The First Ghosts. A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator, Paperback - Irving Finkel

Dr Irving Finkel, curator at the British Museum, explores why the belief in ghosts is what makes us human.Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): I...

Reducere. An accessible look at the world's oldest writing system, covering it's origins, historical development and demise. With new colour photos.

Reducere. Cuneiform script on clay tablets is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The resilience of clay has permitted these records...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even ...

Reducere. These 57 short stories are an entertaining introduction to the history of Cleveland, Ohio, for natives and newcomers alike. They hit the highlights...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always rai...

Reducere. Most of us are able to see beings who have been reborn in the human realm and many of the beings born in the animal realm. But it is very rare to h...

Reducere. Civil War battlefields are the most hallowed stretches of land in America. And they're the most haunted pieces of ground. While it may come as no s...

Join the art critic Ben Eastham on a private tour of an extraordinary museum. Let him walk you through a building constructed from memory and fille...

From the Native American tribes who first inhabited the land to the gold rush prospectors who flocked to the burgeoning town in the 1860s, Pocatell...

'In Context: the Reade Festschrift' is a collection of invited and peer-reviewed essays by friends and colleagues of Julian Edgeworth Reade, someti...

DescriptionWhat set the successful armies of Sparta, Macedon, and Rome apart from those they defeated? In this major new history of battle from the...

Reducere. For centuries, Ireland has been a place of the uncanny, with tales and legends of magic and curses, ghosts and fantastical beings, each and every s...

DescriptionBerlin's hip present comes up against the city's dark past in these seven supernatural tales by the son of the great filmmaker who "shar...

Reducere. Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods (1915) is a collection of Hawaiian folktales and myths by W. D. Westervelt. Connecting the origin story o...

Reducere. Ghosts and Gold: My Story of Ghost Ranch is a first-person account of one of northern New Mexico's most spectacular and fascinating locations. View...

Britain has a rich folklore, and the most fascinating figures in British folkore are undoubtedly fairies, who were first described in the Middle Ag...

New York City is being plagued by a pack of ferocious brass raptors attacking people and carrying them away into the night. The originator of these...

Reducere. 11 bone-chilling tales. All true. All terrifying.Around every corner, behind every smile lies a story. In these 11 stories lie some of the most hor...

Reducere. DescriptionTake a ghostly journey through Long Island's history, from Native American legends and beyond. Ghosts lurk at the Execution Rocks Lighth...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Jaromir MalekIllustration(s): 21 Illustrations, black and white; 90 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: ...

Something's not right with the Ghost's friend Ginny... something happened to her in Cairo, out on the dig. Something that's related to a strange cu...

Take a spirited tour through the supernatural history of America, from its haunted sites to its famous ghosts to its ghost-obsessed pop culture. Gh...

Reducere. Prepare to be spooked by these chilling Japanese short stories! Strange Tales from Japan presents 99 spine-tingling tales of ghosts, yokai, demons,...

An archaeological quest to find the homes and haunts of the extraordinary inhabitants of the 'Happy Valley', home to affluent white expatriates in ...

The present book by Hu Baozhu explores the subject of ghosts and spirits and attempts to map the religious landscape of ancient China. The main foc...

Reducere. Nestled on the rocky coast of Massachusetts, Salem is a city steeped in history and legend. Famous for its witch trials, the storied North Shore se...

The United States finds itself locked in a diplomatic standoff with a British Empire who has only just buried Queen Victoria, her life artificially...

Reducere. A ghost-hunter's guide to Arizona's haunted hotels and inns. Provides eye-witness accounts, legendary stories, and unsolved mysteries at 29 open-to...

*An Entertainment Weekly and LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2020 Pick and Buzz Magazine's Top New Book of the New Decade*

An electrifying account of the extraordinary untold history behind Darwin's theory of evolution

From the Chumash legends of the Dolphins and the Whispering Tree to the ghostly sightings at Sedgwick Reserve, hauntings abound here. In beautiful ...

Join Yorkshire guide Philip Lister as he takes you on a terrifying tour of York's dark and ghostly side.Publisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): ...

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Reducere. The ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of...

Reducere. Historic Cape Cod has 15 towns, stretching from Bourne to Provincetown. Each town and village has ghosts and many stories to tell about them. In th...

Reducere. Divided by state lines and the Mississippi River, the Quad Cities share a common haunted heritage. If anything, the seam that runs through the regi...