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2016.
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Itâs the bitterly cold December of 1955, and Donald Langham has been asked by his friend, private detective Ralph Ryland, to assist him on a case. Ryland has been contacted by their old commanding officer, Major Cartwright, who has reasons to believe that his life is under threat at his remote castle in the Scottish Highlands. On arriving at the castle, Langham and Ryland learn that Major Cartwright is attempting to raise the wreck of a German...
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"Standing nearly five hundred stories tall, Los Verticalés once bustled with life and excitement. Now this marvel of modern architecture and nontraditional urban planning has collapsed into a pile of rubble known as the Heap. In exchange for digging gear, a rehabilitated bicycle, and a small living stipend, a vast community of Dig Hands removes debris, trash, and bodies from the building's mountainous remains, which span more than twenty acres of...
3) Black Sea
Pub. Date
2015
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A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control onboard their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.
Pub. Date
[2011]
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In 1968, the Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 sank in the Central North Pacific. American intelligence located it within weeks of its demise. The CIA crafted a secret program to raise the submarine in 1974. Now, after much secrecy, this story can be told, by the men who made it happen and with never-before-seen footage of the actual salvage attempt, and new evidence of the project's successes and failures.
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c2004
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A team of explorers braves the Atlantic Ocean on a search for the 140-year old steamship S.S. Republic, and its massive treasure of artifacts and gold and silver coins. The ship was sunk by a hurricane in 1865. Shows a combination of high-tech archaeology and high-risk undersea salvage, and includes survivors' personal accounts, archival photographs, drawings, artifacts, and re-enactments. Bonus feature tells about the raising of the Hunley, a Confederate...
8) Barn savers
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Pub. Date
[1999]
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IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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A boy spends a long day helping his father dismantle a nineteenth-century barn so that the pieces can be used in other barns and houses to live another one hundred years.
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Pub. Date
2015
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"Hidden Warships profiles the search for and discovery of sunken World War II-era ships as well as the history behind the vessels, including over 150 historic and modern photos. This book follows the author's Hidden Warbirds series"--
"Read about and see the unique stories of the combat history, recovery, and preservation of World War II-era combat ships from around the world. World War II produced many epic naval battles and technologies. The many...