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Confronting an extraordinary series of monsters, both human and mechanical, modern and ancient, NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt treads upon territory previously known only to legend as he investigates the sinking of a luxury cruise ship, the "Emerald Dolphin". In the high-tech adventure, the past and future collide to create a whale of a tale to equal Cussler's bestselling "Atlantis Found."
2) Arctic drift
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 20
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English
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A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming . . . a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia . . . a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war . . . NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to...
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 2
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English
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A WWI fighter plane attacks a modern airbase ... a saboteur preys on a scientific expedition and Dirk Pitt plays a game of hunter and hunted.
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NUMA director Dirk Pitt searches for the connections among newly discovered Roman artifacts, the rise of a fundamentalist movement, and the existence of a mysterious long-lost "manifest," which, if discovered again, may change the history of the world.
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 14
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English
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The coin of the realm for the wealthy, insatiably greedy Chinese smuggler who is Dirk Pitt's adversary in Flood Tide is human lives: much of his vast fortune has been made smuggling Chinese immigrants into countries around the globe, including the United States. Tracking the smuggler's nefarious activities leads Pitt from Washington State to Louisiana, where his quarry is mysteriously constructing a huge shipping port in the middle of nowhere. Why...
6) Sahara
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 11
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English
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"Egypt, 1996. Searching for a treasure on the Nile, Dirk Pitt thwarts the attempted assassination of a beautiful U.N. scientist who|s investigating a disease that is driving thousands of North Africans into madness, cannibalism, and death. The suspected cause of the raging epidemic is vast, unprecedented pollution that threatens to extinguish all life in the world|s seas."--Amazon.com
7) Black wind
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 18
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In the final days of World War II, the Japanese launch two submarines carrying a new strain of a deadly virus to the west coast of the United States, but years after the subs are lost at sea, someone plots to use their deadly cargo.
8) Havana Storm
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 23
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English
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"While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous--a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt's children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are on an investigation of their own, chasing an Aztec stone that may reveal the whereabouts of a vast historical Aztec treasure. The problem is, that...
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 17
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After NUMA hero Dirk Pitt's daughter, a marine biologist, discovers an ancient artifact off the coast of Nicaragua, the sea crew and a floating resort hotel find themselves in the path of a terrible storm and someone's dangerous designs.
10) Sahara
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Paramount DVD
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Widescreen format.
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English
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Three intrepid adventurers, including the legendary Dirk Pitt, set out to claim a massive treasure and foil the efforts of a cadre intent on world destruction.
11) Poseidon's arrow
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 22
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English
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Ruthless Austrian entrepreneur Edward Bolcke has managed to steal a crucial component of the U.S. Navy's latest submarine technology--and he has found a way to hijack the world's supply of rare earth minerals. The three Pitts, along with longstanding sidekick Al Giordino, use their usual mix of brains and brawn to see that justice is served.
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 12
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English
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An action-filled chase through the Amazon jungle for 16th Century Spanish treasure. Joining in the pursuit are Dirk Pitt, the hero, his congresswoman girlfriend, the FBI, the Customs Service, archaeologists, a tribe of local Indians, smugglers and various thieves. There's plenty of treasure for everyone, the gold requiring 200 men just to lift.
13) Treasure of Khan
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 19
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English
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When Dirk Pitt is nearly killed rescuing an oil survey team, it appears a simple act of nature. But when the survey team is abducted and Pitt's research vessel nearly sunk, however, it's obvious there's something more sinister involved. All trails lead to Mongolia where a mysterious mogul is conducting covert deals for supplying oil to the Chinese while wreaking havoc on global oil markets utilizing a secret technology. The Mongolian harbors a dream...
14) Pacific vortex!
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English
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Dirk Pitt must find a missing nuclear sub before the sea explodes in this furious race against time and underwater assassins.
15) Sahara
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English
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Three intrepid adventurers, including the legendary Dirk Pitt, set out to claim a massive treasure and foil the efforts of ruthless enemies intent on world destruction.
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 7
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Simon and Schuster
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English
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A deadly tide of poison flows into ocean waters, a ghost ship drifts across the empty northern Pacific, and the President's yacht disappears without a trace.
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 18
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
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English
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In the final days of World War II, the Japanese launch two submarines carrying a new strain of a deadly virus to the west coast of the United States, but years after the subs are lost at sea, someone plots to use their deadly cargo.
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Random House Large Print
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First large print edition.
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English
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"A century apart, Dirk Pitt and Isaac Bell team up to unlock the truth about the most famous maritime disaster of all time. In the present day, Dirk Pitt must make a daring rescue from inside an antiquated submersible in the waters around New York City. His reward afterwards is a document left behind a century earlier by legendary detective Isaac Bell--a document that re-opens a historical mystery. In 1911 Colorado, Isaac Bell is asked to look into...
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