Stine is the world's bestselling horror writer for children, but this is his first novel for adults. Liam is a bachelor professor of folklore and he's incurably superstitious. When people start gettin
We live in a world shaped by secularism—the separation of numinous power from political authority and religion from the political, social, and economic realms of public life. Not only has progress tow
On the small Pennsylvania college campus Liam O'Connor cuts a dashing, romantic figure. The Irish-born professor of folklore has good looks, a sweet charm, and a host of Old World superstitions - all
For several decades David Bethea has written authoritatively on the "mythopoetic thinking" that lies at the heart of classical Russian literature, especially Russian poetry. His theoretically informe
As told by some of today's most admired young adult authors—and a few newbies—this charity anthology boasts stories that will make readers scream, laugh, and tremble with fear, and all for a good caus
Very superstitious!In a world where so much can be explained through science and rational thought, it's nice to know there's always a little something that escapes logic-and that no matter how educate
This intriguing book examines popular religion, traditional medicine, witchcraft, apparitions, demonology, and magic in nineteenth-century rural France. Devlin demonstrates that many of the impulses a
Ever since the rise of science and the scientific method in the seventeenth century, we have rejected mythology as the product of superstitious and primitive minds. Only now are we coming to a fuller
A superstitious girl must try to turn her horrible luck around during a family trip to Ireland in this M!X novel from the author ofLost in London.Meghan McGlinchey is the most superstitious girl in he
A superstitious girl must try to turn her horrible luck around during a family trip to Ireland in this M!X novel from the author ofLost in London.Meghan McGlinchey is the most superstitious girl in he
After breaking a chain letter, can superstitious Megan find a way to turn her luck around?Meghan McGlinchey is the most superstitious girl in her family—and probably in the entire state of Delaware. W
Trouble comes in threes--one from the devil, one from his wife, and one from their son. Because George Shelden was not a superstitious man, he paid no heed to this axiom. Had George been superstitious
Why is superstitious behavior so prevalent? How is this behavior established and maintained? Is there a superstitious personality? How do otherwise rational people come to put their faith in such eph
