March 17th is St. Patrick's Day, a time to celebrate Ireland, a country that was made greater when Saint Patrick famously banished all its snakes. In honor of his accomplishment, please enjoy this selection of snake-themed media.
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The last snake in Ireland : a story about St. Patrick
by Sheila MacGill-Callahan Before he becomes a saint, Patrick drives all the snakes but one out of Ireland and that last one he throws into Scotland's Loch Ness. |
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A catered St. Patrick's Day
by Isis Crawford When Mike Sweeney is found floating in a vat of green beer and the nephew of one of their best customers is accused of the crime, Bernie and Libby Simmons, the owners of A Little Taste of Heaven, must find the real killer before the luck o' the Irish runs out. |
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Snake
by Christopher Mattison Describes more than three thousand species of snakes from around the world, covering the reptile's behavior, anatomy, feeding habits, habitat, and evolution and featuring more than 450 close-up photographs and illustrations. |
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The serpent king : a novel
by Jeff Zentner Struggling through his senior year of high school, where he is targeted by bullies because of his father's extreme faith, Dill teams up with fellow outcast Lydia, who is determined to escape their tiny town by pursuing a career in fashion, and Travis, whose obsession with an epic book series and a fangirl turns his reality into real-life fantasy. |
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The serpent came to Gloucester
by M. T. Anderson Rhyming text tells of a sea serpent that played off the coast of Massachusetts the summer of 1817, but when adventure seekers came from miles around to study the serpent and aggressively hunt it down, the creature eluded capture and remains a mystery even today. |
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The Essex Serpent : a novel
by Sarah Perry An American debut of an award-winning book from England is set in the late-19th century and follows the experiences of an intellectually minded young widow and a pious vicar who investigate rumors about a mythical sea creature that has been blamed for a death in coastal Essex. |
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Riverdale : all new stories. Volume one
by Brian Paterson Collects nine untold stories that take place between episodes of the CW show "Riverdale," including appearances by the Southside Serpents. |
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The serpent's shadow
by Rick Riordan Carter and Sade prepare for the ultimate confrontation with the chaos snake Apophis at the same time the House of Life magicians launch a civil war, compelling the Kanes to tap the power of an ancient spell. |
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Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark /
An unconventional archaeologist is assigned by the U.S. government to find the mystically empowered Art of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain it for their own evil use. |
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Snakes on a plane
Nelville Flynn is escorting a witness on a plane that is bound for Los Angeles. The problem is that an assassin is bent on killing the witness. The assassin releases a crate containing about 450 deadly snakes onto the same plane. Nelville finds out and he becomes bent on doing his job and getting the snakes back where they belong - on land. If the snakes won't cooperate with Nelville, he will just have to send the snakes on to snake heaven. |
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Anaconda
In the search for a lost civilization, a young film crew is hijacked by a hunter obsessed with a mythic, man-eating snake. |