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"Having been abandoned on the steps of an orphanage as an infant, lovable car thief and Dublin charmer Mahony assumed all his life that his mother had simply given him up. But when he receives an anonymous note suggesting that foul play may have led to his mother's disappearance, he sees only one option: to return to the rural Irish village where he was born and find out what really happened twenty-six years ago. From the moment he sets foot in Mulderrig,...
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"Supernatural: A History of Television's Unearthly Road Trip is a captivating examination of the cultural phenomenon that is Supernatural, the longest running genre series in US television history. It examines the show's predecessors, characters, major storylines, devoted fanbase, and how it has influenced other series that followed"--
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Native American Authors: Traditional Tales (SCPL-YS)
Scary Stories for Middle Grade (SCPL-YS)
Native American Authors: Traditional Tales (SCPL-YS)
Scary Stories for Middle Grade (SCPL-YS)
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Thirty-two short stories chosen from the tradition of ghost stories from American Indian cultures across North America, featuring witches, walking dolls, hungry skeletons, skinwalkers, and other supernatural beings.
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Chinese Ghost Stories are a selection of the most entertaining Chinese traditional tales of the strange and fantastic. Hearn had a great affinity for the traditional ghost stories of China, and these stories clearly inspired him as he penned subsequent works. Set in richly atmospheric locales, these tales speak of heroic sacrifice, chilling horror, eerie beauty and otherworldly intervention. This completely reset and pinyin-converted edition of Hearn's...
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A collection of folk tales, legends, and myths involving the supernatural, from cultures around the world. Includes Irish, Russian, Japanese, Native American, Dutch, ancient Greek, Aztec, English, Chinese, Norse, Jewish, Welsh, Haitian, Kikuyu, Italian, and Indian stories, as well as an African American story from North Carolina.
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"Based on ancient Haida narratives, this vibrantly illustrated children's book empowers young people and teaches them to live in harmony with nature. Haida Gwaii is home to a rich and vibrant culture whose origins date back thousands of years. Today, the Haida People are known throughout Canada and the world for their artistic achievements, their commitment to social justice and environmental protection, and their deep connection to the natural world....
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"The little-studied and once much-feared boggart is a supernatural being from the north of England. Against the odds it survives today, both in place-names and in fantasy literature-not least the Harry Potter universe. This book pioneers two methods for collecting boggart folklore: first, the use of hundreds of thousands of words on the boggart from newly digitized ephemera; second, about 1,100 contemporary boggart memories from social media surveys...
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