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1) Havana storm
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 23
Language
English
Description
"While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous--a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt's children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are on an investigation of their own, chasing an Aztec stone that may reveal the whereabouts of a vast historical Aztec treasure. The problem is, that...
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 25
Language
English
Description
The murders of a team of United Nations scientists in El Salvador. A deadly collision in the waterways off the city of Detroit. An attack by tomb raiders on an archaeological site along the banks of the Nile. Is there a link between these violent events? The answer may lie in the tale of an Egyptian princess forced to flee the armies of her father three thousand years ago. NUMA Director Dirk Pitt travels to Scotland in search of answers about the...
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 16
Language
English
Description
Marine explorer Dirk Pitt must rely on the nautical lore of Jules Verne to stop a ruthless oil baron with his sights set on political power in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
In the middle of its maiden voyage, a luxury cruise ship using revolutionary new engines suddenly catches fire and sinks. Its alarms stay silent; its sprinkler system remains inactive. Nearby NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt notices...
In the middle of its maiden voyage, a luxury cruise ship using revolutionary new engines suddenly catches fire and sinks. Its alarms stay silent; its sprinkler system remains inactive. Nearby NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt notices...
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 2
Language
English
Description
Dirk Pitt rides a tidal wave of intrigue in this classic Cussler.
On an isolated Greek island, a World War I fighter plane attacks a modern U.S. Air Force base—a mysterious saboteur preys on an American scientific expedition—and Dirk Pitt plays a deadly game of hunter and hunted with the elusive head of an international smuggling ring.
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 21
Language
English
Description
NUMA director Dirk Pitt searches for the connections among newly discovered Roman artifacts, the rise of a fundamentalist movement, and the existence of a mysterious long-lost "manifest, " which, if discovered again, may change the history of the world.
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 22
Language
English
Description
Ruthless Austrian entrepreneur Edward Bolcke has managed to steal a crucial component of the U.S. Navy's latest submarine technology--and he has found a way to hijack the world's supply of rare earth minerals. The three Pitts, along with longstanding sidekick Al Giordino, use their usual mix of brains and brawn to see that justice is served
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Series
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 14
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
511 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 4
Language
English
Description
The President's secret task force has developed an unprecedented defensive weapon that relies on an extremely rare radioactive element, and Dirk Pitt has followed a twisted trail to a secret cache of the substance. Now, racing against brutal storms, Soviet spies, and a ticking clock, Pitt begins his most thrilling mission--to raise from its watery grave the shipwreck of the century.
10) Sahara: a novel
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 11
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1992]
Physical Desc
541 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
11) Atlantis found
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 15
Language
English
Description
Marine explorer Dirk Pitt faces off against an elite army from an era gone-by in order to uncover the secrets of an ancient civilization in this #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
A group of anthropologists uncover strange inscriptions on the wall of a Colorado mine just as an explosion traps them deep within the earth. But their work won’t stay buried long. Dirk Pitt is on hand during the blast and quick to initiate...
A group of anthropologists uncover strange inscriptions on the wall of a Colorado mine just as an explosion traps them deep within the earth. But their work won’t stay buried long. Dirk Pitt is on hand during the blast and quick to initiate...
12) Arctic drift
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 20
Language
English
Description
A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming . . . a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia . . . a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war . . . NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to...
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 13
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
537 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
14) Night probe!
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 6
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1982.
Edition
Bantam paperback edition.
Physical Desc
345 pages : maps ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 5
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1978.
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An African terrorist group acquires two canisters containing a virulent organism and threatens to attack Washington, D.C.
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 11
Publisher
Pocket Star Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Pocket Star Books paperback edition.
Physical Desc
693 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dirk Pitt searches for a 2500-year-old pharaoh, investigates a biological disaster that threatens the world's oxygen supply, rescues a gorgeous international diplomat from imminent assassination, uncovers a nuclear waste spill that turns thousands of tribal Africans into crazed cannibals, solves the disappearance of an aviator over the Sahara in the 1930s, and reveals the great unknown secret behind the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
18) Cyclops
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 8
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Pocket books paperback edition.
Physical Desc
614 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A wealthy American financier disappears on a treasure hunt in an antique blimp. From Cuban waters, the blimp drifts toward Florida with a crew of dead men--Soviet cosmonauts. Dirk Pitt discovers a shocking scheme: a covert group of US industrialists has put a colony on the moon, a secret base they will defend at any cost. Threatened in space, the Russians are about to strike a savage blow in Cuba--and only NUMA's Dirk Pitt can stop them. From a Cuban...
19) Iceberg
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First G.P. Putnam's Sons Premium edition.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A routine survey mission over the North Atlantic exposes a missing luxury yacht frozen inside a million-ton mass of ice. The ship had vanished en route to a secret Whtie House rendezvous, making it the responsibility of the National Underwater and Marine Agency to find out what happened. In other words, it's time for Dirk Pitt to cut his vacation short and get back to work." -- back of cover.
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 24
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A desperate attempt in 1917 to preserve the wealth and power of the Romanov Empire. A Cold War bomber lost with a deadly cargo. Mysterious deaths on the Black Sea linked to modern day smugglers of nuclear materials. At the center of it all is Dirk Pitt and his team from NUMA. As the danger escalates, there's only one man who can avert catastrophe. From London to Washington, from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, the action never stops, as Pitt races...
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