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Visible Only From Above
Visible Only From Above If you’re interested in the mystery of the Nazca lines, you will also find these fascinating - Visible Only From Above, Mystifying ‘Nazca Lines’ Discovered in Mideast By Owen Jarus | LiveScience.com The giant stone structures form wheel shapes with spokes often radiating inside. Here a cluster of wheels in the Azraq Oasis. CREDIT: David D. Boyer They stretch from Syria to Saudi Arabia, can be seen from the air but not the ground, and are virtually unknown to the public. They are the Middle East’s own version of the Nazca Lines — ancient “geolyphs,” or drawings, that span deserts in southern Peru — and now,…
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Description – The Book of Lost Fragrances
“He struggled to separate out the notes he recognized from the ones he didn’t, searching for the ingredients that gave the blend its promise of hope, of long nights and voluptuous dreams, of invitation and embrace. Of an everlasting covenant ripe with possibility.Of lost souls reunited.” —The Book of Lost Fragrances A sweeping and suspenseful tale of secrets, intrigue, and lovers separated by time, all connected through the mystical qualities of a perfume created in the days of Cleopatra—and lost for 2,000 years. Selected by Indie Booksellers for the March 2012 Indie Next List. Selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Top Ten Mystery/Thrillers Spring 2012 "From 18th-century Egypt…
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Did Kubrick Fake The Moon Landings?
Did Kubrick Fake The Moon Landings? Okay, suspend your disbelief for a second and imagine that for political reasons the United States may have needed to cloak the true nature of its lunar program by creating fake landings and moon walks. Now imagine that they would have needed to find the most precocious filmmaker alive in order to do the job. There’s a lot of talk lately about whether or not it’s possible that Stanley Kubrick was hired to direct the fake moon landings. Here’s an article from Reality Sandwich that goes into great detail on the matter. I am still a bit skeptical, but this article has really got…
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Our Provocative Giveaway Continues…
Our Provocative Giveaway Continues… A few weeks ago, M.J.’s upcoming new novel, THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES, got Indie Next Pick for March! It also received a starred and boxed PW review – and to celebrate, M.J. decided to offer something very intriguing to her readers. The giveaway continues through February and the details are below in case you missed our post about this earlier in the month… But first, The Story straight from M.J.: Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, was fascinated with and some say obsessed by scent. Marc Anthony built her a fragrance factory and the famous queen was said to have kept a recipe book…
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Excerpt – The Book of Lost Fragrances
Read an excerpt from The Lost Book of Fragrances. But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, taste and smell alone, more fragile but more enduring, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, remain poised a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection. —Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past Chapter 1. Alexandria, Egypt, 1799 Giles L’Etoile was a master of scent, not a thief. He had never stolen anything but one woman’s heart, and…
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The Scent – The Book of Lost Fragrances
Discover the perfume inspired by The Book of Lost Fragrances Pre-order The Book of Lost Fragrances and we'll send you a free sample of Âmes Soeurs, the Scent of Soulmates. This exclusive fragrance, inspired by the novel, was created by Joya Studios and is not yet for sale. Just use one of the above links to buy the book and then email the receipt, or a scan of it, to LostFragrances@gmail.com. Include 1) your name, and 2) snail mail address so we can send you the fragrance. Offer ends March 1 - but pre-order now since we have a limited number of supplies last. US and Canada only. To read…
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The Mystery of Automata
The Mystery of Automata Maillardet’s Automaton “In November of 1928, a truck pulled up to The Franklin Institute science museum in Philadelphia and unloaded the pieces of an interesting, complex, but totally ruined brass machine. Donated by the estate of John Penn Brock, a wealthy Philadelphian, the machine was studied and the museum began to realize the treasure it had been given. This Automaton, known as the “Draughtsman-Writer” was built by Henri Maillardet, a Swiss mechanician of the 18th century who worked in London producing clocks and other mechanisms. It is believed that Maillardet built this extraordinary Automaton around 1800 and it has the largest “memory” of any such machine…
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Stories
Archive for the 'Stories' Category Lost Fragrances Found…(and a giveaway that you will treasure) Here’s some exciting news: M.J.’s upcoming new novel, THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES, just got Indie Next Pick for March! It also received a starred and boxed PW review – to celebrate, M.J. is offering something very intriguing to her readers. The details are below… But first, The Story straight from M.J.: Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, was fascinated with and some say obsessed by scent. Marc Anthony built her a fragrance factory and the famous queen was said to have kept a recipe book for her perfumes, entitled Cleopatra gynaeciarum libri. That book…
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Lost Fragrances Found…(and a giveaway that you will treasure)
Lost Fragrances Found…(and a giveaway that you will treasure) Here’s some exciting news: M.J.’s upcoming new novel, THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES, just got Indie Next Pick for March! It also received a starred and boxed PW review – to celebrate, M.J. is offering something very intriguing to her readers. The details are below… But first, The Story straight from M.J.: Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, was fascinated with and some say obsessed by scent. Marc Anthony built her a fragrance factory and the famous queen was said to have kept a recipe book for her perfumes, entitled Cleopatra gynaeciarum libri. That book has been described in writings…
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Ancient Observatories of the Americas
Ancient Observatories of the Americas In the ancient world the observation of stars and celestial phenomenon all of kinds was akin to today’s fascination with high technology. So much so that civilizations went to great lengths to create observatories and structures to sight and track anything sky related. Imagine the sense of wonder and mystery these people must have encountered when simply bothering to look up? If you have not researched Chaco Canyon and the Fajada Butte, we recommend diving down the nearest rabbit hole into these fascinating subjects. Here’s a great place to start on Chaco Canyon, and here is an introduction to Fajada Butte, home of the Sun…
