Ghosts and poltergeists Books
The History Press Ltd Haunted Isle of Sheppey
Book SynopsisAlthough only 30 or so square miles in size, the Isle of Sheppey, situated off the coast of Kent, is one of the most atmospheric locations in Britain. Folklorist Neil Arnold takes to the eerie fields and darkest corners of the Isle of Sheppey to unravel just who and what haunts this mystical island.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Ghosts of Wales
Book SynopsisThis book reveals for the first time 50 terrifying – and in some cases, comical – cases dating from 1837 to 1901, unearthed from archive newspapers.
£14.39
The History Press Ltd Haunted Yorkshire
Book SynopsisYorkshire ghost stories, legends and history
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Haunted Suffolk
Book SynopsisFrom heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls and spirits, this collection of stories contains a new and well-known spooky tales from around the county of Suffolk. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources Haunted Suffolk contains a chilling range of ghostly phenomena. Over 150 locations - including the Eagle Street poltergeist in Ipswich and the abbey ruins'' Brown Monk and Grey Nun in Bury St Edmunds - featured here create a scary selection of ghostly goings-on that is bound to captivate anyone interested in the supernatural history of the area.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Ghosts and Gravestones of York
Book SynopsisWith its long history of conflict and many tragic events, York boasts more than its fair share of ghosts, ghouls, phantoms and things that go bump in the night. In fact, York claims to be ''Europe''s most haunted city'', and sometimes it seems as though a ghostly figure with a score to settle is in residence in just about every deserted street or dark ginnel in the old town. Discover the fascinating history of the Minster and the legend of the haunted pew, the story of the terrible massacre at Bedern Orphanage, the stories behind the sightless severed heads which have throughout history gazed down on the citizens of York from Micklegate Bar, meet the real Dick Turpin and discover the truth about his death over 260 years ago. Join Yorkshire guide Philip Lister as he takes you on a terrifying tour of York''s dark and ghostly side.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Haunted Worcestershire
Book SynopsisAnthony Poulton-Smith takes the reader on a fascinating A-Z tour of the haunted hotspots of Worcestershire. Contained within the pages of this book are strange tales of spectral sightings, active poltergeists and restless spirits appearing in streets, inns, churches, estates, public buildings and private homes across the area. They include tales from Worcester, Bewdley, Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Tenbury Wells and Stourport-on-Severn. This new collection of stories, a product of both historical accounts and numerous interviews conducted with local witnesses, is sure to appeal to all those intrigued by Worcestershire''s haunted heritage.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Haunted Canterbury
Book SynopsisJourney through the dark side of Canterbury, a medieval city steeped in history and ghostly goings-on. A designated Ancient World Heritage site with numerous old landmarks, Canterbury is riddled with countless tales of ghosts and hauntings. From stories of the headless ghost of knight Hugh de Moreville, who was flung from his horse at Bridge, near the city, to the pump on Sun Street which reportedly produces red water, apparently marked by the blood of the martyred St Thomas, this chilling selection of mysterious happenings will captivate anyone interested in discovering the ghosts of Canterbury. It will also serve as a ideal guide or lasting souvenir of the author''s renowned ghost tour.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Haunted Peak District
Book SynopsisThe Peak District of Derbyshire is said to experience more bizarre happenings and unexplainable encounters than any other part of England. This chilling collection of true-life tales details many terrifying accounts of spectres and apparitions which have been documented over the years. Ranging from private residences and graveyards to public houses, tourist attractions, theatres and museums, this book includes many pulse-raising narratives that are guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Containing over sixty illustrations, Haunted Peak District will appeal to everyone with an interest in the supernatural history of this part of Derbyshire.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Haunted Dartmoor
Book SynopsisHaunted Dartmoor
£12.34
The History Press Ltd Haunted Peterborough
Book SynopsisPeterborough has a rich and fascinating history, stretching back 3,500 years to the Bronze Age. But the city has a sinister and spooky side… Written by the creator and guide of the city's popular ghost walks, discover the spooky side of Peterborough's past.
£14.39
University Press of Kentucky Kentucky Folklore New Books for New Readers
Book Synopsis" Thicker'n fiddlers in hell. Independent as a hog on ice. If a bride makes her own clothes, it's bad luck. It'll snow in May if it thunders in February. How's a hen on a fence like a penny? Learn what folklore and folk culture are and enjoy a generous helping of sayings, rhymes, songs, tall tales, superstitions and riddles from Kentucky.
£6.65
PiXZ Books Wiltshires Haunted Pubs and Inns
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£9.49
Arcturus Publishing Ltd Ghosts
Book SynopsisThis spectacular hardback guide brings together the most compelling accounts of ghost sightings, visitations, and other paranormal phenomena, brought to life with striking full-colour photographs and illustrations.Delve into the mysteries of the supernatural with this gripping account of unexplained phenomena, covering out-of-body and near-death experiences, crisis apparitions, phantom forerunners, bi-location and thought forms, as well as supernatural sightings, including poltergeists, spirit photography, possessions and of course haunted houses, hotels and even entire ghost towns.Re-examining a fascinating assortment of recorded sightings from as far back as Roman times, Paul Roland considers ghosts as actual entities with which we share a greater reality.Filled with photographs, illustrations, and special features, this book is the perfect introduction to the mysteries of the spirit world.ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturu
£11.69
Hodder & Stoughton Moving Beyond: Access Your Intuition, Psychic
Book SynopsisFrom LA's psychic medium to the A-list stars comes Moving Beyond - a guide to tapping into your intuition, reading signs and communicating with spirit.Fleur Leussink has been named one of the best mediums by LA Magazine and her innate ability to communicate with loved ones 'in spirit' has connected countless families all over the world. Through inspirational and educational stories, Moving Beyond answers the questions that Fleur receives every day, taking the mystery out of mediumship.Moving Beyond is the perfect book for anyone desiring to know their own spirit and feel a reassuring connection to the people they have lost. Using anecdotes from over 15,000 readings and her own life story, Fleur provides exercises and steers so you can practice getting closer to connecting with spirit yourself.Moving Beyond will help you to:- Understand how intuition and spirit communication works.- Have a practical understanding of your own intuition and how to recognise a connection with loved ones.- Explore larger questions, such as 'what is my purpose?' and 'do we have free will?''There are a handful of truly gifted mediums in the world, and Fleur is one of them.' - Lana Del Rey'Fleur is one of the best mediums in the world.' - Tony StockwellTrade ReviewThere are a handful of truly gifted mediums in the world, and Fleur is one of them. * Lana Del Rey *Fleur is one of the best mediums in the world. * Tony Stockwell *
£15.29
Xlibris Us Leprenzo: The Spirit Within Me
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£14.21
The 87 Press Interiors
Book SynopsisOne day in April the body of Owen Beausoleil, a poet, is found drowned. As the investigation begins, three people find themselves haunted by him – Noah Lang, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy; his wife, Kitty Lang, a psychotherapist; and Lolita Hammershøi, a ballet dancer and Owen’s close friend. As the three of them become bound up in the mystery of what happened to Owen, their lives begin to interweave in both expected, and unexpected ways. Meanwhile, Owen intervenes from the after-life, desperate to find out his fate. Interiors is a about how loss and desire shape our lives, and about what waits beyond the borders of everyday life."Written with striking precision and clarity, this debut combines complexly rendered characters with an emotionally arresting and propulsive story. " – Naben Ruthnum, author of A Hero of Our Time and HelpmeetJessie Widner’s debut novel Interiors is poised and poetic, a moving account of what happens to the lost inner lives of the people who leave us, ‘the invisible things that expand within the self … that leave no record’. The mood of the novel, an air of trepidation, stayed with me long after I put it down like a ghostly presence, echoing the novel's own fictional haunting.– Sarah Bernstein, author of The Coming Bad DaysFor fans of: Isabel Waidner, Djuna Barnes, Helen Oyeyemi
£13.49
Transworld Publishers Ltd The Ghost That Haunted Itself: The Gruesome Ghoul
Book SynopsisGreyfrair's Cemetery in Edinburgh has a centuries old reputation for being haunted. Its gruesome history includes use as a mass prison, headstone removal, witchcraft, bodysnatching, desecration, corpse dumping and live burial. In 1998, something new and inexplicable began occurring in the graveyard. Visitors encountered 'cold spots', strange smells and banging noises. They found themselves overcome by nausea, or cut and bruised by something they could not see. Over the space of two years, twenty-four people were knocked unconscious. Homes next to the graveyard wall became plagued by crockery smashing, objects moving and unidentified laughter. Witnesses to these attacks ran into the hundreds. There were two exorcisms of the area. Both failed. The section of Greyfriars where the attacks occurred is now chained shut. The entity responsible has been named the 'Mackenzie Poltergeist'. It has become one of the best-documented and most conclusive paranormal cases in history. The Poltergeist is still growing stronger. This is its story.
£9.49
Penguin Books Ltd Guestbook: Ghost Stories
Book Synopsis'Shapton has created a mystical territory - a performance, an exhibition, a guestbook - in which I felt the ghost within myself; the thing that will outlive me. A fearless and exquisite book' Miranda JulyGuestbook explores the glimmering, unsettling things that haunt us in the midst of life, combining stories, vignettes and an evocative curiosity cabinet of artifacts and images - found photographs, original paintings, Instagram-style portraits - to transform the traditional ghost story into something else entirely.'Leanne Shapton has a way of making books entirely new, surreal, and uncanny ... Guestbook contains ghost stories for a world of images and captions, in which the ghosts are all of us, and our strange time' Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be?Trade Review'Ghost' is a good word for all the nameless longing that doesn't get resolved in this lifetime. Shapton has created a mystical territory - a performance, an exhibition, a guestbook - in which I felt the ghost within myself; the thing that will outlive me. A fearless and exquisite book. -- Miranda JulyLeanne Shapton has a way of making books entirely new, surreal, and uncanny, always experimenting with the ways image and text can be mixed to tell new stories, in new ways. Guestbook is a delicious haunting and leaves one with a chill of recognition for how we live as ghosts in this distant, distracted, and image-obsessed time. -- Sheila HetiIt looks like a book, about the strangeness and sadness of love, but is really a house, and the house is haunted, and is still haunting me. -- John Jeremiah Sullivan, writer for the New York Times and editor for Harper's Magazine and the Paris ReviewGuestbook discretely ushers us into the realms of the profound and the other worldly via the profane, the staged and the everyday. A rare and thrilling synthesis of literary sensibility and the artist's eye. The kind of picture book every grown up dreams of reading. -- Adam O'Riordan, author of 'In the Flesh' and 'The Burning Ground'Through her experimental prose, Leanne Shapton has created a unique meditation on spectrality. Both a selection of mystical ghost stories and a tracing of ephemera and archival imagery, Guestbook identifies the uncanny nature of everyday life. Shapton glides seamlessly through each of the many vignettes that make up this haunting work which is part poem, part novel, part artwork, and everything in between. -- Hans Ulrich ObristIn this astounding book, full of exquisitely disquieting narrative gestures and found ghosts, Leanne Shapton proves herself a master scrap-booker of the unconscious, a brilliant bricolage comic, and a fierce and subtle artistic provocateur. Enter these worlds at your peril, and to your guaranteed delight. -- Sam Lipsyte, author of 'Hark' and 'The Ask'Hard to describe and impossible to forget, Guestbook is genuinely haunting and wholly original: a book to be experienced more than read. -- Lottie Moggach, author of 'Kiss Me First'Shapton inventively explores the space between presence and absence, craftily blending images and text to articulate what cannot be explained, only sensed, making for a uniquely haunting and uncanny work. * Publishers Weekly *In this perfectly uncanny collection of stories, Leanne Shapton explores the many things that follow and haunt us as we go about our lives, unsettling us in sometimes terrifying and sometimes exhilarating ways. Shapton's words are interwoven with images of art and artifacts, adding to the surreal aura of each of the stories, reminding us of the always pulsing energy that imbues nearly everything around us, always, whether we feel it right away or not. * Nylon, '50 Books You’ll Want To Read In 2019' *It's fascinating to see what happens when we try to tell stories we don't quite have words for. That's why Leanne Shapton's Guestbook-comprised of vignettes, photographs, and original paintings-is the perfect medium (get it?) for these ghost stories. * LitHub, 'Most Anticipated Books of 2019' *Guestbook reveals Shapton as a ventriloquist, a diviner, a medium, a force, a witness, a goof, and above all, a gift. One of the smartest, most moving, most unexpected books I have read in a very long time. -- Rivka Galchen, author of Atmospheric DisturbancesLeanne Shapton's "Guestbook" lifts the veil on what is unknowable, but deeply felt in periphery. Buy this book! -- Richard McGuire, graphic novelist and illustrator for the New York Times and the New YorkerA book like no other: Shapton can lift up the most everyday things - family photographs, ordinary rooms, vintage dresses, Christmas wrapping-paper - and give the reader a glimpse of the teeming ghostworld beneath. -- Joanne LimburgI can't wait to see how form and function unite here. * TOR.com, 'The Books We're Looking Forward to in 2019' *Guestbook is a profoundly sympathetic work, and one filled with yearning. That yearning, like a ghost, lingers long after the stories are done. -- NPR * Lily Meyer *The short story is an arena - or a literary gym - where writers can flex muscles that might seem out of place in a novel. Leanne Shapton has tremendous form in both genres, in fact, but her collection Guestbook pushes the envelope in the most beguiling, clever and provocative ways. Full of images, photos, wrapping paper, competing texts, and meta-meta-fictional fun and games, it's a mind-bending celebration of the form's potential. -- William Boyd * New Statesman Books of the Year *Sharp prose and visual artwork combine in these seductive modern ghost stories...this book is an artefact in itself - a tactile, mysterious and seductive one. Read it once and you'll be very likely to find yourself eyeing it every now and again, wondering whether it's exactly where you left it, and whether you could possibly have turned down the corner of this page or that -- Hephzibah Anderson * Guardian *Guestbook is a catalogue of what haunts us and, more often than not, as with Important Artifacts, it is the little things. -- Times Literary Supplement
£18.70
Amberley Publishing Ghosts of York
Book SynopsisRegarded by many as the most haunted city in the world; York has over 500 individual spirits and is therefore the perfect destination for five paranormal investigators from Newcastle gathering evidence to answer a question as old as time: Do ghosts actually exist? Allow Rob Kirkup to be your guide on an epic ghost hunting adventure; a year-long quest which will see ten of York's most active venues investigated. Nothing could prepare the team for what they would encounter. From a very unwelcoming phantom at one of the city's premier tourist attractions who literally pushes the team out of 'its' lair, and an angry toilet-dwelling ghost at one of the country's top museums, to the tragic shade of a young girl who speaks to our team at the former site of York's gallows, where many hundreds were executed, including the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin. It's guaranteed to be one hell of an adventure, so utterly terrifying in fact that not all of the team will stay the distance. Illustrated with over 60 photographs, this book is the ultimate ghostly guide to the scariest city on earth.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Haunted London
Book SynopsisThis was the first book on London's ghosts, when Peter Underwood was President of the Ghost Club. He is uniquely qualified to write Haunted London, presenting a parade and gazetteer of the psychic phenomena of Britain's capital city - a city with nearly ten million living inhabitants and the ghosts of many dead ones. As well as all the famous hauntings - the Cock Lane ghost, the Grey Man at Drury Lane, the Tower ghosts, the haunted house at Berkeley Square etc. - the book contains many new and hitherto unpublished findings. Not all ghosts date back to earlier centuries: there are ghost motorcyclists, for instance, and new buildings on the sites of older ones are as likely to have ghosts as those which still stand. For easy reference, Haunted London has divided up London geographically. Ghostly associations are uncovered in churches, theatres, hotels, inns and scenes of murders. Poltergeist infestation is another phenomenon included in this work which is sure to fascinate anyone wanting to get to know London better - whether they be visitors, psychic researchers, students of history, of legend or folklore, or simply lovers of one of the world's finest cities.
£14.39
DB Publishing Ghost Walks in Leicestershire
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£9.49
Profile Hoax
Book SynopsisHere lies Fanny Lynes, whose whispers from beyond the grave set London alight with scandal.Here swings Mary Bateman, who lived a life of solace and lies - and died a prophetess and murderer.Here stands Mary Willcocks. Or is it Anne Burgess? Or perhaps Princess Caraboo, from the distant island of Javasu?A ghost. A witch. A princess. Three transgressive women, fighting for their lives in the shadows of the Enlightenment.The discoveries emerging from the laboratories and libraries of 18th century Britain unsettled as much as they excited. Rationalism jarred with superstition. Who was - and was not - to be believed in this ferocious battle for certainty? From the chaos, these women and their hoaxes rose as symbols of terror and fascination. But were their lies entirely their own? And at what cost did they come to the those around them?Questioning culpability and complicity, Madeleine Pelling's engrossing history of this great age of the hoax reveals a veiled world of moral panic, tale tales and true crime, and holds a mirror to our own turbulent relationship with the truth.
£20.00
Bonnier Books Ltd Haunted
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£10.44
Centrum Possessed by Ghosts: Exorcisms in the 21st
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£16.92
Faber & Faber Venetian Vespers
£15.29
Penguin Books Ltd A Natural History of Ghosts
Book SynopsisThe fascinating true history of ghosts - how we see them and why we believe in them, from Roger ClarkeWhat explains spectral sightings? Why do we fear the supernatural? What proof is there? Growing up in a haunted house, Roger Clarke spent much of his childhood trying to see a ghost. From the terrifying true events behind Henry James''s The Turn of the Screw to the frenzy of the Cock Lane poltergeist, he takes us on a journey of belief with ghosts of every kind.Trade ReviewBeautifully written ... lithe, complicated and hugely rewarding -- James McConnachie * Sunday Times *Simmering as it is with personal reflections, this handsome volume ... is bursting with a giddy passion, buoyed further by an expert's thirst for abstruse facts. The main pleasure of reading this book is Clarke's own enthusiasm, intelligence and seriousness ... a deeply interesting, revealing read * Book Hugger *Splendid ... compelling ... Clarke manages to give goose-flesh and a giggle while informing the reader - an enviable feat * Scotsman *A highly enjoyable (and disturbing work) ... I am in awe of [Clarke's] intrepidity * Guardian *Outstanding ... Clarke's dissection of the shocks, sadnesses and sexiness of the seance tables from the late Victorian era is brilliantly done ... The book is deeply enjoyable, hugely informative and at times distinctly unsettling * Shade Point *Britain has over 500-years' worth of ghost stories in the cupboard and in The Natural History of Ghosts, Roger Clarke makes them dance ... the most original and readable book exploring our ghost-rich culture to appear for years ... fascinating * Fortean Times *Clarke's examination of the need people have to believe remains insightful and illuminating throughout * Observer *Roger Clarke explores the endlessly fascinating subject of the dead who won't lie down, the places they haunt, as well as the hysteria and panic they inspire. Why and how over 500 years their existence has never been scientifically proved - but at the same time, never disproved. Ghosts are masters of the elusive and ambiguous, but Clarke is a master investigator -- Fay Weldon * Daily Mail *An intriguing, shivers-down-the-spine book * The Lady *Lively and absorbing ... [Clarke] has proven himself an ideal guide to this troubled and disorderly realm * Literary Review *Roger Clarke tells . . . gloriously weird stories with real verve, and also a kind of narrative authority that tends to constrain the sceptical voice within. There's simply so many of these accounts, each unique to its own setting but having much in common with the rest, particularly poltergeist activity and ghostly apparitions. What prevents the reader from casually dismissing it all as the delusions of disturbed minds is the frequent presence of some unflappable English person unlikely to be rattled by a mere bump in the night . . . [an] erudite and richly entertaining book * New York Times *A fascinating social history ... exceptionally well written and researched * Starburst Magazine *Why do ghosts wear clothes? This is just one of a number of interesting questions raised by this jaunty book ... In a series of short, snappy chapters, Clarke examines the evidence for just about every ghost who ever drew, or withdrew, breath ... but A Natural History of Ghosts is also haunted by another story, lurking not very far beneath: the story of the author's childhood need to believe in ghosts, and the gradual erosion of that belief -- Craig Brown * Daily Mail *A gripping history that traces the scientific and social aspects of ghostly sightings * Telegraph *Compelling ... Research into the paranormal necessarily involves a fair degree of debunking, and Clarke is careful to be sceptical. The narrative of ghost-hunting is simultaneously a history and exposure of fraud and popular delusion ... [yet] Clarke retains a boyish and ... well-informed enthusiasm for his subject * Independent *[A] voyage through the half-lit world of lost souls ... tales told with ghoulish relish * Telegraph *
£10.44
Oneworld Publications The Twelve Even Stranger Days of Christmas
Book Synopsis‘A treat for anyone looking for an antidote to the usual saccharine Christmas fayre.’ NB magazine From the twice CWA Dagger shortlisted author of The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas come twelve thirteen stories to transport you to the macabre world of inexplicable phenomena. As dark winter nights draw in, prepare to lose yourself in the world of the peculiar. With a tale for each day of the festive period and an unlucky thirteenth, Christmas is not the only spirit in these pages. ’Tis the season for sacrificial feasts, cultish communities and sinister rituals. So wrap up warm and get ready to be terrified and delighted as you journey from the spooky to the downright strange.Trade Review‘A treat for anyone looking for an antidote to the usual saccharine Christmas fayre...inventive and original and very entertaining.’ -- NB magazine‘A quick escape from the stresses of Christmas day!’ -- Crime Review‘Starting off strongly with [Moore’s] own irresistible take on the Seven Dwarfs… all featuring some element of the macabre or paranormal and infused with a robust sense of humour… they definitely suit the long, shadowy winter evenings, and it’s a fun collection if you like to get a little spooked but not entirely grossed-out.’ -- Herald‘An indulgence for dark winter nights… transformed folk tales, folk horror… classic ghost stories, tales of supernatural revenge… a gorgeous collection.’ -- Blue Book Balloon blog Praise for The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas: ‘Spooky and sassy.’ Sunday Times Crime Club ‘From a master of the macabre comes a wonderfully weird collection of uncanny tales for the festive season...the ideal gruesome response to all that Christmas schmaltz and sentiment.’ Waterstones Bookseller Favourite
£6.99
Visible Ink Press Bigfoot Sightings
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£14.24
Scholastic Ghosts
Book SynopsisDiscover all the frightful stories behind iconic ghost tales fromaround the world. From the ancient evils of Egypt, cutthroat Celticsacrifices, Anne Boleyn and other restless royals as well asghost busters and spook rumblers, combined with tons of HorribleHalloween facts, it's all in Horrible Histories: Ghosts.
£6.99
Hodder & Stoughton The First Ghosts: A rich history of ancient
Book Synopsis'It's enthralling stuff, mixing the scholarly with the accessible and placing storytelling right at the heart of the human experience.' - History Revealed'A fascinating journey' - Yorkshire Post'Marvellous...Finkel is an expert in Mesopotamian cultures at the British Museum, and is one of the most clever, and nicest, of people it has ever been my pleasure to encounter...A fascinating journey' - The ScotsmanThere are few things more in common across cultures than the belief in ghosts. Ghosts inhabit something of the very essence of what it is to be human. Whether we personally 'believe' or not, we are all aware of ghosts and the rich mythologies and rituals surrounding them. They have inspired, fascinated and frightened us for centuries - yet most of us are only familiar with the vengeful apparitions of Shakespeare, or the ghastly spectres haunting the pages of 19th century gothic literature. But their origins are much, much older...The First Ghosts: Most Ancient of Legacies takes us back to the very beginning. A world-renowned authority on cuneiform, the form of writing on clay tablets which dates back to 3400BC, Irving Finkel has embarked upon an ancient ghost hunt, scouring these tablets to unlock the secrets of the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians to breathe new life into the first ghost stories ever written. In The First Ghosts, he uncovers an extraordinarily rich seam of ancient spirit wisdom which has remained hidden for nearly 4000 years, covering practical details of how to live with ghosts, how to get rid of them and bring them back, and how to avoid becoming one, as well as exploring more philosophical questions: what are ghosts, why does the idea of them remain so powerful despite the lack of concrete evidence, and what do they tell us about being human?
£10.44
Inner Traditions Bear and Company Atlantis Beneath the Ice: The Fate of the Lost
Book SynopsisIn this completely revised and expanded edition of When the Sky Fell, Rand and Rose Flem-Ath show that 12,000 years ago vast areas of Antarctica were free from ice and home to the kingdom of Atlantis, a proposition that also elegantly solves the mysteries of ice ages and mass extinctions, the simultaneous worldwide rise of agriculture, and the source of devastating prehistoric climate change. Expanding upon Charles Hapgood’s theory of earth crust displacement, which was championed by Albert Einstein, they examine ancient yet highly accurate world maps, including the Piri Reis map of 1513, and show how the earth’s crust shifted in 9600 BCE, dragging Atlantis into the polar zone where it now lies beneath miles of Antarctic ice. From the Cherokee, Haida, and Okanagan of North America to the earliest records of Egypt, Iran, Mexico, and Japan, they reveal that ancient myths of floods, lost island paradises, and visits from advanced godlike peoples from all corners of the globe all point to the same worldwide catastrophe that resulted in Atlantis’s demise. The authors explain how the remaining Atlanteans, amid massive earthquakes and epic floods, evacuated and spread throughout the world, resulting in the birth of the first known civilizations. Including rare material from the archives of Charles Hapgood, Albert Einstein, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Flem-Aths explain how an earth crust displacement could happen again in the future, perhaps in correspondence with high solar activity. With new scientific, genetic, and linguistic evidence in support of Antarctica as the location of long-lost Atlantis, this updated edition convincingly shows that Atlantis was not swallowed by the sea but was entombed beneath miles of polar ice.Trade Review“An excellent book that is not only beautifully researched but also extremely entertaining to read. The Flem-Aths’ theory on Atlantis will go down in the annals of this subject as one of the most convincing and imaginative. Well done for the first-class tour de force.” * Robert Bauval, author of Black Genesis and The Orion Mystery *“Rand and Rose Flem–Ath’s Atlantis Beneath the Ice is a fascinating and compelling read. Piling tantalising amounts of ancient history, along with modern scientific theories, into the mix with the ancient idea of Atlantis, is sure to draw in the new reader–and the Atlantis know–it–alls will come away with a few surprises. The melding of myth, science and the endearing legend of Atlantis, proves to be one tasty brew for the mind and the soul.” * Chard Currie, New Dawn, September 2012 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction to the New Edition ONE Memorandum for the President TWO Adapt, Migrate, or Die THREE The Wayward Sun FOUR Atlantis in Antarctica FIVE The Lost Island Paradise SIX Aztlan and the Polar Paradise SEVEN Atlantean Maps EIGHT Embers of Humankind NINE The Ring of Death TEN Broken Paradigm ELEVEN Finding Atlantis TWELVE City of Atlantis THIRTEEN Why the Sky Fell Postscript to the New Edition Afterword by John Anthony West Appendix A Global Climatic Model for the Origins of Agriculture and the Sequence of Pristine Civilizations Notes Bibliography Index
£11.90
The History Press Ltd Chester City of Ghosts
Book SynopsisGhost stories old and new from Chester's popular ghost walk leaderTrade Review"This new book by Chester-based author Mary Ann Cameron shows how Chester can easily claim to be the most actively haunted town in the country with stories from Chester's popular ghost walk leader, along with images of the local maps and buildings."
£10.79
The History Press Ltd Haunted Gloucester
Book SynopsisGloucester''s historic docks have some strange stories to tell and the city''s twelfth-century cathedral also has its secrets. From a ghostly procession at Berkeley Castle to the Grey Lady at the old Theatre Royal, this new and fascinating collection of strange sightings and happenings in the city''s streets, churches and public houses is sure to appeal to anyone intrigued by Gloucester''s haunted heritage.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Haunted Bath
Book SynopsisA pub with a deceased barmaid who simply refuses to leave, a Grey Lady in the Theatre Royal; a poltergeist in the Garrick''s Head pub; a man in a black hat at the Assembly Rooms. Bath is one of the few British cities which may justifiably be called beautiful. It is also one of the most haunted of British cities. Bath is an ancient place and, at the height of its fashionable popularity in the eighteenth century, it was almost the country''s alternative capital and the scene of social intrigues and skulduggery of the sort that its ghosts seem to reflect. Even the Circus, regarded as the epitome of the classical in domestic architecture, has a ghostly young lady who sings. This book combines a love and appreciation of Bath with the recounting of tales about its best-known ghosts. David has also researched local archives to find less familiar phantoms, spooks and spectres.
£12.34
The History Press Ltd Gothic Whitby
Book SynopsisThis fascinating volume celebrates every aspect of Whitby''s Gothic past. With a detailed exploration of the town''s connection with Dracula (including historical events such as the beaching of the Dmitri and a visit to many of the book''s most famous sites), it will delight all lovers of Gothic fiction. Featuring a complete tour of attractions including the abbey and the churchyard - and full details of the gargoyles, tombstones and many other strange carvings to be found there - it evokes Whitby as it was when Stoker visited. However, Dracula is not the only strange tale told in Whitby, and this volume also collects together many other local ghost stories and legends to make this a volume that no bookshelf in Whitby and far beyond will be complete without.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Paranormal Perthshire
Book SynopsisStanding on a lonely Perthshire road is the only historic monument to a named witch in the whole of Britain. But did Maggie Wall' actually exist? This book reveals the controversial truth for the first time. (Even more surprising results come from a quest to uncover the reality of Perthshire's other famous witch, Kate McNiven.) Other strange tales in this book include direct evidence for the big cats roaming the county, a catalogue of the area's UFO sightings, the story of the Fairy Rock that halted a housing development and the tale of the notorious Victorian scandal involving Ballechin House, allegedly the most haunted house in Scotland'. With contemporary eye-witness accounts of ghosts, psychic episodes and encounters with supernatural beings, as well as more than fifty photographs, this book will delight all lovers of the mysterious and the paranormal.
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Haunted Bolton
Book SynopsisFeaturing eyewitness accounts from a haunted room, sealed up for forty years at the Blue Boar pub, to the ghostly female resident at the Old Duke and the Westhoughton poltergeist, this book includes pulse-raising narratives that are guaranteed to make your blood run cold.
£999.99
Shelton L. Williams Washed In The Blood
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£10.99
Amberley Publishing Ghosts of the North East
Book SynopsisThe North East of England has a fascinating and often grisly past. It is one of the most haunted parts of the country and here is a collection of the ghostly stories of the North East.
£14.39
Rowman & Littlefield The Big Book of Ohio Ghost Stories
Book SynopsisTurn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author James A. Willis shines a light in the dark corners of Ohio and scares those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection.
£11.99
Authorhouse Confessions of a Murdered Pope: Testament of John
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Writers Republic LLC The Dead and the Bizarre are here and all around
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Authorhouse Stop It! and Pray!: Experiencing the Pandemic
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Little, Brown Book Group A Brief Guide to Ghost Hunting: How to
Book SynopsisThere has been an upsurge in books, television programmes, films and websites exploring the reality or otherwise of the spirit world. Not since the founding of The Ghost Club in 1862 and the Society for Psychical Research in 1882 has ghost hunting been so popular. Television and the internet, in particular, have fueled this new level of interest, creating a modern media phenomenon that spans the globe. But while the demand for information is high, good information remains scarce. A Brief Guide to Ghost Hunting leads us through the process of ghost hunting, from initially weighing the first report, to choosing equipment, and investigating and identifying the phenomena, with an analysis of the best places to go looking, methods of contacting the spirit world, how to explain paranormal activity and, crucially, how to survive the encounter. However, it is also a book about ghost hunting itself, drawing on 130 years of research in the cavernous archives of the Society for Psychical Research and even older history to find the earliest ghost stories. A Ghost Hunting Survey makes use of interviews with those billing themselves as ghost hunters to find out their views, motivations and experiences. New and original research makes use of statistics to map the nebulous world of apparitions while a Preliminary Survey of Hauntings offers an analysis of 923 reported phenomena from 263 locations across the UK.This is, as far as possible, an objective presentation of ghosts and ghost hunting. It is no wonder that mainstream science largely refuses to deal with the subject: it is too complicated. Without trying to convince you of any viewpoint, this book is intended to help you understand more.Trade ReviewWith so many ghost hunting guides available on the market, how does the aspiring ghost hunter know where to start? The answer is here, in Dr Leo Ruickbie's no-nonsense and down-to-earth book, which is both an engaging read and a practical guide. -- Jason Karl, Paranormal Investigator for Most Haunted, Chief Creative Executive AtmosFEARDr Leo Ruickbie's latest book achieves a very rare feat indeed: it succeeds in being scholarly, informative, meticulously researched and very absorbing. If you have ever considered setting out to find a ghost you could do no better than take your information from the pages of this fascinating work, which is a textbook example of how it should be done. -- Brian Allan, Editor Paranormal, sub-editor Phenomena magazinesVery useful and informative, extremely well researched and fluently written. Enjoyable and intriguing as well as exceptionally interesting. -- Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe, President and First Lady of the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP)I have always admired Dr Leo Ruickbie's comprehensive expertise in the paranormal. A Brief Guide to Ghost Hunting delivers more than most other ghost guides combined. -- Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Author of The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and SpiritsEvery ghost hunter, whether professional or amateur should read this book. All will learn from it. -- Alan Murdie, Chairman, The Ghost ClubA well-written comprehensive introduction . . . Ruickbie's text could well become definitive. -- Tony Percy * Journal of the Society for Psychical Research *
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JMD Media Britain's Haunted Land
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Hay House UK Ltd The Unbelievable Truth: Powerful Insights into
Book SynopsisGordon Smith, hailed as the UK's most accurate Spiritual Medium, is respected internationally both for his ability to convey precise messages from the Spirit World, filled with a level of detail that astounds people, and also as one of the world's foremost teachers of mediumship. In this fascinating updated edition of one of his bestselling books, Gordon sheds light on: - how mediums and psychics get their information- why spirits choose to communicate with us- the truth about ghosts, poltergeists and hauntings- out-of-body experiences and altered states of awareness- re-incarnation and memories of past lives.While Gordon is the first person to acknowledge that people's imagination, grief or distress can affect their perceptions, and that charlatans and frauds only add to the confusion, his incredible experiences and research have inspired him with a passion to reveal what really happens in the Spirit World. In The Unbelievable Truth, he lifts the lid on these 'insider' topics with wit, insight and great knowledge.Trade ReviewGordon Smith provides exact names, addresses, events and descriptions sharply relevant to a person's life and the lives of those they have known. -- Professor Archie E. Roy, Emeritus Professor of Astronomy, Glasgow University There is nothing ambiguous about the messages Gordon conveys. Hailed as Britain's most accurate medium. The Daily Mail There's no doubt for me he's the real deal. His accuracy had the hairs standing up on the back of my neck. Time Out Gordon's gift was to soothe the grief of the heartbroken, to give them hope. Daily Express Gordon Smith is down-to-earth about his heavenly talents. The Sunday Telegraph Magazine Medium to the stars The Daily Mirror Utterly compelling. Scotland on Sunday You don't meet men like Gordon Smith every day - he's the psychic barber who never needs to ask where you're going on holiday. The Scotsman Gordon's honest, gentle and humorous approach has deeply impressed me. Michelle Collins, actress The talent Gordon has been blessed with is something most of us can hardly believe, but... the help he has given others in easing their pain is surely his greatest gift. He's also a reasonable barber! Ally McCoist, MBE, sporting personality
£16.40
Watkins Media Limited Ghosts, Monsters and Demons of India
Book Synopsis"I was not prepared for how deeply this book captivated me ... Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India is exemplary of what a book can be, how it can operate. It's a bridge across space, time, and language" -Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore An encyclopedia of evil entities and folkloric fiends from across India, from Ladakh to Kerala, Lakshadweep to Nagaland, Naraka to Tuchenkwaka, complete with 60 spooky illustrations. Inside this book you will find ... Killer robots built with stolen Roman engineering technology that once guarded the relics of the Buddha The ghost of a 21-year-old motorcyclist whose Enfield Bullet is venerated at a highway temple in Rajasthan A Himalayan drum-playing spirit-teacher whose wife is a fearsome Yeti Diabolical entities conjured into existence by the simultaneous deaths of seven tigers Triple-rooted night-flying Vedic necromancers Call-centre employees from beyond the grave The dreaded Ngalei Ahmaw of Maraland, whose victims' heads detach themselves from their bodies at night and go wandering in search of blood ... AND MORETrade Review"[The authors] have done an astounding job of documenting, in vivid and highly entertaining detail, the imaginative ways in which people from the Indian subcontinent relate to, and make sense of their lives, relationships, and the world they inhabit ... a thrilling romp through the annals of what goes bump in the Indian night." - Helen Nde, Mythological Africans "Ghosts, Monsters and Demons of India is a must-read entry in the literary search for human meaning. It’s a trek through the dark corners of India’s cultural imagination populated with nightmarish creatures, demons, dark forest stalkers and all manner of grisly entities. It’s also a fantastic read." - Exquisite Terror Magazine
£17.09
The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd Ghostly Scotland: The Supernatural and
Book SynopsisScotland has a rich and varied folklore and few countries have such a wealth of stories about hauntings and paranormal activity - this book contains 384 pages full of stories about this ancient country. Ghostly Scotland is a chilling insight into unexplained mystical and ghostly occurrences from all over Scotland, sometimes in the most unlikely settings. Fairies, white ladies, tortured souls, poltergeists, malevolent phantoms, ghostly creatures: Scotland has them all, ready for those who are willing to see them, hear them or sense their presence. Find out about haunted houses and shadowy specters: witchcraft in Scotland, present and past; and about those with the gift of second sight and prophecies that amazed and chilled with their accuracy. Learn also of some amazing experiences from the world of spiritualism, seances and mediumship. In addition, this book describes the phenomenon of earth energies. Many of Scotland’s standing stones are claimed to harness powerful energies. These energies are believed, among other things, to be the source of attracting UFO activity. Ghostly Scotland is an entertaining and enlightening spotlight on the mysterious side of an ancient country that is steeped in myth and superstition.Table of ContentsFairies and green ladies Death signs Poltergeists Ghostly Castles Haunted Edinburgh Exorcisms and Clearings Communing with the Dead Spiritualism Earth Energies Supernatural Creatures Scottish Witches Prophecies and Curses
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