Sacred serpents articles
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Chuckwalla National Monument would protect swath of California desert and preserve a sacred land
Thomas Tortez Jr. leads a group across a gravelly wash in Painted Canyon, at the spot where his Cahuilla tribal ancestors once lived in a village. The solar eclipse is underway. Suddenly, a strange yelp echoes from a ridge of craggy outcroppings. Perhaps the yelp comes from a hiker who's been struck with awe while climbing ladders into terraced slot canyons that seem to funnel echoes to the heavens. Maybe it’s a coyote crying out as the moon passes partway in front of the sun, briefly cooling...
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Ken Doherty urges snooker chiefs to keep World Championship at ‘sacred’ Crucible
The deal to play the tournament at the Sheffield venue expires in 2027.
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A Plague of Serpents by K.J. Maitland: packed with real history, treachery and espionage – book review –
And as the monarch’s enemies prepare to strike again, the king’s most mysterious intelligencer, Daniel Pursglove – a man with a past and an uncertain future – is tasked with infiltrating the plotters, or face incarceration in notorious Newgate Gaol and, ultimately, a traitor’s death. Karen Maitland, much-loved author of a string of spooky medieval mysteries but writing here as K.J. Maitland, returns with her intriguing Crown spy Daniel Pursglove in the fourth and final book of a thrilling...