National Geographic Ultimate Guide to Supernatural Places: Close Encounters, Haunted Houses, and Other Spooky Hot Spots Around the World
Author(s): Sarah Bartlett
This entertaining, lushly illustrated guide will show readers where to find - and how to explore - the spookiest places on earth. For thousands of years, the earth has been haunted by ghosts, menaced by vampires, disturbed by malevolent spirits, and graced by mystical powers. The desire to engage with the supernatural has become a multimillion pound industry, spawning countless bestselling books and TV series and luring millions to haunted castles, UFO hotspots, and sacred sites around the world. This thrilling, colourful book, filled with information on more than 600 supernatural sites, is the ultimate guide to exploring the world's supernatural heritage.
General Information
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- : National Geographic Society
- : National Geographic Society
- : 1.111
- : 11 September 2014
- : 229mm X 203mm X 26mm
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Sarah Bartlett
- : Hardback
- : 910.202
- : 256
- : 400 photos and illustrations
- : 400 photos and illustrations
More About The Product
"The brief bites (with excellent photos and art) visit haunted houses, vampire lairs, witches' covens and UFO "hot spots" while addressing legends and myths." --"The Sacramento Bee" "[A] richly illustrated homage to all things spooky." "--Chicago Tribune" "Each has the story of the place with just enough information to whet one's appetite. If that's not enough, the photographs and illustrations are darkly delicious."" --San Francisco Book Review" "An armchair tour of all the creepiest, eeriest, most mysterious places around the globe."" --Women's Adventure Magazine"
An expert in the field of astrology, mythology, and humanistic and transpersonal psychology, SARAH BARTLETT has served as astrologer for the London Evening Standard and currently contributes as astrologer to BBC radio. Sarah is the author of twenty psycho-spiritual non-fiction books, including the bestselling Mythology Bible and A Brief History of Angels and Demons.