Ebook: The soul of the rhino: a Nepali adventure with kings and elephant drivers, billionaires, and bureaucrats, shamans and scientists, and the Indian rhinoceros

"A spirited yet humble account of one man's scientific career and personal journey to save the endangered rhinoceros in his native Nepal."--;Prologue: a tryst with destiny -- Close encounters with the unicorn kind -- Cheating Yama, the god of death -- A tale of the Terai -- Rhino roots -- Clash of cultures -- Medicine or myth? -- Learning from the West -- Wilderness blues -- Poverty, rhinos, tigers, and tourists in Chitwan -- George of the jungle -- Killing mothers to snatch babies -- Science and shamanism -- Kidnapping baby rhinos for an American zoo -- Taming Texas rhinos -- Popes, kings, queens, and the rhino -- Palace intrigues -- Rookie at the royal rhino hunt -- Rhino versus royalty -- Prayers in the dusk -- Moving rhinos -- A new home for the rhinos -- Epilogue: hope or uncertainty on a Himalayan scale.