Ergebnis für "snakebite" in Literatur & Belletristik

The Western Maryland, Garret family, struggle to maintain their farm as their neighbors argue the slavery issue. They live in a border state where folks take both sides and emotions run hot. Their stoic matriarch, known only as "Mother" holds the family together in the absence of her dead husband. The deceased patriarch, Valentine, was a giant of a man both in stature and character. He acts as the family conscience and mentor throughout the novel. It is his admonition that people who get snakebit think and act crazy which is how he viewed the state of the country when he died.

Only in Florida: An eastern diamondback rattlesnake appears in the middle of a crowded downtown nightclub, sending one victim to the emergency room. Maddy Finnegan, single mother and Orlando Police detective, is tasked with figuring out the crime. Days later, the stakes escalate to murder, after several western diamondbacks show up in a local synagogue, one sinking its fangs into the neck of a young worshipper.

John LaRue was professor of herpetology at Louisiana State University when a green anaconda wrapped around him one night at John's previous research place. The LSU professor was rescued by Jacob Gigue, his assistant. Both were guarding the Atchafalaya River Basin from constrictor snakes transported from the Everglades of Florida by a narcissistic criminal parading within academic circles as an international scientist.

After recovering her memories at great personal cost, Quinn MacKenna finds herself reliving those moments she thought lost forever. What she could not know, however, was that doing so would not only expose the brutal truths behind her very existence but entangle her in the lives of so many others—a list that includes notorious figures with surnames like Temple, Solomon, and Ambrosius.

Jennifer and Jonathan, a showbiz couple, leave their ailing daughter in New York City to come to Hollywood, so Jonathan can audition for a film. And when Jennifer stays with her old friend Michael, a dancer turned social worker, past sins shed new light on the present in the age of AIDS.

They call me the Spider. I'm the most feared assassin in the South -- when I'm not busy at the Pork Pit cooking up the best barbecue in Ashland. As a Stone elemental, I can hear everything from the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet to the vibrations of the soaring Appalachian Mountains above me. My Ice magic also comes in handy for making the occasional knife. But I don't use my powers on the job unless I absolutely have to. Call it professional pride.

After clashing fiercely with Fellhorn's followers, Argrave has been forever altered by the desert's crucible. Awaiting him as he makes his way back to his homeland are faces from the past – friends and foes, all unprepared for his transformation. Argrave now ventures into the core of a land besieged by plague, forced to ally with his unpredictable, fervently passionate brother: Orion. Wielding strength that borders on the mythical, Orion might just hold the key to quelling the foul force spawning the unnatural pestilence.

Once they were a band of mercenaries who shook the pillars of the world through their cunning, their closely guarded alchemical brews and stone-cold steel. Whoever met their price won. Now, their glory days behind them and their genius leader in hiding, the warriors known as the Twenty are being hunted down and eliminated one by one. A lifetime of enemies has its own price.

China: 1200 AD. Guo Jing has confronted Apothecary Huang, his sweetheart Lotus' father, on Peach Blossom Island, and bested the villainous Gallant Ouyang in three trials to win her hand in marriage. But now, along with his sworn brother, Zhou Botong of the Quanzhen Sect, and his shifu, Count Seven Hong, chief of the Beggar Clan, he has walked into a trap. Tricked by Huang into boarding an unseaworthy barge, they will surely drown unless Lotus - who has overheard her father's plans - can find a way to save them.

This is the story of Mary, a young girl born in a beautiful city full of rose gardens and fluttering kites. When she is still very small, Mary meets Lanmo, a shining golden snake, who becomes her very best friend. The snake visits Mary many times; he sees her city change, become sadder as bombs drop and war creeps in. He sees Mary and her family leave their home, he sees her grow up and he sees her fall in love.

After one of the deadliest family reunions imaginable, Argrave finds himself becoming ever more entwined in the civil war engulfing the kingdom. With a steeled heart, he must plunge headfirst into this cloudy whirlpool of grudges and allegiances. His father the king remains undefeated in battle, though the rebels have come further than any before them. However the dice land, he doesn't intend to join this fight without allies.

William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters, and audiences today still enjoy the same reactions - shock, sadness, fear - that they did more than 400 years ago when these plays were first performed. But how realistic are these deaths, and did Shakespeare have the knowledge to back them up? Kathryn Harkup turns her discerning scientific eye to the Bard and the varied and creative ways his characters die.

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an audiobook benefiting children orphaned and impacted by HIV/AIDS in South Africa, featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson,

Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, Alan Rickman, Blair Underwood, and more.

Snakebite Horrorcast is your fortnightly journey through the world of Horror films! Hosted by Mark Goddard of Snakebite Horror Reviews he is joined by Reluctant film lover Niall Whitlock and the odd one Marcus Wallace as they give their thoughts on what should be kept and what goes in the bin!Also on the feed is Franchise Players podcast. Join Mark and his co-host Chloe Davies of Groovie Movie Reviews as the tackle movie franchises film by film.Subscribe to our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/snakebitehorrorcastFollow us on twitter @snakebitehorror & @pod_players and also over on Letterboxed @...

The Snakebite Horrorcast network is the home for all podcast content here at Snakebite Horror. We have the main Podcast Snakebite Horrorcast, our fourtnightly podcast showcasing the best and worst of horror movies. Invasion of the Pody People, our monthly News and topic show hosted by Russ Bailey Bloody Good Reads, our book based interview podcast Follow us on twitter @snakebitehorror & @pod_players and also over on Letterboxed @snakebitevault

In the murky swamplands of Southeast Texas, where Spanish moss drapes ancient oaks like funeral shrouds, stands a decaying mansion with a blood-soaked history. They call it "The Bonehouse," and its walls hold secrets darker than the blackest bayou waters. Lorelei Morgan, a hard-drinking L.A. private investigator with more debts than dollars, is desperate enough to take on a job that reeks of danger and madness. Her mission? Uncover the truth behind local legends of hidden treasure and unspeakable crimes within the rotting halls of the Bonehouse.

Part historical drama, part character study, and part rock-bio, this audacious reimagining challenges everything you thought you knew about the Lizard King. It's a journey through the doors of perception, where the boundaries between art, identity, and reality dissolve in a psychedelic haze.

Blood Good Reads is a flag ship podcast from Bloody Good Screen where host Mark Goddard interviews amazing horror authors and invites them to talk about three books they love. The podcast will also delve in to the careers of the authors to find what makes them the writers they are today. We also host the Movie Club podcast aswell. Follow us over on Twitter @bloodygoodreads Any suggestions of authors you would like to hear on the show? email us:bloodygoodreads@hotmail.co.uk‘RSSVERIFY’

Pete Corbin sought escape on the open water, hoping to leave his troubles behind. But as the shores of St. Croix fade into the horizon, he finds himself trapped in a nightmare far more terrifying than anything he could have imagined. "Albatross" is a gripping psychological thriller that blurs the lines between sanity and delusion, guilt and innocence.

In the shadow of the Berkshire Mountains, ancient curses don’t sleep — they wait. When James Leonard inherits his father’s remote cabin following his suspicious death, he’s forced to confront more than just his grief. Kelli Hart, daughter of a local bookstore owner, arrives at his door seeking help in finding her missing father. Together they unearth their families’ twisted connection to Johanna Logan, an Irish witch burned alive in 1784 alongside her mysterious black cat.