Author: William BrittenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Occultism
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Ghost Land, Or, Researches Into the Mysteries of Occultism
Author: William BrittenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Occultism
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country
Author: Edward ParnellPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008271968
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020 ‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare ‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, author of Crow Country
Ghostland
Author: Colin DickeyPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101980192
Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through some of the country's most infamously haunted places--and deep into the dark side of our history.
Ghost Hawk
Author: Susan CooperPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442481412
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
At the end of a winter-long journey into manhood, Little Hawk returns to find his village decimated by a white man's plague and soon, despite a fresh start, Little Hawk dies violently but his spirit remains trapped, seeing how his world changes.
A Demon-Haunted Land
Author: Monica BlackPublisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1250225663
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
“A Demon-Haunted Land is absorbing, gripping, and utterly fascinating... Beautifully written, without even a hint of jargon or pretension, it casts a significant and unexpected new light on the early phase of the Federal Republic of Germany’s history. Black’s analysis of the copious, largely unknown archival sources on which the book is based is unfailingly subtle and intelligent.” —Richard J. Evans, The New Republic In the aftermath of World War II, a succession of mass supernatural events swept through war-torn Germany. A messianic faith healer rose to extraordinary fame, prayer groups performed exorcisms, and enormous crowds traveled to witness apparitions of the Virgin Mary. Most strikingly, scores of people accused their neighbors of witchcraft, and found themselves in turn hauled into court on charges of defamation, assault, and even murder. What linked these events, in the wake of an annihilationist war and the Holocaust, was a widespread preoccupation with evil. While many histories emphasize Germany’s rapid transition from genocidal dictatorship to liberal democracy, A Demon-Haunted Land places in full view the toxic mistrust, profound bitterness, and spiritual malaise that unfolded alongside the economic miracle. Drawing on previously unpublished archival materials, acclaimed historian Monica Black argues that the surge of supernatural obsessions stemmed from the unspoken guilt and shame of a nation remarkably silent about what was euphemistically called “the most recent past.” This shadow history irrevocably changes our view of postwar Germany, revealing the country’s fraught emotional life, deep moral disquiet, and the cost of trying to bury a horrific legacy.
The Unidentified
Author: Colin DickeyPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525557571
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"Absolutely perfect for the current moment." --Buzzfeed America's favorite cultural historian and author of Ghostland takes a tour of the country's most persistent "unexplained" phenomena In a world where rational, scientific explanations are more available than ever, belief in the unprovable and irrational--in fringe--is on the rise: from Atlantis to aliens, from Flat Earth to the Loch Ness monster, the list goes on. It seems the more our maps of the known world get filled in, the more we crave mysterious locations full of strange creatures. Enter Colin Dickey, Cultural Historian and Tour Guide of the Weird. With the same curiosity and insight that made Ghostland a hit with readers and critics, Colin looks at what all fringe beliefs have in common, explaining that today's Illuminati is yesterday's Flat Earth: the attempt to find meaning in a world stripped of wonder. Dickey visits the wacky sites of America's wildest fringe beliefs--from the famed Mount Shasta where the ancient race (or extra-terrestrials, or possibly both, depending on who you ask) called Lemurians are said to roam, to the museum containing the last remaining "evidence" of the great Kentucky Meat Shower--investigating how these theories come about, why they take hold, and why as Americans we keep inventing and re-inventing them decade after decade. The Unidentified is Colin Dickey at his best: curious, wry, brilliant in his analysis, yet eminently readable.
A Land of Ghosts
Author: David G. CampbellPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813540528
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
With great narrative, Campbell takes readers with him as he travels 1,200 miles up the Amazon, turns left up the Rio Jurua, and continues for another 28 days to the town of Cruzeiro do Sul where he collects three friends and continues further into the rainforest.
Ghost Land, Or, Researches Into the Mysteries of Occultism
Author: William BrittenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Occultism
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Ghost Land; Or, Researches Into the Mysteries of Occultism. Illustrated in a Series of Autobiographical Sketches. By the Author of “Art Magic”: with Extracts from the Records of “Magical Séances,” Etc. ... Translated and Edited by E. H. Britten
Author: afterwards BRITTEN HARDINGE (Emma)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Ghost Under Foot
Author: Kenneth W. HarmonPublisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738730815
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Retired police officer Kenneth W. Harmon and his family investigate the life of the young woman who they believed is haunting their house--a woman buried in their backyard who died of typhoid fever in the late 1800s.