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John Darnton Mind Catcher
Dutton Adult 0525946624 / 9780525946625 Hardcover Good
0525946624 0525946624 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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John Darnton Mind Catcher
Onyx 0451411056 / 9780451411051 PAPERBACK Good
0451411056 0451411056 Cover has wear, Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out
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John Darnton Neanderthal
St. Martin's Paperbacks 19970501 0312963009 / 9780312963002 MM Very Good
0312963009 0312963009 Amazon Review An exciting novel that will do for pre-historic man what Jurassic Park did for Tyrannosaurus Rex. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Matt Morrison and Susan Arnot, archaeologists and ex-lovers, are summoned to investigate an odd find: an apparently new Neanderthal skull. They rush to Tadjikistan and foray into some of the least hospitable terrain in Asia. Not too unexpectedly, they find their quarry only to discover a long-lost mentor who is guarding unsettling moral, political, and archaeological secrets that threaten their lives and those of the reclusive Neanderthals. Untangling the puzzle involves figuring out why one tribe is vegetarian and peaceful, the other martial and carnivorous; why their brains are larger than those of contemporary humans; and how they communicate without speech. When government agents intrude and threaten the scientific find, the two scientists must survive, rescue their old friend, deceive American and Russian intelligence gatherers, and balance a study of an astounding archaeological find with the interests of the tribes. This first novel by a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter is very Indiana Jonesish; in fact, movie rights have been sold to Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks. Recommended summer reading, if not to be taken seriously. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 4/1/96. Originally scheduled for release in August, this novel was rushed into print in response to the publication of Petru Popescu's Almost Adam, another novel about the discovery of modern-day cave dwellers, reviewed on p. 85.?Ed.]?Edwin B. Burgess, Combined Arms Research Lib., Fort Leavenworth, Kan. -?Edwin B. Burgess, Combined Arms Research Lib., Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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John Darnton Neanderthal
St. Martin's Paperbacks 0312963009 / 9780312963002 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
0312963009 0312963009 Mass Market Paperback. Good. Lite wear, creases otherwise a solid copy. General Used condition.
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John Darnton Neanderthal: A Novel
Random House Audio 1996 0679451722 / 9780679451723 Audiobook Cassette Good
0679451722 0679451722 Ex-Library. Cover shows wear. Amazon.com Review An exciting novel that will do for pre-historic man what Jurassic Park did for Tyrannosaurus Rex. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Darnton's best-selling adventure about scientists who discover a lost race of Neanderthals in Afghanistan is an obvious choice for libraries, so let us only observe that Jay O. Saunders does a good job of narration and move on to other thoughts. The back of the box reads, "Far away, in the mountains of Northern Asia, a guerrilla fighter vanishes, a schoolgirl is murdered, and an eminent Harvard paleontologist disappears." The listener hears about only the last of these three items, but it doesn't matter. Modern escape fiction, too jerky and dialog-heavy for unabridged recordings, lends itself to abridgment perfectly well without losing much stylistic integrity. Yes, one notices characters whizzing by without much development, but one suspects that there isn't all that much more in the full novel. Finally, although it would seem impossible to review this book without mentioning a certain other best-selling writer, we should do Darnton the favor of realizing that he falls squarely into the "lost race" tradition of H. Rider Haggard, Arthur Conan Doyle, and others from the turn of the century (though without the racism). A safe choice for all popular collections.?Michael Barrett, San Antonio P.L., Tex. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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