All the Strange Hours: The Excavation of a Life

10 best books like All the Strange Hours: The Excavation of a Life (Loren Eiseley): Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster, The Night Fire, Looking for Me, Remarkable Creatures, Island, How Music Works, The Little Perfume Shop off the Champs-Élysées, A French Wedding, Herbie Hancock: Possibilities, The Stationmaster's Cottage

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Author	Adam Higginbotham
ISBN	1501134612

The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research.

April 25, 1986, in Chernobyl, was a turning point in world history. The disaster not only changed the world’s perception of nuclear power and the...

The Night Fire

Author	Michael Connelly
ISBN	0316485616

Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch's mentor, the man who trained him -- new from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly

Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor...

Looking for Me

Author	Beth Hoffman
ISBN	0670025836

A Southern novel of family and antiques from the bestselling author of the beloved Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

Beth Hoffman’s bestselling debut, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, won admirers and acclaim with its heartwarming story and cast of unforgettable characters. Now her unique flair for...

Remarkable Creatures

Author	Tracy Chevalier
ISBN	0007178379

In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on the south coast of England. With its long snout and prominent teeth, it might be a crocodile – except that it has a huge, bulbous eye.

Remarkable Creatures is the story of Mary Anning, who has a talent...

Island

Author	Aldous Huxley
ISBN	0060085495

In Island, his last novel, Huxley transports us to a Pacific island where, for 120 years, an ideal society has flourished. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events begin to move when an agent of the conspirators,...

How Music Works

Author	David Byrne
ISBN	1936365537

Best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the iconic band Talking Heads, David Byrne has received Grammy, Oscar, and Golden Globe awards and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In the insightful How Music Works, Byrne offers his unique perspective on music - including...

The Little Perfume Shop off the Champs-Élysées

Author

Rebecca Raisin

What is French for falling in love?

When Del leaves small town America to compete in a perfume competition in Paris, she thinks it is just the next step on her five-year-plan. It’s an exciting opportunity. What started out as just a dream for Del and her twin sister is nearly in her grasp. If she...

A French Wedding

Author	Hannah Tunnicliffe
ISBN	0385541848

A French Wedding is a delicious novel about six college friends reuniting on the coast of Brittany to celebrate one of their own's fortieth birthday. With sumptuous food and plenty of wine, the table is set for tricky romantic entanglements, fiery outbursts, and a range of secrets. Readers who loved...

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

Author	Herbie Hancock
ISBN	0670014710

The long-awaited memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time

In Herbie Hancock the legendary jazz musician and composer reflects on a thriving career that has spanned seven decades. A true innovator, Hancock has had an enormous influence on both acoustic and electric...

The Stationmaster's Cottage

Author

Phillipa Nefri Clark

“There are secrets in that cottage. Questions needing answers.”

Those words gave Christie Ryan a reason to stay in River’s End, when she should have gone home after Gran’s funeral.

Inheriting a rundown cottage, far from her jet-setting life, she is drawn into a fifty-year-old...