My Favorite Books Books - Your Compass in Life
And Authors
Heather Ceana
By Author
Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
Simon Brett - The Christmas Crimes At Puzzel Manor
John Chadwick - The Decipherment of Linear B
Anthony Orr Clarke, Ph.D. - Quaternary Evolution of the San Bernardino Valley (Quarterly of San Bernardino County Museum Assoc. - Vol XXXVI, No 2&3, Winter 1978/Spring 1979)
Billy Collins - Questions About Angels
     Sailing Alone Around the Room
Bernard Comrie - Aspect
     Tense
Florian Coulmas - The Writing Systems of the World
Stephen R. Donaldson - The Mirror of Her Dreams
     A Man Rides Through
David Deutsch - The Fabric of Reality
Erich Eyck - Bismarck and the German Empire
Carola F�rg - Traditional Motifs for Needlework and Knitting
John M. Gottman, Ph.D., and Joan DeClaire - The Relationship Cure
Uwe Heckman - Romantik: Schlo� Heidelberg im Zeitalter der Romantik
H. W. Janson - History of Art
Samuel Noah Kramer - History Begins at Sumer
Thomas S. Kuhn - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Louis P. Lochner - The Goebbels Diaries: 1942 - 1943
Fitzroy MacLean - Scotland: A Concise History
W. Manchot - Kloster Limburg: Eine bauwissenschaftliche und geschichtlich Abhandlung
Andre Norton - Octagon Magic
     Lavender-Green Magic
Maurice Pope - The Story of Decipherment
Robert Scholes - Semiotics and Interpretation
Adolf and Annemarie Schr�ppel and Manfred Einsiedler - Schlo� Falkenstein: Des M�rchenk�nigs letzter Traum
Harry Gordon Slade - Glamis Castle
J�na Sparey - Icelandic Patterns in Needlepoint
Sally P. Springer and Georg Deutsch - Left Brain/Right Brain: Perspectives From Cognitive Neuroscience
Henry Strutz - 1001 Pitfalls In German
David Hurst Thomas - Predicting the Past
W. Hugh Thomas - Murder of Rudolf Hess
Alison Weir - The Princes In The Tower
     The Wars of the Roses
Gene Wolfe - There Are Doors
Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer - Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth
Not all of these are part of a series. Elizabeth Peters has her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Oriental Institute in Egyptology. She is certainly well qualified to write on the topic. She has taken a wonderful approach in her Amelia Peabody (Emerson) Egyptological Mysteries. We typically read about her adventures with her husband Emerson (Radcliffe Emerson), her son Ramses (Walter Peabody Emerson), and their ward Nefret, in the form of a personal journal. Her Vicki Bliss Mysteries handle various periods and regions in history with a strong damsel who is rarely in "distress," except over various men in her life who seem to think that a woman must find a husband to be happy.
Elizabeth Peters has a fantastic talent for bringing History to life through her Historical Mysteries! She also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Michaels. American Gothics are her specialty under this name. I sincerely hope she is able to write at least 60 more books! That would keep me busy for the next 40+ years of my life. I have all of the books marked in red. :-)
Amelia Peabody Emerson:
Crocodile On the Sandbank
The Curse of the Pharoahs
The Mummy Case
Lion In the Valley
The Last Camel Died At Noon
The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
The Hippopotamus Pool
Deeds of the Disturber
Seeing A Large Cat
The Ape Who Guards the Balance

Vicki Bliss:
Borrower of the Night
Street of the Five Moons
Silhouette in Scarlet
Trojan Gold
Night Train to Memphis

Others:
A Gothic Treasure Trove
Ammie, Come Home
Be Buried in the Rain
Black Rainbow
Greygallows
Here I Stay
House of Many Shadows
Houses of Stone
Into the Darkness
Other Worlds
Patriot's Dream
Prince of Darkness
Search the Shadows
Shattered Silk
Smoke and Mirrors
Someone in the House
Sons of the Wolf
Stitches in Time
The Crying Child
More Amelia Peabody Emerson:
The Falcon At the Portal
He Shall Thunder In the Sky
The Golden One
Lord of the Silent
Children of the Storm
Guardian of the Horizon
The Serpent on the Crown
Tomb of the Golden Bird
Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium

Jaqcueline Kirby:
The Murders of Richard III
Die for Love
Naked Once More
The Seventh Sinner


More Others:
The Dancing Floor
The Dark on the Other Side
The Grey Beginning
The Master of Blacktower
The Sea King's Daughter
The Walker in Shadows
Vanish With the Rose
Wait for What Will Come
Wings of the Falcon
Witch
Wizard's Daughter
Devil May Care
The Love Talker
The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits
The Camelot Caper
Legend in Green Velvet
The Dead Sea Cipher
The Copenhagen Connection
By Title
1001 Pitfalls In German - Henry Strutz
A Man Rides Through - Stephen R. Donaldson
Aspect - Bernard Comrie
The Christmas Crimes At Puzzel Manor - Simon Brett
The Decipherment of Linear B - John Chadwick
Bismarck and the German Empire - Erich Eyck
The Fabric of Reality - David Deutsch
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Glamis Castle - Harry Gordon Slade
The Goebbels Diaries: 1942-1943 - Louis P. Lochner
History Begins at Sumer - Samuel Noah Kramer
History of Art - H. W. Janson
Icelandic Patterns in Needlepoint - J�na Sparey
Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth - Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer
Kloster Limburg: Eine bauwissenschaftliche und geschichtlich Abhandlung - W. Manchot
Lavender-Green Magic - Andre Norton
Left Brain/Right Brain: Perspectives From Cognitive Neuroscience - Sally P. Springer and Georg Deutsch
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
The Mirror of Her Dreams - Stephen R. Donaldson
Murder of Rudolf Hess - W. Hugh Thomas
Octagon Magic - Andre Norton
Predicting the Past - David Hurst Thomas
The Princes In The Tower - Alison Weir
Quaternary Evolution of the San Bernardino Valley (Quarterly of San Bernardino County Museum Assoc. - Vol XXXVI, No 2&3, Winter 1978/Spring 1979) - Anthony Orr Clarke, Ph.D.
Questions About Angels - Billy Collins
The Relationship Cure - John M. Gottman, Ph.D., and Joan DeClaire
Romantik: Schlo� Heidelberg im Zeitalter der Romantik - Uwe Heckman
Sailing Alone Around the Room - Billy Collins
Scotland: A Concise History - Fitzroy MacLean
Schlo� Falkenstein: Des M�rchenk�nigs letzter Traum - Adolf and Annemarie Schr�ppel and Manfred Einsiedler
Semiotics and Interpretation - Robert Scholes
The Story of Decipherment - Maurice Pope
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Thomas S. Kuhn
Tense - Bernard Comrie
There Are Doors - Gene Wolfe
Traditional Motifs for Needlework and Knitting - Carola F�rg
The Wars of the Roses - Alison Weir
The Writing Systems of the World - Florian Coulmas
Anne Perry
Her books are NOT for squeemish people! They are an examination of the social travesties of Victorian England through the involvement in murder investigations of Inspector Thomas Pitt and his strong-willed wife, Charlotte.
There were a couple from each series that I didn't particularly enjoy. I did enjoy the characters, storyline, interaction, writing style, etc., however. I will list the ones I didn't really enjoy anyhow and color them blue!
Charolette and Thomas Pitt:
The Cater Street Hangman
Callander Square
Paragon Walk
Resurrection Row
Bluegate Fields
Rutland Place
Death In Devil's Acre
Cardington Crescent
Silence In Hanover Close
Bethlehem Road
Highgate Rise
Belgrave Square
Farriers' Lane
The Hyde Park Headsman
Traitors Gate
Pentecost Alley
Ashworth Hall
Brunswick Gardens
Bedford Square
Half Moon Street
William Monk:
The Face Of A Stranger
A Dangerous Mourning
Defend and Betray
A Sudden, Fearful Death
The Sins Of The Wolf
Cain His Brother
Weighed In The Balance
The Silent Cry
A Breach Of Promise
The Twisted Root
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