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Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 26
Description
From the bestselling author of Prague comes a witty, inventive, brilliantly constructed novel about an Egyptologist obsessed with finding the tomb of an apocryphal king. This darkly comic labyrinth of a story opens on the desert plains of Egypt in 1922, then winds its way from the slums of Australia to the ballrooms of Boston by way of Oxford, the battlefields of the First World War, and a royal court in turmoil. Just as Howard Carter unveils the...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Rockhounding Colorado takes you to 81 of the best rockhounding sites in the state. Search for amethyst and quartz at the Crystal Hill Mine, check out the view at Douglas Pass while looking for leaf imprints and insect fossils, or head to Saint Peters Dome to uncover green, white, and purple fluorite.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Become a metal detecting expert with this A-to-Z guide that covers everything from choosing equipment to finding the best sites and selling your finds.
Nothing is as thrilling as finding cool (and often valuable) stuff right under your feet. So, grab this guide and get ready to dig up more and more finds. Packed with helpful information on making your search successful and exciting, “The Metal Detecting Bible” serves up step-by-step instructions,...
Author
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Description
A proud, uncompromising woman, Harriet's great passion is collecting butterflies and pinning them under glass; motherhood comes no easier to her than her role as mistress of her remote Irish estate. When her daughter dies, her community is quick to judge her, and Harriet will not stoop to defend herself. But her journals reveal a more complex truth.
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