The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy PH23-6

The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy PH23-6In this 2018 New York Times Notable Book, Paige Williams "does for fossils what Susan Orlean did for orchids" (Book Riot) in her account of one Florida man's attempt to sell a dinosaur skeleton from Mongolia a story "steeped in natural history, human nature, commerce, crime, science, and politics" (Rebecca Skloot). In 2012, a New York auction catalogue boasted an unusual offering: "a superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton." In fact, Lot 49135 consisted of a

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Seuss proves that he and classic picture books go hand in hand

A dashing young orator during the Great Hunger of the 1840s

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This is the story of a bored little boy

Recommended age: 10 years and up

In the woods is a glass coffin

” —Michelle Obama

A shy Ivy League student learns the truth about a classmate’s seemingly enviable life

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and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals

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