books about: mysterious

books about: mysterious

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Mysterious

The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody, Book 2)

Elizabeth Peters

Mysterious Press, 1988

Back to the Valley of Tombs
This book finds our heroine Amelia Peabody married to the archeologist she met in Crocodile on the Sandbank. They have made their home in England where they have put their first love (digging around in Egypt) on hold while they raise their son and Professor Emerson ...

Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization

Graham Hancock

Three Rivers Press, 2003

Underworld
As Far as I know no one else has informed us about all of these underwater places where people, at one time, lived. As always Handcock makes you think.

Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, Book 1)

Elizabeth Peters

Mysterious Press, 1988

Delightful little mystery!
I'll be frank when I say that my opinion of this book is biased since it combines my love of Egypt, archaeology, and women who like to roll around in the dirt. But even so, this was a great book. The characters, the setting, the mystery (although none too mysterious) ...

Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar

Masaichiro Anno, Mitsumasa Anno

Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1999

A lovely book on counting and factorials
This picture book is easy to read, and presents two math concepts: the first is counting to ten. The second is factorials: If there are three kingdoms in two countries on one island, then how many kingdoms are there altogether? Imagining some of the silly scenes ...

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Trenton Lee Stewart

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008

Outstanding fiction for middle readers (and their parents)
What tremendous fun this is! I read the first 100 pages aloud to my mother after she had surgery. Then the book got so compelling and engaging that I had to race through silently and leave poor Mom to fend for herself. (I gave her a copy of her own for Mother's ...

Mysterious Monuments: Encyclopedia of Secret Illuminati Designs, Masonic Architecture, and Occult Places

Texe Marrs

RiverCrest Publishing, 2008

Counterfeit god
Texe's powerful book awakens us to the fact that we are immortal Spiritual Beings temporarily entrapped in the realm of Illusion ... these symbols are indicators that we are in the "prison" planet of the "counterfeit god", the god of this world, who uses every means of ...

Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew, Book 8)

Carolyn Keene

Grosset & Dunlap, 1963

Wonderful Gift for Girls, ages 8-11
My cousin's daughter just celebrated her 9th birthday, and I plan on giving her this book, along with some other Nancy Drew books, for Christmas. I gave her volumes 1 through 6 for her birthday, and her mom tells me that she is just blazing through each book, because ...

The Mysterious Montague: A True Tale of Hollywood, Golf, and Armed Robbery

Leigh Montville

Doubleday, 2008

How ironic
Funny that the week I began Leigh Montville's, The Mysterious Montague, a jury in Las Vegas should announce a verdict in the armed robbery trial of the Sad and Sorry Simpson in Las Vegas. Two different men in two different times but amazing parallels. Both are ...

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (Mysterious Benedict Society)

Trenton Lee Stewart

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008

Even better than the first
I enjoyed reading the Mysterious Benedict Society with my 10 year old daughter. We both found this book to be even better. It's full of suspense, humor, and adventure. This book is a bit more realistic than the first. It's a great introduction to suspense novels ...

Fawn and the Mysterious Trickster (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Laura Driscoll

RH/Disney, 2008

A little scarier than the rest of the Disney Fairy books
We own and have read all of the Disney Fairy chapter books. My daughter is 5 years old, and this one was a little scarier than any of the others. Probably not a good choice to read at bedtime. We would still recommend it, but if your daughter is extrememly sensitive ...

Ricky Tims' Convergence Quilts: Mysterious, Magical, Easy, and Fun

Ricky Tims

C&T Publishing, 2003

Quilting
Very happy with the purchase and went straight to the coffee shop to drool over it as I couldn't wait until I got home! Can't wait to get started on a project.

Before the Pharaohs: Egypt's Mysterious Prehistory

Edward F. Malkowski

Bear & Company, 2005

If you want the truth....Buy this book!
How old is the Sphinx? What was the Great Pyramid designed to be? I have never heard of Nabta Playa, but why would an astrophysicist claim that its megaliths were designed as a star map depicting the movements of the constellation Orion? And, over a 10,000 year period! ...

The Mysterious West

Tony Hillerman

HarperTorch, 1995

Interesting change of pace for Hillerman.
I've been reading a lot of novels lately. 600-pagers. So when I found this collections of short stories, I gave it a try. I love the West; I love short stories; why not a change of pace. Hillerman has collected stories set in the West, not western stories. At first I ...

The Mysterious Island (Secrets of Droon, 3)

Tony Abbott

Scholastic Paperbacks, 1999

Great series of books
My 8 year old son has been reading this series of books since he was 6 and just loves them. He can't wait for the next book to be published. Highly reccommend for children who love to read about magical places and people.

A Morbid Taste for Bones: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael

Ellis Peters

Mysterious Press, 1994

Faith, Peace, and Murder
I've always loved the Brother Cadfael series of books. This, the first of the series, was written rather late (1977) in Ellis Peters's writing career, which began in 1936, so it has none of the usual first-novel problems. By the time she wrote it, Ms Peters had fully ...