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    Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night : Facts, Fictions, and First-Hand Accounts (2013)
    Cork : Red Wheel Weiser
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    ISBN: 9781578635474
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (260 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night : Facts, Fictions, and First-Hand Accounts
    DDC: 398.21
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The lusty vampire, the sympathetic werewolf, the tragic banshee are just a few of the dark and frightening creatures you'll discover in Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night. Huffington Post Weird Newscolumnist and author Varla Ventura takes readers on a wild ride through the shadowy hills of rural Ireland, the dark German forests, and along abandoned farms and country roads across the world to discover some of the most frightening and freak-tacular tales, tidbits, and encounters with all those beasties that go bump in the night. Along with classic pieces from Bram
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Inside Frontflap; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part One: Banshees; 1. Ready to Play Not-So-Nice; 2. Irish Wonders; 3. Ghostly Tales of the Banshee; 4. Legendary Legends; 5. The Banshee According to Yeats; 6. Is That a Banshee or Are You Just Happy to See Me?; 7. Banshee Banter; Part Two: Werevolves; 8. The Sweetest Wolf; 7. Hirsute History; 10. The Werewolf of the North; 11. Natural Causes of Lycanthropy; Part Three: Vampires; 12. Beauty and the Priest; 13. From the Cabinet of Dr. Polidori; 14. Dead News Travels Fast; 15. Vampires Old and New; Bloody Appendices
    Description / Table of Contents: Other Creatures of the NightBogle; Changelings; Goblins; Pookas; Varla Ventura; Bucket (of Blood) Lists; Movies; Books; Volumes of Forgotten Lore; Sources; Online Sources; Acknowledgments; Inside Backflap; Backcover
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  • 2
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    May-Pole of Merrymount : Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection (2012)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Red Wheel Weiser
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    ISBN: 9781619400429
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (37 pages)
    Series Statement: Paranormal Parlor
    DDC: 398.09730000000002
    Keywords: Folklore--United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Varla Ventura, Coast to Coast favorite, Weird News blogger on Huffington Post, and author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces Weiser Books' new Collection of forgotten occult classics. Paranormal Parlor is an eerie assemblage of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's sixth sense for tales of the weird and unusual.Early author and historian Charles M. Skinner collected folk tales from around the world, but he had a particular passion for stories of early America. Written in 1896 this collection of short tales includes the witches, goblins, ghosts, and hauntings upon which our great nation was built.
    Abstract: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Haunted Waves of Grain -- THE MAY-POLE OF MERRYMOUNT -- THE CATSKILL WITCH -- JACK WELCH'S DEATH LIGHT -- MOGG MEGONE -- THE SKULL IN THE WALL -- THE HAUNTED MILL -- THE WILD MAN OF CAPE COD -- SKINNER'S CAVE -- MICAH ROOD APPLES -- To Our Readers -- Other Offerings.
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  • 3
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    Natural Causes of Lycanthropy : Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection (2012)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Red Wheel Weiser
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    ISBN: 9781619400351
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (28 pages)
    Series Statement: Magical Creatures
    DDC: 398.24540000000002
    Keywords: Werewolves ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post's Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.We are all werewolves. Or at least, according to supernatural expert Sabine Baring-Gould, we are all capable of becoming werewolves. Written in 1868, this selection from Baring-Gould's massive tome on werewolves will have you locking the doors and looking over your shoulder. Into the mirror.
    Abstract: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Be the Change -- Natural Causes of Lycanthropy -- Calling All Friends of Magical Creatures -- Check Out the other Offerings in our Magical Creatures Collection.
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  • 4
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    Unicornicopia : Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection (2012)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Red Wheel Weiser
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    ISBN: 9781619400368
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (129 pages)
    Series Statement: Magical Creatures
    DDC: 398.46899999999999
    Keywords: Unicorns ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post's Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.The most revered of all mythical beings, the Unicorn, dashes across the pages of this collection of fiction and folklore from such notable authors as Odell Shepperd and selections from works such as Unicorns: A Mythological Investigation.
    Abstract: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Missing the Point -- The Hunter and the Unicorn -- Rumours -- Conjectures -- Certainties -- Opinions Respecting the Terrestrial Existence of the Unicorn.
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    The Poison Apple : Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection (2012)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Red Wheel Weiser
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    ISBN: 9781619400757
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (123 pages)
    Series Statement: Magical Creatures
    DDC: 398.2
    Keywords: Fairy tales ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post's Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.For fairy tale lovers and fans of TV shows like Grimm and Once Upon a Time and movies like Mirror, Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman, here is a collection of stories thick with dark woods, poison apples, wicked queens, curses, blessings, huntsmen, true love, crystal coffins, and helpless beauties, largely from Andrew Lang's bestselling Victorian series of color fairy books.
    Abstract: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Bite me, An Introduction -- The Three Dwarfs -- Snowdrop -- The Magic Mirror -- The Crystal Coffin -- Snow-White and Rose-Red -- The Headless Dwarfs -- The Underground Workers -- Dame Grumble and her Curious Apple Tree.
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    House that Stood on Chicken Feet : Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection (2012)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Red Wheel Weiser
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    ISBN: 9781619400948
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (84 pages)
    Series Statement: Magical Creatures
    DDC: 398.20947000000001
    Keywords: Folklore--Russia ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post's Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.Baba Yaga, The Girl Without Hands, and some of the more widely known and perpetually-reimagined terrifying Russian fairy tales of Eastern European folkloric tradition.
    Abstract: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Terrifying Russian Fairy Tales -- The House that Stood on Chicken Feet -- The Baba Yaga -- Marya Morevna -- Ivan Popyalof -- Vasilissa the Fair -- The Frog-Tsarevna -- The Girl without Hands -- Koshchei the Deathless -- To Our Readers -- Other Offerings.
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    The Alleged Counterparts of the Banshee : Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection (2012)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Red Wheel Weiser
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    ISBN: 9781619400603
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (30 pages)
    Series Statement: Magical Creatures
    DDC: 398.20941499999998
    Keywords: Banshees--Ireland ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post's Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.Perhaps the most feared creature in Irish fairy lore, the Banshee is the ghostly, female apparition whose shriek portents the demise of a loved one. Elliot O'Donnell explores the terrifying Banshee-equivalents of cultures around the world-- from the Highland Castles of Scotland to the seaside villages of Italy-- and his tales of these creatures make the Irish Banshee look like nothing more than a cherubic Christmas-caroler.
    Abstract: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Is that a Banshee or are you Just Happy to See Me? -- Alleged Counterparts of the Banshee -- Calling All Friends of Magical Creatures -- Check out the other offerings in our Magical Creatures Collection.
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    The Ogre of Rashomon : Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection (2012)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Red Wheel Weiser
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    ISBN: 9781619400955
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (29 pages)
    Series Statement: Magical Creatures
    DDC: 398.20952
    Keywords: Fairy tales--Japan ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post's Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.The warrior's sword and the village heroes are no match for the ogres and goblins that gnash their teeth and wreck havoc in early 20th century Japan.
    Abstract: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Ogres Are Like Onions -- THE OGRE OF RASHOMON. -- THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA. -- To Our Readers -- Other Offerings.
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    The Bells that Committed Murder : Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection (2012)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Red Wheel Weiser
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    ISBN: 9781619400634
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (17 pages)
    Series Statement: Magical Creatures
    DDC: 398.209429
    Keywords: Murder--Folklore ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post's Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.Don't walk into that churchyard or a schoolhouse without a hardhat! There are more than just the usual hazards of daily life in rural Wales that could bring you harm. There are murderous bells afoot!.
    Abstract: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Unsaved by the Bell -- Bells: Base of the Primeval Mythology--Bells and their Ghosts--The Bell that committed Murder and was damned for it--The Occult Powers of Bells--Their Work as Detectives, Doctors, etc--Legend of the Bell of Rhayader--St. Illtyd's Wonderful Bell--The Golden Bell of Llandaff -- Calling All Friends of Magical Creatures: -- Check Out the Other Offerings in Our Magical Creatures Collection:.
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    The Christmas Troll and Other Yuletide Stories : Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection (2011)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Red Wheel Weiser
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    ISBN: 9781619400146
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (49 pages)
    Series Statement: Magical Creatures
    DDC: 394.268282
    Keywords: Christmas--Folklore ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post's Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.Beware the Scandinavian Christmas Troll! They love to dance and drink through the night on Christmas Eve. If you are in Bavaria, take heed of the Berchte--a wretched bogey who cuts the stomachs open of naughty children. In this wonderful collection of folkloric traditions from early 20th century author Clement A. Miles you will find werewolves, devils, goblins, curses, hexes, and rituals of the dead, all as they relate to Yuletide celebrations around the world.
    Abstract: Cover Image -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Things That Go Bump in the Night before Christmas -- Contents -- 1. Christmas Eve and the Twelve Days -- Christmas Eve. -- The Twelve Days. -- 2. The Yule Log -- Calling All Friends of Magical Creatures: -- Check out the other offerings in our Magical Creatures Collection:.
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    It Moans on Land and Sea and Other Welsh Tales from the Spirit World : Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection (2011)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Red Wheel Weiser
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    ISBN: 9781619400108
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (132 pages)
    Series Statement: Magical Creatures
    DDC: 398.209429
    Keywords: Folklore--Wales ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post's Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.Séances, haunted houses, an evil tailor, Dogs from Hell, demons, goblins, wraiths…all are creeping about within these pages, as they once freely lurked through the hills of Wales. 19th century author Wirt Sikes documented the stories and encounters with these beings from the Other Realm while serving serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Wales and the result is a delightful collection of the unseen from impish hauntings and invisible trickery to full-scale possession and child-stealing. Arm yourself with these stories that you might better be prepared when you encounter those things that go bump in the night!.
    Abstract: Cover Image -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Things That Go Bump in the Night -- Contents -- BOOK II.: THE SPIRIT-WORLD. -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CHAPTER III. -- CHAPTER IV. -- CHAPTER V. -- CHAPTER VI. -- CHAPTER VII. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- CHAPTER IX. -- Calling All Friends of Magical Creatures: -- Check out the other offerings in our Magical Creatures Collection:.
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    Sponge Cake at Funerals And Other Quaint Old Customs : Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection (2011)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Red Wheel Weiser
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    ISBN: 9781619400269
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (105 pages)
    Series Statement: Magical Creatures
    DDC: 398.209429
    Keywords: Folklore--Wales ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post's Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.Birth rituals, marriage ceremonies, funeral rites, holiday traditions, and enduring superstitions of Welsh folkore are all documented with detail and a fervent love for the people and the immortal spirits of Wales. Written by William Wirt Sikes in 1880, this magnificent collection of old customs is sure to enchant and enliven anyone's virtual bookshelf.
    Abstract: Cover Image -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Spiritual Potency of Buns -- Contents -- QUAINT OLD CUSTOMS -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- VI. -- VII. -- VIII. -- CHAPTER I -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- VI. -- VII. -- CHAPTER II -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- VI. -- CHAPTER III -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- VI. -- CHAPTER IV -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- CHAPTER V -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- CHAPTER VI -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- VI. -- VII. -- VIII. -- IX. -- X. -- CHAPTER VII -- To Our Readers -- Other Offering.
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