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Antarktos Rising - A Novel
Jeremy Robinson
Breakneck Books, 2007
Engaging
Very well written and quite enjoyable. The combination of fact and fantasy, science and science fiction, make for a delightful page-turner. I look forward to reading more from Jeremy and am already planning my next purchases!
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Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries ...
Robert Kurson
Ballantine Books, 2005
Fascinating and well-written
The best work of non-fiction I've read in the past 5 years. Shadow Divers is compelling on so many levels--as a biography of men who risk their lives as wreck divers, as a look into the perils of deep wreck diving, and for the history of WWII and the German U-boat ...
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The Night Villa: A Novel
Carol Goodman
Ballantine Books, 2008
"The Night Villa" radiates with the tradition of Gothic Literature
THE NIGHT VILLA, award-winning author Carol Goodman's sixth novel, begins with a tragic shooting on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin. It involves the jealous ex-boyfriend of student Agnes Hancock, who opens fire on a classroom filled with students and ...
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The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy
Tom Chaffin
Hill and Wang, 2008
On the evening of February 17, 1864, the Confederacy?s H. L. Hunley sank the USS Housatonic and became the first submarine in world history to sink an enemy ship. Not until World War I?half a century later?would a submarine again accomplish such a feat. But also perishing that moonlit night, vanishing beneath the cold Atlantic waters off ...
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Excavation
James Rollins
Harper, 2000
Just READ IT!
Everyone has their own opinions, and this is mine. Excavation is one of the most unique, interesting, and thrilling books I've ever read. And I've read thousands of books through my life. Does that age me? lol
James Rollins has the gift of making an unrealistic plot ...
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Raising The Past
Jeremy Robinson
Breakneck Books, 2006
Great Sci-Fi/Adventure Combo
I am a big James Rollins fan and was recommended to read Robinson's books. I sure am glad I did because this was a great read which reminds me very much of Rollins' early works. I have read some of Robinson's comments and one of the things I liked about this book is ...
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Pipe and Excavation Contracting
Dave Roberts
Craftsman Book Company, 1987
Introduction for New Contractors
This how-to guide will teach new contractors the very basics of underground construction work.
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The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide (Oxford Archaeological Guides)
Jerome Murphy-O'Connor
Oxford University Press, USA, 2008
Easity the best
This book is filled with the knowledge of vast experience and travel. If you want a book that doesn't just give the religiously naive and superstitious what they want to hear (like so many do), then this is your book. Excellent in several ways.
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Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium
Kristen Whitbread
William Morrow, 2003
Great Reference
I read Amelia Peabody's Egypt with great enjoyment. The pictures depicting the Egypt of the Emerson books was delightful. I just finished the Ape who Guards the Balance and caught myself turning to AP's Egypt to fill out the pictures of Cairo and the Valley of the ...
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Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History
Patrick Hunt
Plume, 2007
DISCOVERING GREAT HISTORY
To read this book is to take journeys where few people go. And, they are journeys to some of earth's most fascinating corners of history. Patrick Hunt brings them alive as he leads us concisely through "Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History", leading us across Europe, ...
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Solving Stonehenge: The Key to an Ancient Enigma
Anthony Johnson
Thames & Hudson, 2008
Compelling, innovative and satisfying
Tony Johnson's book is a compelling read, not only for the millions of people who are intrigued with the enigma that is Stonehenge, but also for those who like a police procedural which pulls one into the author's thoughts and raises and answers questions as you go. ...
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Discovery!: Unearthing the New Treasures of Archaeology
Thames & Hudson, 2007
The Best Archaelology Book for General Readers
A work of art in and of itself, "Discovery!" illuminates the most significant archeological discoveries of the past 15 years. Many of the accounts published here are by the discovers themselves, accounts written with a general audience in mind. The editor/compiler, ...
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The Quest for the Historical Israel: Debating Archaeology and the History of Early Israel (Archaeology and ...
Israel Finkelstein, Amihai Mazar
Society of Biblical Literature, 2007
Excellent Introduction to controversies in Ancient Israelite archaeology
This is an excellent introduction to the latest research in Biblical Archaeology, presenting a middle ground between the Minimalist and Maximalist debate which has sought to polarise the issue over the last 15 years. Both Finkelstein and Mazar are leading exponents in ...
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Digging in the City of Brotherly Love: Stories from Philadelphia Archaeology
Rebecca Yamin
Yale University Press, 2008
A lively account of archaeological excavations in Philadelphia and what they have revealed about the everyday people of the city?s past Beneath the modern city of Philadelphia lie countless clues to its history and the lives of residents long forgotten. This intriguing book explores eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Philadelphia through the ...
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Excavation & Grading Handbook
Nick Capachi, John Capachi
Craftsman Book Company, 2005
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