Author: Eve Spennie-Morton
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1618626167
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
... I saw how badly Momma was beaten. She was bleeding out of her nose and mouth. There were cuts on her cheeks and her face, and her eyes were swollen. Ned cleaned Momma up as best as he could, but Momma never recuperated from the beating that night. Her voice was weak, and she had to take quick breaths to speak. I overheard Momma beg Ned while crying, 'Please take Belinda away from here.' Belinda is a young slave in Alabama who must escape her home to find Woko, a Cherokee woman who lives in the woods. Together, Woko, Belinda, and Ned-another runaway slave-travel to North Carolina, hoping to find safety and peace from their horrific pasts. On their journey, the ghost of Belinda's mother guides and comforts her through dangerous encounters. After a few years, Belinda, Woko, and Ned arrive in North Carolina, and they make their home in woods near a plantation and begin taking in runaway slaves, providing them refuge and healing over the night. Master Ken learns of Belinda's operation, and though he could turn her over to be punished, he supports her mission. His support turns into infatuation and love, and the two have a daughter who is raised in his house as a white plantation heiress. Will Belinda's daughter ever learn the truth? What happens when Master Ken's love for Belinda goes too far? When Belinda and Ken's descendents return to the plantation in the twenty-first century, they begin to unlock the secrets of their past. Belinda and the Ghost Plantation is tale of memory, love, ghosts, and family that will pull readers into the past and move them to consider what makes a family.
Belinda and the Ghost Plantation
Author: Eve Spennie-Morton
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1618626167
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
... I saw how badly Momma was beaten. She was bleeding out of her nose and mouth. There were cuts on her cheeks and her face, and her eyes were swollen. Ned cleaned Momma up as best as he could, but Momma never recuperated from the beating that night. Her voice was weak, and she had to take quick breaths to speak. I overheard Momma beg Ned while crying, 'Please take Belinda away from here.' Belinda is a young slave in Alabama who must escape her home to find Woko, a Cherokee woman who lives in the woods. Together, Woko, Belinda, and Ned-another runaway slave-travel to North Carolina, hoping to find safety and peace from their horrific pasts. On their journey, the ghost of Belinda's mother guides and comforts her through dangerous encounters. After a few years, Belinda, Woko, and Ned arrive in North Carolina, and they make their home in woods near a plantation and begin taking in runaway slaves, providing them refuge and healing over the night. Master Ken learns of Belinda's operation, and though he could turn her over to be punished, he supports her mission. His support turns into infatuation and love, and the two have a daughter who is raised in his house as a white plantation heiress. Will Belinda's daughter ever learn the truth? What happens when Master Ken's love for Belinda goes too far? When Belinda and Ken's descendents return to the plantation in the twenty-first century, they begin to unlock the secrets of their past. Belinda and the Ghost Plantation is tale of memory, love, ghosts, and family that will pull readers into the past and move them to consider what makes a family.
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1618626167
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
... I saw how badly Momma was beaten. She was bleeding out of her nose and mouth. There were cuts on her cheeks and her face, and her eyes were swollen. Ned cleaned Momma up as best as he could, but Momma never recuperated from the beating that night. Her voice was weak, and she had to take quick breaths to speak. I overheard Momma beg Ned while crying, 'Please take Belinda away from here.' Belinda is a young slave in Alabama who must escape her home to find Woko, a Cherokee woman who lives in the woods. Together, Woko, Belinda, and Ned-another runaway slave-travel to North Carolina, hoping to find safety and peace from their horrific pasts. On their journey, the ghost of Belinda's mother guides and comforts her through dangerous encounters. After a few years, Belinda, Woko, and Ned arrive in North Carolina, and they make their home in woods near a plantation and begin taking in runaway slaves, providing them refuge and healing over the night. Master Ken learns of Belinda's operation, and though he could turn her over to be punished, he supports her mission. His support turns into infatuation and love, and the two have a daughter who is raised in his house as a white plantation heiress. Will Belinda's daughter ever learn the truth? What happens when Master Ken's love for Belinda goes too far? When Belinda and Ken's descendents return to the plantation in the twenty-first century, they begin to unlock the secrets of their past. Belinda and the Ghost Plantation is tale of memory, love, ghosts, and family that will pull readers into the past and move them to consider what makes a family.
The Ghost Journal Memoirs of a Ghost Tour Guide in Williamsburg, Virginia
Author: Emily Christoff-Flowers
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105659585
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Emily is an ordinary mom and wife, living in the haunted city of Williamsburg Virginia. When she got a job working in a 270 year old southern mansion, she started witnessing some of the most bizarre and well documented paranormal activity in recent times. In this book about her real life encounters of ghosts, you will take an incredible journey into the lives of the spirits that still inhabit this amazing home.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105659585
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Emily is an ordinary mom and wife, living in the haunted city of Williamsburg Virginia. When she got a job working in a 270 year old southern mansion, she started witnessing some of the most bizarre and well documented paranormal activity in recent times. In this book about her real life encounters of ghosts, you will take an incredible journey into the lives of the spirits that still inhabit this amazing home.
Ghost Town
Author: Kevin Chen
Publisher: Europa Editions
ISBN: 1609457994
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2022 FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR & WINNER OF THE TAIWAN LITERATURE AWARD Keith Chen, the second son of a traditional Taiwanese family of seven, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family’s village, a poor and desolate place. With his parents gone, his sisters married, mad, or dead, there is nothing left for him there. As the story unfurls, we learn what tore this family apart and, more importantly, the truth behind the murder of Chen’s boyfriend. Told in a myriad of voices, both living and dead, and moving through time with deceptive ease, Ghost Town weaves a mesmerizing web of family secrets and countryside superstitions, the search for identity and clash of cultures. ? “Multidimensional characters, a beautifully realized setting, and an apposite surprise ending... This book is excellent.”—Booklist (Starred Review)
Publisher: Europa Editions
ISBN: 1609457994
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2022 FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR & WINNER OF THE TAIWAN LITERATURE AWARD Keith Chen, the second son of a traditional Taiwanese family of seven, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family’s village, a poor and desolate place. With his parents gone, his sisters married, mad, or dead, there is nothing left for him there. As the story unfurls, we learn what tore this family apart and, more importantly, the truth behind the murder of Chen’s boyfriend. Told in a myriad of voices, both living and dead, and moving through time with deceptive ease, Ghost Town weaves a mesmerizing web of family secrets and countryside superstitions, the search for identity and clash of cultures. ? “Multidimensional characters, a beautifully realized setting, and an apposite surprise ending... This book is excellent.”—Booklist (Starred Review)
Ghosts, Witches and Weird Tales of Virginia Beach
Author: Lillie Gilbert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780938423126
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Ghosts, Witches , and Weird Tales of Virginia Beach is .a collection of odd tales woven with bits of history and Virginia Beach local lore phenomena to ponder, stories to contemplate, and marvels to mull over. Are these stories or parts of them true? Are there spirits around us? Are the ghosts and witches real? Its time for you to decide. We invite you to turn on a light, curl up with your favorite pillow and enjoy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780938423126
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Ghosts, Witches , and Weird Tales of Virginia Beach is .a collection of odd tales woven with bits of history and Virginia Beach local lore phenomena to ponder, stories to contemplate, and marvels to mull over. Are these stories or parts of them true? Are there spirits around us? Are the ghosts and witches real? Its time for you to decide. We invite you to turn on a light, curl up with your favorite pillow and enjoy.
Belinda and the Witch's Cat
Author: Margaret Pearce
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
ISBN: 1921636440
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Belinda is an only child and lonely. When her mother has to leave home to recover from an illness, her grandmother arrives to look after her. Belinda discovers to her delight that she has a very unusual grandmother. Her grandmother's cat, a superior Siamese called Senna, is equally unusual. For the first time, Belinda's life is full of friends and adventures. She learns how to fly a moth-eaten carpet to visit her mother, turn a big black bear back into her father, and saves Senna from certain death.
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
ISBN: 1921636440
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Belinda is an only child and lonely. When her mother has to leave home to recover from an illness, her grandmother arrives to look after her. Belinda discovers to her delight that she has a very unusual grandmother. Her grandmother's cat, a superior Siamese called Senna, is equally unusual. For the first time, Belinda's life is full of friends and adventures. She learns how to fly a moth-eaten carpet to visit her mother, turn a big black bear back into her father, and saves Senna from certain death.
Encyclopedia of Haunted Places
Author: Jeff Belanger
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN: 1601630824
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Featuring new listings and new information on existing haunts, thhis book offers supernatural tourists a guide to points of interest through the eyes of the world's leading ghost hunters.
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN: 1601630824
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Featuring new listings and new information on existing haunts, thhis book offers supernatural tourists a guide to points of interest through the eyes of the world's leading ghost hunters.
Ghost Moon
Author: Karen Robards
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
ISBN: 0440244811
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Olivia "Livvy" Archer Morrison returns with her little girl to her childhood home on a northern Louisiana plantation only to be tortured by nightmares of her mother's violent death and the uneasy feeling that they are somehow connected to multiple murders committed 20 years ago by a serial killer who preys on young girls. Only her stepcousin Seth Archer, a scion of the Archer clan who played the role of a bossy brother figure to Livvy when they were children, may be able to save her and her daughter from the encroaching terrors of the past.
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
ISBN: 0440244811
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Olivia "Livvy" Archer Morrison returns with her little girl to her childhood home on a northern Louisiana plantation only to be tortured by nightmares of her mother's violent death and the uneasy feeling that they are somehow connected to multiple murders committed 20 years ago by a serial killer who preys on young girls. Only her stepcousin Seth Archer, a scion of the Archer clan who played the role of a bossy brother figure to Livvy when they were children, may be able to save her and her daughter from the encroaching terrors of the past.
Chasing the Ghost
Author: Peter Marren
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473524881
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN’S BEST BOOKS OF 2018** Join renowned naturalist Peter Marren on an exciting quest to see every species of wild plant native to Britain. The mysterious Ghost Orchid blooms in near darkness among rotting leaves on the forest floor. It blends into the background to the point of invisibility, yet glows, pale and ghostly. The ultimate grail of flower hunters, it has been spotted only once in the past twenty-five years. Its few flowers have a deathly pallor and are said to smell of over-ripe bananas. Peter Marren has been a devoted flower finder all his life. While the Ghost Orchid offers the toughest challenge of any wild plant, there were fifty more British species Peter had yet to see, having ticked off the first 1,400 rummaging in hedges, slipping down gullies and peering in peat bogs. But he set himself the goal of finding the remaining fifty in a single summer. As it turned out, the wettest summer in years. This expert and emotional journey takes Peter the length and the breadth of the British Isles, from the dripping ancient woods of the New Forest to the storm-lashed cliffs of Sutherland. He paddles in lakes, clambers up cliffs in mist and rain, and walks several hundred miles, but does he manage to find them all? Partly about plants, partly autobiography, Chasing the Ghost is also a reminder that to engage with wild flowers, all we need to do is look around us and enjoy what we see. Praise for Chasing the Ghost: ‘Peter Marren is the unsung hero of Britain’s nature writers’ Stephen Moss, author of Dynasties ‘Jolly, quixotic and ends with real poignancy’ Guardian ‘A poignant reminder to us all to engage with the wild flowers that grow around us’ i Newspaper
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473524881
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN’S BEST BOOKS OF 2018** Join renowned naturalist Peter Marren on an exciting quest to see every species of wild plant native to Britain. The mysterious Ghost Orchid blooms in near darkness among rotting leaves on the forest floor. It blends into the background to the point of invisibility, yet glows, pale and ghostly. The ultimate grail of flower hunters, it has been spotted only once in the past twenty-five years. Its few flowers have a deathly pallor and are said to smell of over-ripe bananas. Peter Marren has been a devoted flower finder all his life. While the Ghost Orchid offers the toughest challenge of any wild plant, there were fifty more British species Peter had yet to see, having ticked off the first 1,400 rummaging in hedges, slipping down gullies and peering in peat bogs. But he set himself the goal of finding the remaining fifty in a single summer. As it turned out, the wettest summer in years. This expert and emotional journey takes Peter the length and the breadth of the British Isles, from the dripping ancient woods of the New Forest to the storm-lashed cliffs of Sutherland. He paddles in lakes, clambers up cliffs in mist and rain, and walks several hundred miles, but does he manage to find them all? Partly about plants, partly autobiography, Chasing the Ghost is also a reminder that to engage with wild flowers, all we need to do is look around us and enjoy what we see. Praise for Chasing the Ghost: ‘Peter Marren is the unsung hero of Britain’s nature writers’ Stephen Moss, author of Dynasties ‘Jolly, quixotic and ends with real poignancy’ Guardian ‘A poignant reminder to us all to engage with the wild flowers that grow around us’ i Newspaper
Encyclopedia of Haunted Places, Revised Edition
Author: Jeff Belanger
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN: 1601637624
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Now updated:Information on hundreds of supernatural sites, compiled by dozens of the world’s leading paranormal investigators. For years, paranormal investigative groups have been studying their local ghosts with scientific equipment as well as with psychics and seances. This directory is a repository of some of their most profound cases. From across the United States, Canada, and many spots around the globe, ghost investigators tell of their sometimes-harrowing experiences, share their research, and give readers an overview of both well-known and obscure haunted locales. From private residences to inns and restaurants, battlefields to museums and libraries, graveyards to churches, Encyclopedia of Haunted Places offers supernatural tourists a guide to points of interest through the eyes of the world’s leading ghost hunters. Research notes, location background, firsthand accounts, interviews with leading paranormal researchers, and photographs featuring ghostly manifestations comprise the hundreds of haunted listings in this directory. Now in its second edition, the Encyclopedia of Haunted Places has been updated with dozens of new listings, new information on existing haunts, and a comprehensive directory of paranormal investigators.
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN: 1601637624
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Now updated:Information on hundreds of supernatural sites, compiled by dozens of the world’s leading paranormal investigators. For years, paranormal investigative groups have been studying their local ghosts with scientific equipment as well as with psychics and seances. This directory is a repository of some of their most profound cases. From across the United States, Canada, and many spots around the globe, ghost investigators tell of their sometimes-harrowing experiences, share their research, and give readers an overview of both well-known and obscure haunted locales. From private residences to inns and restaurants, battlefields to museums and libraries, graveyards to churches, Encyclopedia of Haunted Places offers supernatural tourists a guide to points of interest through the eyes of the world’s leading ghost hunters. Research notes, location background, firsthand accounts, interviews with leading paranormal researchers, and photographs featuring ghostly manifestations comprise the hundreds of haunted listings in this directory. Now in its second edition, the Encyclopedia of Haunted Places has been updated with dozens of new listings, new information on existing haunts, and a comprehensive directory of paranormal investigators.
Haunted Virginia Beach
Author: Alpheus J. Chewning
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625844379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Forty spooky stories that reveal the otherworldly history of this coastal city . . . Includes photos! Researched and written by a local history expert, this book delves into the creepy, unexplored avenues of Virginia Beach’s past. You’ll learn about the paranormal sightings at the Mayflower Apartments, where elevators behave bizarrely; the spectral details of Blackbeard’s buried treasure; a deadly stretch of road inexplicably responsible for eighty-nine fatalities over thirty years; and the untimely death of a military wife. From a wailing woman in the old Coast Guard Station to supernatural activity provoked by the association of two friends, Haunted Virginia Beach offers up spine-tingling apparitional tales that will shock and delight visitors and locals alike.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625844379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Forty spooky stories that reveal the otherworldly history of this coastal city . . . Includes photos! Researched and written by a local history expert, this book delves into the creepy, unexplored avenues of Virginia Beach’s past. You’ll learn about the paranormal sightings at the Mayflower Apartments, where elevators behave bizarrely; the spectral details of Blackbeard’s buried treasure; a deadly stretch of road inexplicably responsible for eighty-nine fatalities over thirty years; and the untimely death of a military wife. From a wailing woman in the old Coast Guard Station to supernatural activity provoked by the association of two friends, Haunted Virginia Beach offers up spine-tingling apparitional tales that will shock and delight visitors and locals alike.