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Adventure and adventurers Fiction Adventure stories Antiquities Antiquities Collection and preservation Fiction Antiquities Fiction Antiquities Juvenile fiction Egypt Antiquities Fiction Egypt Antiquities Juvenile fiction Secret societies Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels Juvenile fictionBourne, Sam
Summary: As the Baghdad Museum of Antiquities is looted, a teenage Iraqi boy finds an ancient clay tablet in a long-forgotten vault... At a rally for the signing of a historic deal between Israel and the Palestinians, an assassin pushes through the crowd towards the Israeli Prime Minister. Bodyguards shoot the man dead. But in his hand there is no gun: only a blood-stained note... A series of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M BOUSutton, Laurie
Summary: When Scooby-Doo and the gang arrive at Professor Dinkley's archaeological dig in Mexico, they find Velma's uncle missing, and the workers terrified of chupacabras and Aztec gods--and the reader must help them solve the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2014
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Sutton 2014Bohnhoff, Maya Kaathryn
Summary: "Gina "Tinkerbell" Miyoko is not your typical private eye. Armed with a baby blue Magnum, a Harley blessed with Holy Water by her dramatically disposed mother, and a Japanese mingei tucked in her pocket (a good luck charm from her Sherlock Holmes-obsessed father) Tink spends her time sniffing out delinquent dads in the San Francisco Bay area and honing her detective skills. But when her best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2018
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOHAbbott, Tony
Summary: "It's been two months since the Kaplan family hunted down the Serpens relic, but when the evil Galina Krause suddenly and violently reappears, Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca have no choice but to face her again. Now they must race to find an artifact said to be crafted by Leonardo da Vinci himself--perhaps the strangest Guardian of all. Along the way, they uncover another layer to Galina's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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Summary: Clever, cunning and highly skilled--there's only one Bianca St. Ives and don't you dare forget it. Bianca St. Ives was recently put through the wringer, but she came out the same way she always does--the way her father trained her to--hungry for a fight. Still navigating the fallout from a shocking revelation that's left a network of assassins' crosshairs trained on her, Bianca's ready to take...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ROBAbbott, Tony
Summary: "Wade, Lily, Darrell, and Becca fly from Texas to Germany for the funeral of an old family friend. But instead of just paying their respects, they wind up on a dangerous, mind-blowing quest to unlock an ancient, guarded secret that could destroy the fate of the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ABBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ABBKnox, Tom
Summary: When young lawyer David Martinez receives an ancient map from his dying grandfather, the mysteries of his past begin to open up before him. The map leads David into the heart of the dangerous Basque mountains, where a genetic curse lies buried and a frightening secret about the Western world's past is hidden. Meanwhile, London journalist Simon Quinn may have found his big break. A wealthy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KNOAbbott, Tony
Summary: When the guardians of the Copernicus legacy are targeted for assassination by the evil Galina Krause, Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca must find the remaining relics to defeat their enemies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ABBAbbott, Tony
Summary: As Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca continue their search for an ancient relic, Wade's mother is kidnapped by Galina Krause, leader of the present-day Teutonic Knights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ABBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ABBLaHaye, Tim F.
Summary: Biblical archaeologist Michael Murphy embarks on a quest to uncover one of the Bible's most significant artifacts, a search that forces him to match wits with the evil Talon, a mysterious opponent with dire plans for all humankind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAHDavies, Stephen
Summary: Kadija is the music-loving daughter of a guardian of the library in the ancient city of Timbuktu, Ali is a former shepherd boy, trained by Islamist militants--and both are caught up in the war in Mali and on opposite sides of the stuggle to save the sacred Sufi manuscripts that the militants want to destroy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Teen 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DAVSummary: Discover amazing objects and simple first words in this brilliant nature book for curious little ones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2020
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Summary: When the body of an American archaeologist is found floating in the Yangzi River, Ministry of Public Security agent Liu Hulan and her husband, American attorney David Stark, are dispatched to Site 518 to investigate. As Hulan scrutinizes his death, David, on behalf of the National Relics Bureau, tries to discover who has stolen from the site an artifact that may prove to the world China's claim...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FICTION SeeGarretson, Dee
Summary: In this all-new very special miniseries, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations--all around the world! The final leg of the Aldens' journey brings them to South America and to the Salt Flats in northern Argentina. But when they hit a dead end, they realize someone has tricked them in order to delay their plans!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BCGA 5Fisher, Catherine
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Raffi, Master Galen, and a mysterious traveler, Carys, enter the ruined city of Tasceron seeking a relic that may save the world, while evading the Watch, a brutal organization opposed to the Order to which Raffi and Galen belong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FISYoung, Judy
Summary: "Buck and Toni and the Buck Bray TV crew head to Utah's Canyonlands National Park to film an episode. There Buck and Toni find themselves in danger at the Dinosaur Stomping Grounds, as they try to discover who is behind the vandalization and theft of the area's ancient artifacts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC YOUHines-Stephens, Sarah
Summary: Catwoman creates the perfect diversion at a cat show, while plotting to steal from the art museum an ancient Egyptian necklace that is supposed to give the person wearing it nine lives, and it is up to Batman and Robin to prevent the crime. Includes profile of Catwoman, glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BATLeon, Donna.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pan Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEOMorrison, Boyd
Summary: In this explosive new thriller, a combat engineer and archeologist must find Noah's Ark and the relic inside before our civilization is wiped out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORPreston, Douglas J.
Summary: Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human... But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders. Museum researcher Margo Green must find out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PREJenkins, Jerry B.
Summary: "Nicole Berman is an archaeologist on the brink of a world-changing discovery. During her first dig in Jordan, she believes she has found concrete evidence of a biblical patriarch that could change history books forever-- but someone doesn't want the truth revealed. While Nicole is urgently trying to connect pieces of an ancient puzzle, a dangerous enemy is out to stop her"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Worthy Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JENCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FICTION JENCussler, Clive
Summary: "The husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team of Sam and Remi Fargo return in a new adventure as they search for an ancient scroll--which carries a deadly curse--in this thrilling addition to Clive Cussler's bestselling series. In 533 A.D., the last Vandal ruler in North Africa consults an oracle on how to defeat the invading Byzantine army. The oracle tells the king that a high priestess cast a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUSCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUSCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUSMass, Wendy
Summary: Ava and Chase want some more information before they embark on another adventure in time, but the woman who gave them the suitcase filled with magical objects is not being helpful, and when Chase picks up the scarab of King Tutankamun they find themselvestransported not to ancient Egypt, but to Egypt on the day King Tut's tomb is discovered--and they must get the artefact back into the tomb...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: Twelve-year-olds Alex and Renata are on the run from the Order, which is on the brink of creating an army of indestructible stone warriors to carry out their evil schemes, and only the Lost Spells which his mother used to bring Alex back to life can stop them--and undoing the powerful magic that created the chaos that is now loose in Egypt might very well kill him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016