Take a look behind the scenes of the Travel Channel’s hit show Ghost Adventures with paranormal investigator Nick Groff as he shares his favorite explorations of the supernatural. From recording stran
Over the past decade, the cocktail culture has exploded across America. Bars and lounges have become the Broadway theater of mixology, with bartenders resurrecting classic pre-Prohibition cocktails an
Throughout history, people have been intrigued with spirits, angels, or devas as sources of wisdom and guidance. They are not only interesting as those who possess an insight into events and circumsta
After one fateful PTA meeting, four young mothers—Lynne, Mary Kay, Beth, and Carol—discovered they had more in common than they ever thought possible. Meeting once a month, the women would share laugh
A novel Jodi Picoult calls "beautifully written, full of wit...and heart," from the author of The Sinner's Guide to Confession. Both teachers in their forties, Jane Hoffman and Gwen Baker have a frien
Kara Foster is finally starting to fit in at her boarding school in Japan-after all, nothing bonds you with your classmates like having an ancient demon put a curse on you. Hoping life can go back to
Strong (Japanese, Bates College, Maine) offers a study of Yukie's (1903-22) Ainu Shin'yoshu (Collection of Ainu Chants of Spiritual Beings), placing it in the context of Ainu beliefs and history, and
This beautiful, poignant portrait of the Mlabri people of Thailand is the result of over thirty years of research by Joseph Trier and his wife, Birgit. This small tribe is being forced from their trad
When Jenny, a graduate student in ornithology, is banished to a birding project near the Colombian border, she must rely on the prickly indigenous community, the Kunas, for supplies, and learn to abid
After eight years of searching for an answer to release nocturnal panic attacks, the author Noni Gove finally found the solution. Here is her story of never giving up hope, keeping an open mind and pr
The city of New Orleans is formed into the shape of a crescent, which is believed by many people to form a sacred chalice which holds and stores energy making it one of the most unique areas in the wo
A healing and balanced faith, Haitian Vodou is a member of the African Traditional Religions that came into the Western Hemisphere via the Transatlantic slave trade. Despite a much misunderstood image