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Author
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From that cheerful puff of smoke known as Casper to the hunkiest potter living or dead, Sam Wheat, there is probably no more iconic entity in supernatural history than the ghost. And these are just recent examples. From the earliest writings such as the Epic of Gilgamesh to today's ghost-hunting reality TV shows, ghosts have chilled the air of nearly every era and every culture in human history. In this book, Lisa Morton uses her scholarly prowess-more...
3) The sentence
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls' Day, but she simply won't leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading 'with murderous attention,' must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
Shares facts about the locations where calamitous historical events occurred, covering topics ranging from the Tower of London and the torture methods used there, to dungeon life for prisoners, and the most popular poisoning methods.
6) Scary places
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 590L
Language
English
Description
"Describes places that have been the location of mysterious events and explores whether or not the events could have happened"--Provided by publisher.
7) Inheritance
Author
Series
Lost bride trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inheritance is the first in The Lost Bride Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts--a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for generations. 1806: Astrid Poole sits in her bridal clothes, overwhelmed with happiness. But before her marriage can be consummated, she is murdered, and the circle of gold torn from her finger. Her last words are a promise to Collin never to leave him... Graphic designer Sonya...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Once the center of madness, suicide, mass murder, and whispers of things far worse, the 1800s Gilded Age palace known as the Pendleton, has been re-christened in the 1970s as a luxury apartment building. But now inexplicable shadows caper across walls, security cameras relay impossible images, phantom voices mutter in strange tongues, not-quite-human figures lurk in the basement, and elevators plunge into unknown depths.
Author
Publisher
New Page Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
People have been entertained by tales of ghost sightings for hundreds of years. Belanger explores some of the most haunted places in the world, from California to Queensland, and reports back with spine-tingling first-hand accounts.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Contains reportedly true stories of places around the world that are said to be haunted, including homes, hotels, hospitals, ships, prisons, and battlefields.
12) Haunted places
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
This book reviews some famous places, where souls are thought to remain earthbound, including houses, cemeteries, castles, battlefields, hotels and motels, lighthouses, and restaurants.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Dickey, piqued by a house hunt in Los Angeles that revealed derelict foreclosures and "zombie houses", embarks on a journey across the continental United States to decode and unpack the American history repressed in our most famous haunted places. With boundless curiosity, Dickey conjures the dead by focusing on questions of the living -- how do we deal with stories about ghosts, and how do we inhabit and move through spaces that have been deemed...
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes you walk into a room, a building, or even a town, and you feel it. Something seems off--an atmosphere that leaves you oddly unsettled, with a sense of lingering darkness. Join Aaron Mahnke, the host of the popular podcast Lore, as he explores some of these dreadful places and the history that haunts them. Mahnke takes us to Colorado and the palatial Stanley Hotel, where wealthy guests enjoyed views of the Rocky Mountains at the turn of...