susan P. Harrison Pdf

This book is about geology, soils, and plant communities in serpentine landscapes of western North America. Aspects of the interaction of geology and soils reveal a fascinating symbiosis relating the structure, composition, and distribution of plant communities. The plants that survive are a unique group. There are some entire genera or even families of plants that are common throughout California that are poorly represented on serpentine, while other genera are more diverse on serpentine than on other soils. Serpentine rocks have dramatic effects on the vegetation that grows on them. Many common plants cannot grow on serpentine soils, leaving distinctive suites of plants to occupy serpentine habitats. The floristic diversity associated with serpentine soils formed above ultramafic rocks is surprising considering that these soils are toxic to many plants. Serpentine barrens of California often look like moonscapes but here we find numerous species of plants of low biomass that produce a richness of species rarely found in the world.

Author : Rebecca Lewin,Natalia Grabowska,Melissa Larner,Anne Stenne
Publisher : Walther Konig Verlag
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Art
ISBN : 3960987099

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Pierre Huyghe at the Serpentine by Rebecca Lewin,Natalia Grabowska,Melissa Larner,Anne Stenne Pdf

Mr. Huyghe, one of the most admired and intellectually formidable European artists of his generation. -- The New York TimesThis publication is a survey of Pierre Huyghe's practice of the last 10 years.Seminal works are focused on, along with other works that were developed simultaneously. The first of these, THE HOST AND THE CLOUD (2009 -2010), took place on a former museum in Paris; UNTILLED (2012), which was developed during documenta (13); AFTER LIFE AHEAD (2017), was conceived in a disused ice rink as part of Skulptur Projekte Münster; UUMWELT (2018), which was installed first at the Serpentine Galleries in London, and later at Luma Arles, is the culmination of a ground-breaking approach to exhibitions.A conversation between Hans Ulrich Obrist, and an essay by Dorothea von Hantelmann, offer a comprehensive discussion of this period.Drawings, diagrams, plans, text and reference images, photographs and fill stills add to over 400 pages and make this an important reference book.Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt at Serpentine Galleries, London (3 October 2018 - 10 February 2019).

Author : Diane R. Elam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Endangered plants
ISBN : MINN:31951P009595287

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Draft Recovery Plan for Serpentine Soil Species of the San Francisco Bay Area by Diane R. Elam Pdf

Author : William Henry Phillips
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Moon
ISBN : UOM:39015000680671

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The Single Serpentine Course of the Moon Round the Sun and the Earth ... by William Henry Phillips Pdf

Author : Richard Neville,Julie Clarke
Publisher : Random House
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781473574649

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On the Trail of the Serpent by Richard Neville,Julie Clarke Pdf

***NOW THE SUBJECT OF THE MAJOR BBC TV SERIES *** DISCOVER THE INCREDIBLE TRUE CRIME STORY OF SERIAL KILLER, CHARLES SOBHRAJ, AND THE RACE TO BRING HIM TO JUSTICE Charles Sobhraj remains one of the world's great con men, and as a serial killer, the story of his life and capture endures as legend. Born in Vietnam to a Vietnamese mother and Indian father, Sobhraj grew up with a fluid sense of identity, moving to France before being imprisoned and stripped of his multiple nationalities. Driven to floating from country to country, continent to continent, he became the consummate con artist, stealing passports, smuggling drugs and guns across Asia, busting out of prisons and robbing wealthy associates. But as his situation grew more perilous, he turned to murder, preying on Western tourists dropping out across the 1970s hippie route, leaving a trail of dead bodies and gruesome crime scenes in his wake. First published in 1979, but updated here to include new material, On the Trail of the Serpent draws its readers into the story of Sobhraj's life as told exclusively to journalists Richard Neville and Julie Clarke. Blurring the boundaries between true crime and novelisation, this remains the definitive book about Sobhraj - riveting tale of sex, drugs, adventure and murder.

Author : Junya Ishigami
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1908617586

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Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami Pdf