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Books by William Dietrich
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date April 2008
The Rosetta Key
In “Napoleon’s Pyramids,”
American adventurer Ethan Gage learned that a secret book
powerful enough to change world history had been spirited out of
the Great Pyramid. In this sequel, set during Bonaparte’s 1799
invasion of the Holy Land, Ethan is back, pressed into an
agent’s role for the British as he searches for the mysterious
Book of Thoth and word of the final fate of his lover Astiza and
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 Napoleon's Pyramids
Revolutionary France, 1798. American adventurer Ethan Gage, gambler, sharpshooter, and pupil of the late Franklin, wins a mysterious medallion in a card game. Within hours he is framed with a prostitute’s murder and in flight to join Napoleon’s secret invasion of Egypt, enlisted with a promise to unlock the secrets of the Great Pyramid. Read more>> |
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 The Scourge of God
It is 450 A.D. and venerable Rome has stood for twelve centuries. Yet legend and prophecy foretells the Empire’s end in just three years. On the plains of Hunuguri, Attila the Hun is gathering the most menacing army Rome has ever faced. When he attacks, the horror he unleashes will earn him the title, "The Scourge of God."
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 Hadrian's
Wall
The Wall. When the Roman Emperor Hadrian first envisioned
the awesome edifice in 122A.D., he sought to use stone, wood, and iron to shield
Roman Britannia from the unconquered Celtic barbarians. Stretching over 70 miles
from one coast to another, the Wall maintained the security of the Roman
Empire's northern outpost for over two hundred years. But now a visitor has
come, and with her, changes for the Wall, and perhaps all of Rome.
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 Dark
Winter
The bottom of the planet, in the depth of winter. Hurricane-force winds howl
on the icescape. Temperatures drop as low as 110 degrees below zero. The world
is illuminated only the stars and the brilliant aurora australis. It is so cold
that planes cannot operate, engines freeze and a false step away from the
flagged pathways can mean disorientation in a fog of blowing snow. There is no
possibility of evacuation, and no chance of outside rescue. You depend on the
tiny group of fellow South Pole researchers for companionship, for competence,
for life itself. Except that one of you is a killer . . .
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 Getting
Back
The year is 2048. The world's population has doubled. Wilderness exists only in
bad movies. Every region on Earth has been explored, organized, and tamed. But
in this brave new age of multi-national corporations, a homogenized global
culture and stultifying jobs, one secret organization promises the most
forbidden pleasure of all: a true outdoor adventure.
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 Ice
Reich
It begins with a light plane caught in a murderous snowstorm with a body
strapped to its underside. It spans a world war, three continents, and is
infused with an extraordinary love affair. This first novel by a Pulitzer-Prize
winning journalist is a gripping tale of scientific intrigue set against the
eerie, silent white landscape of Antarctica -- and the bloody, violent backdrop
of history itself. Read more>> |
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| Non-Fiction
 Natural
Grace
The Charm, Wonder & Lessons of Pacific Northwest Animals and Plants
This collection of twenty-one natural history essays, first published in
Pacific Northwest magazine of the Seattle Times, is a celebration of
the animal and plant life in the region. Written with an eye for humor, quirky
fact, and the everyday connections between we humans and nature, its intent is
to "inspire determined optimism, not nostalgic regret." The result, readers have
reported, is fun. Read more>> |
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 Northwest
Passage
The Great Columbia River
When Lewis and Clark reached the Columbia River in 1805, they found a roaring
and unruly river with a treacherous mouth and confusing course, boasting salmon
runs without equal in the world. This book reveals the heroic stories,
triumphant engineering, and disturbing degradation of this powerful, beautiful
river. Northwest Passage is an ambitious work of history, geography, and
science, a sweeping overview of the transformation of the Columbia from its
geologic origins and aboriginal inhabitants to its pioneers, settlers, dam
builders, farmers, and contemporary native Americans.
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 The
Final Forest
My first book began as a journalistic explanation of the political and
environmental battle over the spotted owl and old growth forests of the Pacific
Northwest. Its focus on people as well as nature, and its portraits of
scientists, loggers, environmentalists and politicians has given it consistent
popularity since its first publication in 1992. It has been used as an
undergraduate and high school textbook for environmental, forestry, sociology
and political science classes across the United States.
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