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Behold the Mighty Dinosaur
by John Kricher
Price: Audio Download ($34.95)
Dinosaurs-the word means "fearfully great reptile"-have been a source of fascination ever since their discovery in England early in the nineteenth century.
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Archaeology and the Iliad: The Trojan War in Homer and History
by Eric H. Cline
Price: Audio Download ($34.95)
The Trojan War, captured forever in Homer's epic poem the Iliad, resonates to the present day in the popular imagination, and this magnificent confrontation continues to exert a tremendous influence on modern audiences.
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Digging for the Truth
by Josh Bernstein
Price: Audio Download ($15.00) | Audio CD ($26.99) | MP3 CD ($17.99)
Josh Bernstein takes readers through some of the most remote, intriguing and physically challenging locations on the planet as he uncovers the world's greatest ancient mysteries.
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Before the Dawn
by Nicholas Wade
Price: Audio Download | Audio CD ($34.19) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
Based on a groundbreaking synthesis of recent scientific findings, critically acclaimed "New York Times" science reporter Nicholas Wade tells a bold and provocative new story of the history of our ancient ancestors and the evolution of human nature.
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Dragon Sea
by Frank Pope
Price: Audio Download | Audio CD ($31.49) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
When Oxford archeologist Mensun Bound-dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Deep" by the Discovery Channel-teamed up with a financier to salvage a sunken trove of fifteenth-century porcelain, it seemed a dream enterprise.
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Ark Fever
by Robert Cornuke
Price: Audio Download | Audio CD ($26.99)
A former SWAT police officer is on a relentless quest for the remains of Noah's ark in this real-life adventure.
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The Lost Ark of the Covenant
by Tudor Parfitt
Price: Audio Download | Audio CD ($39.95)
The Lost Ark of the Covenant is the real-life account of an astounding quest: professor Tudor Parfitt's effort to recover the revered artifact that contained the 10 Commandments, sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors
by Ann Gibbons
Price: Audio Download ($17.50) | Audio CD ($31.49) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
This dynamic chronicle of the race to find the "missing links" between humans and apes transports listeners into the highly competitive world of fossil hunting and into the lives of the ambitious scientists intent on pinpointing the dawn of humankind.
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland
by Bryan Sykes
Price: Audio CD ($31.49) | MP3 CD ($22.49)
WASPs finally get their due in this stimulating history by one of the world's leading geneticists.
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How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever
by Jack Horner
Price: Audio Download ($12.50) | Audio CD ($22.49) | MP3 CD ($17.99)
In movies, in novels, in comic strips, and on television, we've all seen dinosaurs - or at least somebody's educated guess of what they would look like. But what if it were possible to build, or grow, a real dinosaur without finding ancient DNA?
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