The Collector of Lost Things
6 best books like The Collector of Lost Things (Jeremy Page): The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party, Blackberry & Wild Rose, Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art, Princess Elizabeth's Spy, The Ice Master, Il metodo Catalanotti
The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party
| Author | Marian Calabro |
| ISBN | 0395866103 |
On April 14, 1846, the Donner Party set out from Springfield, Illinois, in search of a better life in the largely unsettled California territory. The trip started well but eventually questionable choices and infighting delayed pioneers' attempt to cross the Sierra Nevada until winter. As the impassable...
WHEN Esther Thorel, the wife of a Huguenot silk-weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel she thinks she is doing God’s will. Sara is not convinced being a maid is better than being a whore, but the chance to escape her grasping ‘madam’ is too good to refuse.
Inside the Thorels’ tall house...
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art
| Author | Carl Hoffman |
| ISBN | 0062116150 |
The mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in New Guinea in 1961 has kept the world and his powerful, influential family guessing for years. Now, Carl Hoffman uncovers startling new evidence that finally tells the full, astonishing story.
Despite exhaustive searches, no trace...
| Author | Susan Elia MacNeal |
| ISBN | 0553593625 |
Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed début, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary. Now Maggie returns to protect Britain’s beloved royals against an international plot—one that could change the course of history.
As World War II sweeps the continent and...
| Author | Jennifer Niven |
| ISBN | 0786884460 |
The Karluk set out in 1913 in search of an undiscovered continent, with the largest scientific staff ever sent into the Arctic. Soon after, winter had begun, they were blown off course by polar storms, the ship became imprisoned in ice, and the expedition was abandoned by its leader. Hundreds of miles...
Ormai quando si legge un Camilleri di Montalbano sembra di leggere un fumetto. Tipo Tex Willer o Diabolik o Paperino. Lo schema, gli ingredienti narrativi sono sempre gli stessi. La trama è sempre l’incastro di più storie. Hanno sempre lo stesso ritmo sincopato: indagine, mangiatina, Marinella/bonazza....
