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Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal
In Spirit Sisters, women of all ages share their very personal
encounters with the supernatural. We meet a high-flying banking
executive whose life changed forever after a visit from a bizarre,
winged entity, a mother of seven who was held and soothed by her
husband five days after she'd buried him, the woman who lost most
of her family in a car accident and gained a guardian angel; and
many more whose lives have been touched by uplifting encounters
with the other side. This is a heart-breaking, inspiring, and
ultimately, comforting book. Packed with amazing anecdotes, it
opens the door to the spirit world and helps us reconnect with
those we have lost to the afterlife.
Lighthouses and ghosts are two popular passions. Melded together by
master storyteller and lighthouse expert Ray Jones, these tales of
spirited lights are guaranteed to grab the attention of all
readers. As an added bonus, practical information is given for
those who wish to visit the featured lighthouses for themselves . .
. if they dare.
With entries that range from specific works to authors, folklore,
and popular culture (including music, film, television, urban
legend, and gaming), this book provides a single-volume resource on
all things ghostly in the United States and in other countries. The
concept of ghosts has been an ongoing and universal element in
human culture as far back as recorded history can document. In more
modern popular culture and entertainment, ghosts are a popular
mainstay—from A Christmas Carol and Casper the Friendly Ghost to
The Amityville Horror, Ghostbusters, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense,
and Ghost Whisperer. This book comprehensively examines ghost and
spirit phenomena in all its incarnations to provide readers with a
holistic perspective on the subject. It presents insightful
information about the contribution of a specific work or author to
establish or further the evolution of ghost lore, rather than
concentrating solely on the film, literature, music, or folklore
itself. The book focuses on ghosts in western culture but also
provides information about spirit phenomena and lore in
international settings, as many of the trends in popular culture
dealing with ghosts and spirits are informed by authors and
filmmakers from Germany, Japan, Korea, and the United Kingdom. The
writers and editors are experts and scholars in the field and
enthusiastic fans of ghost lore, ghost films, ghost hunting, and
urban legends, resulting in entries that are informative and
engaging—and make this the most complete and current resource on
ghost and spirit lore available.
A mariner inherits a skull that screams incessantly along with the
roar of the sea; a phantom hare stalks the moors to deliver justice
for a crime long dead; a man witnesses a murder in the woods near
St. Ives, only to wonder whether it was he himself who committed
the crime. Offering a bounty of lost or forgotten strange and
Gothic tales set in Cornwall, Cornish Horrors explores the rich
folklore and traditions of the region in a journey through mines,
local mythology, shipwrecks, seascapes, and the coming of the
railway and tourism. With stories by Gothic luminaries such as Bram
Stoker and Edgar Allan Poe, this new collection also features
chilling yarns of the haunted peninsula from a host of
underappreciated writers from the past two centuries.
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