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The most beloved and oft-adapted work by Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow follows a love triangle in the New York countryside in 1790. Sleepy Hollow, a supposedly haunted glen on the outskirts of Tarry Town, is home to a particularly ghoulish fiend - the Headless Horseman - who is said to be the specter of a fallen soldier. Ichabod Crane, a schoolmaster from Connecticut, competes with local hero Abraham 'Brom Bones' Van Brunt for the...
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The Daoshi chronicles volume 1
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English
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The Girl with Ghost Eyes is a fun, fun read. Martial arts and Asian magic set in Old San Francisco make for a fresh take on urban fantasy, a wonderful story that kept me up late to finish."
—#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs
It's the end of the nineteenth century in San Francisco's Chinatown, and ghost hunters from the Maoshan traditions of Daoism keep malevolent spiritual forces at bay.
3) Ghosts
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English
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"Engaging images accompany information about ghosts. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
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Greenwood, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
Description
"Ghosts are the only monsters that most people actually believe in." A folklorist friend of mine said this to me when I was in the early stages of working on this project. His words really colored the scope of this book, which in its entries not only explains certain ghost lore and ghost-related phenomena, but considers the psychological and sociological reasons that representations of the ghost exist almost by necessity in different cultures and...
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When his family inherits a crumbling seaside mansion, shy Lewis Dearborn meets the seven pirate ghosts who already call his tower bedroom home. Lewis must help the ghostly crew conquer their fear of going outside when the pirates enlist him to help commandeer their ship from a local museum. The courage to speak up could change everything.
6) Ghost cat
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English
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After his death, Sailor Boy decided to stay at Port Carrick lighthouse with his friend, the lighthouse keeper, and when disaster strikes, he is there to help.
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Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 2
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English
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Publisher Annotation: The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film! More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends. Folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time. Scary stories series, 112pp.
10) Ghostly warnings
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Cobblehill Books
Pub. Date
c1996
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English
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A collection of stories from beyond the grave in which ghosts or spirits spell out the impending doom of the person warned.
12) Old devil Wind
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Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
1993
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English
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On a dark and stormy night one object after another joins in making eerie noises in the old house.
13) Ghosts
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English
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"Engaging images accompany information about ghosts. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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Ghost stories (Seanan McGuire) volume 2
Ghost Roads
DAW Book Collectors volume no. 1793
The ghost roads volume 2
Ghost Roads
DAW Book Collectors volume no. 1793
The ghost roads volume 2
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English
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The second book in the Ghost Roads series returns to the highways of America, where hitchhiking ghost Rose Marshall continues her battle with her killer—the immortal Bobby Cross.
Once and twice and thrice around,
Put your heart into the ground.
Four and five and six tears shed,
Give your love unto the dead.
Seven shadows on the wall,
Eight have come to watch your fall:
One’s...
Once and twice and thrice around,
Put your heart into the ground.
Four and five and six tears shed,
Give your love unto the dead.
Seven shadows on the wall,
Eight have come to watch your fall:
One’s...
15) The reckoning
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Darkest powers volume 3
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Chloe, a necromancer, struggles to understand her feelings for werewolf Derek and his sorcerer brother, Simon, while seeking a way to enter the headquarters of the sinister Edison Group and rescue her aunt Lauren and friend Rachelle.
20) Meet a ghost?
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Series
Publisher
World Book
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Describes ghosts in folklore, legends, and literature, and explores some historical battlefields believed to be haunted.
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