Frank Carlson Library

She knew no master until a desert sheik claimed her heart ... On a night made for love, there is only terror for beautiful Christina Wakefield. She who has so recklessly followed her brother from London to Cairo on a whim is now made prisoner by an unknown abductor who carries her off to his hidden encampment. Soon she will share his bed, know his touch, growing ever closer to the man who owns her as a slave. And soon she will learn to want him as...

In this gripping thriller, a scientific expedition in Antarctica stops for a live news feed. As the CNN journalist Gracie Logan begins her report, a massive, shimmering sphere of light suddenly appears in the sky, enveloping the ship in luminous white light before disappearing as mysteriously as it arrived--the entire event witnessed by an incredulous world audience. Meanwhile, a monk in Egypt experiences visions that seemed connected, and back in...

Schuyler Van Alen and Jack Force are forced to separate in order to fulfill the Van Alen Legacy, with Schuyler traveling to Alexandria to find Catherine of Siena and the Gate of Promise while Jack returns to New York to face Mimi, who has gone to Egypt in search of her lost love.

"A thrilling history of the West's scramble for the riches of ancient Egypt by the foremost Egyptologist of our time. From the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hundred years later, the uncovering of Egypt's ancient past took place in an atmosphere of grand adventure and international rivalry. In A World Beneath the Sands, the acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson chronicles...

This book examines the history, construction, and legacy of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Clear text and vibrant photos grab and hold readers' interest, and QR Codes in each chapter link to book-specific videos, activities, and more. Features include a table of contents, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, an infographic, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. DiscoverRoo is an imprint of Pop!,...

The great detective Seymour Sleuth and his assistant Muggs journey to Egypt to search for a missing stone chicken, an important clue to the location of the Lost Treasure of King Karfu.

While Bert Cutler, Glasgow police inspector, escorts Jimmy Ross to Cairo to stand trial for killing an officer, he dies, and Ross assumes his identity so that in Cairo, Ross finds himself trying to apprehend the spy helping Rommell in Africa.

Intrepid archaeologist/sleuth Amelia Peabody and her family, back in Egypt in 1914 for another season of archaeological excavation, become caught up in the political turmoil sweeping the country.

Travel to ancient Egypt to learn all about its amazing pyramids in this new National Geographic Kids Reader. The Level 1 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging, information for beginning readers about these amazing wonders of the world and their importance today. --Publisher