Sahara: A Dirk Pitt Adventure: Amazon.ca: Clive Cussler: Books

Frequently Bought Together

+

Total List Price: CDN$ 37.97
Price For All Three: CDN$ 34.17

Show availability and shipping details

This item: Sahara: A Dirk Pitt Adventure by Clive Cussler
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details
Shock Wave by Clive Cussler
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details
Inca Gold by Clive Cussler
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Shock Wave

by Clive Cussler

4.2 out of 5 stars (78) CDN$ 10.79

Inca Gold

by Clive Cussler

4.0 out of 5 stars (93) CDN$ 11.69

Dragon

by Clive Cussler

4.1 out of 5 stars (32) CDN$ 11.69

Deep Six

by Clive Cussler

4.2 out of 5 stars (22) CDN$ 11.69

Black Wind

by Clive Cussler

3.2 out of 5 stars (4) CDN$ 9.89

› Explore similar items

Product Description

From Publishers Weekly

With this 14-week PW bestseller in cloth, Cussler delivers great fun, as his durable hero Dirk Pitt returns to save mankind from a greedy industrialist, solving some historical riddles along the way.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From AudioFile

Dirk Pitt, intrepid adventurer and master explorer, searches the Sahara for the deadly toxin that is killing marine life world wide. This audio, abridged by Harold Schmidt, lacks most of the adventure, as well as the humor, of Cussler's novels. Narrator Tom Wopat brings an unconventional vocal slant to the ever-cocky Pitt. Using lots of vocal characterization, Wopat brings across the smug brashness of Pitt and handles dialogue briskly. Enhanced by sound effects and small pieces of music, this is an interesting and perplexing mystery. B.P. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

See all Product Description

Inside This Book (Learn More)

Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt

Tag this product

(What's this?)

Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.

Customer Reviews

91 Reviews

5 star:		(55)
4 star:		(16)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(11)

Average Customer Review

4.1 out of 5 stars (91 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Create your own review

Most helpful customer reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A pretty entertaining read - one flaw I can't let slide, April 9 2004

By	eukonidor (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sahara (Mass Market Paperback)

OK, I have read EVERY Dirk Pitt novel Clive Cussler has written, so I definitely qualify to review his books. I enjoy how Cussler pushes the technological envelope in each new story, even a little over the top; I also enjoy how Dirk Pitt is the ruthless hero (only to baddies, not to beautiful women) we've all wished our movie action heroes could be. If you've read more than one Dirk Pitt novel, you know what I'm talking about. No need to elaborate so as not to ruin it for others less fortunate.

By the way, I appreciate how he writes himself into nearly every novel. Don't criticize - you'd do it too if you knew how to make a living writing.

I enjoyed Sahara immensely. Cussler has a way of getting you to say, "Hmmm...could that be what really happened?"

I usually leave a LOT of room for authors to play with the rules of technology and even the laws of physics now and then.

However, despite Cussler's quality, I can't ignore this one:

If you are dehydrated to the point of death - no, wait, even if you are dehydrated significantly less than to the point of death - you don't simply drink quarts and quarts of water and in a matter of minutes fully recover, shake the dust off, and sally forth on your merry way. Even somewhat dehydrated, you will be on a table with an IV in your arm for several hours. I know this firsthand. Technology is one thing; medical accuracy is another.
Nonetheless...
A very good book, typical Cussler.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

5.0 out of 5 stars "Sahara" Is One of the Best Adventure Novels among Clive Cussler's Books of This Forumula of Pop Fiction, Sep 23 2009

By	C.-P. Gerald Parker (Abitibi region of Qu�bec) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sahara (Mass Market Paperback)

I have been reading Clive Cussler novels for many years and I can call myself a true fan of Cussler's pop fiction. Of course, Cussler does not aspire to the status of "belles lettres" (high-class literature worthy of study for its aesthetic value), but this author excels in his chosen genre of adventure ("action") novel and of books with plots that relate (at least in part) to sea-faring exploits or maritime curiosities. "Sahara" is among the best of Cussler's novels, among my very favourite of his exciting epics; only "The Mediterranean Caper", "Iceberg", and "Raise the Titantic" are as thrilling as "Sahara" is". There are few films based on Cussler novels, the only two of which I know being cinematic treatments of "Sahara", a great box-office success, and "Raise the Titanic" (a novel, hence the film too, whose plausibility suffers in retrospect only due to the discovery of the Titanic wreck well after Cussler had written his novel and after the film industry made a cinematic treatment of it). I read "Sahara" many years before the film came out. Both the novel and the film are "super"!

Cussler researches his subjects exceedingly well. The Tuaregs in "Sahara" are true to the life, religious beliefs and practices, and lore of this peculiar Muslim sect in Mali (e.g., whose men, rather than their women, wear an all-encompassing veil). Cussler's experience at sea, especially in exploring wrecks and naval mysteries, shows in all of his novels. Having been in the U.S. Navy myself (even having consorted for a few months with the "Navy Seals") during the Kennedy presidency in the early 1960s, I can appreciate the authenticity of Cussler's Naval and Maritime lore as he depicts it. In "Sahara" it takes the form of sub-plots that entail some expert manoeuvering under dangerous conditions of a small river craft vessel as well as the discovery of a marooned Confederacy warship.

The reader cannot go wrong with most of Cussler's novels especially those which were published before the present (21st) century began. "Sahara" makes a good point of departure in exploring the "Dirk Pitt" pop classics of Cussler's famously enjoyable 20th century output. If you liked the film treatment, you probably will enjoy the novel even more, if you are an avid reader of action fiction!

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Clive Cussler Book So Far, Mar 13 2005

By A Customer

This review is from: Sahara: A Dirk Pitt Adventure (Mass Market Paperback)

THis is by far the best Clive Cussler book I ever read, I only read around seven of his books but this is superior because of all the plot twists.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review

› See all 91 customer reviews...

Most recent customer reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars classic cussler
if anymone came to me asked me, 'sir, which clive cussler book would you recommend to me?' i would doff my bowler hat back and reply: 'Sahara'. Read more

Published on Jun 17 2004 by rashid

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but predictable
This being my third Clive Cussler novel, I was both entertained and annoyed while reading it. The historical parts interested me, and Cussler has a clever way of making you forget... Read more

Published on April 8 2004 by S. Roberts

1.0 out of 5 stars Dirk Pitt and Sahara are................The Pitts
Clive (Jive) Cussler is allegedly an Adventure/Action author. In reality he's somewhere between Fantasyland and the Outer Limits. Read more

Published on Jan 27 2004 by Mr D.

5.0 out of 5 stars My Second Favorite Dirk Pitt Book
This is one of my favorite books of all time. It is very long, but the pages fly by when you are reading it. The only Dirk Pitt book I like better is Treasure. Read more

Published on Jul 23 2003 by BRAD BAUGHMAN

2.0 out of 5 stars I don't know how I feel about this one.
I don't know how I feel about this one. I enjoyed reading it in the same way I might enjoy watching whatever made-for-tv movie might be playing on USA on a random weeknight. Read more

Published on Jul 6 2003 by Katherine

4.0 out of 5 stars A most excellent Dirk Pitt adventure!
"Sahara" was about the seventh Dirk Pitt book I have read and I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed any of the other ones. Read more

Published on Jun 27 2003 by Christopher Leber

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.
This book is brilliant. One of the best I've ever read. Cussler keeps you guessing right up to the end with non-stop action everywhere in between. Read more

Published on May 6 2003 by Darla E Breda

5.0 out of 5 stars Dirk vs. the desert
This is possibly my most favorite Dirk Pitt Adventure. Is it possible that Abraham Lincoln was actually kidnapped by the Confederate Army? Read more

Published on April 28 2003 by Mark Wagenschutz

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow this is hot
This book is off the hook. Non-stop action to the max. Dirk Pitt is the new and improved James Bond. Read more

Published on Mar 7 2003 by Chris

5.0 out of 5 stars Sahara is HOT
This book in the Dirk Pitt series is probably the most action-packed, full of adrenaline and gun-blazing frenzy! Instantly addicting. Read more

Published on Oct 9 2002 by Ian KHARITONOV

› See all 91 customer reviews...

Listmania!

Awesome action thrillers: A list by "orliss"
My favorites in Everything: A list by "missalexa"
My favourite books by Clive Cussler (in chronological order): A list by Massimo Capaccioli

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Action & Adventure
Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Thrillers > Suspense

Look for similar items by subject

Feedback

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

	77% buy the item featured on this page: Sahara: A Dirk Pitt Adventure 4.1 out of 5 stars (91) CDN$ 11.69
	7% buy Inca Gold 4.0 out of 5 stars (93) CDN$ 11.69
	6% buy Atlantis Found 3.7 out of 5 stars (321) CDN$ 9.89
	5% buy Trojan Odyssey 3.2 out of 5 stars (80) CDN$ 9.99

Sahara: A Dirk Pitt Adventure (Paperback)

Frequently Bought Together

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Product Details

Product Description

From Publishers Weekly

From AudioFile

Tag this product

What do customers ultimately buy after viewing this item?

Customer Reviews

Listmania!

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject

Feedback

Your Recent History