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The year is 1876. Among the warring Indian tribes and lawless gold-rush towns of America's western territories, two paleontologists pillage the Wild West. They are hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled Yale student William Johnson. Determined to survive a summer in the west to win...
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Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 8
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 8
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 26
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 8
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 26
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English
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Fossil harvesting, ancient lore, greed, rejected love and murder combine in this gripping new installment of New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman's Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series.
An unexpected death on a lonely road outside of Utah's Bears Ears National Park raises questions for Navajo Tribal Police officers Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito. Why would a seasoned outdoorsman and well-known paleontologist freeze to death within walking...
4) Dinosaur dig
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Scholastic
Language
English
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Scooby-Doo and the gang help Uncle Ted after some bones are stolen from his dinosaur excavation. Includes rebus clues and 24 flash cards.
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Daily Bark volume 2
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Bloomsbury Children's Books
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English
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Bob, the stationmaster's dog at Puddle Train Station and travel cooresponent for the Daily Bark, gets the scoop of a lifetime when he unearths a Dinosaur Skeleton.
6) Dinosaurs
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Nerdy babies volume 5
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: In Nerdy Babies: Dinosaurs, follow our intrepid babies into the Mesozoic Era. Experience the different shapes, sizes, and colors of the reptiles that roamed the Earth before us. Plus, learn about how dinosaurs evolved over millions of years until becoming extinct in this simple text written in question-and-answer format. With bright artwork by Emmy Kastner, Nerdy Babies is a series that the very littlest nerds will want to return...
9) Dinosaurs!
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Holiday House
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English
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"Step back in time ... to the Age of the Dinosaurs! Dinosaurs ruled Earth for milions of years. Some were small and could run very, very fast. Others were big and covered with spikes and plates for protection. Some were huge and terrified other dinosaurs with their long, sharp teeth. In this newly revised edition, Dinosaurs! reflects further paleontological discoveries made since its publication in 2008, while still offering young dino-enthusiasts...
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
Soon after paleontologist Norman "Pick" Pickford happens on a discovery in Montana that could prove to be revolutionary, a menacing visitor is murdered and Mike Wire, retired L.A. homicide detective and ranch foreman, realizes that the fossils may be worth killing for.
12) West: a novel
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English
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When widower John Cyrus Bellman learns of colossal animal bones found in Kentucky, he leaves his daughter on their Pennsylvania farm and heads west in search of the unknown animals.
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Farrar Straus Giroux
Edition
First edition.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: When a landslide on the Jurassic Coast reveals a rare ?dragon' dinosaur, best friends Kat Wolfe and Harper Lamb are thrilled, especially when stars and scientists come flocking to sleepy Bluebell Bay. But after they begin investigating a suspicious death, events spiral quickly out of control for detectives Wolfe and Lamb. Worse still, Kat's wild cat is in trouble. Can they solve the mystery ? and save the cat's life ? before...
15) Red planet blues
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Publisher
Ace Books
Edition
First edition.
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English
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"Robert J. Sawyer, the author of such 'revelatory and thought-provoking'* novels as Triggers and The WWW Trilogy, presents a noir mystery expanded from his Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated novella 'Identity Theft' and his Aurora Award-winning short story 'Biding Time,' and set on a lawless Mars in a future where everything is cheap, and life is even cheaper... Alex Lomax is the one and only private eye working the mean streets of New Klondike, the...
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Devlin Quick mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
"When twelve year old aspiring detective Devlin Quick goes on a fossil dig in the badlands of Montana, she realizes that she's uncovering more than just dinosaur bones, but clues indicating that a crime is afoot"--
17) Bone digger
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Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Edition
Large print edition.
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English
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Paleontology is a brand new science in 1877 when Samual Cobsworth discovers a cache of bones from an ancient creature on the Rocking S Ranch. He consideres them a priceless treasure, but C.L. McSween and his daughter Libby don't see it that way. They plan to dam the canyon to ensure their cattle's survival during the next drought. Then strangers from back east show up with hired guns, and whoever gets bewteen them and those bones is going to die....
18) Fossil frenzy
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Hardy Boys secret files volume 14
Publisher
Aladdin
Edition
First Aladdin paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"A missing dinosaur tooth makes for a massive investigation in this Hardy Brothers Secret Files Mystery. Frank and Joe are excited for their field trip to the Bayport Museum of Natural History with their science club. Not only will they get to see some awesome dinosaur skeletons on display, but they also get to go on their very own fossil dig on the museum grounds. At the dig, fellow classmate Tico uncovers an old dinosaur tooth--even though Tico's...
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