BBC – The History of a Mystery (part2/5)
May 212010
Are best-selling books such as The Da Vinci Code based on history or are they the product of fertile imaginations with a taste for the occult?
An edition of Timewatch that looks at the supposed revelation in certain “history” books which claim to provide clues to unsolved mysteries. Taking the claims of the writers of one of these books at face value at first, the programme then very carefully deconstructs the story, revealing it to be utterly false.
Duration : 0:9:46
Are YOU one of the missing? A plane shows up out of no where. No pilot. No crew. Only 36 babies on board. Now, 13 years later those children are being sent a message “You are one of the missing”. Follow the mystery where ever books are sold. From Simon & Schuster Books for Young
AFTERSHOCK
One of Canada’s great mystery writers, Peter Robinson, is back with his most thrilling mystery yet! Will Inspector Banks be killed off? Find out in this video interview, where Peter Robinson talks about his characters and his latest book, Friend of the Devil.
A tongue – in – cheek plug, for a great book . An unlikely group go hunting for hidden treasure. Launched at the London Book Fair, the book has enjoyed immense success with those who belive in vampires, like action, romance and mystery.
Are best-selling books such as The Da Vinci Code based on history or are they the product of fertile imaginations with a taste for the occult?
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A tour and history of Book Mountain Used Paperback Exchange, Santa Fe, NM. Does your town have such a one? Proprietor Peggy Frank explains how it works.. I’d love to do a video like this about you or your business – that’s what I do, in fact. To see all Jim Terr YouTube videos enter HYMIEHYMIE in search line.
THE TSUNAMI FILE. This is Michael Rose s third international thriller with McArthur & Co, featuring Frank Delaney, a journalist and CSIS operative originally from Montreal. The first in the series was the MAZOVIA LEGACY (stolen Nazi art found in Montreal); the second was THE BURMA EFFECT, set in the Far East and based on a military takeover (which then actually occurred!); and this third one, THE TSUNANI FILE, is based on the forensic detection involved in identifying victims of the tsunami in 2006. Someone is trying to prevent the identification of one of the victims and Frank Delaney swings into action.
A MORTAL CURIOUSITY is one of the Lizzie Martin series—-these are Victorian mysteries along the line of Anne Perry.