Code Warriors, by Stephen Budiansky Alfred A. Knopf: New York Book Review by John Davis The arts and sciences need for codes and code breaking are as old as man himself. The secret world they augur is one of mystery, but as Stephen Budiansky points out, one of law as …
Create Your Own Secret Language, by David J. Peterson; Odddot.com: New York; $12.99, paperback Book Review by John Davis Kids who have been at home a while know one thing. Their brothers and sisters are creeps who breathe their air! They want to be alone! They want to talk to …
Seducing and Killing Nazis, by Sophie Poldermans, SWW Press: Haarlem, the Netherlands; $25.65 paperback Book Review by John Davis Only girls, they learned at home never to discriminate against others. Because, as their parents counselled, ‘All humanity is equal’. Such simple life guidance was catastrophically upended when violent, white supremacist Nazi …
Book Review by John Davis Eerie Alabama, by Alan Brown; History Press: Charleston SC; $21.99 paperback. Book review appeared earlier in the Decatur Daily Available on Amazon Wandering off the main highways of Alabama can be pleasurable. Should I not also add mysterious, strange, intriguing and delightful? Yes, all those …
Book Review: The Curse of Oak Island by Randall Sullivan (December 2018) (Available on Amazon) The Curse of Oak Island by Randall Sullivan is a must read for anyone interested in the legendary treasure hunt of Oak Island. Sullivan thoroughly researches, investigates, and lays out the past attempts, written accounts, …
Book Review by John Davis “From Holmes to Sherlock,” by Mattias Bostrom; Mysterious Press: New York Available on Amazon How did it happen? How did a series of stories about an eccentric detective from the early 1890s, published in a British magazine, come to be a world shaking modern television …
Book Review by John Davis The Secret Parts of Fortune, by Ron Rosenbaum; Random House: New York; 799 pages, hardback; $29.95.(Available on Amazon) Mystery and conspiracy are guaranteed to arouse the interest of the average American reader. Think of any of the several real world mysteries you’ve read about over …
Book Review by John Davis The Million-Dollar Man Who Helped Kill a President, by Christopher Lyle McIlwain, Sr.; Savas Beatie LLC: California; $32.95, hardback (available on Amazon) A more thoroughly researched true mystery you’ll never read. George Washington Gayle and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln is no marginal revisionist history. …
Book Review by John Davis The Atlas Obscura’s Explorer’s Guide for The World’s Most Adventurous Kid, by Dylan Thuras and Rosemary Mosco; Workman Publishing: New York; $13.49, hardback: Available on Amazon If I could give one gift to every kid I meet, it would be curiosity. A curious kid will …
The highly anticipated book of Armchair Treasure Hunts: The Quests for Hidden Treasures by Jenny Kile, with the Foreword written by Forrest Fenn is now available! The book features the following: (UPDATE: this book has been discontinued and replaced with The Ultimate Guide to Armchair Treasure Hunts.) Foreword by Forrest …
