false<![CDATA[The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255568700m/6411961.jpg641196120In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world’s most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling--a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths . . . all under the watchful eye of Brown’s most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.
As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object--artfully encoded with five symbols--is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation . . . one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom.
When Langdon’s beloved mentor, Peter Solomon--a prominent Mason and philanthropist--is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations--all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.
As the world discovered in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, Dan Brown’s novels are brilliant tapestries of veiled histories, arcane symbols, and enigmatic codes. In this new novel, he again challenges readers with an intelligent, lightning-paced story that offers surprises at every turn. The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown’s fans have been waiting for . . . his most thrilling novel yet.
6600281book1592009The Lost Symboltotal:10023|5:1479|4:3097|3:3443|2:1547|1:457|1002333663210913663015falsefalseWed May 06 13:19:08 -0700 2009Tue Oct 13 07:41:35 -0700 2009
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283falsefalseSun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sat Sep 19 19:56:44 -0700 2009Tue Sep 22 14:52:05 -0700 20091 Here's the deal: the man can't write. He's a name-brand & url spewing, Wikipedia-like fountain of knowledge, who CAN'T HANDLE VERB TENSES. He also likes really short sentences. That aren't sentences at...more...]]>
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24falsetrueSun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009Mon Oct 12 14:06:56 -0700 2009Mon Oct 12 14:19:06 -0700 2009 The Lost Symbol follows the familiar Dan Brown formula - an ominous conspiracy, a threat to end the world as we know it, a re...more...]]>
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531falsefalseThu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu Sep 17 18:54:21 -0700 2009Fri Sep 18 08:53:58 -0700 2009 Your temporal destination, not Paris and London, but Washington, D.C.
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The Da Vinci Code, was commercially successful but was widely derided for the dishonesty of the promise in the f...more...]]>
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realistic expectation of the readers. Instead, the book has abundant thrilling moments within a contemporary context that uses many realistic elements. Th...more...]]>
377falsefalseTue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Tue Sep 15 19:35:06 -0700 2009Sat Sep 19 08:16:50 -0700 2009 I think that about sums it up.]]>
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De Vinci Code or Angels and Demons, this is more of the same only worse. Brown manged to research every symbol, pictograph, and icon known to man plus a few more and link them altogether in his usual "run for your life, we've got to get the word out (or keep it from getting out...more...]]>
50falsefalseFri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009Fri Nov 20 07:05:35 -0800 2009Fri Nov 20 07:16:18 -0800 2009 The book itself was typical Dan Brown. It was intellectual, it was a thriller, you were caught off guard at every ...more...]]>
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The DaVinci Code, to stir up controversy and lawsuits that were covered by the press at great length, driving sales into the stratosphere.
That Mr. Brown is a moderately ...more...]]>
40falsefalseFri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009Thu Nov 19 06:35:47 -0800 2009Thu Nov 19 06:46:10 -0800 2009 There were parts that made me cringe morally and spiri...more...]]>
30falsefalseSun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009Wed Nov 18 20:44:16 -0800 2009Thu Nov 19 05:11:18 -0800 2009 i liked it for the same reason i liked da vinci code: for someone who doesn't know much (read: anything) about architectural history and the like, it's an interesting way to garner some of that knowle...more...]]>
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