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Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"America's top psychic medium reflects on his life of speaking to Spirit and the lessons he's learned along the way-from both the living and the dead. People who are not in the habit of talking with the dead have a hard time imagining what Matt Fraser's life is like. Based on the questions he gets, they seem to think he spends most of his time sitting cross-legged in a trance, maybe hovering a few inches off the ground, leaving his physical body behind...
43) High spirits
Author
Series
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Daisy Gumm Majesty's talent as a "medium" catches the attention of a dangerous mobster. Vicenzo Maggiori wants to get in touch with his dead godfather. And he wants to do it in his own speakeasy.When Daisy receives Maggiori message through her wealthiest client, Mrs. K, whose daughter is in Maggiori's clutches, Daisy can't say no.Then, as the séance begins, Maggiori's speakeasy is raided by Detective Sam Rotondo. Arrested with everyone else, Daisy's...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Evocative, suspenseful, and beautifully written, this debut women's thriller is set in a town called Train Line, in western-most New York, home to a community of mediums and spiritualists. In this environment, Naomi Ash comes of age and begins to distinguish what might be her own true vision from fakery and fraud.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
This entertaining, smart biography of Arthur Conan Doyle presents a modern day interpretation of the man who, contrary to his best efforts, will always be known as the creator of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was, however, much more, as Booth shows us in this intriguing study of a man who thrived on the times in which he lived. While Holmes fans will be captivated by the various tidbits that offer insight into their hero's creation;...
47) Tombstone Tea
Author
Publisher
RP Teens
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In order to fit in at her new high school, Jessie accepts a dare to spend one night in a local cemetery. Once there she encounters a handsome young boy named Paul who tells Jessie that she is just in time to watch the rehearsal of Tombstone Tea, a memorial for those buried in the cemetery. At the tea actors impersonate the deceased. But Jessie notices something strange about the actors, something deadly.
48) False light
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
A drawing-room mystery featuring a group of guests and domestics in a house on the Cornish moors. The heroine is a divorcee who attracts the attention of the host's son, a gifted photographer. Unfortunately, she also attracts the attention of a killer.
49) Through a glass, darkly: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the quest to solve the greatest mystery of all
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"After the American Civil War, while bodies still littered battlefields, the movement known as Spiritualism began to sweep across America as thousands of people, mostly from shock and grief, tried to make contact with the recently departed. The movement captivated Europe as well, especially England in the aftermath of the Great War and Great Influenza Epidemic ... The movement's most famous spokesman was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Known to the world...
Author
Series
Publisher
Atria Español
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
"An inspirational memoir and self-help guide by Univision's TV psychic and astrologer Victor Florencio--better known as El Niño Prodigio. Since discovering his gift at the age of seven, El Niño Prodigio has been sought out for his spiritual guidance and clairvoyant abilities. Over the years, after helping countless numbers of people across the world, this beloved Dominican medium developed the keys to a life-changing philosophy that provides spiritual...
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Dr Margaret Murray, accomplished archeologist, and occasional sleuth, calls upon her police connections to investigate who may want to see the Edwardian mediums of London dead. Known for her sharp mind and quick wit, Margaret decides to infiltrate one of the spiritualists circles to narrow down the list of suspects. But soon the killer has Margaret in their sights! Can she capture the culprit and avoid passing beyond the veil?" --
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
As the creator of Sherlock Holmes, "the world's most famous man who never was," Arthur Conan Doyle remains one of our favorite writers; his work is read with affection-and sometimes obsession-the world over. Doctor, writer, spiritualist: his life was no less fascinating than his fiction.
Conan Doyle grew up in relative poverty in Edinburgh, with the mental illness of his artistically gifted but alcoholic father casting a shadow over his early life....
56) The séance
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In 1926, magician Harry Houdini arrives in the city to perform magic and to expose fraudulent mediums but thirteen-year-old Scooter King, who works for his mother making her séances seem real, needs Houdini's help to solve a murder.
58) The immortalists
Author
Publisher
[lulu.com]
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"He was a hedonist and a misogynist, a cynic and a narcissist. But that all changed when, on a seemingly regular day, in a seemingly normal tone, his uncle told him that he was immortal. The Immortalists is a story of one man's life and his transformation from materialism to spiritualism. It is an enlightening tale that shows how one man, against seemingly insurmountable odds, can make a difference in the lives of millions. Follow along on a journey...
60) The blue book
Author
Publisher
New Harvest
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"From one of the U.K.'s most dazzling authors comes a brutal and funny novel about a pair of fraudulent psychic mediums that is itself an elaborate con game between fact and fiction, life and death"--Publisher's description.
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