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Rarities Unlimited volume 2
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English
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Risa Sheridan knows everything there is to know about gold -- its history, its secrets, its allure, its perils. Her boss, Shane Tannahill, is addicted to the stuff, having already made the precious metal the theme of his ultrasuccessful Las Vegas gambling establishment, the Golden Fleece. Now an ancient Celtic piece is being offered to Shane for his collection, and the casino owner is hooked. But though she shares Shane's enthusiasm, Risa is wary...
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Pendergast novels volume 8
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English
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Taking Constance on an international tour to expose her to a world she has never experienced, FBI agent Pendergast visits the Tibetan monastery where he received martial arts training, only to learn that a rare and dangerous artifact has been stolen.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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Kurt Austin, along with other members of the National Underwater and Maritime Agency's Special Assignments Team, becomes involved in the quest to retrieve an ancient Phoenician statue, known as the Navigator, stolen from a Baghdad museum, which is believed to be connected to the lost Ark of the Covenant, Thomas Jefferson, and a top-secret scientific project.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Emily agreed to wed Philips, the Viscount Ashton, primarily to escape her overbearing mother. Philip's death while on safari soon after their wedding left Emily feeling little grief, for she barely knew the dashing stranger. But her discovery of his journals nearly two years later reveals a far different man than she imagined-a gentleman scholar and antiquities collector who apparently loved his new wife deeply. Emily's desire to learn more of her...
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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 42
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
730L
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English
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Frank and Joe Hardy meet many adventures while trying to recover a valuable stolen artifact in the Northwest Territories
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Roger Atwood knows more about the market for ancient objects than almost anyone. He knows where priceless antiquities are buried, who is digging them up, and who is fencing and buying them. In this fascinating book, Atwood takes readers on a journey through Iraq, Peru, Hong Kong, and across America, showing how the worldwide antiquities trade is destroying what's left of the ancient sites before archaeologists can reach them, and thus erasing their...
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Brady Coyne mysteries volume 10
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English
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Boston lawyer Brady Coyne investigates the theft of a collection of gold jaguar figurines stolen from one of his former clients.
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"Tells the dark and compelling stories of iconic cultural objects that were stolen, smuggled or sold, and eventually returned back to their original owner. This book is structured as a series of vivid stories in which the reader joins the author as she uncovers a cultural treasure and follows its often-convoluted trail. Along the way author and reader encounter a cast of fascinating characters from the underbelly of the cultural world: unscrupulous...
12) Guilty pleasures
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Lina Townend mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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The last way antiques dealer Lina Townend wants to spend a summer's afternoon is helping at a church ft̊e. However, Robin, the vicar, is an old friend, so Lina ends up selling bric-a-brac. But a harmless event turns into a crisis when someone tries to steal a tatty old snuff box. Tatty it might be, but it's valuable enough for the would-be thief to attack Griff, her dear mentor, to frame Lina for a crime, and to kill an old friend. And maybe other...
13) The codex
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Maxwell Broadbent left behind a videotape after he mysteriously disappeared. A notorious treasure hunter and tomb robber, Broadbent accumulated over a half a billion dollars' worth of priceless art, gems, and artifacts before vanishing, along with his entire collection, from his mansion in New Mexico. As a final challenge to his three sons, he has buried himself and his treasure somewhere in the world. If the sons wish to claim their inheritance,...
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In 1074 B.C., vast treasures disappear from the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs. In 1927, a daredevil American aviator vanishes on an attempted transcontinental flight. And in the present day, a fishing trawler -- along with its mysterious cargo -- sinks off the coast of Scotland. How are these three mysterious events connected? And, more importantly, what do they mean for Kurt Austin and his NUMA team? As they search for answers, the NUMA squad join the...
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"Stolen art. A New Mexico archaeological dig. An abandoned dog. And a secret that's worth killing for. Evelyn McTavishs world came crashing down with the suicide of her fianc©♭. As she struggles to put her life back together and make a living from her art, she receives a call that her dog is about to be destroyed at the pound. Except she doesn't own a dog. But the shelter is adamant that the microchip embedded in the canine with her name and address...
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Mara Coyne's new client has left her uneasy. Republican kingmaker Richard Tobias has hired her, he says, because of her skill in recovering stolen art and advocating for the rightful owners, but Mara senses that he is not telling her everything. Tobias reveals that a centuries-old map was stolen from an archaeological dig he is sponsoring in China, and he wants her to get it back. But as Mara begins her investigation, she uncovers the shocking truth:...
17) Empire of gold
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Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase possess extraordinary pieces of an ancient puzzle that leads them from Singapore to the jungles of South America. Inside a storm of political and drug warfare, Nina is getting close to one of history's greatest secrets: the mythical golden city of El Dorado. As one discovery unveils another, Nina realizes that a legendary Incan leader made a deal with his Spanish captors-and hid forever the real El Dorado. Now, Nina and...
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While the world is waiting breathlessly for archaeologists to break into a long-hidden vault beneath the Great Sphinx, student Macy Sharif discovers that a religious cult is already raiding the site, looking for a map to the lost Pyramid of Osiris. Threatened by the cult, she seeks help from the American archaeologist, Nina Wilde. Nina and her husband, ex-SAS bodyguard Eddy Chase, go on a treasure hunt from the streets of Manhattan to a yacht off...
19) The tale teller
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Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 5
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 05
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito novel volume 05
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 23
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Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 05
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito novel volume 05
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 23
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Joe Leaphorn may have retired from the Tribal Police, but he finds himself knee-deep in a perplexing case involving a priceless artifact -- a reminder of a dark time in Navajo history. Joe's been hired to find a missing biil, a traditional dress that had been donated to the Navajo Nation. His investigation takes a sinister turn when the leading suspect dies under mysterious circumstances and Leaphorn himself receives anonymous warnings to beware --...
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School for dukes volume 2
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English
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When a priceless relic is stolen from the British Museum, archaeologist India Rochester must team up with Daniel Bonds, the Duke of Ravenwood, the antiquities hunter who broke her heart, to find the artifact and save her career.
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