vodou

". . . offers firsthand accounts of Haitian voodoo and witchcraft rituals"--Provided by publisher.

Our TV screens are filled with terrifying images of the walking dead. However, people have been frightened of zombies long before movies and TV shows. This book uncovers the blood-curdling history of the undead--from Viking draugar to dancing Tibetan corpses to medieval revenants that crawled out of the ground, spreading plague and death. This fascinating new title introduces zombie fans to a horrifying host of zombies, both past and present. Packed with gruesome, spine-chilling details, the book takes readers from lurching Ro-langs in Tibet to zombies in 20th century America. Love zombies? Then lock the doors and dare to investigate Zombies Through the Ages!.

A forensic pathologist investigates claims of people being turned into zombies in Haitian voodoo rituals.

Paul Faustino, known as the best soccer journalist in the business, investigates the disappearance of eighteen-year-old Ricardo, a soccer prodigy known as "El Brujito," while in alternate chapters a slave becomes a powerful voodoo priest.

While awaiting DNA test results that could determine the identity of her biological father, high-school senior Kendall Moorehead and her friends use their psychic abilities against an evil, Civil War-era doll said to have been made by a voodoo priestess.

New Orleans Voodoo examines the aspects of New Orleans's history and culture that have made voodoo a vibrant, meaningful presence even in the 21st century. Amulets, candles, jinxes, and spirits, they're all part of New Orleans Voodoo. You'll learn all about their origins and uses in New Orleans Voodoo. But this book will also take you back to the beginnings, when slaves uprooted from West Africa brought their religion to Louisiana, where it blended with the Christianity practiced by French and Spanish colonists.

"Young Harry Houdini is a master magician, an impressive performance artist who dazzles crowds with his daring feats. But when Harry and his friends Billie and Arthur are called to New Orleans by the mysterious Order of the White Crow, the trio is faced with magic of an entirely different kind. Whispers of voodoo and demonic spells rip through the streets as the city's mayor continues to suffer from a strange, zombified coma. But it soon becomes clear there are other evils at play ... [and] to save the city from this truly terrifying evil, Harry will be forced to pull off his most spectacular escape yet!"--Provided by publisher.

Megan Boudreaux left her comfortable American life and moved to Haiti. She soon noticed very young children dressed in rags and lugging heavy buckets of water. Their eyes were empty and she wondered why they weren't in school. She soon learned that multitudes of small children were kept as household slaves. Many were abused, starved, and denied education, hope, and a future. Megan set out to change things and founded the nonprofit Respire Haiti, which has transformed a barren hillside into a refuge and a school for five hundred children.

Investigates the beliefs, practices, and evolution of voodoo, a folk religion rooted in African ritual that has survived for centuries and is still having an effect on the life and politics of modern Haiti.

Tells the story of the mysterious lives of the two Marie Laveaus, free women of color during early nineteenth century New Orleans.