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Post by Jenny on Aug 3, 2020 14:49:25 GMT -5
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Post by Jenny on Aug 25, 2020 6:57:15 GMT -5
I loved! The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston It is a true search for treasure account........ Review: Anyone who loves adventure must read and will thoroughly enjoy Douglas Preston’s new book, The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story. Preston grabs your attention straight away as he shares the dangers an expedition will face in order to discover the believed Lost City of the Monkey God in an untouched and lethal region of La Mosquitia in Honduras. In a previous interview I did with Douglas Preston, back in 2013 (Six Questions with Douglas Preston), he mentions working on this discovery. At the time, though, only an aerial survey using technological advanced equipment had greatly suggested the location for the Lost City of the Monkey God had been identified. No ‘boots on the ground’ had yet been placed to confirm the equipment’s detections. The book brilliantly details this ‘ground truthing’ and all the incredible preparations and compromising which were required to take on and complete such a mind-blowing goal. Read More on MW: mysteriouswritings.com/the-lost-city-of-the-monkey-god-by-douglas-preston-a-book-review-of-found-treasure/Get the book on Amazon.... |
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Post by Jenny on Sept 7, 2020 7:46:34 GMT -5
Book Review/excerpt: www.thedailybeast.com/the-hunt-for-catherine-the-greats-shipwreck-treasureThe Tsarina's Lost Treasure: Catherine the Great, a Golden Age Masterpiece, and a Legendary Shipwreck (On Amazon)
From Amazon: On October 1771, a merchant ship out of Amsterdam, Vrouw Maria, crashed off the stormy Finnish coast, taking her historic cargo to the depths of the Baltic Sea. The vessel was delivering a dozen Dutch masterpiece paintings to Europe’s most voracious collector: Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. Among the lost treasures was The Nursery, an oak-paneled triptych by Leiden fine painter Gerrit Dou, Rembrandt’s most brilliant student and Holland’s first international superstar artist. Dou’s triptych was long the most beloved and most coveted painting of the Dutch Golden Age, and its loss in the shipwreck was mourned throughout the art world.
Vrouw Maria, meanwhile, became a maritime legend, confounding would-be salvagers for more than two hundred years. In July 1999, a daring Finnish wreck hunter found Vrouw Maria, upright on the sea floor and perfectly preserved. The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure masterfully recounts the fascinating tale of Vrouw Maria—her loss and discovery—weaving together the rise and fall of the artist whose priceless masterpiece was the jewel of the wreckage.
Gerald Easter and Mara Vorhees bring to vivid life the personalities that drove (and are still driving) this compelling tale, evoking Robert Massie’s depiction of Russian high politics and culture, Simon Schama’s insights into Dutch Golden Age art and art history, Gary Kinder’s spirit of, danger and adventure on the beguiling Archipelago Sea. |
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Post by Jenny on Sept 15, 2020 15:54:00 GMT -5
MW Contributor, John Davis, an retired US Army counterintelligence officer and linguist, gives an excellent review on the intriguing book- Code Warriors: 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 well. America’s secret intelligence war against the Soviet Union was fought not by lawless agents behind the scenes, but by a disciplined, dedicated agency, the National Security Agency, or NSA. Budiansky is especially qualified to present this case, because he was foreign and security correspondent for no less than US News and World Report magazine, not to mention author, speaker, and academic cryptologist himself. Read more on MW: mysteriouswritings.com/mw-book-review-by-john-davis-on-code-warriors/ |
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Post by deathcrow on Aug 2, 2021 10:01:17 GMT -5
Jenny, I'm halfway through The Lost City of the Monkey God. I am really enjoying it. What other books do you recommend? You should do a Youtube video of your shelf!
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Post by Jenny on Oct 23, 2021 8:28:41 GMT -5
I loved! The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston It is a true search for treasure account........ Review: Anyone who loves adventure must read and will thoroughly enjoy Douglas Preston’s new book, The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story. Preston grabs your attention straight away as he shares the dangers an expedition will face in order to discover the believed Lost City of the Monkey God in an untouched and lethal region of La Mosquitia in Honduras. In a previous interview I did with Douglas Preston, back in 2013 (Six Questions with Douglas Preston), he mentions working on this discovery. At the time, though, only an aerial survey using technological advanced equipment had greatly suggested the location for the Lost City of the Monkey God had been identified. No ‘boots on the ground’ had yet been placed to confirm the equipment’s detections. The book brilliantly details this ‘ground truthing’ and all the incredible preparations and compromising which were required to take on and complete such a mind-blowing goal. Read More on MW: mysteriouswritings.com/the-lost-city-of-the-monkey-god-by-douglas-preston-a-book-review-of-found-treasure/Get the book on Amazon....Documentary coming! |
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Post by Jenny on Oct 26, 2021 17:25:05 GMT -5
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Post by Jenny on Jan 2, 2022 9:06:23 GMT -5
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