Ghost house publishing (247 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Darren Zenko takes us on a cruise around the alternative universe of shapeshifters. Discover the pink river dolphins of Amazonia, said to turn into handsome men in order to seduce young women. Travel to the Orkney Islands to meet the selkies, mystical seals with the power to shed their skins and take human form. In Japan, we encounter the Turtle-princess and kitsune, the fox who changes to human form in pursuit of mischief. The wendigo of the Canadian wilds is a shape-changing eater of human flesh, once a man but now something monstrous. And, of course, we visit the werewolf, reviewing the classic and abundant werewolf legends of 16th-century France and meeting the first werewolf of history, Lycaeon. The book also examines the ample werewolf legends of North and South American native tribes.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. You'll discover tips for how to make indoor and outdoor decorations, games, jack-o'-lanterns, how to create your own Sleepy Hollow complete with tombstones, hovering ghosts and frightful lanterns. Conjure up a variety of devilish delights in the kitchen and decorate and display dressed-to-thrill pumpkins.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Haunting stories that touch your heart. Stories of love perfect for Valentine's Day.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Explore the fascinating and often inexplicable tales of strange ghostly events in this Pacific Ocean state. At the Oregon Vortex in Gold Hill, gravity and light are distorted in one of the world's most bizarre paranormal anomalies. A phantom stagecoach is seen rolling up to the site of the Galesville Hotel in Douglas County, a structure that burned to the ground in 1931. A lighthouse keeper at the breathtaking Tillamook Lighthouse is reported to have watched in dismay as a phantom schooner foundered on the rocks--then vanished. From coastal Cannon Beach and Newport to Salem, Bend, La Grande, and many places in between, these stories of hair-raising folklore are sure to delight.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Read about the vanishing hitchhiker, the dog and the cellphone and the trantula crawling out of the banans at the local grocery store. A collection of intriguing modern-day myths that consistently make the rounds at water coolers throughout the nation. Norrell, Aaron (illustrateur).…

Paperback. Etat : Good. In the spirit of the author's Ghost Stories of Christmas, Haunted Christmas continues the tradition of sharing captivating and heartwarming tales of ghosts and angels during a magical time of year. Gather together and enjoy these enchanting stories of the true spirits of the season. Anderson-Hale, Arlana (illustrateur).…

Paperback. Etat : Good. More than 600,000 men died during the Civil War, but the conflict also displaced countless civilians. In this collection, noted authors Dan Asfar and Edrick Thay recount fascinating stories of soldiers, statesmen and star-crossed lovers, both ordinary and extraordinary, whose lingering spirits serve as a testament to America's most devastating war: * Eyewitnesses spot the ghosts of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and Edgar Allan Poe at Fort Monroe, one of the few Union forts in the Confederate South. * In New Orleans, the spirits of General Pierre Beauregard and his fallen soldiers continue to fight the tragic Battle of Shiloh. * An anti-slavery crusader haunts Harpers Ferry, where he staged a munitions raid and was hanged before the war broke out. * ''Old Green Eyes, '' the disembodied head of a fallen soldier, terrifies visitors to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Georgia. * In the cemetery of a former Ohio war prison, a battalion of Confederate dead rise from their anonymous graves. * An entire chapter explores the many specters of Gettysburg, the war's most infamous battlefield. * For anyone interested in the paranormal, Ghost Stories of the Civil War will prove a chilling and unforgettable treat.…

Paperback. Etat : Fair. From the Rocky Mountains come more tales of high-country hauntings: hundreds of long-deceased people are still seen cleaning up the site of the 1903 Frank Slide; Idaho's phantom white stallion rescues people who have lost their way in the mountains; and Colorado boasts a ghostly bookworm that haunts a used bookstore.…

Paperback. Etat : Fair. California's rich and colorful history has produced a wealth of tales about the supernatural. These unique tales of scary folklore come from all over the state and include such legends as the ghostly sailors that roam the decks of the Queen Mary at Long Beach to the malevolent phantoms that still haunt Alcatraz.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Explore Louisiana and uncover it's supernatural stars, including voodoo queens, loups garous and plantation phantoms.

Paperback. Etat : Fair.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The high seas are sinister places, where powerful storms overwhelm unsuspecting ships and desperate sailors clash, often with tragic results. As Barbara Smith shows in this fascinating collection, many who die at sea soon return as ghosts and eerie premonitions that enrich the sea's unparalleled mystery:· flying in the face of sailors' superstition, the Amazon was a ship that had her name changed-to the Mary Celeste. The ship vanished without a trace during a storm near the Azores· aboard the majestic Queen Mary, now a converted hotel on the coast of California, baffled visitors hear desperate moans and tearing metal-ghostly remnants of a fatal collision many years ago· sailors cringe upon spotting the Flying Dutchman-the most legendary omen on the high seas.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. The high seas are sinister places, where powerful storms overwhelm unsuspecting ships and desperate sailors clash, often with tragic results. As Barbara Smith shows in this fascinating collection, many who die at sea soon return as ghosts and eerie premonitions that enrich the sea's unparalleled mystery:· flying in the face of sailors' superstition, the Amazon was a ship that had her name changed-to the Mary Celeste. The ship vanished without a trace during a storm near the Azores· aboard the majestic Queen Mary, now a converted hotel on the coast of California, baffled visitors hear desperate moans and tearing metal-ghostly remnants of a fatal collision many years ago· sailors cringe upon spotting the Flying Dutchman-the most legendary omen on the high seas.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Some personalities simply won't accept that final curtain call. Best-selling Ghost Stories author Barbara Smith has conjured up an entertaining collection of tales about spirits and unexplained phenomena that sometimes steal the spotlight in North America's theaters.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Anderson-Hale, Arlana (illustrateur).

Paperback. Etat : Good. Anderson-Hale, Arlana (illustrateur).

Paperback. Etat : Fair. Anderson-Hale, Arlana (illustrateur).

Paperback. Etat : Good. The rich history of Pennsylvania is filled with the unexplained: frightening specters, mysterious apparitions and haunted buildings. Join Dan Asfar as he recounts the Keystone State's most intriguing ghost stories: * Phantoms materialize and eerie lights flash at historic Gettysburg, America's most famous -- and haunted - battlefield. * In a fountain at the notorious Baleroy Mansion in Philadelphia, a young boy sees a skull in place of his own reflection -- a strange premonition of his sudden death a month later. * Every New Year's Day, the spirit of colonial war hero Anthony Wayne wanders Route 322, still frustrated that his earthly remains were buried in separate graves * A three-year-old girl takes a fatal fall while her father paints her portrait, causing it to be inexplicably possessed by her forlorn spirit. * Two mysterious suicides cause a spike in paranormal activity in Tamaqua's haunted Elks Club. * Deceased convicts, driven to insanity by abuse, return to haunt the Eastern State Penitentiary, the first prison where solitary confinement was used. * With strange and often terrifying consequences, Pennsylvania ghosts appear in Pittsburgh, Radnor, Newtown, Lancaster, Hollidaysburg, Bedford, Altoona, New Hope, London Britain Township and more.…

Paperback. Etat : Fair. The rich history of Pennsylvania is filled with the unexplained: frightening specters, mysterious apparitions and haunted buildings. Join Dan Asfar as he recounts the Keystone State's most intriguing ghost stories: * Phantoms materialize and eerie lights flash at historic Gettysburg, America's most famous -- and haunted - battlefield. * In a fountain at the notorious Baleroy Mansion in Philadelphia, a young boy sees a skull in place of his own reflection -- a strange premonition of his sudden death a month later. * Every New Year's Day, the spirit of colonial war hero Anthony Wayne wanders Route 322, still frustrated that his earthly remains were buried in separate graves * A three-year-old girl takes a fatal fall while her father paints her portrait, causing it to be inexplicably possessed by her forlorn spirit. * Two mysterious suicides cause a spike in paranormal activity in Tamaqua's haunted Elks Club. * Deceased convicts, driven to insanity by abuse, return to haunt the Eastern State Penitentiary, the first prison where solitary confinement was used. * With strange and often terrifying consequences, Pennsylvania ghosts appear in Pittsburgh, Radnor, Newtown, Lancaster, Hollidaysburg, Bedford, Altoona, New Hope, London Britain Township and more.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. The Victorian era was a golden age of the paranormal. Famous writers, such as Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe, created fantastic tales that remain the models for contemporary ghost stories. As the interest in the paranormal grew, body-snatchers stole corpses from cemeteries and scientists tried to reanimate them, reflecting a society on the brink of madness. Join bestselling author Jo-Anne Christensen as she explores the most bizarre and remarkable stories from this fascinating era of haunted history.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The Victorian era was a golden age of the paranormal. Famous writers, such as Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe, created fantastic tales that remain the models for contemporary ghost stories. As the interest in the paranormal grew, body-snatchers stole corpses from cemeteries and scientists tried to reanimate them, reflecting a society on the brink of madness. Join bestselling author Jo-Anne Christensen as she explores the most bizarre and remarkable stories from this fascinating era of haunted history.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. This fun-filled sequel to our best-selling Campfire Ghost Stories is designed to be read aloud in a crowd, with coaching on group sound effects and other hijinks. This book will help make your next wilderness outing with friends a resounding success.

Paperback. Etat : Good. This fun-filled sequel to our best-selling Campfire Ghost Stories is designed to be read aloud in a crowd, with coaching on group sound effects and other hijinks. This book will help make your next wilderness outing with friends a resounding success.

Paperback. Etat : Fair. Pack your bags and prepare to journey to the eeriest of destinations, where elegance, luxury and gracious hospitality co-exist uneasily with shadowy secrets and haunted history. Jo-Anne Christensen, author of several best-selling ghost story books, is your guide on this terrifying tour of some of the world's most haunted hotels, inns and resorts: * The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel--where a mysterious image of a beautiful blonde appears in a mirror once hung in Marilyn Monroe's poolside suite * The Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast in Massachusetts--home to the spirits of Abby and Andrew Borden, both slain in one of America's most notorious unsolved mysteries * The Bullock Hotel in Deadwood, South Dakota--where the ghost of the town's first sheriff has returned to maintain law and order * The Hotel del Coronado in California--where a beautiful female phantom directed an investigation into her own death, nearly one century after the fact * The Olde Angel Inn in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario--long haunted by ''Captain Swayze, '' the earthbound apparition of a British officer who died during the War of 1812 * The Bell Hotel in Thetford, England--where the ghost of a murdered innkeeper inhabits the Elizabethan painting that was her last image before death. * Whether you're a ghost story buff or an adventure-seeking traveler, you are sure to find Haunted Hotels most accommodating.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Pack your bags and prepare to journey to the eeriest of destinations, where elegance, luxury and gracious hospitality co-exist uneasily with shadowy secrets and haunted history. Jo-Anne Christensen, author of several best-selling ghost story books, is your guide on this terrifying tour of some of the world's most haunted hotels, inns and resorts: * The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel--where a mysterious image of a beautiful blonde appears in a mirror once hung in Marilyn Monroe's poolside suite * The Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast in Massachusetts--home to the spirits of Abby and Andrew Borden, both slain in one of America's most notorious unsolved mysteries * The Bullock Hotel in Deadwood, South Dakota--where the ghost of the town's first sheriff has returned to maintain law and order * The Hotel del Coronado in California--where a beautiful female phantom directed an investigation into her own death, nearly one century after the fact * The Olde Angel Inn in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario--long haunted by ''Captain Swayze, '' the earthbound apparition of a British officer who died during the War of 1812 * The Bell Hotel in Thetford, England--where the ghost of a murdered innkeeper inhabits the Elizabethan painting that was her last image before death. * Whether you're a ghost story buff or an adventure-seeking traveler, you are sure to find Haunted Hotels most accommodating.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Darren Zenko takes us on a cruise around the alternative universe of shapeshifters. Discover the pink river dolphins of Amazonia, said to turn into handsome men in order to seduce young women. Travel to the Orkney Islands to meet the selkies, mystical seals with the power to shed their skins and take human form. In Japan, we encounter the Turtle-princess and kitsune, the fox who changes to human form in pursuit of mischief. The wendigo of the Canadian wilds is a shape-changing eater of human flesh, once a man but now something monstrous. And, of course, we visit the werewolf, reviewing the classic and abundant werewolf legends of 16th-century France and meeting the first werewolf of history, Lycaeon. The book also examines the ample werewolf legends of North and South American native tribes.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. You'll discover tips for how to make indoor and outdoor decorations, games, jack-o'-lanterns, how to create your own Sleepy Hollow complete with tombstones, hovering ghosts and frightful lanterns. Conjure up a variety of devilish delights in the kitchen and decorate and display dressed-to-thrill pumpkins.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. The Sunshine state may seem an unlikely venue for tales of the paranormal. However, this land of sun, orange groves and ocean breezes has its own dark and haunted past. St. Augustine, for example, is America's oldest city and has more than a few ghost stories to tell. Bustling Miami also has its share of haunted places, from Miami University to the historic Biltmore Hotel. Author Dan Asfar has culled this chilling collection of some of the most fascinating paranormal events recorded in Florida. …

Paperback. Etat : Good. Haunting stories that touch your heart. Stories of love perfect for Valentine's Day.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good.