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Books in Mystery Files series

  • Unsolved!

    Marie Powell

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Feb. 28, 2015)
    Discusses mysterious disappearances and other historical cases that seem to be unexplained, from the princes in the tower to Malaysia Airlines flight 370, including the undeciphered writing from Easter Island and the lost colony of Roanoke.
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  • Ghost Ships

    Adrienne Montgomerie

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Dec. 31, 2012)
    How does something enormous suddenly disappear? Readers will be amazed by how frequently large ships are lost without a trace. But sometimes it is the just crew that has disappeared. Get the facts on the Bermuda Triangle, the Mary Celeste, the Flying Dutchman, the Rosalie, USS Cyclops, and the lost ships of Californias Colorado desert.
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  • Amazing Brain Mysteries

    Cynthia O'Brien

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Feb. 28, 2015)
    Discusses what is known about the brain and how it works and examines situations that people claim to experience but that cannot yet be explained, including premonitions, the unusual experiences of some twins, and memories of past lives.
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  • Unsolved Archaeological Mysteries

    Michael Capek

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2015)
    Why did ancient people in Peru create the Nazca Lines? Who built England's Avebury Circle and why? What is the purpose of Easter Island's huge stone statues? The world is full of unexplained archaeological wonders. With dramatic photos and intriguing theories, readers can go on an expedition to discover several fascinating mysteries left to us from the ancient world.
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  • Conspiracy!

    Charlie Samuels

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Jan. 30, 2013)
    A small percentage of people believe in conspiracy theoriesstories about secret plans to commit crimes and hide the truth. Readers will be shocked by such outrageous claims as Queen Victoria's grandson was Jack the Ripper, U.S. President Roosevelt allowed the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor, billionaire Howard Hughes left his fortune to a stranger who gave him a lift one night, and the moon landing was a hoax!
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  • Unsolved Mysteries of Nature

    Heather Lee Montgomery

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2015)
    How can massive stones slide across the desert untouched? Can lightning really bounce like a ball? Why was it raining fish in Europe in 2004? Nature holds some of our world's strangest mysteries. Some of the best minds on the planet have tried to explain these unsolved phenomena. With dramatic photos and intriguing theories, readers can go on an outdoor adventure to explore some of nature's most puzzling mysteries.
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  • Lost Treasures

    Cynthia O'Brien

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Feb. 28, 2015)
    Discusses famous tales of buried, sunken, or otherwise lost treasures, including pirate treasures, El Dorado, the Oak Island money pit, and fortunes supposedly hidden by the Knights Templar and Nazi Germany, and attempts to recover them.
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  • Secret Signs

    James Bow

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, May 30, 2013)
    Presents information about codes, ciphers, secret rituals, and mysterious symbols used through history.
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  • Hidden Worlds

    James Bow

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Jan. 30, 2013)
    Readers will be amazed at the examples of hidden things revealed such as underground tunnels, abandoned towns, ancient cave paintings, and an emperor's lost tomb.
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  • Astonishing Bodies

    Charlie Samuels

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Aug. 30, 2012)
    Discusses the limits of the human body and the people and situations that break those limits, including spontaneous combustion, human hibernation, and extra sensory perception.
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  • Conspiracy!

    Charlie Samuels

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Jan. 30, 2013)
    Examines conspiracies, from the man who may have really written the plays of William Shakespeare and who killed John F. Kennedy to extraterrestrials in Roswell and the moon landing hoax.
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  • Impossible Science

    James Bow

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Jan. 30, 2013)
    Discusses how close science is to conquering currently impossible tasks, including teleportation, time travel, and death rays.
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