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Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When a reclusive billionaire offers Dr. Peter Brown, a.k.a. Pietro Brnwa, a job accompanying a sexy but self-destructive paleontologist on the world's worst field assignment, Brown has no real choice but to say yes. Even if it means that an army of murderers, mobsters, and international drug dealers--not to mention a lake monster--are about to have a serious Pietro Brnwa problem.
Author
Series
Studies in scandal novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Geologist Gemma Hastings has no interest in pursuing romance--and no patience for Lord Cameron Lisle, an esteemed fossil hunter who has a way of always honing in on her territory, annoyingly handsome though he may be. But when a shocking attack puts Gemma in very real danger, she may have to accept Lisle's offers of protection. Even if that means entering into a dangerous flirtation. Lisle was once amused by Gemma's dedication to her work. But now...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
From prehistory to present day, from remote Patagonia to the unforgiving badlands of the American West to the penthouses of Manhattan, this riveting narrative follows a fearless paleontologist who, after unearthing the first T-Rex fossils, saved NY's struggling American Museum of Natural History.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Tells the story of the feverish race between two ... competitive scientists--Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh--to uncover [dinosaur] fossils in the newly opened Wild West. Between them, they discovered dozens of major dinosaur species and established the new discipline of paleontology in America. But their bitter thirty-year rivalry--a 'war' waged on wild plains and mountains, in tabloid newsprint, and in Congress--dramatically wrecked...
28) Dinosaur wars
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
From producer Mark Davis, is the story of two talented scientists, O.C. Marsh and Edward Cope, whose once professional rivalry soured into a bitter personal feud. Together, Marsh and Cope were responsible for identifying more than 142 different species and for introducing dinosaurs into the American imagination, but their legacy would be forever marred by two decades of ruthless infighting, espionage, and sabotage.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Curator of paleontology Dr. Simon Nealy never expected to return to his Pennsylvania hometown, let alone the Hawthorne Museum of Natural History. He was just a boy when his six-year-old sister Morgan was abducted from the museum under his watch, and the guilt has haunted Simon ever since. After a recent break-up and the death of the aunt who raised him, Simon feels drawn back to the place where Morgan vanished, in search of the bones they never found....
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Over the centuries, natural history museums have evolved from being little more than musty repositories of stuffed animals and pinned bugs, to being crucial generators of new scientific knowledge. They have also become vibrant educational centers, full of engaging exhibits that share those discoveries with students and an enthusiastic general public. At the heart of it all from the very start have been curators. Yet after three decades as a natural...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Mary Anning finds an unusual fossilized skeleton, she sets the religious fathers on edge, the townspeople to gossip, and the scientific world alight, but in the struggle to be recognized in the wider world, Mary and her friend Elizabeth Philpot discover that friendship is their greatest ally.
33) Mammal takeover!
Author
Series
Earth before us volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Ronnie and Ms. Lernin tour the Cenozoic Era, where they encounter three kinds of mammals--monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals--and other animals with which they shared the Earth.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
DeSTEMber - Children
National Hobby Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Dinosaurs
Women's History - Children
National Hobby Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Dinosaurs
Women's History - Children
Description
"As a kid, Mary Anning loved hunting for fossils with her father. One day, that hobby led to an unexpected discovery: the skeleton of a creature no one had never seen before! Mary had unearthed a dinosaur fossil, the first to ever be discovered. Her find reshaped scientific beliefs about the natural world and led to the beginning of a brand new field of study: paleontology. For the rest of her life, Mary continued to make astonishing finds and her...
Author
Series
Dinosaurs (Arnaud Plumeri) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Paleontologist Indino Jones goes up against the mighty Albertosaurus.
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