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

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The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate TrophyIn 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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shock turns to happiness when Kiniro gives her a thoughtful gift before escaping from the twenty-four arms coming her way

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the letter unearths a family’s history that began before he was born — a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam — and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known

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