18 books like The Frozen Deep

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Arctic explorations Elisha Kent Kane · 1856 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Narrative of organization and course of expedition to Smith Sound, wintering on north-west coast of Greenland, various surveys, abandonment of Advance and return to Upernavik in small boats. Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration

Pastwatch Orson Scott Card · 1996 · ★ 4.1 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate From back cover Tor paperback February 1997: In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a tragedy of bloodshed and brutality to a world filled with hope and healing. Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration

Georg Forster's sämmtliche Schriften Georg Forster · 1986 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration, English literature

Tales of Terror and Mystery Arthur Conan Doyle · 1963 · ★ 3.8 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Moderate From the book:The idea that the extraordinary narrative which has been called the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment is an elaborate practical joke evolved by some unknown person, cursed by a perverted and sinister sense of humour, has now been abandoned by all who have examined the matter. The most macabre and imagi-native of plotters would hesitate before linking his morbid fancies with the unquestioned… Shares: English Detective and mystery stories, British and irish fiction, English literature, Mystery

The Sittaford Mystery Agatha Christie · 1931 · ★ 3.8 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Challenging M-U-R-D-E-R. It began as an innocent parlor game intended to while away the hours on a bitter winter night. But the message that appeared before the amateur occultists at the snowbound Sittaford House was spelled out as loud and clear as a scream. Of course, the notion that they had foretold doom was pure bunk. Wasn't it? And the discovery of a corpse was pure coincidence. Wasn't it? If they're… Shares: English Detective and mystery stories, Crime, English literature, Mystery

Travels to discover the source of the Nile James Bruce · 1790 · ★ 3.2 · 486p · ≈ 16h · Demanding Experiences of the Scottish explorer who rediscovered the source of the Nile on November 4, 1770. Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration

The Queen of Hearts Wilkie Collins · 1859 · ★ 4.0 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Challenging The queen of hearts is a playing card in the standard 52-card deck. Shares: British and irish fiction, Mystery

My Lady's Money Wilkie Collins · 1870 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Old Lady Lydiard sat meditating by the fireside, with three letters lying open on her lap. Shares: British and irish fiction, Mystery

The Listerdale Mystery Agatha Christie · 1934 · ★ 3.9 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Challenging This short story collection was first published in 1934 in the UK. It contains the following short stories: The Listerdale Mystery, Philomel Cottage, The Girl in the Train, Sing a Song of Sixpence, The Manhood of Edward Robinson, Accident, Jane in Search of a Job, A Fruitful Sunday, Mr Eastwood's Adventure, The Golden Ball, The Rajah's Emerald and Swan Song. Shares: English Detective and mystery stories, English literature, Mystery

Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile John Hanning Speke · 1863 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Challenging This classic book is Speke's firsthand account of his second expedition, an exciting blend of adventure, exploration, and geographic and ethnographic data. The book begins with the expedition's preparations, departure from London, and arrival at Zanzibar in 1859. They then undertake the hazardous march into the interior, encountering hostile tribes, dangerous animals, thieves, and other… Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration

The Old Man in the Corner Emma Orczy · 1908 · ★ 4.3 · 219p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The Old Man (Bill Owen) sits in a cheap restaurant frequented by journalists and plays with a bit of string, which he ties into elaborate knots as he talks. Addressing himself to Polly Burton, a young newspaperwoman with whom he has struck up a slight acquaintance, he focuses upon crimes mentioned in the newspapers. He summarizes the circumstances, describes the personalities, and then sneeringly… Shares: English Detective and mystery stories, Mystery

The cannibal islands Robert Michael Ballantyne · 1850 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Travel back with author R. M. Ballantyne to the late eighteenth century and join Captain James Cook on his scientific expeditions to such exotic places as Tierra del Fuego, the islands of Tahiti and New Zealand, and the scene of the closing of his great career as navigator and discoverer. Learn from Cook's own observations and Ballantyne's detailed, yet tasteful and true explanations of the… Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration

Death at the Abbey Anita Davison · 2023 Even the most glamorous stately homes hide secrets and lies from the past...When Flora Maguire receives an alarming telegram informing her of her father’s tragic death in a riding accident, she races back from London to her childhood home.But when Flora and her new husband, Bunny, get to Cleeve Abbey – where she was once Governess to Eddy, Viscount Trent, and her father was butler to Earl Trent –… Shares: English literature, Mystery

From Cradle to Grave Rhys Bowen · 2025 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Lady Georgiana “Georgie” Rannoch is just like any other new mother, balancing responsibilities of being 34th in line for the British throne and solving the shocking deaths of several young men, in this new Royal Spyness novel from the queen of historical mystery, Rhys Bowen.Georgie may be figuring out what it means to be a new mother but she does know one thing for sure:… Shares: English literature, Mystery

All That Is Hidden Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles · 2023 · ★ 4.2 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Retired" detective and police captain's wife Molly Murphy Sullivan tangles with Tammany Hall in the next in Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles's New York Times bestselling historical mystery series.New York, Autumn, 1907: Former private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is happy with her place in the world. She and her policeman husband, Daniel, have built quite a life for themselves in Greenwich… Shares: English literature, Mystery

In Sunshine or in Shadow Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles · 2024 · ★ 4.0 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is back with In Sunshine or in Shadow, the next book in this beloved series by New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles.New York, 1908: The days are getting longer—and warmer—in Manhattan. Molly Murphy Sullivan doesn’t want to leave her home in the city, but typhoid is back, and she’s expecting. So she heads north with the children to… Shares: English literature, Mystery

Take Your Breath Away Linwood Barclay · 2022 · ★ 4.0 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Moderate One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most people assumed Andy had got away with murder, but the police couldn’t build a strong case against him. For a while, Andy hit rock bottom – he drank too much, was abandoned by his friends, nearly lost his business and became a pariah in the place he had once called home. Now, six years later,… Shares: English literature, Mystery

The heart of the Antarctic Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton · 1909 · 634p · ≈ 21h · Challenging The Heart of the Antarctic, Illustrated by Ernest Shackleton. THE scientific results of the expedition cannot be stated in detail in this book. The expert members in each branch have contributed to the appendices articles which summarise what has been done in the domains of geology, biology, magnetism, meteorology, physics, &c. I will simply indicate here some of the more important features of… Shares: Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration

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