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The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

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Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, presents jaw-dropping true stories of Egyptian burial chambers, prehistoric ruins, pirate treasure, bizarre crimes, and more…

What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence?

Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, broke the story of an extraordinary mass grave of animals killed by the asteroid impact that ended the Cretaceous period and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, and explored what lay hidden in the booby-trapped Money Pit on Oak Island. When he hasn't been co-authoring bestselling thrillers featuring FBI Agent Pendergast, Preston has been writing about some of the world’s strangest and most dramatic mysteries.

The Lost Tomb brings together an astonishing and compelling collection of true stories about buried treasure, enigmatic murders, lost tombs, bizarre crimes, and other fascinating tales of the past and present.

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  1. Listening Length
    12 hours and 2 minutes
  2. Author
    Douglas Preston, see all
  3. Narrator
    Will Collyer
  4. Audible release date
    December 5, 2023
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Grand Central Publishing
  7. ASIN
    B0BJ1C6XCT
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 12 hours and 2 minutes
Author Douglas Preston, David Grann - foreword
Narrator Will Collyer
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Audible.com Release Date December 05, 2023
Publisher Grand Central Publishing
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0BJ1C6XCT
Best Sellers Rank #21,796 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#14 in Archaeology (Audible Books & Originals)
#29 in Expeditions & Discoveries
#43 in Archaeology (Books)

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Customers find the book very interesting and praise the writing style as great. They also appreciate the amazing stories and exquisite glimpses into the past.

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Customers find the book interesting, intelligent, and thought-provoking. They also say the topics are varied and informative.

"...The stories or chapters cover a wide range of topics. But they are all fascinating. This is intelligent and creative story telling...." Read more

"These are excellent essays on mysteries unsolved that have bedeviled the author over the years...." Read more

"Wonderful informative work by Mr. Preston. I especially loved the lost tomb story...a real life adventure and wonderfully descriptive...." Read more

"...The topics are varied, and the author's skill in descriptions of the incidents and characters involved will keep the pages turning...." Read more

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Customers find the writing style great.

"...being said, it's great to have these all in one place, and the writing is superb." Read more

"...loved the lost tomb story...a real life adventure and wonderfully descriptive. Will definitely follow up on Mr. Week's work!" Read more

"...However, these are well written, well researched true mysteries that had inspired Preston's fiction...." Read more

"...The first story will suck you in. The rest are well written and interesting...." Read more

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Customers find the stories in the book amazing and filled with drama. They also say the actual stories are true and filled.

"...This is intelligent and creative story telling. These are true life tales that cover topics from murder to psychology and anthropology...." Read more

"...I especially loved the lost tomb story...a real life adventure and wonderfully descriptive. Will definitely follow up on Mr. Week's work!" Read more

"...All the actual stories are true and filled with drama, death, cover ups, cons and more...." Read more

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Newfmom
5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent and Thought Provoking
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2024
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Douglas Preston has just become my favorite author, and that is saying a lot. this book is composed of many different stories, based on articles that Mr. Preston had previously written and published. The stories or chapters cover a wide range of topics. But they are all fascinating. This is intelligent and creative story telling. These are true life tales that cover topics from murder to psychology and anthropology. It's a good ride and it leaves you thinking.
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Masha
4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not new
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2024
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These are excellent essays on mysteries unsolved that have bedeviled the author over the years. I did not realize that these are all pre-published essays with no photos or illustrations, and that is why I removed a star. That being said, it's great to have these all in one place, and the writing is superb.
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Tine
5.0 out of 5 stars The Lost Tomb;and Other...
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2024
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Wonderful informative work by Mr. Preston. I especially loved the lost tomb story...a real life adventure and wonderfully descriptive. Will definitely follow up on Mr. Week's work!
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J. K. Campbell
3.0 out of 5 stars Take this one to the airport
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
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Douglas Preston is a prolific writer who knows how to spin both fictional and nonfictional tales which hold the reader's interest. After giving his previous nonfiction effort, 2017's " The Lost City of the Monkey God", a five-star rating this book was a bit of a disappointment.
The thirteen stories included are simply recycled magazine articles which were published between 1988 and 2021 with brief updates to the present at the end of each segment. The topics are varied, and the author's skill in descriptions of the incidents and characters involved will keep the pages turning. Cable television series by Josh Gates, Bill Shatner, and Dan Aykroyd will make some of the stories seem familiar.
Although subjects like Egyptology, forensic paleontology, and historical archeology may not appeal to everyone, Preston's prose and the episodic nature of this book make it a fine companion for those interminable airport waits which are now unavoidable. The absence of accompanying photographs, index, or bibliography document the lackadaisical effort involved in this project, however.
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Admiralu
5.0 out of 5 stars The Stories Behind Several of the Author's Books
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024
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This book is a collection of stories about the basis of articles the author wrote for various magazines. What really makes this book a treat is that these stories behind the articles are the basis of many of the author's wonderful books. All the actual stories are true and filled with drama, death, cover ups, cons and more. For me, the most heartbreaking was the author's nightmare experience with the Monster of Florence crime investigation that left the author unable to return to one of his favorite countries. Pick up the book of the same name for the full story. The book is great, narrator is so monotone, parts can get boring. Those sections I read.
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A. Armstrong
4.0 out of 5 stars Douglas Preston may not be Indiana Jones…
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2024
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…but I bet he has explored more ancient civilizations! From Luxor to the ancient inhabitants of the south-west to the jungles of south and Central America, he has traveled extensively. And shares his insights intelligently and entertainingly.
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LvMiBez
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and well written
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024
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As much as I like Preston, I almost passed on this new anthology because I assume it would focus on creepy, macabre stories that I dislike. However, these are well written, well researched true mysteries that had inspired Preston's fiction. E.g., "The Skeletons at the Lake" is an absolutely fascinating discussion of how our perceptions of European "whiteness" are false, and refutes the Nazi storyline of racist history. Highly recommended.
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John Baca
5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite living author
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2024
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Since around 2008, Douglas Preston has become my favorite living author. I have read all of the books written by Mr Preston, both his fiction (some written by him as a solo author and others written in collaboration with Lincoln Child), and his nonfiction (also some written as a solo author and others written in collaboration with Mario Spezi). Some of his works I have read more than once.

Before Preston and Child became famous for the release of the Agent Pendergast story, Relic, Mr Preston was a nonfiction journalist working for several different reputable publications. Mr Preston compiled the nonfiction material presented here in The Lost Tomb from that journalistic work.

Other excellent nonfiction that Mr Preston has authored include The Lost City of the Monkey God, The Monster of Florence, Talking To The Ground, and Dinosaurs In The Attic. These are all full length stories placed in incredibly differing localities around the world, and in some direct way Mr Preston actually lived through them. He is a part of each of these books. Where the previously mentioned books are each a full length book devoted to one general theme, this book, The Lost Tomb, is a compilation of several short stories, each different from the other. Each is its own theme, and, the themes vary widely.

If you have never read Douglas Preston, The Lost Tomb would be a good “first book” choice for Mr Preston’s nonfiction work. If you have read his nonfiction work already, then you probably already like his work, and if that’s the case, The Lost Tomb should also be a part of your library.

But, in any case, there is something in this book that will capture the attention and entertain anyone and everyone that likes to read.
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michael richards
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book so far.
Reviewed in Canada on April 5, 2024
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Got it same day and started it last night. So far sogood. Recommend anything by either Douglas Preston or Lincoln Child, especially the co-authored works.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in Canada on February 13, 2024
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This is one of the best books I've read in years. After reading it's initiated many more books to order in the future.
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