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321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Fringe-ology is a rollicking narrative journey into the unexplored territory where modern science and the paranormal converge. In it, reporter Steve Volk peeks over an anesthesiologist's shoulder as he claps a mask over a patient's face and leads us on an exploration of the deepest realm of our being. He sits beside a world famous psychologist whose research entailed watching patients die, and who concluded that death is not the end, a belief that...
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Books of nine lives volume 8
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77 pages : some illustrations ; 20 cm.
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5) Hollow city
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Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London (circa 1940), the "peculiar" capital of the world.
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365 pages ; 24 cm
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Two leading authors on the alien abduction and the religious anomalous experience present an intellectual analysis of why paranormal phenomena are a real, however fantastical, part of the natural world that can be authenticated through key changes in perspective. -- Publisher's description.
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At the Mountains of Madness is a novella by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent in September 1930, and what was found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University. Throughout the story, Dyer details a series of previously untold events in the hope of deterring another group of explorers who wish to return to the continent.
The...
10) Purgatory road
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"A couple finds themselves stranded in the Mojave Desert with dwindling hope of survival -- until a mysterious man shows up. Will he help them or does he have more sinister plans?" --
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xxiv, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"A collection of bilingual oral stories (Spanish/English) of witchcraft and the supernatural (including tales of sorcerers; witches; La Llorona, the vanishing hitchhiker; and apparitions) from old-timers and young people whose ages range from ninety-eight to seventeen and who live in Latin America and the American Southwest"--From the publisher.
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"Siren Ridley and her rocker boyfriend Link move to New York City to make it big with their supernatural band mates in Sirensong, but Caster trouble follows them"--
Ridley Duchannes is Dark Caster, a Siren. She can make you do things. Anything. And she'll be the first to tell you to stay away -- especially if you're going to do something as stupid as fall in love with her. Wesley "Link" Lincoln doesn't care if Rid's no good for him, and he takes...
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246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"From the author of The Science of Monsters, this engaging scientific inquiry provides a definitive look into the elements of mystical places and magical object--from the philosopher's stone, to love potions to the oracles--from ancient history, mythology, and contemporary culture. Can migrations of birds foretell our future? Do phases of the moon hold sway over our lives? Are there sacred springs that cure the ill? What is the best way to brew a...
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"An immersive and engaging exploration of the world's ten most mysterious and spooky stories of the unexplained"--
In every corner of this earth there are secrets: hidden in the dark edge of the woods, nestled in the cold stars, and staring out from a stranger's eyes. Whether they be demonic possession or an unsolved murder, the unknown has always haunted our dreams. Smith offers up ten tales of real-life events that continue to evade explanation...
15) Forty-Four
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When she was seventeen, Abby Craig died. But after falling through the ice on a frozen mountain lake and having no vital signs for forty-four minutes, she somehow came back to life.It's taken two years to recover from her accident. And while most of what she lost at the bottom of that dark lake has returned, some things haven't.Although she is no longer haunted by visions of a serial killer, Abby still sees what others can't. But she is blind to the...
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ix, 1056 pages ; 25 cm
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From the Publisher: Enter the World of Spirits! The Encyclopedia of Spirits is a comprehensive and entertaining A to Z of spirits from around this world and the next. Within these pages meet love goddesses and disease demons, guardians of children and guardians of cadavers. Discover Celtic goddesses and goddesses of the Kabbalah, female Buddhas, African Powers, Dragon Ladies, White Ladies, Black Madonnas, the Green Man, the Green Fairy, lots and...
17) Hauntology
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320 pages ; 20 cm
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Ghosts and spectres, the eerie and the occult. Why is contemporary culture so preoccupied by the supernatural, so captivated by the revenants of an earlier age, so haunted? The concept of hauntology has evolved since first emerging in the 1990s, and has now entered the cultural mainstream as a shorthand for our newfound obsession with the recent past. But where does this term come from and what exactly does it mean? This book answers these questions...
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"Pull up a chair or gather 'round the campfire and get ready for thirty-eight creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in the thirteen Deep South states. From fiddling ghosts to the legend of the Jack-o'-Lantern, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again. Spine-tingling folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by...
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