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259 reviews
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Warner Books, 2002

Best Pendergast Book
I have read all of the Pendergast novels and other various Preston/Child works and find myself always thinking of this one as my favorite. Although I like the "Diogenes Trilogy" (Brimstone, Dance of Death and Book of the Dead), this one seemed to really work my imagination better. It was more mentaly stimulating for lack of a better phrase. One of the reasons I liked this book so much is ...

Cities of Gold

5 reviews
Douglas Preston

Simon & Schuster, 1993

An incredible eye-opener on the events that shaped the SW-US
That dreaded day will soon be here -- when I' done with this book! I have loved it from page 1 to now, almost 400 pages later. Things I will keep from riding along with Mr. Preston: the incredible amount of research done around the multitude of places, people and events. The masterful retelling of all of the above. The intricate inter-weaving of past and present, and how 'the twain always ...

Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest

12 reviews
Douglas Preston

University of New Mexico Press, 1999

Cities of Gold: A journey across the American Southwest
I thought this was an outstanding book, so well researched before their trip and so well written describing the areas, the problems encountered and their combined solutions to those situations. I've met Walter Nelson, Mr. Preston's partner on the trip, and that made me understand their friendship and their determination to make it happen even more. It was a great book and I highly recommend to ...

Riptide

180 reviews
Douglas J. Preston

Bt Bound, 1999

excellent thriller
I have read Preston and Child books since discovering them last year. All the books are great and thrilling. I was a little concerned because many of the ones I'd happened to read all involved monsters that emitted strange scents. I'd begun to wonder if the duo was stuck in a rut. Well, I didn't have to worry, because Riptide is a whole different ballgame, yet equally as thrilling. The ...

Relic

277 reviews
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Tor Books, 2005

The Pot Boils Over
These two authors are fond of using the New York Museum of Natural History as a backdrop for their thrillers. This is their first book and it is a doozie! A strange half-reptilian beast is roaming the sub-basements and corridors of the Museum disemboweling lost visitors, guards who stop for a reefer and stray researchers. Then it eats their brains. A lovely grad student Margo Green, her ...

Thunderhead

188 reviews
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Hachette Audio, 1999

Standard Preston and Child Thriller
Having read the Pendergast books and enjoying them, I decided to read Thunderhead. I do like the way characters are woven through many of the books the authors write. It gives you a bit of a connection with the characters from the get go. This book has a very similar feel to the Relic books. I think, however, that Preston and Child should be careful about stereotyping their books. I've only ...

Thunderhead

2 reviews
Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child

Northstar Audio Books Inc, 1999

Great book
I have read up to book number five in the series and i have loved them all. I get wrapped up in all the family. The history is great and the plots are real.

Talking to the Ground: One Family's Journey on Horseback Across the Sacred Land of the Navajo

6 reviews
Douglas Preston

University of New Mexico Press, 1996

a must-read for anyone interested in American culture
This book and its predecessor, Cities of Gold, chronicle the amazing, arduous, foolhardy, inspired journeys of a "yankee" in search of the traces of cultures his own people have nearly annihilated. Unlike many memoirists, Preston doesn't shrink from chronicling his own failures and misjudgments, and that's what makes him so accessible to the people he meets along the way, and to the reader ...

Jennie

14 reviews
Douglas Preston

Forge Books, 2006

Wonderful Fiction!
I will admit up front that I am a sucker for a chimp story. I think it's due in part to an overdose of "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" and re-runs of Daktari at a very tender age. But this IS an excellent novel. Preston is one half of the team that wrote "The Relic" and several other great thrillers. this is much more gentle fiction than any of those. It is character and issue driven realistic ...

Make Every Session Count: Getting the Most Out of Your Brief Therapy

1 review
John D. Preston, Douglas Liebert

New Harbinger Publications, 2000

Straight talk about psychotherapy!
This is the only book I have ever read that explains what occurs in psychotherapy. It is exceptionally clear, it is written in plain English, it is realistic (talks about benefits and limitations of therapy), and it is compassionate. The book also helps potential therapy clients pick the right therapist and become more well informed about which therapies work best for which types of problems.

Ice Limit

160 reviews
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Warner Vison Books, 2001

Perfect!
I loved this book! Action packed on every page! Sad when I finished it. Very descriptive, easy to imagine being there.

Still Life With Crows

198 reviews
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston, 2003

The ending is a bit weak, but overall this strangely twisted tale is a great read
This is the second Agent Pendergast novel I've read (Wheel of Darkness is the other). Still Life with Crows was considerably better than Wheel of Darkness(a novel that seemed to have multiple personalities). Crows is a fast paced, disturbing, frequently funny; consistently entertaining thriller. Pendergast, with his southern gentleman charm, exotic palate, and dry humour is a great character, ...

The Monster of Florence

22 reviews
Douglas Preston

Grand Central Publishing, 2008

Very interesting non-fiction whodunnit
This is an interesting look at a major Florentine serial killer. It is part cultural exploration, part murder-mystery, and primarily non-fiction with a good dose of character development built in. Like many books of its ilk, the culprit is never proven, but along the way one learns about the ruined lives of the victims of the crime and the prosecution, the political manoeverings, and culture of ...

Brimstone

200 reviews
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Amazon Remainders Account, 2004

Pendergast!
You'd think after reading the majority of the Preston/Child novels that I wouldn't hesitate to purchase Brimstone. But I did. For some reason I wasn't, at first, attracted to the solo Pendergast novels. The struck me more as mysteries than the usual Preston Child book. And now that I've read one, I can confirm that is true...but they've converted me to a mystery reader! Pendergasts character is ...

Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History

8 reviews
Douglas J. Preston

Ballantine Books, 1987

Engrossing, hilarious (sometimes) human nature book
You wouldn't think of museums as providing the stuff for comedians, but I can see not enough people know about what actually goes on in these collosal monuments to human curiosity! I came to this book by way of mystery writers (Preston and Child--Relic and Fairchild---The Bone Vault). So thanks guys for recommending this nonfiction read! Almost as quickly read as my mysteries. The need for so ...

Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest in Pursuit of Coronado

2 reviews
Douglas J. Preston

Simon & Schuster, 1992

Preston's modern-day journey of Coronado's route
A thoroughly engrossing book summarizing Preston's journey following Coronado's route to the New World. I couldn't put it down! I fell in love with the people he met and the places he went. I had my map out beside me as I read the book. The history, geography,and geology were incredible. The accounts from Coronado and others of his time were engrossing. The fate of the Indians they ...

Mount Dragon

87 reviews
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Tor Books, 1997

EXCELLENT READ
The action builds by changing the reader's perspective from one character to another. Drawn into the consequences of biomedical affairs, both past and present, the characters deal with ethics, greed and the crushing choice whether or not to construct and release into the world a virus that is 100% fatal. I could not put the book down. The last chapter was too, sorry to report, predictable. ...

The Book of the Dead

184 reviews
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Hachette Audio, 2006

Amazing Read
This book was an amazing ending to a trilogy that I loved! If you enjoy this genre these two authors will blow you away. Pendergast is one of my favorite fictional characters in literature today.

Reliquary

178 reviews
Douglas J. Preston, Lincoln Child

Forge, 1997

another great thriller
While I agree this book wasn't as good as Relic, it certainly was an admirable follow-up to it. Storylines left hanging in Relic were resolved albeit perhaps not in the most exciting of ways. What I read in this book enticed me to purchase The Mole People to find out more about the underground world brought out in the book.

Dance of Death

173 reviews
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Hachette Audio, 2007

Dance of Death
My husband and I first read "The Book of the Dead" by Preston and Child. We became completely captivated by their character Special Agent Pendergast, FBI. This character shines in the book "Dance of Death." "Dance of Death" is finely written to hold your interest till the very last page. Thank you Preston and Child. Let's have more books with the Pendergast character. Sarah Jonker-Burke

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