occultism

"Danica and her partner Jack are Renley Crow's best kid detectives. Well, they're the only kid detectives . . . until Kennedy Fang moves to town. Kennedy's convinced his new house is haunted, and he needs Jack and Danica's help to figure out what's going on. The only catch? Kennedy wants to solve the case with them. Danica's not wild about working with her competition, but there's a bigger problem: her tita has forbidden her from meddling with the spirit realm. Not that Danica believes in spirits. But when Kennedy shows her a box of letters addressed to all three kids--letters that start to fly around his attic--Danica knows she can't turn down their biggest case yet. Even if it means uncovering scary truths about the world . . . and about herself"--Provided by publisher.

Tales of monsters have been a part of human civilization for thousands of years. while the Age of Discovery has long since given way to the age of science, interest in monsters has remained a part the human experience.

The existence of ghosts and spirits cannot be accounted for by science or logic. Nonetheless, since ancient times, many people across civilizations, cultures, and walks of life have believed in these entities.

In seventeenth-century Germany, a boy desperately wants to escape from a school for Black Magic where he is held captive by demonic forces.

Explores why demonstrably false beliefs in UFOs, aliens, and more, thrive despite decades of eduation and scientific debunking.

"Radcliffe Prep. The third most haunted school in the country, where a student disappearance isn't uncommon and no one dares stay in the library after dark. And Este Logano enrolls with the hopes of finding her dead father. Not literally, of course. She doesn't believe in ghosts. Going to her dad's school just seems like her best hope at figuring out who he was. But then Este meets Mateo, who is maybe--probably--definitely--a real ghost. And an annoying one at that. When Mateo frames Este for the theft of a rare book from the library's secret spire and then vanishes, Este will have to track him down or risk being expelled and leaving Radcliffe early just like her father did. Except following in her father's footsteps might be more dangerous than Este ever anticipated. As she investigates the library with its secret passageways, hidden tunnels, and haunted halls, she learns that the student disappearances aren't just myth. And if she isn't careful, she'll be next"--Provided by publisher.

Book publishers as well as film and TV producers continually look for new stories about vampires as well as ghosts, witches, and many other mythical creatures-to feed the public's enormous appetite for stories about the supernatural world.

"A bump in the night? They're on the case! At Strander House, things are . . . weird. There's an ogre wedged in the closet, and you have to be careful not to slip on the leak coming from the ocean in the attic. What's possibly weirder than the fact that you can walk into the bathroom and end up in next Tuesday are the four brothers who investigate these strange supernatural occurrences . . . the Brothers Flick! Leo, Desmond, Remy, and Cub seek to get to the bottom of every shadow you swear you saw move. If they happen to stumble upon answers to the mysterious disappearance of their own family along the way, all the better"--Back cover.

Five stories, written anonymously by Louisa May Alcott, prior to her success with Little Women, telling tales of mesmerism, feminism, and drug experimentation, with an introduction by an Alcott scholar.

Contains essays on the Bermuda Triangle, biorhythms, psychic healing, ESP, psychokinesis, etc.