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Little Brown & Co.. Very Good. 6.26 x 2.01 x 9.57 inches. Hardcover. 2005. 512 pages. <br>Widely acclaimed as one of the world's greatest li ving writers, Vikram Seth -- author of the international bestsell er A Suitable Boy -- tells the heartrending true story of a frien dship, a marriage, and a century. Weaving together the strands of two extraordinary lives -- Shanti Behari Seth, an immigrant from India who came to Berlin to study in the 1930s, and Helga Gerda Caro, the young German Jewish woman he befriended and later marri ed -- Two Lives is both a history of a violent era seen through t he eyes of two survivors and an intimate, unforgettable portrait of a complex, abiding love. Editorial Reviews From Publishers W eekly Starred Review. In 1969, Seth, 17, came from Calcutta to Lo ndon to continue his education and to stay with his Shanti Uncle and Aunty Henny. Their relationship became warm, and it is their stories (as well as his own) that Seth (A Suitable Boy) tells in this wide-ranging, unpredictable and moving account. Shanti was S eth's grandfather's brother, a dentist who studied in Berlin, lod ging with Frau Caro, whose daughter, Henny, was in love with some one else. He left for Britain in 1936 because he couldn't practic e in Germany, but in 1940, as war broke out, he enlisted, served throughout and lost his right arm in combat, a calamity for a den tist. Meanwhile, Henny, a German Jew, arrived in Britain weeks be fore war was declared, leaving her beloved mother and sister behi nd to death camp murder. Vicky interviewed his great-uncle at len gth, and part two of his narrative focuses on Shanti. Part three, Henny's story, even more unusual, is based on a trove of remarka ble letters she received and wrote (she often kept carbons), many to friends in Germany during the war. Part four examines their m arriage (they didn't marry until seven years after the war), and part five details a family mystery about Shanti's will and Seth's complex but beautifully lucid summation of his research into the se lives. This lovely book, memoir as well as biography, examines great and fearful events seen through extraordinary lives. In cl ear and elegant writing, Seth explores the macrocosm through the microcosm, resulting in a most unusual, worthwhile book. 3 8-page b&w photo inserts. Copyright ® Reed Business Information, a div ision of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refe rs to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal Adult/High School-At 17, the Indian-born author left his homeland to study at Oxford. He lived with his au nt and uncle, a middle-class English couple in every way except o ne-his Uncle Shanti was Indian and his Aunt Henny was a German Je w. Through interviews with his uncle and a trunk of correspondenc e from his aunt, he is able to tell their story. Readers learn th at Shanti, a dentist, lost an arm, and that Henny lost all of her family during World War II. They learn the details of these loss es and about the couples romance. Shantis story is told first and is in some ways very similar to the narrators. Hennys story take s up the majority of the book and consists largely of corresponde nce from before the war until several years after. Hers is mostly a Holocaust story that tells as much about the culture of the ti me as the woman herself. Finally, they marry, more out of conveni ence than love, but they stay contentedly together for more than 30 years. The final chapter, a discussion of their estate, seems somewhat rushed and tacked on after the slowly paced narrative th at came before. Photographs are scattered throughout. The book is lengthy, but each fact shared is an important building block in telling the tale of this couple in the context of their era. A ri chly rewarding story.-Jamie Watson, Harford County Public Library , MD Copyright ® Reed Business Information, a division of Reed E lsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From The New Yorker Equally at home producing a novel in sonnets or a cornucopian fa mily saga, Seth has few equals as a literary technician. Here he turns to the story of Shanti and Henny, a great-uncle and great-a unt with whom he lived for a time in England. Shanti, an Indian d entist who did some training in Germany, lost an arm while servin g in a British Army dental unit during the Second World War. His wife was a German Jew who fled to England in 1939, and whose moth er and sister perished in concentration camps. The book is less d azzling than its predecessors, but this seems deliberate, as if S eth had adopted the mantle of dutiful family archivist a little t oo successfully. Nonetheless, his quiet tone has cumulative power as it leads us back in time from suburban calm to the death cham bers of Birkenau. Copyright ® 2006 The New Yorker --This text re fers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Fr om Bookmarks Magazine I want [Shanti and Henny] complexly remembe red, Seth writes. I want to mark them true. Seth meets this goal. Two Lives, a biography and record of pre- and postwar life, is a t heart a story about two individuals that fate and urgency?more than romantic love, perhaps?thrust together. Relying on interview s and HennyÂ's gut-wrenching letters from the 1940s and 1950s, Se th reinterprets GermanyÂ's war years and depicts ShantiÂ's strugg le to establish a dental practice and the coupleÂ's deep friendsh ip. Throughout the book, he casts a sharp, clear eye on historica l rumblings, offering a welcome Anglo-Indian perspective on the H olocaust. Seth could have pared down his details, better scrutini zed his relativesÂ' relationship, or been more (or less) objectiv e about their lives. But in the end, Shanti and Henny are two you Â'll want to meet. Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc . --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist *Starred Review* Seth is the author o f the hugely popular novel A Suitable Boy (1993), and with the sa me attention to atmospheric detail and nuance of character he bro ught to that book, he now offers a deeply engaging dual biography of his great-uncle and great-aunt. At age 17, Seth journeyed fro m his native Calcutta to London to prepare for study at Oxford, a nd while in the British capital, he became acquainted with his tw o relatives--his uncle, an Indian like himself and a dentist, and his aunt, a German-born Jew--both of whom lived in London, thoug h they had found their way there through much different paths. Af ter writing A Suitable Boy, Seth decided to approach Two Lives no t so much as a personal remembrance as a researched life history of the couple. So, as if one of their stories weren't rich enough , we get two--three, really, since the process of Seth's learning about his uncle's and aunt's lives and revivifying them as a dua l narrative adds up to a third storyline. These two individuals, from widely divergent religious and cultural backgrounds, bring t ogether on a larger plane two important national stories of the t wentieth century: India during the years of division between and discord among Hindus and Muslims, and Germany under the anti-Semi tic Nazi regime. As well as offering an insightful exploration of those broad themes, this beautiful book delivers a passionate an swer to a more personal but timeless question of human relations: How do two people ever manage to end up together? Brad Hooper Co pyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --Thi s text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this t itle. Review [A] thoughtful, evocative, moving book . . . [Seth] is an amazingly gifted, accomplished, resourceful and charming w riter. (Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World) A great lo ve story, involving two remarkable people. (New York Times) Seth turns biography into powerful literature, distilling the univers al human emotions of passion, grief and the will to survive. (Den ver Post) Full of affection and tenderness . . . An unfailingly respectful memoirist. (Anita Desai, New York Review of Books) A subtle portrait of the complexities of a long companionship . . . A wonderful book. (The Economist) I cannot remember ever being quite so moved by a memoir... [Seth's] achievement has exceeded a ll possible expectations. (Simon Winchester) Irresistible... Ano ther triumph for one the most versatile and engaging of all conte mporary writers... An immensely moving narrative. (Kirkus Reviews (starred)) Eloquent and elegiacal . . . An intricate study of t he way lives and worlds can intertwine. (Los Angeles Book Review) Sensitive and compassionate... Fulfills the obligation Primo Le vi once defined for writers on the Holocaust: it is unadorned and clear. (Pankaj Mishra, New York Times Book Review) Seth has few equals as a literary techinician. (The New Yorker) Something ex traordinary... A thoughtful, engrossing narrative... This remarka ble book offers rich rewards. (Entertainment Weekly) Engaging ne w memoir... Even as you enjoy one [story], you discover another w ithin. (Christian Science Monitor) [A] beautiful, loving, clear- eyed book... Translucent, telling prose. (Seattle Times) Wonderf ul . . . A truly heroic tale which demonstrates just how much can sometimes be achieved against monstrous odds. (Washington Times) --This text refers to the paperback edition. About the Author Vikram Seth has written acclaimed books in several genres: verse novel, The Golden Gate; travel book, From Heaven Lake; animal fab les, Beastly Tales; epic fiction, A Suitable Boy. His most recent novel, An Equal Music, was published in 1999. He lives in Englan d and India. --This text refers to the paperback edition. From T he Washington Post Born and reared in India, schooled in England and the United States, resident at various times of all three of those countries as well as China, Vikram Seth is a genuinely inte rnational man, the personification and embodiment of globalism. H e is also an amazingly gifted, accomplished, resourceful and char ming writer. Published first as a poet and travel writer, he asto nished and delighted readers with his first novel, The Golden Gat e (1986), inspired by Pushkin's Eugene Onegin and written, as tha t classic is, in rhyming verse. His second novel, A Suitable Boy (1993), is a massive, panoramic portrait of India. His third (whi ch I have not read), An Equal Music (1999), is about classical mu sic, in which he has a deep interest. Now, in Two Lives, Seth t urns for the first time to a combination of biography and memoir. The two people in the title are his uncle and aunt, Shanti and H enny, to whom his parents sent him in 1969, when he was 17 years old and about to begin his British schooling at Tonbridge. He was a boarder there but often visited Shanti Uncle and Aunty Henny i n their house in London at 18 Queens Road, Hendon. Both were then 60 years old, and he knew them only slightly. In time, though, t hey were to become two of the most important people in his life. It was in 1994, five years after his aunt's death and four year s before his uncle's, that Seth began to think about making them the subjects of a book. His parents were visiting England, and in the course of a drive to the opera at Plymouth his mother said, You don't know what exactly to write about next. Why don't you wr ite about him? At first Seth was not eager to write about someone so close, but the more he thought about it, the more appealing t he prospect became. He started interviewing Shanti Uncle, who at 86 was eager to talk about the past. He assumed that Aunty Henny would be only a secondary figure because he could not interview h er and there seemed to be no significant documentary trail. Then, a year later, his father discovered a trunk stowed away in the a ttic at 18 Queens Road; it turned out to contain a trove of lette rs dealing with her life during and after World War II. This perm itted him to write a book that really is what its title promises: Two Lives. Acquiring these papers greatly expanded the reach o f Seth's story, for Henny was both German and Jewish. She and Sha nti met sometime in 1933. He was studying dentistry in Berlin and looking for a place to live. He found a room with Ella Caro, who lived in a very large flat with her two daughters, Henny and Lol a, and her son, Heinz. A widower in need of money, she had decide d to rent out the guest room: Shanti discovered more than a year later that when Mrs. Caro phoned her younger daughter Henny with the news that they had a lodger, her first reaction had been: 'Ni mm den Schwarzen nicht' [Don't take the black man]. This was the beginning of a relationship that was to last five and a half deca des. The two eventually became very friendly, and Shanti was wel comed as a de facto member of the Caro family, but a decade and a half passed before they married. Great and often terrible events intervened. Upon completing (with distinction) his dental studie s, Shanti returned to London -- Seth does not understand precisel y why he decided not to practice in India -- in 1937, where his G erman degrees were not recognized, so he had to start all over ag ain. Finally he qualified and in 1938 was offered a position as a n assistant to a Parsi dentist, who refused to give him a partner ship until February 1940, when Shanti volunteered for the Army, a t which point it was too late. By then Henny was also in Englan d. In 1939 she had found sponsorship in England and was able to g et a job with the family of a noted scholar, doing housework and caring for his children: She came with a trunk containing a few c lothes, a few books and a few mementoes of the three decades of h er life in Germany. Less than five weeks later, war was declared. Ella and Lola, who had been unable to emigrate, remained trapped within the borders of their own hostile country. Shanti met her at the train station and took her to her new residence, but soon he was off to Africa and then to Italy, where, in the calamitous battle at Monte Cassino, he lost his right arm below the elbow wh en a shell exploded nearby. The two corresponded irregularly th rough the war. Shanti's letters grew ever more loving and beseech ing, while hers, though hardly chilly, did not return his passion . She had dated a young man named Hans in Berlin and may have hel d out hopes for him, but after the war she learned that he had go ne over to the Nazis. Since she knew by then th, Little Brown & Co., 2005, 2.75, This book is in "as new" condition. No wear to covers, no markings inner pages. Spine intact, no creases. "Jack Howard is about to discover a secret. Perhaps the greatest secret ever kept.What if one of the Ancient World's greatest libraries was buried in volcanic ash and then re-discovered two thousand years later? What if what was found there was a document that could shatter the very foundations of the Western World? What if you were the one who discovered this secret? And were then forced to confront terrifying enemies determined to destroy you to ensure it goes no further?This is the story of one last Gospel, left behind in the age of the New Testament, in the greatest days of the Roman Empire, and of its extraordinary secret, one that has lain concealed for years. Follow Jack Howard as he discovers the secret and must prevent others from doing the same." Good Reads "Canadian-born underwater archaeologist and novelist. Gibbins learned to scuba dive at the age of 15 in Canada, and dived under ice, on shipwrecks and in caves while he was still at school. He has led numerous underwater archaeology expeditions around the world, including five seasons excavating ancient Roman shipwrecks off Sicily and a survey of the submerged harbour of ancient Carthage. In 1999-2000 he was part of an international team excavating a 5th century BC shipwreck off Turkey. His many publications on ancient shipwreck sites have appeared in scientific journals, books and popular magazines. Most recently his fieldwork has taken him to the Arctic Ocean, to Mesoamerica and to the Great Lakes in Canada.After holding a Research Fellowship at Cambridge, he spent most of the 1990s as a Lecturer in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Oriental Studies at the University of Liverpool. On leaving teaching he become a novelist, writing archaeological thrillers derived from his own background. His novels have sold over two million copies and have been London Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers. His first novel, Atlantis, published in the UK in 2005 and the US in September 2006, has been published in 30 languages and is being made into a TV miniseries; since then he has written five further novels, published in more than 100 editions internationally. His novels form a series based on the fictional maritime archaeologist Jack Howard and his team, and are contemporary thrillers involving a plausible archaeological backdrop." Good Reads, Headline Book Publishing, 2008, 5<

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Bantam Books, USA, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 326 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Bantam Books, USA, 2002. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. Minor edgewe… Altro …

Bantam Books, USA, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 326 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Bantam Books, USA, 2002. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. Minor edgewear to covers. Reading creases to spine. Minor spine lean. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killer' s savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community-- yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder. Were their deaths the ultimate punishment for those secrets? Or something even more sinister? Nell Gallagher has come home to Silence more than a decade after leaving one dark night with her own painful secrets. Forced now by family duty to return, she has also come home to settle with the past. But past and present tangle in a murderer' s vicious attacks, and to find the answers she needs, Nell must call on the psychic skills that drove her away years before. She must risk her own life and sanity, and regain the trust of the man she left behind so long ago. For the killer she seeks is seeking her, watching her every move, preying upon her every vulnerability-- and already so close she' ll never see death coming . . . *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Thrillers; ISBN: 0553583468. ISBN/EAN: 9780553583465. Inventory No: 11100610.. 9780553583465, Bantam Books, 2002, 3, Doubleday, UK, 2010. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Good (ex-library). Medium Trade Paperback. 216 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Doubleday, UK, 2010. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good (ex-library) condition. More specifically: Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Cover is protected in clear, self-adhesive laminate. Pages are lightly creased. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Some thing's are just sitting there, minding their own business and waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone'. Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind. Who is the 'Fury'? Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to 'Out-With' ? And who are all the sad people in striped pyjamas on the other side of the fence? The grown-ups won't explain so Bruno decides there is only one thing for it - he will have to explore this place alone. What he discovers is a new friend. A boy with the very same birthday. A boy in striped pyjamas. But why can't they ever play together? *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; 1001 Children's Books You Must Read; ISBN/EAN: 9781849920438. Inventory No: 19050133.. 9781849920438, Doubleday, 2010, 2.5, Scholastic, London, 2000. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illustrator: Tony De Saulles. Medium Trade Paperback. 160 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Scholastic, London, 2000. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. Small tear in back cover and last page. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Science with the squishy bits left in! Deadly Diseases will leave you squirming for more! Are you dying to discover...which dedicated nurse drank diarrhoea? how maggots can help get rid of germs? why a scientist used eyeballs as food for bacteria? If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read on to find out about all kinds of illnesses from the common cold to cruel cholera, why ancient doctors thought nasty pongs caused disease and what happens to your body when it comes under attack. With fantastic fact files and curious quizzes, teacher tests and crazy cartoons, Deadly Diseases is crammed with info! Science has never been so horrible! *** Illustrator: Tony De Saulles. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Children's Non-Fiction; ISBN: 0439013682. ISBN/EAN: 9780439013680. Inventory No: 19040045.. 9780439013680, Scholastic, 2000, 3, Dell Pub Co, USA, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 420 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Dell Pub Co, USA, 1998. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: With a wife he loves and an exciting London-based career, architect Charles Waterston's life seems in perfect balance. Nothing in his comfortable existence prepares him for the sudden end to his ten-year marriage--or his unwanted transfer to his firm's New York office. With nothing left to lose, Charlie takes a leave of absence from his job to drive through New England, hoping to make peace with himself. Christmas is approaching when Charlie leaves New York, heading to Vermont to ski. But a sudden, blinding snowstorm strands him in a small Massachusetts town. There, as if by chance, Charlie meets an elderly widow who offers to rent him her most precious possession: a remote, exquisite lakeside chateau. Hidden deep in the woods, it once belonged to a woman who lived and died there two centuries before. Her name was Sarah Ferguson. And from the moment Charlie sets foot inside the chateau's graceful depths, he feels her presence, and longs to know more about the life she led. It is Christmas Eve when Charlie first glimpses her, a beautiful young woman with jet black hair. He thinks it is a neighbor playing a joke on him, until he finds her diaries hidden away in an old trunk. As he begins to turn the brittle, dusty pages, Sarah Ferguson comes alive. Intrigued and unafraid, Charlie immerses himself in the diaries, eager to learn more about the woman for whom the house was built. Sarah's first entry is dated 1789, the year she arrived in America. Without self-pity or sentiment, she writes of her harrowing journey from her native England, having fled the brutality of her aristocratic husband. Settling in Massachusetts, Sarah finds an unfamiliar land seething with the turbulence of theIndian wars. Determined to start a new life in the vast new world, Sarah finds freedom--and danger--as she builds her home in the wilderness and meets a man who will transform her life. His name is Franois de Pellerin, a French nobleman adopted by Indians and drawn into the battle for the growing nation. Their fateful union is a testament to a love so powerful it reaches across the centuries. And for Charlie Waterston, caught between Sarah's world and his own, their story is a gift--one that gives him the courage to let go of his past, and the freedom to grasp a future that is right before his eyes. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; ISBN: 0440224853. ISBN/EAN: 9780440224853. Inventory No: 09100012.. 9780440224853, Dell Pub Co, 1998, 3, Penguin, Australia, 2012. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 217 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, Australia, 2012. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: . Pages are reasonably tanned and lightly creased. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In The Third Wheel, love is in the air - but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he's worried he'll be left out in the cold on the big night. His best friend, Rowley, doesn't have any prospects either, but that's a small consolation. Then an unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves Rowley the odd mad out. But a lot can happen in one night, and in the end, you never know who's going to be lucky in love. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; ISBN/EAN: 9780143307334. Inventory No: 23061016.. 9780143307334, Penguin, 2012, 2.5, Corgi, UK, 1996. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 318 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Corgi, UK, 1996. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has minor lean and minimal reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: YOU ARE NOW LEAVING THE AGE OF AQUARIUS PLEASE LOWER YOUR SEAT WHEN RISING FROM YOUR HEAD. It was something to do with the cycles of history. The way great civilizations rise and fall. Golden ages and dark ages. Things of that nature. Few people noticed at first. The changes. They were subtle to begin with. Like when the Leader of the Opposition challenged the PM to step outside and settle things man to man. And the PM agreed. Or the way the baked ham rose up against Dave while he was standing in the check-out queue at Budgens. Small things. But they just kept getting bigger. And by the time everyone realized that something very strange was going on, it was all too late. The Earth had left behind the age of science and reason and moved once more into a time of myth. A time of legend and heroes. Of romance and wizardry and wonder. It was a time to take the mother of all giant leaps and enter - THE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0552142123. ISBN/EAN: 9780552142120. Inventory No: 17100008.. 9780552142120, Corgi, 1996, 3, INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTwo brothers meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead, in this stunning new standalone novel from Jane HarperBrothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback.Their third brother, Cameron, lies dead at their feet.In an isolated belt of Australia, their homes a three-hour drive apart, the brothers were one another's nearest neighbors. Cameron was the middle child, the one who ran the family homestead. But something made him head out alone under the unrelenting sun.Nathan, Bub and Nathan's son return to Cameron's ranch and to those left behind by his passing: his wife, his daughters, and his mother, as well as their long-time employee and two recently hired seasonal workers.While they grieve Cameron's loss, suspicion starts to take hold, and Nathan is forced to examine secrets the family would rather leave in the past. Because if someone forced Cameron to his death, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects.A powerful and brutal story of suspense set against a formidable landscape, The Lost Man confirms Jane Harper, author of The Dry and Force of Nature, is one of the best new voices in writing today., Flatiron Books (February 5, 2019), 6, This book is in "as new" condition. No wear to covers, no markings inner pages. Spine intact, no creases. "Jack Howard is about to discover a secret. Perhaps the greatest secret ever kept.What if one of the Ancient World's greatest libraries was buried in volcanic ash and then re-discovered two thousand years later? What if what was found there was a document that could shatter the very foundations of the Western World? What if you were the one who discovered this secret? And were then forced to confront terrifying enemies determined to destroy you to ensure it goes no further?This is the story of one last Gospel, left behind in the age of the New Testament, in the greatest days of the Roman Empire, and of its extraordinary secret, one that has lain concealed for years. Follow Jack Howard as he discovers the secret and must prevent others from doing the same." Good Reads "Canadian-born underwater archaeologist and novelist. Gibbins learned to scuba dive at the age of 15 in Canada, and dived under ice, on shipwrecks and in caves while he was still at school. He has led numerous underwater archaeology expeditions around the world, including five seasons excavating ancient Roman shipwrecks off Sicily and a survey of the submerged harbour of ancient Carthage. In 1999-2000 he was part of an international team excavating a 5th century BC shipwreck off Turkey. His many publications on ancient shipwreck sites have appeared in scientific journals, books and popular magazines. Most recently his fieldwork has taken him to the Arctic Ocean, to Mesoamerica and to the Great Lakes in Canada.After holding a Research Fellowship at Cambridge, he spent most of the 1990s as a Lecturer in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Oriental Studies at the University of Liverpool. On leaving teaching he become a novelist, writing archaeological thrillers derived from his own background. His novels have sold over two million copies and have been London Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers. His first novel, Atlantis, published in the UK in 2005 and the US in September 2006, has been published in 30 languages and is being made into a TV miniseries; since then he has written five further novels, published in more than 100 editions internationally. His novels form a series based on the fictional maritime archaeologist Jack Howard and his team, and are contemporary thrillers involving a plausible archaeological backdrop." Good Reads, Headline Book Publishing, 2008, 5<

2008, ISBN: 9780755335169

This book is in "as new" condition. No wear to covers, no markings inner pages. Spine intact, no creases. "Jack Howard is about to discover a secret. Perhaps the greatest secret ever kept… Altro …

This book is in "as new" condition. No wear to covers, no markings inner pages. Spine intact, no creases. "Jack Howard is about to discover a secret. Perhaps the greatest secret ever kept.What if one of the Ancient World's greatest libraries was buried in volcanic ash and then re-discovered two thousand years later? What if what was found there was a document that could shatter the very foundations of the Western World? What if you were the one who discovered this secret? And were then forced to confront terrifying enemies determined to destroy you to ensure it goes no further?This is the story of one last Gospel, left behind in the age of the New Testament, in the greatest days of the Roman Empire, and of its extraordinary secret, one that has lain concealed for years. Follow Jack Howard as he discovers the secret and must prevent others from doing the same." Good Reads "Canadian-born underwater archaeologist and novelist. Gibbins learned to scuba dive at the age of 15 in Canada, and dived under ice, on shipwrecks and in caves while he was still at school. He has led numerous underwater archaeology expeditions around the world, including five seasons excavating ancient Roman shipwrecks off Sicily and a survey of the submerged harbour of ancient Carthage. In 1999-2000 he was part of an international team excavating a 5th century BC shipwreck off Turkey. His many publications on ancient shipwreck sites have appeared in scientific journals, books and popular magazines. Most recently his fieldwork has taken him to the Arctic Ocean, to Mesoamerica and to the Great Lakes in Canada.After holding a Research Fellowship at Cambridge, he spent most of the 1990s as a Lecturer in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Oriental Studies at the University of Liverpool. On leaving teaching he become a novelist, writing archaeological thrillers derived from his own background. His novels have sold over two million copies and have been London Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers. His first novel, Atlantis, published in the UK in 2005 and the US in September 2006, has been published in 30 languages and is being made into a TV miniseries; since then he has written five further novels, published in more than 100 editions internationally. His novels form a series based on the fictional maritime archaeologist Jack Howard and his team, and are contemporary thrillers involving a plausible archaeological backdrop." Good Reads, Headline Book Publishing, 2008, 5<

2008, ISBN: 9780755335169

Headline, 2008. Paperback. As New. Disclaimer:An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. At… Altro …

Headline, 2008. Paperback. As New. Disclaimer:An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Headline, 2008, 5<