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1) Old bones
Author
Series
Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The #1 NYT bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense.
Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called "Lost Camp" of the tragic Donner Party. This was a group of pioneers...
Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called "Lost Camp" of the tragic Donner Party. This was a group of pioneers...
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 17
Publisher
HarperAudio
Language
English
Description
A Great War has ended, but evil still casts a long shadow over a violence-scarred land. One woman -- an adventurer and archaeologist with a brilliant mind -- must now confront a dreadful adversary more fiendish and formidable than any she has ever encountered. But by doing so, she may be feeding the flames of a devastating firestorm that threatens the fragile lives of the tender and innocent.
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Series
Fargo adventures volume 5
Language
English
Description
Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are in Mexico, when they come upon a remarkable discovery: the skeleton of a man clutching an ancient sealed pot, and within the pot, a Mayan book, larger than anyone has ever seen. The book contains astonishing information about the Mayans, about their cities, and about mankind itself. The secrets are so powerful that some people would do anything to possess them--the Fargos are about to find out.
Author
Series
Pendergast novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
In one of NPR's 100 Best Thrillers Ever, FBI agent Pendergast discovers thirty-six murdered bodies in a New York City charnel house . . . and now, more than a century later, a killer strikes again.
In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered.
Inside are thirty-six bodies—all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago.
While FBI agent Pendergast investigates the old crimes, identical killings start...
In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered.
Inside are thirty-six bodies—all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago.
While FBI agent Pendergast investigates the old crimes, identical killings start...
6) Atlantis
Author
Series
Jack Howard novels volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Marine archaeologist Jack Howard has stumbled upon the keys to an ancient puzzle. With a crack team of scientific experts and ex-Special Forces commandos, he is heading for what he believes could be the greatest archaeological find of all time-the site of fabled Atlantis-while a ruthless adversary watches his every move and prepares to strike. But neither Jack nor his adversary could have imagined what awaits them in the murky depths-not only a shocking...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes the final novel in the Cordina's Royal Family series—a thrilling tale of deception and desire...
For a few blessed weeks, Princess Camilla de Cordina plans on leaving her imperial duties behind to be commoner Camilla MacGee. Working for archaeologist Delaney Caine in rural Vermont seems the perfect escape, but her handsome employer is also an utterly cantankerous...
For a few blessed weeks, Princess Camilla de Cordina plans on leaving her imperial duties behind to be commoner Camilla MacGee. Working for archaeologist Delaney Caine in rural Vermont seems the perfect escape, but her handsome employer is also an utterly cantankerous...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
A LEGENDARY WEAPON. A RUTHLESS ASSASSIN. A PERILOUS HUNT. Excalibur. Legend has it that he who carries King Arthur's mighty sword into battle will be invincible. But for more than a thousand years, the secret to the whereabouts of this powerful weapon has been lost...until now. Archaeologist Nina Wilde is hoping for a little R&R with her fiance, former SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase. But the couple's plans are dashed when a meeting with an old acquaintance...
9) Diablo Mesa
Author
Series
Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 3
Language
English
Description
Responding to the promise of a hefty donation from an eccentric billionaire with space travel ambitions, the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute excavates the site of the 1947 Roswell incident and immediately uncovers two unknown murder victims.
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 12
Language
English
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Description
Hearing that an English adventurer plans to search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem, Emerson and Amelia Peabody go after him in order to prevent an inept excavation and the possibility of armed protest in 1910 Palestine.
12) Babylon rising
Author
Series
Babylon rising volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
13) Birthright
Author
Language
English
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Description
When a backhoe blade hits a 5,000-year-old human skull, archaeologist Callie Dunbrook is called to excavate the site. She almost quits when she finds her new partner is her ex-husband, Jake, but it turns out that he is only the beginning of her problems.
14) The tombs
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Series
Language
English
Description
It's a prize beyond imagination. When an archaeologist excavating a top secret historical site realizes the magnitude of his discovery he requests help from treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo. And in rushing to join him, the husband and wife team are thrown into their most daring quest to date. The clues point to the hidden tomb of Attila the Hun, the High King who was reportedly buried with a vast fortune of gold and jewels and plunder, a bounty...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Description
On a Danish shore, a Vatican priest is found—hanging on a cross. The next day, the same crime is repeated…this time in Asia and Africa. Meanwhile, deep in the legendary catacombs near Orvieto, Italy, an archeologist unearths a scroll dating back two thousand years, revealing secrets that could rock the foundations of Christianity. Its discovery makes him the most wanted criminal in all of Europe. But his most dangerous enemies operate...
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Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 20
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Egypt, 1912. Amelia Peabody and her dashing archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti and Amelia finds herself the target of assassins in this long-awaited,eagerly anticipated final installment of Elizabeth Peters's bestselling, beloved mystery series"--
17) Chosen
Author
Series
Full circle series volume 5
Publisher
Books in Motion
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Alexana is willing to risk her life to make history, & nothing--not even love--will stand in her way! As supervisor of the historically significat Solomon's Stables dig, archaeologist Alexana Rourke, grad school friend of Dr. Christina Alvarez (Treasure), knows she's in serios danger. Yet she's determined that nothing will impede her excavations under the Temple Mount, not even the concern of handsome, world-reknowned news correspondant Ridge
...18) Century rain
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Three hundred years from now, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. Archaeologist Verity Auger specializes in the exploration of its surviving landscape. Now, her expertise is required for a far greater purpose. Something astonishing has been discovered at the far end of a wormhole: mid-twentieth-century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Somewhere on this alternate planet is a device...
19) Garden of lies
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
"When Ursula Kern, proprietor of the Kern Secretarial Agency, discovers the body of one of her best secretaries, she immediately suspects murder. But no one, including the police, believes her. So Ursula seeks the help of her newest and most mysterious client, Slater Roxton"--
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