Spirits of the Ordinary

Spirits of the Ordinary
Author: Kathleen Alcalá
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780156005685

In the tradition of Isabel Allende and Laura Esquivel, Alcala presents a magical, multigenerational tale of family passions set along the Mexican-American border in the 1870s. "A strong and finely rendered book in which passions both ordinary and extraordinary are made vivid and convincing".--Larry McMurtry.

Fragile Spirits

Fragile Spirits
Author: Mary Lindsey
Publisher: Philomel Books
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399161864

"Paul has been training his whole life to be a Protector. Together he and his assigned Speaker will help lingering souls move from our world to the next. But no amount of training has prepared him for Vivienne--a Speaker with hot pink hair, piercings, and a blatant disregard for rules"--

Spirits That Walk in Shadow

Spirits That Walk in Shadow
Author: Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008-07-03
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1101097795

“A Wildly inventive and surprisingly playful sci-fi thriller.”—Washington Post Roommates Jaimie Locke and Kim Calloway are each looking to find a new life at college. It’s Jaimie’s first time Outside—away from her large, complicated family and their magical traditions—and she wants to learn what nonmagical life is like. Kim is anxious to escape the depression that’s been dragging her down since last year so she can make new friends and create the art she loves. But almost as soon as they unpack, Jaimie realizes that Kim’s depression is different from normal sadness. Something outside of Kim is literally forcing her to be depressed, pursuing and draining her. Just like that, the two girls—along with Jaime’s cousins and a Presence named Rugee—try to capture and rout the creature that is following Kim. No one said that college would be easy....

Out Of The Ordinary

Out Of The Ordinary
Author: Barbara Walker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1995-10
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

This contributed volume explores the functions of belief and supernatural experience within an array of cultures, as well as the stance of academe toward the study of belief and the supernatural. The essays in this volume call into question the idea that supernatural experience is extraordinary. Among the contributors are Shelley Adler, David Hufford, Barre Toelken, and Gillian Bennett.

The Spirits

The Spirits
Author: Richard Godwin
Publisher: Square Peg
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-09-24
Genre: Cocktails
ISBN: 9780224101189

Rediscover the lost art of cocktailing. Of all the skills you might acquire in life, the ability to make a good cocktail is a never going to be a waste of your time. No lover will complain when you present them a well-iced Negroni as they walk through your door; no house-guest will complain at the suggestion of a round of Gin Sours. To cocktail was coined as a verb by F Scott Fitzgerald in 1928. This amateur guide to cocktailing, embodies Fitzgerald's Golden Age spirit while giving it a thoroughly modern makeover. Expressly structured for the amateur, the first chapter of this book shows how just 6 bottles are needed for 25 classic cocktails. From this simple start the book brings a wealth of cocktail recipes and knowledge, all the while reminding you of the pleasures of cocktailing chez toi. From a Pean to the Spritz and a rehabilitation of the Bromx, through cocktail history and cocktailonomics, to go-to lists like 'The Top 5 Girly Drinks', The Spirits is a perfect mix. Informative recipes blended with whimsy and anecdote, are given a dash of fun, and finished with a twist of brilliantly wry humour.

Book of Spirits

Book of Spirits
Author: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Publisher: White Wolf Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre:
ISBN: 9781588464903

This book includes: A comprehensive look at the spirit reflection of the World of Darkness, designed for mortal and supernatural chronicles alike, Extended rules on the interplay between the flesh and the spirit, providing ways to use spirits and the spirit-touched in any chronicle, A variety of mortal perspectives, as well as an extensive selection of antagonists that come from the other side, New spirits, Ridden, rules and setting lore for Vampire: The Requiem[Registered], Werewolf: The Forsaken[Registered], Mage: The Awakening[Registered] and more. Book jacket.

A Sanctuary of Spirits

A Sanctuary of Spirits
Author: Leanna Renee Hieber
Publisher: Rebel Base Books
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2019-11-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1635730597

New York, 1899, and the police department’s best ally is the secret Ghost Precinct, where spirits and psychics help solve the city’s most perplexing crimes . . . There’s more than one way to catch a killer—though the methods employed by the NYPD’s Ghost Precinct, an all-female team of psychics and spiritualists led by gifted young medium Eve Whitby, are unconventional to say the least. Eve is concerned by the backlash that threatens the department—and by the discovery of an otherworldly realm, the Ghost Sanctuary, where the dead can provide answers. But is there a price to be paid for Eve and her colleagues venturing beyond the land of the living? Searching for clues about a mortician’s disappearance, Eve encounters a charismatic magician and mesmerist whose abilities are unlike any she’s seen. Is he a link to mysterious deaths around the city, or to the Ghost Sanctuary? Torn between the bonds of her team and her growing relationship with the dashing Detective Horowitz, Eve must discern truth from illusion and friend from foe, before another soul vanishes into the ether . . . “There is something truly magical about Leanna Renee Hieber’s writing.” —Shana DuBois Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi/Fantasy Blog on Perilous Prophecy “Smart, boundlessly creative gaslamp fantasy.” —RT Book Reviews on Eterna and Omega “Will have readers chomping at the bit for more.” —Suspense Magazine on Eterna and Omega

Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist

Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist
Author: Kathleen Alcalá
Publisher: Calyx Books
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1992
Genre: Mexican American women
ISBN:

Compelling short stories, written in the Latin tradition of magical realism

House of Spirits and Whispers

House of Spirits and Whispers
Author: Annie Wilder
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-06-15
Genre:
ISBN:

This edition of House of Spirits and Whispers features a new preface from the author, photographs, and bonus material We had been instructed to enter by the back door. That's the part of the house where the old man had lived. It was where he still lived. Turns out he was watching us that day, too, silent and heavy as the air, bound to the earth and his former home.We had been instructed to enter by the back door. In 1994, Annie Wilder and her children moved into a 100-year-old house in a historic Mississippi River town. Beautiful but spooky, the house had been on the market for six months with no offers. It felt like-and proved to be-a very haunted house. Essentially the story of a remarkable old Victorian house that seems to be a threshold to the spirit world and the astral realm, House of Spirits and Whispers has a backstory of the Wilder family's relationship with the ghost of the home's previous owner, an old man named Leon. Covering a decade's worth of ghostly activity and supernatural encounters, from whispering radiators to visits and appearances from all manner of spirits and entities, this unusual story is the true account of Annie Wilder's experiences living in a haunted house.