{"product_id":"bat-tales-mark-batmale-9780997599701","title":"Bat Tales: True Stories of Adventure, Nature, Wildlife and Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark Batmale is a lifelong adventurer with a sense of humor and a gentle spirit. In his true stories he introduces a host of memorable characters, ranging from the genteel to the hardcore. Batmale masterfully weaves tales of excitement, wonder, humor, heart and triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBat\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTales\u003c\/em\u003e will bring you to the edge of an erupting volcano in Guatemala, with red-hot rocks whizzing by; to Switzerland where one step too many triggers an avalanche and to an old bridge where a kayaker is willingly thrown off. There's also a trip to Lava Falls in the Grand Canyon for a ridiculous stunt and to Colorado for a quirky triathlon that descends 9,000 vertical feet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe reader will meet a pair of six-year-old girls, one holding a pink butterfly net and the other sitting on a pink Barbie bike. There's a paraglider pilot who disappears in the Alps and a skier who makes a gut-wrenching descending of an ever steepening couloir, with no idea where it is leading. We meet a long distance backpacker with a lonely heart on his seventeenth 1000-mile walk, an exuberant slang-slinging Aussie, and a scantily clad huntress hassling a porcupine in the Yukon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author's compassion for wildlife is portrayed in his encounters with a tragic pair of mated golden eagles, a bear slurping chocolate milk who becomes seriously irritated when interrupted, and two rattlesnakes, one resting but the other startled and agitated. There is an owl and a skunk in grave predicaments along with a gray jay dangling from a fishing line.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA short campfire \"sermon\" by a wacky \"preacher\" which might spark the reader's curiosity about the universe, and a boneheaded incident with a porcupine that may have the reader wonder about karma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBatmale regales us an account of the most dramatic meteor shower in half a century. He also shares stories of rescues. Some are simple but in one the author lives up to his childhood nickname, Batman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne doesn't need to be an adrenaline junkie or outdoor enthusiast to enjoy this collection. The stories have a life component that many people can relate to. \u003cem\u003eBat\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTales\u003c\/em\u003e is written with a sense of humor and the author freely shares a few of his mistakes and mishaps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Batmale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0997599707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997599701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Batmale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Mark Batmale","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520310952191,"sku":"9780997599701","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23471248-25f8-4f06-857b-34130300f790.jpg?v=1762884828","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bat-tales-mark-batmale-9780997599701","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}