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Summary: Describes life in settlements from the Temple of Karnak in ancient Egypt, Herculaneum, and Great Zimbabwe to Fatepur Sikri in India and Jamestown, Virginia, and explains how they became lost cities, how they were found, and what is unusual about them.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 930.1 LARRichardson, Edmund
Summary: "Impeccably researched, and written like a thriller, Edmund Richardson's The King's Shadow is the extraordinary untold and wild journey of Charles Masson -- think Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid meets Indiana Jones -- and his search for the Lost City of Alexandria in the 'Wild East' during the age of empires, kings, and spies. For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MASSON, CHARLES RICSummary: From the groundbreaking storytellers at Naughty Dog, comes the genre-defining epic that revolutionized adventure storytelling, rebuilt by Bluepoint Games with the power of the PS4 system. Experience one of the most revered game series of all time as you follow the perilous journey of Nathan Drake across the globe, from humble beginnings to extraordinary discoveries. Meet an unforgettable cast...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: "Far upstate, in New York's ancient forests, a drowned village lays beneath the dark, still waters of the Chilewaukee reservoir. Early in the 20th century, the town was destroyed for the greater good: bringing water to the millions living downstate. Or at least that's what the politicians from Manhattan insisted at the time. The local families, settled there since America's founding, were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CARPreston, Douglas J.
Summary: Since the days of Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. In 1940 journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City-- but then committed suicide without revealing its location. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: Glendon Pub. 1990
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DOD1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4 DOD
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 DODCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI U.P. DodgeDodge, Roy L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Glendon Pub. 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DOD1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4 DOD
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DodNewitz, Annalee
Summary: "A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history--and figure out why people abandoned them. In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930.1 NEWSummary: Includes material on the Notre Dame Cathedral at Chartres, Stonehenge, the Delphi oracle, the Tower of Babel, North American mounds, Shangri-La, Atlantis, the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Nazca Lines Site in Peru, Easter Island, Machu Picchu in Peru, the Pueblo sites in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, Teotihuacan, Mexico, Angkor, Cambodia, Troy, Jerusalem, Mecca, the English leys, and Eldorado.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 ATLFreeman, Megan E.
Summary: Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC FRECopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FREPreston, Douglas J
Summary: Recounts how the author and a team of scientists discovered a legendary sacred city, the Lost City of the Monkey God, hidden deep in the Honduran jungle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.8 PRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 972.85 PREContents: An enigma at Devil Creek : Şeytan Deresi, Turkey / George F. Bass -- Discovering a royal ship from the age of King Tut : Uluburun, Turkey / Cemal Pulak -- Cargo from the age of bronze : Cape Gelidonya, Turkey / George F. Bass -- An archaic ship finally reaches port : Pabuç Burnu, Turkey / Elizabeth Greene -- A wreck from the golden age of Greece : Tektaş Burnu, Turkey / Deborah Carlson --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930.1 BENBrown, Ron
Summary: Take an exciting expedition into Ontarios's history. Detailed maps, descriptions of sites, and contemporary and archival photos, something for everyone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cannonbooks 1985
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 912 BROSten, Camilla
Summary: "Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed "The Lost Village," since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother's entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left-a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STECopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STEHarpur, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 398.23 HarpuPreston, Douglas J
Summary: "Since the days of conquistador Hern©Łn Cort©♭s, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God...In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God-but then...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 972.8 PrestonSummary: " ... The 19th century marked the real beginning of modern archaeology. Even so, those in the vanguard were more often romantic adventurers or heedless plunderers than trained scientists. Properly interpreting an unfolding series of discoveries has taken decades of exhausting, meticulous digging and sifting through the humble remains of houses, drains, and garbage pits ... Silent artifacts and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Society 1981
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 930 SPLSummary: Sodor Day is coming and all the engines are busy preparing. When Thomas gets lost in the mountains, he discovers the old town of Great Waterton. Soon, the whole island is buzzing with the news of Thomas' discovery and they try to restore the town in time for Sodor Day. Join the fun and meet a new engine friend named Stanley!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2008
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV THOParker, Watson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sage Books/Swallow Press 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.83 PARCandon, Emma Mieko
Summary: "War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon's bold entry into the world of mecha fiction. When an AI dies, its city dies with it. When a city falls, it leaves a corpse behind. When that corpse runs off, only devotion can bring it back. When the robotic god of Khuon Mo went mad, it destroyed everything it touched. It killed its priests, its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023
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Summary: "A former friend has betrayed the Raksura and their groundling companions, and now the survivors must race across the Three Worlds to rescue their kidnapped family members. When Moon and Stone are sent ahead to scout, they quickly encounter an unexpectedand potentially deadly ally, and decide to disobey the queens and continue the search alone. Following in a wind-ship, Jade and Malachite make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Night Shade Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WELWolny, Philip.
Summary: For millennia, tales of lost civilizations have captivated humanity, and foremost among them is the legend of Atlantis. In this guide to Atlantis and other lost lands, readers will learn to sort through fact and fiction, learning about the historical origins of lost-city legends, the lessons they teach us, archaeological digs for the truth, and--perhaps closest to home--their place in popular...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannical Educational Publishing 2014