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    World War 2 Fiction - Mystery Illness at Pearl Harbor

    Just stumbled onto a post over at Goodreads with an interesting inquiry. The poster is looking for the name of a novel her grandfather read in the '50s about a malady that spreads through a Pearl Harbor hospital a few days after the attack and causes coughing fits. Sound familiar to anyone?
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    SST novel

    I stumbled upon a novel a few months back about the first SST flight from the U.S. to the U.K. (which, of course, is beset by disaster) and wrote the title down, but misplaced it. I remember the cover had an illustration of the plane in the foreground and the flight crew in the background. Any...
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    True Ghost Story Book

    Years ago I checked out a book from my hometown library's young adult section that contained a number of obscure true ghost stories. The one that always stuck with me concerned a priest that died and was buried outside of his town. On the way back from the funeral the mourners saw him walking...
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    British Empire Book

    Years ago when living in South Florida I stumbled upon a massive hardcover in a library's reference section that chronicled England's exploits across the globe. As I couldn't check it out I was only able to skip through it briefly, and although I wrote down the name I misplaced it after I moved...
  5. J

    Historical Vocabularies

    Does anybody know of a place online (or a book) that offers lists of words (mainly adjectives and verbs) popular and appropriate for various time periods? I want to start on a period piece and was wondering if such a resource existed.
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    Need name - horror story collection

    About ten years ago I checked out a book from the library that was authored by two guys with the same last name. The book had been published in the UK and the cover was white with a silhouette of a cemetery on the bottom. While the writing was good I can only fully remember one story, a tale...
  7. J

    "that" house story suggestions

    I was wondering if anyone has read any short stories about the archetypal strange house in the neighborhood that everyone makes tales up about. I got to thinking the other day that, despite reading numerous ghost and horror stories I had never come across one of these. Anyone have any suggestions?
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    Looking for old horror story book

    For years I have been looking for a paperback book my friend had from the late '70s or early '80s. It had a two-word title, something like Ghostly Terrors or Horrors, and the cover featured a dark illustration of a horse-drawn carriage. Something about the way the stories were written cut to...
  9. J

    Older police novel

    I'm looking for the title of a book I've run across several times in the past that deals with a group of vigilante cops. The photo on the front cover shows a police cap and the badge on the front has a skull on it.
  10. J

    Need name of Da Vinci Code-Style Novel

    I am trying to find the title of a book I stumbled upon recently that concerned the bones of Jesus. They were in Israel and the Vatican was going to send in a special forces team to get them.
  11. J

    Airline Fiction

    I recently spent a few hours in my local used bookshop looking for commercial aviation novels that have (pun intended) slipped under the radar - stuff other than that written by Block or Nance. I was pleased to unearth a number of interesting books. I'm currently reading "Between the Thunder...
  12. J

    big descrepancy in "Winter Kills"

    I began reading it two weeks ago, and have honestly not been thrilled. The dialogue is odd at times, Nick is hard to like, and the pace slacks too much, especially during the romantic trysts. The mafia storyline is overdone and confusing as well. I'm also frequently driven to snacking when I...
  13. J

    Bermuda Triangle Fiction

    I'm looking for novels or short stories dealing with the Bermuda Triangle - anyone have any titles?
  14. J

    Shark fiction

    I have been searching for novels based around sharks (other than Jaws and the Meg series) but have not had much luck on the net. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'd also welcome any novels about other types of fish.
  15. J

    Older Zombie Novel - cannot remember title

    I was at a used bookstore a while back and picked up a novel about zombies being used for labor. It centered around a woman zombie who regained consciousness. From the back cover description , it did not seem like this was a book about "Romero"-style zombies seeking flesh. I absentmindedly put...
  16. J

    title of old book about adventurers/daredevils

    When I was little, a neighbor had an interesting picture book about various "men of action", including pilots, race car drivers, explorers and others of that ilk. It was basically a "graphic reference book", composed entirely of black-and-white sketches and corresponding descriptions (there were...
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