Mysteries of Ontario

Mysteries of Ontario
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Publisher : Dundurn
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 0888822057
ISBN-13 : 9780888822055
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Mysteries of Ontario by : John Robert Colombo

This book brings together some 500 accounts of strange events and eerie experiences in the province.

The Mystery Chronicles

The Mystery Chronicles
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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages : 382
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ISBN-10 : 9780813126753
ISBN-13 : 0813126754
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Mystery Chronicles by : Joe Nickell

With a foreword by James Randi Paranormal investigator Joe Nickell has spent more than thirty years solving the world's most perplexing mysteries. This new casebook reveals the secrets of the Winchester Mystery House, the giant Nazca drawings of Peru, the Shroud of Turin, the "Mothman" enigma, the Amityville Horror house, the vicious goatsucking El Chupacabras, and numerous other "unexplainable" paranormal phenomena. Nickell has traveled far and wide to solve cases, which include a weeping icon in Russia, the elusive Bigfoot-like "yowie" in Australia, the reputed power of a headless saint in Spain, and an "alien hybrid" in Germany. He has gone undercover—often in disguise—to reveal the tricks of those who pretend to talk to the dead, accompanied a Cajun guide into a Louisiana swamp in search of a fabled monster, and gained an audience with a voodoo queen. Superstar psychic medium John Edward, pet psychic Sonya Fitzpatrick, evangelist and healer Benny Hinn, and many other well-known figures have found themselves under Nickell's careful scrutiny. The Mystery Chronicles examines more than three dozen intriguing mysteries. Nickell uses a hands-on approach and the scientific method to steer between the extremes of mystery mongering and debunking. His investigative skills have won him both acclaim and controversy during his long career as one of the world's foremost paranormal investigators.

When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky

When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky
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Publisher : Mariner Books
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9780358554837
ISBN-13 : 0358554837
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky by : Margaret Verble

Louise Erdrich meets Karen Russell in this deliciously strange and daringly original novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Margaret Verble: An eclectic cast of characters--both real and ghostly--converge at an amusement park in Nashville, 1926.

Looting Spiro Mounds

Looting Spiro Mounds
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0806138130
ISBN-13 : 9780806138138
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Looting Spiro Mounds by : David La Vere

Author raises questions about the looting of the lost Indian burial crypt in Le Flore Co OK in 1935.

Skullduggery

Skullduggery
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 039924378X
ISBN-13 : 9780399243783
Rating : 4/5 (8X Downloads)

Synopsis Skullduggery by : Pete Hautman

During a field trip in the local woods, Roni and Brian find the local archaeology professor, Andrew Dart, knocked unconscious in a cave, which leads them to investigate a land development scheme.

From the Mysteries

From the Mysteries
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Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9781912230440
ISBN-13 : 1912230445
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis From the Mysteries by : Hermann Beckh

In the early part of the last century, Professor Hermann Beckh began a search to discover the truth about the Mystery wisdom of antiquity. As a recognized authority on Buddhist texts, he knew that complete knowledge of such Mysteries was not to be found within the limitations of waking consciousness, sense perception and logic. Beckh was already aware that Gautama Buddha had indicated the stages of higher knowledge. Furthermore, his studies of Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophical teachings revealed that such knowledge could be experienced directly, given disciplined meditation. Clairvoyant cognition included the conscious penetration of sleep consciousness, the dream state and an experience of pre-natal consciousness. Both the Mysteries and Rudolf Steiner’s major books, he concluded, were founded on the same perceptions. Beckh – a worldwide expert on Tibetan, Sanskrit, Pali and Avestan texts – quickly became disenchanted with Madame Blavatsky’s Theosophy, as it displayed little precise academic knowledge of primary records. At the same time, university departments showed scant trace of understanding the texts they analysed through philology and sociology. Thus, based on comprehensive studies and personal experience, he resolved to present his own perceptions and vision to the public. The results are to be found in this invaluable book, bringing together for the first time in English three groundbreaking publications: Our Origin in the Light (Genesis 1-9) (1924); Zarathustra (1927) and From the World of the Mysteries (1927), as well as five of Beckh’s articles from contemporary periodicals.

Mysteries of Strange Appearances From Beyond

Mysteries of Strange Appearances From Beyond
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 0812536320
ISBN-13 : 9780812536324
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Mysteries of Strange Appearances From Beyond by : Phyllis Raybin Emert

A collection of strange mysteries that include ghosts who have returned to complete unfinished business on earth.

Literary Afterlife

Literary Afterlife
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 421
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ISBN-10 : 9780786457212
ISBN-13 : 078645721X
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Literary Afterlife by : Bernard A. Drew

This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.

Indian Burial Ground

Indian Burial Ground
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9780593546901
ISBN-13 : 0593546903
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Indian Burial Ground by : Nick Medina

A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on—just like her beloved Uncle Louie before her—things are finally looking up for Noemi. Until the news of her boyfriend’s apparent suicide brings her world crumbling down. But the facts about Roddy’s death just don’t add up, and Noemi isn’t the only one who suspects that something menacing might be lurking within their tribal lands. After over a decade away, Uncle Louie has returned to the reservation, bringing with him a past full of secrets, horror, and what might be the key to determining Roddy’s true cause of death. Together, Noemi and Louie set out to find answers...but as they get closer to the truth, Noemi begins to wonder whether it might be best for some secrets to remain buried.

A Guide to the South's Quirkiest Roadside Attractions

A Guide to the South's Quirkiest Roadside Attractions
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 9781439676318
ISBN-13 : 1439676313
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis A Guide to the South's Quirkiest Roadside Attractions by : Kelly Kazek

If you're in Nashville or Austin or Mobile and you have the urge to see something strange, connoisseur of the offbeat Kelly Kazek has you covered. Cruise the South, from Louisville's enormous collection of the world's largest things to Miami's Burger Museum to Odessa's Stonehenge replica. If you're around Hot Springs, Arkansas, you might want to bop into the Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo to see where Babe Ruth's first five-hundred-foot homer came crashing down. And if you're looking to make contact with the unusual, why not visit the UFO Welcome Center in Bowman, South Carolina? Wherever you are in the South, there's something strange or stupendous nearby, and this catalogue of noteworthy curiosities and significant landmarks makes sure you don't miss a thing.