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Ghost Stories and Supernatural Tales

Ghosts are not just history

Twelve beautifully written short tales of the paranormal, including some mild horror stories:

Don't Go Back Becalmed in a dinghy in supernatural fog, Charles and Mike see a spectral ship destroy another vessel. Should they tell the story, or will that bring calamity on themselves as well?

The Girl on the TrainHelping a sick girl on a train, a commuter learns he cannot ignore the distress of others and that phantoms may appear in crowds, offices and train stations. They might not seem like spirits, and they might not...

Summer is finally here and Carly McCallister is ready. She and her barrel-racing horse Captain have been preparing for the first horse show of the season since the last snow drift disappeared from their back pasture in April.

Unfortunately, her parents have been making plans for the summer, as well. They are preparing to move to a city three hours away, so they can more easily care for Carly's elderly grandparents. Unable to find an affordable place to board Captain, her parents make the difficult decision to sell him.

For Carly, the summer becomes a race...

Nashville is a name synonymous with music. Years before the first radio broadcast of country music from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, music and publishing were central to Nashville's self-identity.
Thousands of songs flooded into the Cumberland and Tennessee River valleys from Southern Appalachia, sung by folk performers. These songs became the foundation for the folk-hymn traditions that grew throughout Tennessee. Into this stream flowed a body of African American spirituals, gospel, and minstrel songs. The arrival of trained German musicians brought classical styles to this gathering...

'This book is written in a straightforward, unfussy style directly addressed to the busy classroom. The activities have obviously been tried successfully in real lessons, and the involvement and enjoyment of the children as a result is quite clear.'
-Geoff Dean
School Improvement Advisor

Milton Keynes Local Education Authority

Packed with ideas and activities, this book is a lively, practical guide to encouraging young children to develop their verbal reasoning skills and communicate more effectively.

Activities include:
- setting up a talk...

Summer is finally here and Carly McCallister is ready. She and her barrel-racing horse Captain have been preparing for the first horse show of the season since the last snow drift disappeared from their back pasture in April.

Unfortunately, her parents have been making plans for the summer, as well. They are preparing to move to a city three hours away, so they can more easily care for Carly's elderly grandparents. Unable to find an affordable place to board Captain, her parents make the difficult decision to sell him.

For Carly, the summer becomes a race...

Crowned: Becoming the Woman of my Dreams, is a journey of awakening to God as a Woman, and living her life within you. A bittersweet, beseeching and searing collection of truth-telling poetry, prayers, prose and love letters channeled from the Divine Feminine, Mother Goddess, in all her forms, to you. )O( It is time to enter the Womb and Tomb of You. Have you ever wondered who you are as a woman, aside from your worldly roles? Want to wake up to being your own Powerful Muse? Is it time to love yourself soft in all your hard places, and hard in all your soft places? Are you ready to reframe...

This book examines, through the case study of Indonesia over recent decades, how the reporting of violence can drive the escalation of violence, and how journalists can alter their reporting practices in order to have the opposite effect and promote peace. It discusses the nature of press freedom in Indonesia from 1966 onwards, considers the relationship between the press and politicians, and explores journalists' working methods. It goes on to outline in detail the communal wars in eastern Indonesia in the period 1999-2000, arguing that communication as much as physical preparations for...

Youth and identity politics figure prominently in this provocative study of personal and collective memory in Madagascar. A deeply nuanced ethnography of historical consciousness, it challenges many cross-cultural investigations of youth, for its key actors are not adults but schoolchildren. Lesley Sharp refutes dominant assumptions that African children are the helpless victims of postcolonial crises, incapable of organized, sustained collective thought or action.
She insists instead on the political agency of Malagasy youth who, as they decipher their current predicament, offer potent,...