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  • There are places that turn up in literature or in film—mystical and legendary places whose names may be familiar but about which we know little. We nod knowingly at the reference, but are often left…
    Lost Lands, Forgotten Realms: Sunken Continents, Vanished Cities, and the Kingdoms that History Misplaced

    Lost Lands, Forgotten Realms: Sunken Continents, Vanished Cities, and the Kingdoms…

    By Bob Curran, Ian Daniels rating of short cover   ( 51 customer ratings) Career Press, April 2012 ISBN: 9781453254042 Social Science, Folklore & Mythology Language:  English
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  • Paranormal expert Hans Holzer investigates the strangest cases of possession—the rare and disturbing instances when a ghost attaches itself to a living personProfessor Hans Holzer explores the…
    Haunted People: True Encounters with the World Beyond

    Haunted People: True Encounters with the World Beyond

    By Hans Holzer rating of short cover   ( 1 customer rating) Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, September 2012 ISBN: 9781453279663 Reference, Encyclopedias Language:  English
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  • High up in the Bolivian Andes—4,000 meters above sea level—lies Pumapunku, an ancient ruined city that simply could never have been constructed by its Stone Age inhabitants. "Something here really…
    Twilight of the Gods: The Mayan Calendar and the Return of the Extraterrestrials

    Twilight of the Gods: The Mayan Calendar and the Return of the Extraterrestrials

    By Erich von Däniken rating of short cover   ( 195 customer ratings) Career Press, April 2012 ISBN: 9781453254257 Religion & Spirituality, New Age Language:  English
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  • We all know about fairies—they're usually helpful, ethereal creatures in children's stories and Walt Disney films, flitting about doing good, right? Wrong! In ancient times, the concept of fairies was…
    Dark Fairies

    Dark Fairies

    By Bob Curran, Ian Daniels rating of short cover   ( 27 customer ratings) Career Press, April 2012 ISBN: 9781453254011 Social Science, Folklore & Mythology Language:  English
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  • Did you know?• Freemasonry's first American lodge included a young Benjamin Franklin among its members. • The Knights Templar began as impoverished warrior monks then evolved into bankers. • Groom…
    Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies

    Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies - The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, the…

    Vintage By Arthur Goldwag rating of short cover   ( 199 customer ratings) Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, August 2009 ISBN: 9780307456663 Almanacs & Trivia, Curiosities & Wonders Language:  English
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  • Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, “time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if…
    Daily Rituals

    Daily Rituals - How Artists Work

    rating of short cover   ( 89 customer ratings) Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, April 2013 ISBN: 9780307962379 Language:  English
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  • There are some places in the world where humans quite simply should not go. Not just haunted places, but sites where ancient forces still hold sway. We can recognize such locations by the responses…
    The World's Creepiest Places

    The World's Creepiest Places

    By Bob Curran, Ian Daniels rating of short cover   ( 31 customer ratings) Career Press, April 2012 ISBN: 9781453254080 Social Science, Folklore & Mythology Language:  English
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  • WEIRD: 1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the preternatural or supernatural. 2. Of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange. 3. Of or relating to fate or the Fates. And now that youve got the…
    Weird-O-Pedia: The Ultimate Book of Strange, Surprising, and Incredibly Odd Facts about (Supposedly) Ordinary Things

    Weird-O-Pedia: The Ultimate Book of Strange, Surprising, and Incredibly Odd Facts…

    By Alex Palmer rating of short cover   ( 25 customer ratings) Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., May 2012 ISBN: 9781620873328 Almanacs & Trivia, Curiosities & Wonders Language:  English
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  • Join paranormal expert and ghost hunter Hans Holzer as he investigates the most famous haunted locations around the worldGhosts have been known to haunt not only houses but other locations as…
    Haunted Places: True Encounters with the World Beyond

    Haunted Places: True Encounters with the World Beyond

    By Hans Holzer rating of short cover   ( 5 customer ratings) Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, September 2012 ISBN: 9781453279175 Reference, Encyclopedias Language:  English
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  • Join paranormal expert and storyteller extraordinaire Hans Holzer as he investigates the most famous, and infamous, real-life haunted housesPerhaps no other paranormal situation captures our…
    This House Is Haunted: True Encounters with the World Beyond

    This House Is Haunted: True Encounters with the World Beyond

    By Hans Holzer Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, September 2012 ISBN: 9781453279724 Reference, Encyclopedias Language:  English
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