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Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In 2012, a New York auction catalogue boasted an unusual offering: "a superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton." In fact, it was T. bataar, a close cousin to the most famous animal that ever lived. The fossils had been unearthed in Mongolia, more than 6,000 miles away. When the gavel sounded the winning bid was over $1 million. 38-year-old Floridian Eric Prokopi was the man who had brought this extraordinary skeleton to market. Prokopi's singular obsession with...
2) Memory jars
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Freda uses jars to save everything from a chocolate chip cookie to the full moon, just as her grandmother saves summer blueberries. Includes a recipe for blueberry jam.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Mary W. Chase died on Nantucket Island just over one hundred years ago, but she is still there, in the house she once lived in, and she wants to keep it that way-- but first she must somehow contact a group of children who are interested in preserving historic homes on the island.
4) The beetle
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Language
English
Description
"First published in 1897, Richard Marsh's classic work of gothic horror, The Beetle, opens with Robert Holt, an out-of-work clerk seeking shelter in an abandoned house. He comes face to face with a fantastical creature with supernatural and hypnotic powers; a creature who can transform at will between its human and beetle forms and who wrecks havoc when he preys on young middle-class Britons. Featuring an introduction by bestselling author Chelsea...
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Language
English
Description
"Anthropologist Sophia Shepard is researching the impact of tourism on cultural sites in a remote national monument on the Utah-Arizona border when she unexpectedly crosses paths with two small-time criminals. The Ashdown brothers were hired to steal maps from a collector of Native American artifacts, but instead of delivering as promised, the brothers are out to strike it rich. But their ineptitude has alerted the local sheriff to their presence--and...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Dante expert David Franco tracks down the whereabouts of a mirror bearing an image of the legendary Medusa which was possibly crafted by Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini. But David will need help if he is to find the clues scattered through art and history to the mirror's current location. And there are others who have heard of the mirror's powers, and they will stop at nothing to find it.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
From the blockbuster, eleven-time New York Times bestselling author comes a novel of medical suspense that begins with these chilling questions: Who ends up with the blood samples you routinely give for tests? What else are they being used for? Why don't you know?
Take a Deep Breath. . . .
In Boston, a disgraced medical student is sent to deliver a research paper that could save her career. . . . Four thousand miles away, in
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Language
English
Description
The year is 1876. Among the warring Indian tribes and lawless gold-rush towns of America's western territories, two paleontologists pillage the Wild West. They are hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled Yale student William Johnson. Determined to survive a summer in the west to win...
Author
Publisher
New Riders
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 273 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Photographers, videographers, and other creative content makers are dealing with a new world of media that presents the challenge of managing all their raw and prepared data produced in the creative process. The framework for managing this data must go beyond Digital Asset Management (DAM) to the holistic data lifecycle perspective. Enter Photographer's Guide to the Digital Lifecycle . Offering much more than a DAM book--this is a comprehensive guide...
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In The Past and Future City, Stephanie Meeks, the president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, describes in detail, and with unique empirical research, the many ways that saving and restoring historic fabric can help a city create thriving neighborhoods, good jobs, and a vibrant economy. She explains the critical importance of preservation for all our communities, the ways the historic preservation field has evolved to embrace the challenges...
11) Acqua alta
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Language
English
Description
“A dramatic and deeply satisfying climax . . . a high-stakes mystery in which the setting vibrates with as much life as the story itself.” —Publishers Weekly
As Venice braces for a winter tempest, intrepid Italian sleuth Commissario Guido Brunetti finds out that an archaeologist and old friend has been savagely beaten at the palazzo home of opera singer Flavia Petrelli.
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As Venice braces for a winter tempest, intrepid Italian sleuth Commissario Guido Brunetti finds out that an archaeologist and old friend has been savagely beaten at the palazzo home of opera singer Flavia Petrelli.
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Publisher
ATD Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Using case studies and relevant examples, this thorough book shows you how to elevate the most important content from an endless sea of learning information and offers strategies to better connect with your audience. --
13) The water room
Author
Series
Bryant and May mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
Arthur Bryant and John May of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit investigate when an elderly woman is found dead inside her own home with her lungs filled with river water, and they encounter a killer with a unique motive for murder.
Author
Series
Rick Montoya Italian mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
When a school friend who is now senior in the Italian Art Squad recruits Rick for an unofficial undercover role to flush out priceless burial urn traffickers, he soon becomes a suspect a suspect in the death of a gallery employee.
Author
Series
Publisher
Morgan Kaufmann
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xviii, 291 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
With the amount of data a business accumulates now doubling every 12 to 18 months, IT professionals need to know how to develop a system for archiving important database data, in a way that both satisfies regulatory requirements and is durable and secure. This important and timely new book explains how to solve these challenges without compromising the operation of current systems. It shows how to do all this as part of a standardized archival process...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A collection of David vs. Goliath stories"--
After losing her beloved in-laws in the spring of 2020, Janice faced a storm of grief and confusion. And once she learned that thousands of Covid-infected patients were deliberately sent to nursing homes, she took on the man she believed was responsible: Governor Andrew Cuomo. What at first seemed like a futile fight ended with Cuomo's historic resignation. But it caused Janice to wonder: What fuels someone's...
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 89
Language
English
Description
The Aldens take part in a hunt at a gem mine and discover that someone is out to sabotage the contest.
Author
Publisher
Syngress
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Covers the complete lifecycle of digital evidence and the chain of custody. This handbook includes international procedures, best practices, compliance, and a companion web site with downloadable forms. It provides a guide to proper procedure throughout the chain of custody--from incident response through analysis in the lab.
Author
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling novelist, a stunning historical novel that follows the story of Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot, two extraordinary 19th century fossil hunters who changed the scientific world forever.
On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, poor and uneducated Mary learns that she has a unique gift: "the eye" to spot ammonites and other fossils no one else can see. When she uncovers...
On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, poor and uneducated Mary learns that she has a unique gift: "the eye" to spot ammonites and other fossils no one else can see. When she uncovers...
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