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The golden one The golden one Elizabeth Peters PerfectBound e-book extras: "Egytian Diary: The Amelia Peabody Expedition"; "A Nice, Practical Career for a Woman": A Conversation with Elizabeth Peters; "The Amelia Peabody Mysteries"It is 1917, and… OL10507784W
Birthright Birthright Nora Roberts,Michel Ganstel When five-thousand-year-old human bones are found at a construction site in the small town of Woodsboro, the news draws archaeologist Callie Dunbrook out of her sabbatical and into a whirlwind of adv… OL111543W
Stolen Fury Stolen Fury Elisabeth Naughton The heroine is an archaeologist looking for three ancient Greek artifacts called the Furies, and the hero is a thief who tried to seduce her to get the Furies for himself. OL13752919W
The Pyramid of Doom The Pyramid of Doom Andy McDermott A BURIED EGYPTIAN TEMPLE. A SECRET KEPT FOR 6,000 YEARS. A RACE FOR LIFE WORTH KILLING FOR. An international TV audience waits breathlessly as archaeologists prepare to break into a long-hidde… OL14956271W
The Secret of Excalibur The Secret of Excalibur Andy McDermott 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,… OL14956272W
The clouds beneath the sun The clouds beneath the sun Mackenzie Ford Kenya, 1961. As a small plane carrying Nathalie Nelson lands at a remote airstrip in the Serengeti, Nathalie knows she's run just about as far as she can from home. Trained as an archaeologist, she h… OL14973656W
Cult of Osiris Cult of Osiris Andy McDermott In Andy McDermott's brilliant new novel, Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase are on the hunt for the lost pyramid of Osiris... The incredible secret of the Great Sphinx of Egypt is about to be revealed. An ar… OL15165411W
Paradox Paradox Alex Archer Archaeologist Annja Creed reluctantly accepts an assignment on behalf of a covert arm of the U.S. Government. She is to lead an expedition to the top of Mount Ararat to find the truth about what is t… OL15171515W
Lord of the silent Lord of the silent Elizabeth Peters In the newest "Amelia Peabody Mystery", the intrepid Egyptologist risks life, limb, and her second-best hat in 1915 Cairo. Amelia and her handsome archeologist husband defy German submarines and warr… OL15843866W
Past malice Past malice Dana Cameron As per the author's website at: http://www.danacameron.com/books.html Asked to join a dig at the site of the eighteenth-century Chandler House, archaeologist Emma Fielding and her student crew hav… OL16069797W
The Shadowy Horses The Shadowy Horses Susanna Kearsley Archeologist Verity Grey has been drawn to the dark legends of the Southern Borderlands in search of the truth behind in a rocky field by the sea. Her eccentric boss has spent his whole life search… OL16699975W
Star wars Star wars Kieron Gillen Following her time in the clutches of Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra has barely escaped with her life. If he ever learns of her survival, he'll hunt her to the ends of the galaxy. But for now, it's time f… OL19712058W
A woman in Arabia A woman in Arabia Gertrude Lowthian Bell "A portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia. One of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century and the chief architect of British policy in the Middle East after World War… OL20007749W
The lovers of Pound Hill The lovers of Pound Hill Mavis Cheek When city girl Molly Bonner arrives in Lufferton Boney, she sets off a wave of intrigue that ripples through the village, from Julie the barmaid at the Old Holly Bush, to antiques dealer Dryden Fello… OL20867189W
Jane Goodall and Mary Leakey Jane Goodall and Mary Leakey Matt Anniss A look at two of the most influential women in animal science. OL24274118W
The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody #3) The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody #3) Elizabeth Peters Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname "Father of Curses" -- and at Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission… OL272735W
The Fall of Troy The Fall of Troy Peter Ackroyd Heinrich Obermann, a celebrated German archaeologist, has uncovered the ancient ruins of Troy on a Turkish hillside. He fervently believes that his discovery will prove that the heroes of the Iliad, … OL47988W
Heart Of Fire Heart Of Fire Linda Howard A fabulous lost Amazon city once inhabited by women warriors and containing a rare red diamond: it sounded like a myth, but archaeologist Jillian Sherwood believed it was real, and she was willing to… OL491790W
More bitter than death More bitter than death Dana Cameron It's a deadly winter for archaeologist Emma Fielding as she tracks a killer in an old New Hampshire hotel, in this fifth mystery from real–life archaeologist Dana Cameron. Archaeologist Emma Fielding… OL5689773W
When I wake When I wake Rachel Lee With extraordinary candor, passion, and insight, basketball legend Larry Bird talks about the incomparable sport that made him an international superstar and one of the most respected figures in the … OL5697484W
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