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Author
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
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...
Author
Publisher
EDC Pub.]
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
122 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Is there really such a thing as a true ghost story? The strange tales in this book are all based on actual reports by people who believed they had been haunted by ghosts or poltergeists. You can make up your own mind after reading their stories...
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Series
Language
English
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In this chilling original stand-alone novella, available exclusively as an eBook, #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz offers a taste of what’s to come in his new novel, 77 Shadow Street, with a mesmerizing tale of a homeless boy at large in a city fraught with threats . . . both human and otherwise.
Twelve-year-old Crispin has lived on the streets since he was nine—with only his wits and his daring...
Twelve-year-old Crispin has lived on the streets since he was nine—with only his wits and his daring...
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Physical Desc
99 pages
Language
English
Description
Prepared to frightened and spooked by these genuinely scariest places on Earth!
The world around us is a scary place. With danger lurking around so many corners, the threats we can explain are often easily quantified and dismissed. Rather, it is the unexplainable, the paranormal and the strange which present the biggest threats to our psychological well-being. All across the planet, certain places and buildings have come to represent these abnormal...
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Language
English
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"An unconventional vicar moves to a remote corner of the English countryside, only to discover a community haunted by death and disappearances both past and present--and intent on keeping its dark secrets--in this explosive, unsettling thriller from acclaimed author C. J. Tudor. Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace....
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Language
English
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"Once the thriving attraction of rural Vermont, the Tower Motel now stands in disrepair, alive only in the memories of Amy, Piper, and Piper's kid sister Margot. The three played there as girls until the day that their games uncovered something dark and twisted in the motel's past, something that ruined their friendship forever"--Amazon.com.
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English
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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 a...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
256 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Witches and demons, ghosts and vampires, aliens and voodoo spirit...from spooky to chilling to downright weird, signs of the supernatural have terrified -- and fascinated -- people for centuries. Dare to discover some of the world's most puzzling enigmas in this remarkable book, which reveals a dazzling array of haunted castles, forbidden hideaways and otherwise eerie landmarks.
Author
Series
Haunted library volume 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
126 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kaz is an ordinary ghost. The wind separates Kaz from his family and carries him to a library far away, and he is scared he will be lost forever. That is, until he meets Claire--a human who can actually see him!
11) Get out
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 44 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While visiting his girlfriend's family, an African American man learns that many of the estate's black residents have gone missing.
Author
Series
Gideon Falls volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The legend of the Black Barn tells of an otherwordly buidling that has appeared and reappeared throughout history, bringing death and madness in its wake. Now its mystery ensnares and entwines the lives of two very different men. One: a young recluse, obsessed with finding hidden clues within the city's trash. The other: a washed-up Catholic priest, finding his place in a small town that hides dark secrets. Neither of them are prepared for what's...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Almost everyone in Swine Hill is haunted. Jane's ghost tells her what everyone around her is thinking, even when she doesn't want to know. The lonely spirit possessing her mother burns anyone she touches. Her brother Henry's genius ghost forces him to build strange and dangerous machines. When pig people appear in town, taking precious jobs at the pork processing plant and enraging the spirits, Jane knows her brother's ghost has something to do with...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Readers who wish to plumb the mysteries of the paranormal will find some hands-on challenges to lift their spirits, along with tips on a range of spectral subjects, such as what to pack in a ghostologist's field kit, how to distinguish the types of ghosts, the best ways to hunt them, and spotting the unfortunate fakes and frauds." -- Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
112 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Geronimo investigates the haunting of New Mouse City's subway tunnels for his newspaper, The Rodent's Gazette.
16) Inheritance
Author
Series
Lost bride trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Graphic designer Sonya MacTavish is stunned to learn that her late father had a twin he never knew about--and that her newly discovered uncle, Collin Poole, has left her almost everything he owned, including a majestic Victorian house on the Maine coast, which the will stipulates she must live in it for at least three years. Her engagement recently broken, she sets off to find out why the boys were separated at birth-and why it was all kept secret...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (8 hours, 4 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor in 1980s England with the estate's chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling gothic romance. At Bly Manor, dead doesn't mean gone.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Take a tour of seven spooky places, among them the Wicked Woods, a Ghostly Galleon, and the Western Terror-tories. Along the way, avoid booby traps, search for hidden objects, and learn basic map reading skills"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Krewe of hunters volume 9
Publisher
Harlequin Mira
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
392 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The dead of night... The town of Lily, Arizona, has its share of Old West history and mystery. It's also home to the Gilded Lily, a former theater...and bawdy house. These days, it offers theatrical productions geared to tourists, but the recent discovery of a skull, a real skull, among the props and costumes has shaken everyone up. So, who do you call? The Krewe of Hunters, a special FBI unit of paranormal investigators. In this case, it's agent...
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