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Klaus and Doris have just made the discovery of their lives - a complete Neanderthal skeleton buried in a newly opened sinkhole. But on removing it, something else tumbles free. Something that switches on, and then calls home. Soon the owners are coming back, and nothing will stop their ruthless search for their lost prize.

On an oil rig deep in a Louisiana lake, paleontologist Henrietta Ballantine makes a chilling discovery: something impossibly alive in the drilling mud – something ancient, tiny, and unknown to modern science. With the help of fellow paleontologist Beau and Louisiana Fish and Wildlife biologist Armand, Henrietta races to identify the bizarre organisms. In captivity, the creatures grow at an alarming rate – sprouting claws, stingers, and deadly aggression. Worse, they’ve already escaped into the wild. Could these monsters be living fossils, long dormant within subterranean salt beds?

A fossil discovered at London's Natural History Museum leads one woman back in time to nineteenth century Australia and a world of scientific discovery and dark secrets in this compelling historical mystery. The Hunter Valley 1847 The last thing Mellie Vale remembers before the fever takes her...

As a woman raised in the 1950s, Henrietta Ballantine has always had to prove herself. Homeschooled to challenge her intellectually, Henrietta spent her childhood with a strict Russian tutor and an overbearing mother for whom she could do nothing right. It’s her science-driven father who finally manages to give Henrietta refuge within the Smithsonian’s glorious walls. There she learns a love of ancient things, of secrets hidden in the ground. Of fossils.

It’s been 20 years since the first manned mission to Mars discovered a human fossil on the Red Planet. Now, the democracies of the West are buckling under a new crisis emerging from Russia: 10,000 liberated Builders, now fully grown and no longer protected by the UN, are forced to flee. One country is ready to receive the descendants of Xinth: the Special Administrative Region of South Africa, where a lone Builder, Hortat, is running for president. The situation is unprecedented and around the world is giving rise to as much distress as it is hope for a better future for humanity.

When every action and decision may determine the fate of everyone who has ever lived, the right choice is not always clear. For one man, there is no choice at all. Captain James Douglas sets off on a mundane transport and supply mission that quickly descends into disaster. Leading a fledgling society through a wild and hostile world was not part of his brief. Nor was the custodianship of all human life, history, and endeavor. Worse still, an enemy hides among his passengers, while the knowledge of a boy, just days out of school, may be all that stands between mankind and extinction.

While Jemma continues to search for her missing husband, the citizens of historic York are shocked by a series of vicious crimes at the city's two museums. A bungled break-in at the Yorkshire Museum is quickly followed by the brutal murder of Lance Richards, a sub-curator at the neighboring Castle Museum. The main suspect is Anthony Gill, a quiet and unprepossessing clerk. But Gill doesn't have an alibi and is uncooperative with the police. His desperate lawyer hires Jemma and Bobbie from Smoke & Cracked Mirrors to prove his innocence.

La casa di riposo Fossdyke ha ospitato diversi personaggi eccentrici, ma mai come questi quattro anziani musicisti che compongono la band chiamata Fossils. Scoppia il caos quando il gruppo vince una competizione nazionale a cui sono stati iscritti da un DJ locale, il quale ha descritto i Fossils come una giovane rock band spumeggiante.

Fossdyke Retirement Home has seen its fair share of quirky characters, but it’s never seen the likes of these four geriatric musicians who form a band called Fossils. Chaos erupts after winning a national competition, when a local DJ labels Fossils as a vibrant young rock band. Fearing the English press persecuting them and their families when they find out the truth, the four flee England until they can resolve their situation. Follow the madcap adventures of Britain’s most irreverently lovable elderly rockers as they trip, stumble, and fall into one situation after another

Charles Sternberg was an American fossil collector and paleontologist. He was active in both fields from 1876 to 1928, and collected fossils for private collectors as well as for international museums. This book is part travelogue, part paleontology, and part historical narrative of life on the open prairie. In it, Sternberg tells of his early interest in fossil hunting as a boy, and scientific expeditions from his first in 1876 to one for the Munich Museum in 1901. - Summary by Ava

Fossil fuel has an ageless affinity with dinosaurs. To create oil, dinosaurs died. Now, in this riveting action thriller, the tables are turning! The perfect energy storm is sweeping over the United States, and the nation's Strategic Oil Supply is riding on empty. As the energy storm intensifies, the nation's access to Arab oil, once supplying over sixty percent of our fossil fuel, is being threatened causing citizens to panic for lack of gas at the pumps, stranding cars across the country and inciting riots.

I’ll be the first to admit that being a mother is hard. But mothering my slightly demented mother is about to drive me off the rocky ridge that overlooks the Frio River. I’ve been telling Momma for years that her rugged Texas Hill Country ranch is too much for her. I also warned her about the dangers of climbing on ladders and using power tools. But she quit listening to me long before her good sense began to slip. And this time, my mother’s hard-headed shenanigans have landed her in the hospital.

When Natalie’s put in charge of shuttling her boyfriend’s truck and boat trailer twelve miles downriver to the take-out, she ends up lost in the John Day River canyon. And, for some reason, she doesn’t have cell service. When she goes knocking on doors, the only person home is Cody Felton, a young, cute, local fishing guide. He helps her find the take-out, and over the next five hours, while they wait for her boyfriend to float downriver, Cody reminds her of what she used to want for her life.

In a delightful tale, Twinkly Eyes, a playful yearling bear cub, finds himself caught in a trap after returning to the Sugar Camp one too many times. Fortunately, a kind-hearted boy from the Valley Farm rescues him, and a unique friendship blossoms as the boy even serenades Twinkly with his harmonica. But as any mischievous cub would, Twinkly gets into all sorts of escapades! Along his journey, he encounters a cast of charming characters, including Unk Wunk the Porcupine, Bobby Lynx, Frisky Fox, Whoo-Whoo the Owl, and the wise Mother Black Bear with her new cubs. Theres also a dancing bear ...

Sometimes the only way forward is to forget the past. Returning to the Texas hill country was the right thing to do—or so I told myself. But putting my life on hold to care for my aging mother, who’s become as sharp-tongued as she is forgetful, requires the patience of a saint, which, according to Momma, I will never be.

Doctor Datson is getting older, but that doesn’t keep him from still getting into mischief. When one of his lab experiments reanimates some old fossils, it is up to Truman and the rest of the gang to track down the dangerous creatures and find out who’s responsible.

Hoist up the incontinence pants, brush the fluff from your slippers, make a nice cup of cocoa, and enjoy...because: They're back! The wrinkled rockers return for their second hilarious, action-packed adventure. A sensational new album in production. A bird watching tour that goes horribly wrong. A devious duo returns seeking revenge. A flatulent spook and a perilous rescue attempt in a foreign but familiar country.

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