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Across rural America, covered bridges still stand over rivers, creeks, old roads, and forgotten crossings.

What if a name was never just a word?

On a lonely stretch of road in western New York, a name has survived in whispers for generations: the Pigman of Angola.

In the spring of 1922, an isolated Bavarian farm became the centre of one of Germany's darkest unsolved crimes.

Across the world, every town has a story it does not like to tell after dark.

Giants of the East: The Hidden History of Asia's Forgotten Titans  In the shadow of towering mountains and ancient empires, four colossal powers—China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan—shape the destiny of the world's most dynamic region.

The Book of Forbidden Prayer is a dark esoteric study of the words people feared, concealed, condemned, and whispered only in moments of desperation.

Suspended between earth and sky, water and fire, lies the spiritual heart of Thailand.

Forgotten Titans: Giants, Creation Myths, and Lost Civilizations of Africa, Australia, and Oceania While the West obsesses over Nephilim, Titans, and Norse frost-giants, the colossal beings of the Global South have been largely forgotten.

A beautiful old world guide to Christmas protection, household blessings, candle rites, salt, iron, herbs, and the forgotten customs of the dark season.

Stones, Bones and Forgotten Voyagers: Giants, Ghosts, and Forgotten Civilizations of the Ozark PlateauBeneath the winding streets of Eureka Springs and the misty hollows of the Ozark Plateau lies a secret history far older—and stranger—than the Victorian cottages and healing springs that draw dreamers today.

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'Detailed and impeccably researched.

Echoes of the GiantsForgotten Titans, Wild Men, and Werewolf Bloodlines of EuropeFor centuries, the ancient forests and mist-shrouded mountains of Europe have hidden a terrifying truth.

What if everything you think you know about Jesus is wrong?

For almost three thousand years, the Odyssey has captured imaginations with seafaring adventure, romance, friendships, as well as feats of heroism and of bloody revenge.

What if the greatest secret of North American prehistory lies not in Egypt or Mesoamerica, but in the ancient hills of the Ozarks?

Some families inherit land.

Folklore has never been complex, nor has it been scum blown away by the wind.

The Screaming Skull of Bettiscombe: A 300-Year Mystery of Myth, Murder, and Empire By Simon C.

This book is a mystical and revealing guide that explores the link between soul mates and the hidden power of the date of birth.

Dare to step into the shadowy realm that exists at the edge of our understanding with Dr.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe renowned author returns with a timely book about his journeys to three sites of conflict - Dakar, South Carolina, and Palestine - exploring how the stories we tell, and the ones we don t, shape our realities.

Unlock the secrets of destiny, career peaks, and educational milestones using the power of Vedic Astrology's most critical divisional charts.

Beasts Of Britain is a book by Andy McGrath, a Cryptozoology 'enthusiast' who has spent over 25 years of researching and obsessing about the unknown creatures living right under our noses here on this tiny island in the North Atlantic.

In this book, I will present a memoir of the continuation of a Minnesota Bigfoot researcher's 30-year journey since the publication of my last books, as well as my thoughts and observations on other aspects of the whole Bigfoot field.

An intimate, magical novel about one enduring church in a rural Icelandic valley - an ode to a quiet way of life now lost to time forever The resting place of legendary Viking warrior Egil Skallagr msson s skull, Mosfell Church is a lonely, country church, fated to be destroyed.

An entertaining and engrossing collection of British customs, superstitions and legends from past and present.

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When the Line Between Enemy and Lover Blurs, Betrayal Is the Only Certainty.

This is not a book of facts; it's a book of 'facts'.

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From unicorns and trolls to werewolves and griffins, this comprehensive guide is the key to discovering every magical creature from myth, folklore and legend around the world.

More extraordinary but true stories from London's history.

London's Strangest Tales takes a walk on London's weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world's greatest cities.

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No American leader has accomplished more for his state than Governor Ron DeSantis.

'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff'Witty, fresh and full of life' Liv Little'I can't recommend more highly.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER PICKA rollicking, revelatory look at the tumult of the early 1990s and the rise of a new, more berserk America that birthed the Donald Trump Era When the Clock Broke is leagues more insightful on the subject of Trump s ascent than most writing that purports to address the issue directly WASHINGTON POST A fascinating, provocative challenge to our age passionate, unexpected, illuminating RORY STEWARTWith the Soviet Union extinct, Saddam Hussein defeated and US power at its zenith, the early 1990s promised a kinder, gentler America .

The beautiful aurorae, or northern lights, are the stuff of legends.

The year 2017 is the Chinese Year of the Rooster - what will this mean for you?

The truth behind your crappy sun sign.

A Lord of the Rings for the 21st century.

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This one-stop practical guide will show you how to understand, record and interpret your dreams.

Discover everything you ever wanted to know about secret societies like the Freemasons, the historical mystery of Atlantis, why King Arthur, Leonardo da Vinci and Hitler are key figures, plus conspiracy theories, forgotten sciences and ancient wisdom.

With a sharp eye for the magnificently absurd, Rod Liddle sets light to modern-day Britain.

A thrilling account of treachery, loyalty and martyrdom in Elizabethan England from an exceptional new writer.

Celebratory, witty and incredibly insightful, Harry Bingham explores the eccentricities and customs of the British nation in a bid to answer a question which has everyone debating - Who are we?

The year 2010 is the Chinese Year of the Tiger - what will this mean for you?