DIRK PITT® ADVENTURES BY CLIVE CUSSLER AND DIRK CUSSLER
Arctic Drift
Treasure of Khan
Black Wind
FARGO ADVENTURES BY CLIVE CUSSLER WITH GRANT BLACKWOOD
Spartan Gold
KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURES BY CLIVE CUSSLER WITH PAUL KEMPRECOS
The Navigator
Polar Shift
White Death
Fire Ice
Serpent
Blue Gold
OREGON
FILES ADVENTURES BY CLIVE CUSSLER WITH JACK DU BRUL AND CRAIG DIRGO
Plague Ship
Skeleton Coast
Dark Watch
Sacred Stone
Golden Buddha
NONFICTION BY CLIVE CUSSLER AND CRAIG DIRGO
The Sea Hunters II
The Sea Hunters
Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed
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Cussler, Clive.
Spartan gold Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood.p>
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1. Treasure troves—Fiction. I. Blackwood, Grant. II. Title.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to thank the following people for graciously offering their expertise:
Yvonne Rodoni Bergero, Stanford Society, Archaeological Institute of America; Martin Burke; Christie B. Cochrell, exhibits manager, Stanford University Press; K. Kris Hirst, Archaeology Section, About.com.
Dr. Patrick Hunt, director of the Stanford Alpine Archaeology Project 1994-2009 & National Geographic Society Hannibal Expedition 2007-2008, Stanford University; Tom Iliffe, professor of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University; D. P. Lyle, M.D.; Katie McMahon, reference librarian, Newberry Library, Chicago; Connell Monette, assistant professor, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco; Eric Ross, associate professor, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco; Jo Stoop; Stephen Toms; Tim Vandergrift, Wine Writer and Technical Services Manager, Winexpert Ltd.
And last, but far, far from least: Janet, for her hints and insights.
