03013cam a2200517 4500 367594652 TxAuBib 20180516120000.0 160812s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016037247 9781455540006 1455540005 DLC eng DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Preston, Douglas J. The lost City of the Monkey God : a true story / Douglas Preston. 1st ed.: January 2017. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2017. viii, 326 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. Maps on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-318) and index. The Gates of Hell -- Somewhere in the Americas -- The Devil Had Killed Him -- A Land of Cruel Jungles -- One of the Few Remaining Mysteries -- The Heart of Darkness -- The Fish That Swallowed the Whale -- Lasers in the Jungle -- Something Nobody Had Done -- The Most Dangerous Place on the Planet -- Uncharted Territory -- No Coincidences -- Fer-de-Lance -- Don't Pick the Flowers -- Human Hands -- "I'm Going Down" -- A Bewitchment Place -- Quagmire -- Controversy -- The Cave of the Glowing Skulls -- The Symbol of Death -- They Came to Wither the Flowers -- White Leprosy -- The National Institutes of Health -- An Isolated Species -- La Ciudad del Jaguar -- We Are Orphans. Kirkus Starred, November 2016. Booklist, December 2016. New York Times, January 2017. Publishers Weekly Annex, January 2017. Kirkus Starred. Booklist. New York Times. "... author Douglas Preston takes readers on an adventure deep into the Honduran jungle in this riveting, danger-filled true story about the discovery of an ancient lost civilization"--Provided by publisher. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20170207. Preston, Douglas J Travel Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras.) Extinct cities Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras.) Cities and towns, Ancient Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras.) Indians of Central America Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) Antiquities. Cities and towns Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras.) Native Americans Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) Antiquities. HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies.) HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries. HISTORY / Latin America / Central America. Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) Description and travel. Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) Discovery and exploration. Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) Antiquities. Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) Exploration.