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| Author | : Elliot O'Donnell |
| Publisher | : Weiser Books |
| Total Pages | : 29 |
| Release | : 2012-04-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 161940060X |
Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic. Perhaps the most feared creature in Irish fairy lore, the Banshee is the ghostly, female apparition whose shriek portents the demise of a loved one. Elliot O'Donnell explores the terrifying Banshee-equivalents of cultures around the world-- from the Highland Castles of Scotland to the seaside villages of Italy-- and his tales of these creatures make the Irish Banshee look like nothing more than a cherubic Christmas-caroler.
| Author | : Elliot O'Donnell |
| Publisher | : The Floating Press |
| Total Pages | : 180 |
| Release | : 2012-06-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1775458695 |
The banshee is a fearsome female creature that figures heavily in Irish mythology. Usually regarded as a harbinger of death and doom, the banshee is often depicted as wearing bloodstained clothing and unleashing an unearthly howl when someone is about to perish. This comprehensive study of banshee mythology from folklorist Elliott O'Donnell is one of the most extensive volumes ever published on the subject.
| Author | : Elliott O'Donnell |
| Publisher | : Good Press |
| Total Pages | : 147 |
| Release | : 2021-04-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
"The Banshee" by Elliott O'Donnell. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
| Author | : Varla A. Ventura |
| Publisher | : Weiser Books |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2013-10-01 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 1609259114 |
The lusty vampire, the sympathetic werewolf, the tragic banshee are just a few of the dark and frightening creatures you'll discover in Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night. Huffington Post Weird News columnist and author Varla Ventura takes readers on a wild ride through the shadowy hills of rural Ireland, the dark German forests, and along abandoned farms and country roads across the world to discover some of the most frightening and freaktacular tales, tidbits, and encounters with all those beasties that go bump in the night. Along with classic pieces from Bram Stoker, Elliot O'Donnell, Sabine BaringGould, William Butler Yeats and many others, Ventura includes: • Famous vampires you may not know • The identity of the author of the first English vampire novel (and his relationship to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) • Excerpts from the first psychic vampire novel ever written • Stories of 19th century werewolf hunters • Why banshees are the most feared of supernatural creatures
| Author | : Elliott O'Donnell |
| Publisher | : Wildside Press LLC |
| Total Pages | : 1294 |
| Release | : 2016-07-08 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1479422681 |
Elliott O'Donnell (1872–1965) was an British author known primarily for his books about ghosts. He claimed to have seen a ghost, described as an elemental figure covered with spots, when he was five years old. He also claimed to have been strangled by a mysterious phantom in Dublin. This volume assembled 8 of his supernatural books: ANIMAL GHOSTS BYWAYS OF GHOST-LAND GHOSTLY PHENOMENA HAUNTED PLACES IN ENGLAND SCOTTISH GHOST STORIES THE SORCERY CLUB THE BANSHEE WERWOLVES If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
| Author | : Varla Ventura |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 22 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Mind and body |
| ISBN | : |
Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post's Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla's affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic. Perhaps the most feared creature in Irish fairy lore, the Banshee is the ghostly, female apparition whose shriek portents the demise of a loved one. Elliot O'Donnell explores the terrifying Banshee-equivalents of cultures around the world from the Highland Castles of Scotland to the seaside villages of Italy and his tales of these creatures make the Irish Banshee look like nothing more than a cherubic Christmas-caroler.
| Author | : Patricia Lysaght |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Banshees |
| ISBN | : 9781570981388 |
A fascinating look at one of the oldest and most mysterious characters in Irish folklore with enduring worldwide appeal -- The myth of the banshee is still alive and well in many parts of IrelandThis examination of the banshee, in Irish myth the female herald of death, is the first major study of a supernatural being from Irish tradition. Mining the evidence of folklore and literary sources from the Old Irish period to the present, Patricia Lysaght sheds light on the political, social, and cultural history of Ireland.
| Author | : National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Publisher | : DigiCat |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2022-11-13 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : |
This book puts the reader in the pilot's seat for a "day at the office" unlike any other. The Smell of Kerosene tells the dramatic story of a NASA research pilot who logged over 11,000 flight hours in more than 125 types of aircraft. Donald Mallick gives the reader fascinating first-hand description of his early naval flight training, carrier operations, and his research flying career with NASA. After transferring to the NASA Flight Research Center, Mallick became involved with projects that further pushed the boundaries of aerospace technology. These included the giant delta-winged XB-70 supersonic airplane, the wingless M2-F1 lifting body vehicle, and triple-sonic YF-12 Blackbird. Mallick also test flew the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle and helped develop techniques used in training astronauts to land on the Moon.
| Author | : Dary Matera |
| Publisher | : Backinprint.com |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2006-02 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780595388110 |
Critically acclaimed memoirs of one of America's most famous, colorful and controversial defense attorneys. A champion for the little man, this fast-paced account reads like Perry Mason and covers some of the most publicized legal issues of our time, including the world-famous "Television Intoxication" case and the history-making "Battered Daughter Defense."
| Author | : Jorge Luis Borges |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Animals, Mythical |
| ISBN | : 0099442639 |
As we all know, there is a kind of lazy pleasure in useless and out-of-the-way erudition-The compilation and translation of this volume have given us a great deal of such pleasure; we hope the reader will share some of the fun we felt when ransacking the
