Bangkok--a city of heady contradictions--inspires Lara McClintoch's sense of adventure and her impressive sleuthing skills when a fellow antiques dealer disappears without a trace.
Toronto antiques store co-owner Lara McClintock is leading an antiques and archaeology tour to Tunisia. Lara's group sails into trouble when the story of a Carthaginian merchant ship that sank 2,000 years ago stirs up one person's murderous interest in finding the priceless artifacts that went down with it.
Lara flies to Malta to personally furnish the home of Toronto's Martin Galea, whose reputation as an architect is rivaled only by his reputation as a womanizer. But when he turns up dead, Lara soon finds out that her client and his new home share a troubled past--a past that stretches back to the ancient world, and reaches out with the insidious ...
When one of her clients falls victim to a scam and is accused of murder, Lara McClintoch's investigation leads her to the Orkney Islands off the northeast coast of Scotland.
After the unveiling of the Magyar Venus, an ancient head and torso of a woman carved from mammoth ivory, a friend of antiques dealer Lara McClintoch commits suicide. Tracing the Venus's provenance to Budapest, Lara discovers a truth that arises from the secrets of the past.
When antiques dealer Lara McClintoch travels to Tuscany to find a priceless sculpture for a shadowy billionaire client, she finds herself in mortal danger.
The murder of a renowned expert in Mayan history lures Lara into the jungles surrounding Merida, Mexico. For in this lush paradise are the temples of the Mayan gods--and the camps of modern-day rebels fighting to save their Mayan heritage. As the body count escalates, Lara must uncover the secrets of the Mayan underworld known as Xibalba--and the ...
Antique dealer and sleuth Lara McClintoch accompanies her employee to County Kerry, Ireland, for the reading of an old friend's will. Eamon Byrne left each of his heirs a clue -- a piece of a puzzle that leads to a mysterious treasure. When Lara discovers the ancient Celtic poem that serves as the key, she closes in on the treasure.
Antiques dealer Lara McClintoch is targeted by ruthless criminals while trying to recover an eighth-century Tang Dynasty box that contains an immortality elixir formula etched on the inside. The rare item holds the key not only to the death of a museum curator, but to Lara's own survival.
From the acclaimed author of "The Xibalba Murders" comes the hardcover debut of a new archeological mystery which takes the protagonist to the mountains of Peru.
Antiques dealer Lara McClintoch accompanies her best friend to Easter Island--now known as Rapa Nui--and the Moai, its giant stone carvings. Their awe is soon tempered by the fierce rivalries among a group of Rapa Nui experts at their hotel. When one ends up dead, Lara investigates. Original.
After the unveiling of the Magyar Venus, an ancient head and torso of a woman carved from mammoth ivory, a friend of antiques dealer Lara McClintoch commits suicide. Tracing the Venus's provenance to Budapest, Lara discovers a truth that arises from the secrets of the past.
When Toronto antiques dealer Lara McClintoch finds herself in possession of authentic artifacts of the Moche--an ancient people predating the Incas--she soon realizes she is an unwitting link in a chain of black-market collectors. Now she must journey to Peru and do battle with an army of grave robbers.
Antiques dealer Lara McClintoch accompanies her best friend to Easter Island--now known as Rapa Nui--and the Moai, its giant stone carvings. Their awe is soon tempered by the fierce rivalries among a group of Rapa Nui experts at their hotel. When one ends up dead, Lara investigates. Original.
Toronto shopkeeper Lara McClintoch is back--and heading for Ireland--in this thrilling new novel in the series called "exotically absorbing and culturally colorful" by "The Midwest Book Review."
This book explores the social practice of literacy, numeracy and language and its implications for teaching and learning adult basic skills. Leading international experts argue that literacy, numeracy and language are more than just a set of skills or techniques, but are shaped by the social and cultural context within which they are taking place; ...
This book explores the social practice of literacy, numeracy and language and its implications for teaching and learning adult basic skills. Leading international experts argue that literacy, numeracy and language are more than just a set of skills or techniques, but are shaped by the social and cultural context within which they are taking place; ...
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Gay, Reginald, Editor (Larry Fagin, John Wieners, Anne Waldman, Judson Crews, Andrei Codrescu, Lyn Lifshin, Fritz Hamilton,...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Boss Books
Date Published: 1979
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Publisher: Berkley
Date Published: 2000
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