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Ben Walker novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Golden's chilling exploration of what happens when the original Pandora's Box is discovered in an ancient subterranean city, stirring international conflict and exposing the archaeological team to curses, whispers, and the terror of a legendary plague. In one ancient variation on the myth, there were two jars, one for Pandora and one for her sister, Anesidora. One contained all the blessings of the gods, the other all the world's curses. Now, in a...
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English
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Since the days of Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. In 1940, journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City -- but then committed suicide without revealing its location. In 2012, Preston joined a team of scientists using classified...
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English
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"North Chastain has always had the mysterious ability to channel energy through crystals. He and his father both have the ability, which is what the doctors believe is the cause of his father's sudden coma. But North knows that isn't the case. He's convinced it was brought on by an artifact his father had been looking for--and found. With his unique talent of channeling energy through crystals, North has the best chance at recovering the artifact,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Easter Island has mystified the world ever since the first Europeans arrived in 1722. How and why did the ancient islanders build and move nearly 900 giant statues, and how did they transform a presumed paradise into a treeless wasteland, bringing ruin upon their island and themselves? Nova explores controversial recent claims that challenge decades of previous thinking about the islanders.
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English
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"A submerged car is pulled from the bottom of the lake. The driver has been shot in the back of the head and no other bodies are found. Only the legendary Dragon's Heart remains inside. When it rises to the surface, greedy collectors from around the world gather. They'll stop at nothing to gain possession of the priceless artifact. Only one person stands in their way... Zoe Phoenix remembers nothing about her early childhood; her mother's desire to...
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Series
Heirloom secrets volume 2
Language
English
Description
Charleston, 1929: A spark forms between Eliza, a talented watercolorist, and William, a young man whose family has a longstanding feud with hers over a missing treasure. Present day: after inheriting Eliza's house and all its secrets from a mysterious benefactor, Lucy is determined to preserve the property. Declan Pinckney is set on buying her house for his family's development company. As Lucy uncovers secrets about the house, its garden, and a silver...
7) The score
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English
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Persuaded to help a desperate friend for a $6 million payday, an expert safecracker postpones his retirement to pull off one last heist with a novice thief. Their foolproof plan turns into a high risk gamble when a clash of egos threatens to bring them both down.
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"In May 1940, as the German army blitzes Europe and Parisians flee their city, the chief curator of the Musée de l'Armée is ordered to get a mysterious piece of cargo out of the country. When he arrives at the port of Le Havre and learns that his intended ship has been sunk, he places the object on a decrepit steamer that sails out under German fire. In the present day, Dirk Pitt and the NUMA agency are on a diving expedition in the English Channel...
9) Bible lands
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English
Description
Photographs and text document life in Biblical times, surveying the clothing, food, and civilizations of a wide variety of cultures, including the Israelites, Babylonians, Persians, and Romans.
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English
Description
Archaeologist Dr. Socorro "Corrie" Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally. It's been Corrie's life goal to lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle in search of the long-lost remains of her ancestor, Chimalli, an ancient warrior of the Aztec empire. But when she is invited to join an all-expenses-paid dig to do just that, Corrie is sure it's too good to be true... and she's right. As the world-renowned expert on Chimalli, by rights Corrie should...
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Series
Gideon Sable novels volume 2
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Master thief, rogue and chancer Gideon Sable is back for another fast-paced supernatural heist - and this time he has the vault of a Las Vegas casino in his sights. Judi Rifkin is one of the world's most successful collectors of the weird and unnatural. In a London underworld filled with criminals with very special talents, Judi is a force to be reckoned with. And Gideon Sable - thief, rogue, and chancer - owes her a very large favour. Judi makes...
12) Relic
Author
Series
Pendergast novels volume 1
Language
English
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Description
An unusual figurine and the Amazon Basin archaeologists who found the relic are at the heart of a mystery surrounding a series of brutal killings at New York's Museum of Natural History.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays + 3 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays (approximately 734 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Embark on the ultimate action adventure that spans continents and centuries in the spectacular Mummy trilogy ... Follow the exhilarating journeys and exploits of daring explorer Rick O'Connell and his family as they combat the evil undead from the dusty tombs of ancient Egypt to the hidden catacombs of China." -- Container.
14) Wrath of empire
Author
Series
Gods of blood and powder volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
639 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The country is in turmoil. With the capital city occupied, half a million refugees are on the march, looking for safety on the frontier, accompanied by Lady Flint's soldiers. But escaping war is never easy, and soon the battle may find them, whether they are prepared or not.
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Series
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gina "Tinkerbell" Miyoko is armed with a baby blue Magnum, a Harley blessed with Holy Water, and a Japanese mingei tucked in her pocket. She usually spends her time sniffing out delinquent dads in the San Francisco Bay area. When her friend Rose, an undercover agent scheduled to testify in an upcoming case on looted Mayan artifacts, has a stalker on her tail, she hires Tink as a bodyguard. Things get dangerous, and Tink ends up deep in a Mexican jungle,...
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