Collins Ghost Hunters' Guide to Britain

2000
 |  Ghosts
Collins Ghost Hunters' Guide to Britain

Author: John Spencer

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing

ISBN: IND:30000079561035

Category: Ghosts

Page: 208

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7.5 miles to 1 inch Full colour thematic atlas and guide of Britain showing locations of ghostly phenomena along with a description of the manifestation.

800 Years of Haunted Liverpool

2008-06-02
 |  Fiction
800 Years of Haunted Liverpool

Author: John Reppion

Publisher: The History Press

ISBN: 9780750959919

Category: Fiction

Page: 128

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This creepy collection of true life tales takes the reader on a tour through the streets, cemeteries, alehouses, attics and docks of Liverpool. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources and containing many tales which have never before been published, it unearths a chilling range of supernatural phenomena, from the Grey Lady of Speke Hall to the ghost of John Lennon airport. Copiously illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings, this book will delight anyone with an interest in the supernatural history of the area. It is the first complete guide to the paranormal history of the region.

Know it All, Find it Fast

2008
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
Know it All, Find it Fast

Author: Robert John Duckett

Publisher: Facet Publishing

ISBN: 9781856046527

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 497

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There is a queue, the phone is ringing, the photocopier has jammed and your enquirer is waiting for a response. You are stressed and you can feel the panic rising. Where do you go to find the information you need to answer the question promptly and accurately? Answering queries from users is one of the most important services undertaken by library and information staff. Yet it is also one of the most difficult, least understood subjects. There are still very few materials available to help frontline staff - often paraprofessional - develop their reader enquiry skills. This award-winning sourcebook is an essential guide to where to look to find the answers quickly. It is designed as a first point of reference for library and information practitioners, to be depended upon if they are unfamiliar with the subject of an enquiry - or wish to find out more. It is arranged in an easily searchable, fully cross-referenced A-Z list of around 150 of the subject areas most frequently handled at enquiry desks. Each subject entry lists the most important information sources and where to locate them, including printed and electronic sources, relevant websites and useful contacts for referral purposes. The authors use their extensive experience in reference work to offer useful tips, warn of potential pitfalls, and spotlight typical queries and how to tackle them. This new edition has been brought right up-to-date with all sources checked for currency and many new ones added. The searchability is enhanced by a comprehensive index to make those essential sources even easier to find - saving you valuable minutes! Readership: Offering quick and easy pointers to a multitude of information sources, this is an invaluable reference deskbook for all library and information staff in need of a speedy answer, in reference libraries, subject departments and other information units.

A Brief Guide to Ghost Hunting

2013-08-15
 |  Body, Mind & Spirit
A Brief Guide to Ghost Hunting

Author: Leo Ruickbie

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 9781780338279

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 384

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There has been an upsurge in books, television programmes, films and websites exploring the reality or otherwise of the spirit world. Not since the founding of The Ghost Club in 1862 and the Society for Psychical Research in 1882 has ghost hunting been so popular. Television and the internet, in particular, have fueled this new level of interest, creating a modern media phenomenon that spans the globe. But while the demand for information is high, good information remains scarce. A Brief Guide to Ghost Hunting leads us through the process of ghost hunting, from initially weighing the first report, to choosing equipment, and investigating and identifying the phenomena, with an analysis of the best places to go looking, methods of contacting the spirit world, how to explain paranormal activity and, crucially, how to survive the encounter. However, it is also a book about ghost hunting itself, drawing on 130 years of research in the cavernous archives of the Society for Psychical Research and even older history to find the earliest ghost stories. A Ghost Hunting Survey makes use of interviews with those billing themselves as ghost hunters to find out their views, motivations and experiences. New and original research makes use of statistics to map the nebulous world of apparitions while a Preliminary Survey of Hauntings offers an analysis of 923 reported phenomena from 263 locations across the UK. This is, as far as possible, an objective presentation of ghosts and ghost hunting. It is no wonder that mainstream science largely refuses to deal with the subject: it is too complicated. Without trying to convince you of any viewpoint, this book is intended to help you understand more.

Know it All, Find it Fast

2002
 |  Information resources
Know it All, Find it Fast

Author: Bob Duckett

Publisher:

ISBN: UOM:39015055871811

Category: Information resources

Page: 366

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Answering questions from its users is one of the most important services undertaken by a library's staff. Yet it is one of the most difficult, least understood and most neglected of subjects. This book is a guide for library staff to check where to go to quickly find the answers they need. It is designed as a first point of reference for library staff, to be depended on if they are unfamiliar with the subject of an enquiry - or wish to find out more - and is arranged in an easily searchable A-Z list of around 250 of the subject areas most frequently handled at enquiry desks. Each subject entry lists information sources and where to locate them, including printed and electronic sources, relevant websites and other contacts for referral purposes. Entries also include notes on typical questions asked and how to tackle them, including supplementary questions you may need to ask enquirers to find out what they really want.

Peter Underwood's Guide to Ghosts and Haunted Places

1996
 |  Body, Mind & Spirit
Peter Underwood's Guide to Ghosts and Haunted Places

Author: Peter Underwood

Publisher: Peter Underwood

ISBN:

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 239

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Peter Underwood's Guide to Ghosts and Haunted Places is based on 50 years' expert study and investigation. The result is a unique exploration of the world go ghosts, apparitions and psychic phenomena which draws on a wealth of cases personally investigated by the author. Illustrated with photographs, this fascinating book examines the enormous variety of ghostly activity from both sides of the Atlantic and discusses all the available evidence. Included are chilling tales of numerous haunted places including castles, stately homes, churches, theatres, pubs, prisons, hospitals, battlefields, even trees and roads. There are bizarre cases of unexplained aerial phenomena and strange happenings surrounding inanimate objects. Also examined are stories of ghost animals and the extraordinary accounts of time-slips, cyclic ghosts and poltergeists. If you want to satisfy your curiosity about the subject or simply enjoy a riveting read, Peter Underwood's Guide to Ghosts and Haunted Places is the book for you.

The International Directory of Haunted Places

2000
 |  Body, Mind & Spirit
The International Directory of Haunted Places

Author: Dennis William Hauck

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

ISBN: UVA:X004465309

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 292

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No matter what your destination, whether it be haunted jailhouses in Iceland, ghostly castles in Scotland or meetings with household spirits in Russia, paranormal expert Dennis William Hauck will direct you to the eeriest spots with this international guide. Hauck also provides a unique look at the variations among paranormal phenomena in different countries and cultures. Includes over 700 geographically arranged entries on haunted houses, sacred sites and other locations and is illustrated with over 90 photographs, with phone numbers, web sites and addresses.

Gothic Travel through Haunted Landscapes

2022-12-06
 |  Literary Criticism
Gothic Travel through Haunted Landscapes

Author: Lucie Armitt

Publisher: Anthem Press

ISBN: 9781839980237

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 131

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This book argues that the process and experience of travel in Gothic literature provides a unique and transformative perspective on the relationship between fear and recurring cultural preoccupations from the late eighteenth century to the present, ranging from concerns about climate change or the presence of the unseen to the negotiation of cultural difference and the apprehension produced by various modes of modern transport and unknown/unknowable terrain. The book follows travellers who take many fictional forms – tourists, commuters, walkers, explorers, as well as the ‘armchair tourist’ or reader – as they encounter fascinating, strange and often disconcerting weathers, climates, landscapes and topographies. Gothic travel epitomises the wonder, excitement, suspicion or incomprehension that arises from journeys through familiar and unfamiliar terrain. While exposure to the wild, elemental or primitive could produce the elevation of the sublime in early Gothic, increasingly the experience of travel raised unsettling questions about people, places and environments that lay beyond established frames of knowledge. Gothic travellers are haunted, never alone, and the experience of journeying through these landscapes provokes fears that may shadow them even after they have returned to ‘home’ ground. Climates of Fear reveals the persistent ways in which Gothic narratives of travel confront fears about the environment, surveillance, (im)migration and the foreign. These abiding concerns speak loudly to the present time, however, when the encroachments on our immediate surroundings – from climate change, digital communication and geopolitical dislocation – seem at once remote and intimate, invisible yet urgent. Thus the book also asks whether recent portrayals of Gothic journeys now pose different questions to the reader.

The Nexus among Place, Conflict and Communication in a Globalising World

2019-03-26
 |  Social Science
The Nexus among Place, Conflict and Communication in a Globalising World

Author: Pauline Collins

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 9789811359255

Category: Social Science

Page: 281

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The world abounds with conflicts and the associated communication practices and technologies that perpetuate and contest conflict as it occurs in place. All conflicts are crucially connected with place, and all conflicts are communicated in multiple ways. This book explores the complex nexus among place, conflict and communication and brings together 11 investigations around the interplay of place, conflict and communication. The interdisciplinary focus includes education, history, international relations, law and sociology. The chapters are geographically diverse, traversing Aceh in Indonesia, Australia, England, Finland, Ireland, Singapore, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The book highlights the possibilities for reimagining the future so that more democratic and peaceful understandings of place can lead to fewer conflicts and less conflict-based communication. Better futures are possible only if place is replotted, conflict is reconceptualised and communication is recontextualised from new, varied and more inclusive perspectives with a vision to creating a more harmonious world.