books about: enigmatic     books:       Enigmatic Crosswords to Keep You Sharp (AARP) Sterling, 2005             The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Enigmatic Agency2 reviews, 2004 The leading authority on the U.S. Secret Service approves :) Minor criticisms aside (as duly noted by a few others), this is an excellent work on the U.S. Secret Service (Melanson took my advice---for the most part---after I gave him a pretty negative review to his original 1984 work entitled "The Politics of Protection"; this book acts as an updated version in many ways). As I am the leading authority on the U.S. Secret Service (esp. in regard to the ...             Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett2 reviews Georges Simenon Penguin (Non-Classics), 1964 The first official Maigret This great novel is the first "official" Maigret. (Simenon wrote 5 novels before where Maigret appeared. But these novels didn't have the Simenon's signature.) This novel is excellent and a good introduction to the Simenon's world.             Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine": The Enigmatic Problems of Prof. Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, Ph. ...2 reviews Jacques Futrelle Modern Library, 2003 Edwardian crime stories as recommended by Harlan Ellison This book of short stories with a foreword by the great science fiction writer, Harlan Ellison, is centered on one story, The Problem of Cell 13, which was first published in The Boston American in 1906. Harlan Ellison's twelve-page introduction is entirely honest about the merits of the book. He first met the The Thinking Machine, Futrelle's brainy protagonist, when he read The Problem of Cell ...             Fanny and Joshua: The Enigmatic Lives of Frances Caroline Adams and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain5 reviews Diane M. Smith, Diane Monroe Smith Thomas Publications (PA), 1999 Wonderful, insightful, & hard to put down! I developed an interest in Chamberlain after reading "The Killer Angels", and had been looking for a good biography of him. Last summer I visited the Chamberlain Museum in Brunswick, Me. and bought this book based on the recommendation of our tour guide. I can't begin to say how wonderful I think this book is. Smith has excellent insight into Victorian character and mores, and transmits ...             The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell10 reviews Rachel Herz William Morrow, 2007 A compelling account of an intriguing subject I was drawn to this book out of curiosity having recognized on reading the title that I was totally ignorant of the subject. The author pulled me in and kept me reading to find out more about this intriguing sense that provides such an intensive assist to experience. It is a compelling book - a good read but, more important, wonderfully informative. The reward is awareness of an aspect of life ...             GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 3 : Hivers, Droyne, Ancients, and Other Enigmatic Races (GURPS Traveller)1 review Andy Slack Steve Jackson Games, 2000 So far the best of the three GT:Alien Races books! The book is well written and contains 5 sections, each dealing with one of five alien races - in this case the two major races Hivers and Droyne, the mysterious Ancients and two strange minor races (Inheritors and Lithkind). Each section has an in-depth description of the race, its history and culture and its relations to other races, adventure seeds, racial templates and some equipment and ...             Wild China: Natural Wonders of the World's Most Enigmatic Land Phil Chapman, George Chan, ... Yale University Press, 2008 Within the vast borders of China, a dazzling array of ecosystems and habitats are found?wildlife habitats so diverse as to nearly stagger the imagination. From the world?s loftiest mountain peaks to grass steppes that stretch beyond the horizon, from steaming jungles to wide deserts that fluctuate between searing heat and numbing cold, China?s landscapes inspire awe and curiosity.   Wild China leads the reader across China?s landscapes and ...             Anonymous: Enigmatic Images from Unknown Photographers4 reviews Robert Flynn Johnson Thames & Hudson, 2005 "What, in short, makes a photograph good?" The answer to the question posed by William Boyd, who with Robert Flynn Johnson has gathered and commented on this portfolio of fascinating photographs, lies between the covers of this enthralling book. None of the photographers represented herein are known for their artistry: actually they are not known at all and hence the title. But the images in this book touch nearly every human emotion and ...             Sharaku: The Enigmatic Ukiyo-E Master Muneshige Narazaki Kodansha International (JPN), 1995             An Enigmatic Man (Harlequin Romance Series I)2 reviews Carole Mortimer Ulverscroft Large Print, 2003 An Enigmatic Man by Carole Mortimer (Large Print Harlequin) Description from the book back cover: He wanted to make love ... but what about giving it? From the moment Crystal Webber had arrived as an unexpected guest at Sam Barton's remote mansion in the Yorkshire moors, she'd got the message: Sam had no room in his life for emotional involvement. But it wasn't as if Crys wanted to marry him, for goodness' sake - just somewhere to stay for a couple ...             Giordano Bruno's the Candle-Bearer: An Enigmatic Renaissance Play (Medieval/Renaissance Studies (Edwin Mellen ... A. Buono Hodgart Edwin Mellen Press, 1997             The enigmatic world of Dmitri Strizhov Robert C Morgan Global Curiosity, 1998 "Dmitry Strizhov is a young Russian-born painter who lives in a world entirely of his own making." This book is a monograph of that artist and his unique world. "It is a mythological world filled with colorful figures in imaginary landscapes, a world that has been turned upside down as shown in the enigmatic faces he loves to paint. Yet there is a certain heroism in his mythical world, a heroism that opens the door to the unconscious in a ...             The Enigmatic Voice of God: A Research on Myth Dr. Rev. Narayan Uchigaki AuthorHouse, 2007 In "The Enigmatic Voice of God" the author outlines a path for bringing harmony into the world by awakening the dormant mythical character of human intelligence and by reconciling human behavior with nature. The book is a tasteful blend of science, philosophy, history and religion. Poems by the author have been selected to elevate the spirits of the reader. Particularly fascinating are the author's accounts of extraordinary experiences ...             The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Enigmatic Agency20 reviews Philip H. Melanson, Peter F. Stevens Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003 Not so enigmatic anymore... This was the first book I read about the Secret Service, and I was very pleased with it. It is true that for some this may read like a dry textbook, but I was so interested in the material that it didn't matter. If you're looking for an entertaining read, like an action novel or something, you need to look elsewhere. You can read random chapters and still get what you need out of it if the dry ...             Lindbergh: Flight's Enigmatic Hero4 reviews Von Hardesty Harcourt, 2002 I ordered this book as a gift. I ordered this book as a gift for a friend. It arrived in a timely manner and my friend really likes the book.             Decoding Old Masters: Patrons, Princes and Enigmatic Paintings of the 15th Century Abolala Soudavar I. B. Tauris, 2008 The interpretation of paintings--especially of Old Masters--has occupied art historians for generations. Rarely, however, have they attempted to place the subject of their research in its wider political and international context. So what can we learn, for example, about the state of 15th-century Europe by studying some of the great paintings of the time? In this innovative work, Abolala Soudavar examines seven paintings by some of the great ...             Chang Dai-Chien: The Enigmatic Genius, from the Banshan Feng and Jingyu Tant Collections Chen Jiazi Asian Civilisations Museum, 2001 Chang Dai-chien (Zhang Daqian) was undoubtedly one of the most important artists of modern China, and his art celebrated the best of Chinese and Western artistric traditions. A precocious student of Chinese classical styles, Chang produced outstanding works reminiscent of the Ming master Shitao, as well as controversial imitations often regarded as forgeries during the early part of his career. Later, as he took refuge as an emigre in the USA, ...             Enigmatic Edwardian Reginald Esher1 review James Lees-Milne Sidgwich Jackson Ltd, 1988 Great biography by a courageous biographer James Lees-Milne was the 20th century's greatest diarist. Less well known today are his huge and diverse collection of other works, which range from novels to architectural criticism to biography. It is surprising to me that a. Reggie Esher wasn't arrested and locked away forever, or b. at least socially ostracized, and c. that many people in British society ever spoke to the author of his ...              search for books ancients, anonymous, augustus, candle-bearer, caroline, chamberlain, classics, collections, crosswords, dai-chien, decoding, discovering, edwardian, enigmatic, futrelle, giordano, harlequin, lawrence, lindbergh, medieval, paintings, photographers, problems, reginald, renaissance, research, sharaku, strizhov, thinking, traveller books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen kitchen: Danger Men Cooking Apron - Black 303010 we recommend So far the best of the three GT:Alien Races books! home  impressum - about us