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Demonica volume 3
Language
English
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After he is poisoned by an enemy, Wraith, a Seminus demon, tries to persuade archeologist Serena Kelley to give him the only thing that can save him, the powerful charm that makes her immortal as long as she remains a virgin.
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Series
Babylon rising volume 1
Language
English
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Tim LaHaye created the Left Behind Series, which has become one of the most popular fiction series of all time. Those novels, with more that 50 million copies sold, presented a unique combination of suspense and substance drawn from his lifelong study of Biblical prophecy.
Now Tim LaHaye has created a new series that begins with Babylon Rising. The novels in this new series are even faster-paced thrillers based on prophecies that are not...
Now Tim LaHaye has created a new series that begins with Babylon Rising. The novels in this new series are even faster-paced thrillers based on prophecies that are not...
4) Old bones
Author
Series
Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 1
Language
English
Description
Nora Kelly, a young but successful curator with a series of important excavations already under her belt, is approached by the handsome Historian, Guy Porter, to lead an expedition unlike any other. Guy tells his story--one involving the ill-fated Donner Party, who became permanently lodged in the American consciousness in the winter of 1847, when the first skeletonized survivors of the party stumbled out of the California mountains, replete with...
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Swift River Valley novels volume 7
Language
English
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Marine archaeologist Charlotte Bennett is no stranger to risk, but her dives into sunken wreckage are always meticulously planned. However, being the maid of honor in her cousin Samantha's English wedding gives her a new perspective on her life as a nomad who's given up on romance altogether. Though an encounter with roguish wedding guest Greg Rawlings leaves her unsettled, the other people she meets make a trip to the tranquil town of Knights Bridge,...
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Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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"Ryder. The man was just as sexy as she remembered him: tall, lean, and dangerous, a demon hunter with the body of a god... But archaeologist Angelique Deveraux has little time for lust. She's been hiding a gleaming black diamond, a prize everyone wants--including Ryder--and now she's running for her life. Hot on her trail is Ryder, a legendary demon hunter she desires but can't quite trust, a man with an insatiable need for danger and a few dark...
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Series
Babylon rising volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Tim LaHaye’s most exciting series ever, Babylon Rising, continues with this explosive new installment, including more revelations than ever before. In The Edge of Darkness, LaHaye reveals the meaning behind some of the most carefully guarded Biblical prophecies to expose a conspiracy with terrifying consequences for our modern world.
This time Michael Murphy sets off in search of the Lost Temple of Dagon and the dark secrets of...
This time Michael Murphy sets off in search of the Lost Temple of Dagon and the dark secrets of...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
40,000 years in the past, the last family of Neanderthals roams the earth. After a crushingly hard winter, their numbers are low, but Girl, the oldest daughter, is just coming of age and her family is determined to travel to the annual meeting place and find her a mate. But the unforgiving landscape takes its toll, and Girl is left alone to care for Runt, a foundling of unknown origin. As Girl and Runt face the coming winter storms, Girl realizes...
10) Bridge of gold
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English
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Underwater archaeologist Kayla Richardson is called to the Golden Gate Bridge where repairs to one of the towers uncovers two human remains from the late 1800s and the 1930s. The head of the bridge restoration is Steven Michaels, who dives with Kayla, and a friendship develops between them. But as the investigation heats up and gold is found that dates back to the gold rush, more complications come into play that threaten them both. Could clues leading...
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Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 20
Language
English
Description
Egypt, 1912—Amelia Peabody and her dashing archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti and Amelia finds herself the target of assassins in this long-awaited, eagerly anticipated final installment of Elizabeth Peters' bestselling, beloved mystery series.
Arriving in Cairo for another thrilling excavation season, Amelia is relaxing in a well-earned
...12) Island of glass
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The final Guardians Trilogy novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bay of Sighs and Stars of Fortune. As the hunt for the Star of Ice leads the six guardians to Ireland, Doyle, the immortal, must face his tragic past. Three centuries ago, he closed off his heart, yet his warrior spirit is still drawn to the wild. And there's no one more familiar with the wild than Riley--and the wolf within her... An archaeologist, Riley is no stranger...
13) Do your worst
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Sparks fly when an occult expert and a disgraced archaeologist become rivals with benefits in this steamy opposites-attract romance from "go-to author" Rosie Danan (The New York Times Book Review). Riley Rhodes finally has the chance to turn her family's knack for the supernatural into a legitimate business when she's hired to break the curse on an infamous Scottish castle. Used to working alone in her alienating occupation, she's pleasantly surprised...
14) The last remains
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Series
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English
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When builders discover a human skeleton while renovating a café, they call in archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway, who is preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department and by her ever-complicated relationship with DCI Nelson. The bones turn out to be modern--the remains of Emily Pickering, a young archaeology student who went missing in 2002. Suspicion soon falls on Emily's Cambridge tutor and also on another archeology enthusiast who was...
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English
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"Reeling from her parents' deaths, Lucy Claremont discovers an artifact in their London flat, leading her to a seaside estate. Aided by her childhood friend Dashel, a forensic astronomer, they start to unravel a history of heartbreak, sacrifice, and love begun 200 years prior - one that may heal them both"--Provided by publisher.
Lucy Clairmont's childhood fascination with stories of the high seas led her to become a marine archaeologist. When tragedy...
17) Sphinx
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
1980, c1979
Language
English
Description
Searching for a pharaoh's tomb, a young Egyptologist finds a web of corruption and murder.
18) Shadow hunters
Author
Series
Starcraft The dark templar saga volume 2
Publisher
Pocket Star Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
19) The Janus stone
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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2010, 2011
Language
English
Description
Ruth Galloway is called in to investigate when builders, demolishing a large old house in Norwich to make way for a housing development, uncover the bones of a child beneath a doorway -- minus the skull. Is it some ritual sacrifice or just plain straightforward murder? DCI Harry Nelson would like to find out -- and fast. It turns out the house was once a children's home. Nelson traces the Catholic priest who used to run the home. Father Hennessey...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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Description
As Amelia and her family arrive in Egypt for their annual archaeological excursion, trouble erupts when a Peabody relative is accused of selling really expensive, and really fake, Egyptian artifacts. Now it's up to Amelia to clear his good name and find the real culprit.
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