books about: superstition (appalachians everything)

books about: superstition

books:

You Wish...

CraniumX, 2011

YOU WISH Terry Tyler Do we control our own destiny - or might it be determined by fate, coincidence, luck...or even magic? Ruth, an amateur psychic with a husband who smokes cannabis for breakfast, is haunted by a tragic event from her teenage years which, she suspects, was the result of a wish she made on an allegedly enchanted stone. Too embarrassed to admit her fears, she keeps her secret to herself for twenty-five years. Petra ...

The Most Dangerous Superstition
Larken Rose

Iron Web Publications, 2011

Another fine book by Larken Rose.

Roots of Indifference

Terri Ragsdale, 2010

Roots of Indifference, is an unforgettable thought-provoking, historical, fictional novel written from 1910-to 1941. The research in this saga, took 20 years to complete from stories told by the older generations in vivid details, and their experience. Living in a region that everything that took place was secret and never discussed or mentioned in school or the educational system. It's a novel about the lives of a silent and forgotten people. A ...

Aquinas (A Beginner's Guide)
Edward Feser

Oneworld Publications, 2009

One of the most influential philosophers and theologians in history, St Thomas Aquinas was the father of modern philosophy of religion, and is infamous for his "proofs" for God’s existence. In this cogent introduction to the great Saint's work, Edward Feser argues that you cannot fully understand Aquinas' philosophy without his theology and vice-versa. Covering his thoughts on the soul, natural law, metaphysics, and the interaction of faith ...

Desert Run: A Lena Jones Mystery (Lena Jones Series)

Poisoned Pen Press, 2011

Things are never easy for Scottsdale private eye Lena Jones. Her partner in Desert Investigations, Jimmy Sisiwan, is leaving for a wife and a job at Southwest MicroSystems. Her old captain at the Scottsdale PD is moving home to Brooklyn. She’s doing security for Warren Quinn, director of a documentary being shot at Papago Park about the German POW camp and the “great escape” of Christmas Eve, 1944, when some prisoners tunneled out and ...

Ozark Magic and Folklore
Vance Randolph

Dover Publications, 1964

This basic study by a renowned folklorist includes eye-opening information on yarb doctors, charms, spells, witches, ghosts, weather magic, crops and livestock, courtship and marriage, pregnancy and childbirth, animals and plants, death and burial, household superstitions, and much more.

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Phoenix: Including Tempe, Scottsdale, and Glendale
Charles Liu

Menasha Ridge Press, 2009

With more than 4 million people, the Phoenix metropolitan area is one of the country's largest. Surprisingly, it's also one of the most diverse and dramatic for hikers, with scenic destinations ranging from area parks, greenbelts, and preserves to high and low deserts and breathtaking mountains. This easy-to-use guide features the best scenic day hikes, determined by author Charles Liu using state-of-the-art GPS technology. These hikes are ...

Southern Superstitions

Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc, 2012

Prayer versus Southern superstitions when a woman's husband mysteriously disappears in the swamp on a deer-hunting trip. As steamy as the hot, thick, sticky heat of Louisiana, this page-turner will keep readers in suspense, as the author spins a tale of love, loss, superstition, pain, heartache, and faith in God. God and the power of prayer versus Southern superstitions. Through belief, faith, hard work, the power of prayer, and God's help, this ...

Legacy of Love (Arabesque)
Donna Hill

Harlequin Kimani, 2011

Superstition and crazy stories…that's how Zoe Beaumont views the unlucky-in-love history of her family. On their thirtieth birthday, the Beaumont women are said to come into a mysterious "sixth sense." And if they choose to give themselves fully to the wrong man, they lose not just their powers, but the family's good fortune. Despite her doubts, Zoe has started having strange, intensely passionate dreams. Her fantasies feature a man who seems ...

Women Without Superstition : No Gods - No Masters
Annie Laurie Gaylor

Freedom from Religion Fndtn, 1997

Collected writings of women freethinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Grandpa's Tales based on superstitions and old home remedies from around the South
Jannie D Greene, Joyce Martenies, ...

Greene Pub, 2000

Grandpa's Tales is a book written about superstitions and old home remedies from around the South. It focus on Southerns beliefs about why uncontrollable events happen and and why it does. This book is filled with many superstitions relating to death,hags, revenge, pregnancy,bad luck, nature's phenomenon,love and marriage. It also, focus on all the old home remedies that were used long time ago before modern medicine.

Hikers Guide to the Superstition Wilderness: With History and Legends of Arizona's Lost Dutchman Gold Mine ...
Jack C. Carlson, Elizabeth Stewart

Clear Creek Publishing (AZ), 2002

Lush canyons with Sycamore and cottonwood trees, rugged mountains with towering ponderosa pines and alligator juniper tree, hidden creeks and waterfalls, majestic deserts and wildflowers, prehisatoric ruins, abandoned mines, prospector camps and ranches---all in a NAtional Forest Wilderness less than a hour from Phoenix, Arizona. After reading Hiker's Guide to the Superstition Wilderness you will want to hit the trails. Directions provided.

Greenhorns and Killer Mountains
Jim Conover

Lynch Law Productions, 1999

The God Conspiracy: The Path from Superstition to Super Consciousness
Osho

Osho Media International, 2009

Not believing, but only experiencing, says Osho in this inspiring book, is a way of finding truth and meaning. While Nietzsche's declaration that "God is dead, therefore man is free" was an incredible step in understanding, he argues, it is in itself a negative solution and does not bring freedom. Simply removing God is not enough. In The God Conspiracy, Osho offers a solution beyond Nietzsche meditation, a direct connection with ...

The Golden Dream (The Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz, Part 1)
Thomas E. Glover

Cowboy Miner Productions, 2000

Second printing is now available. The first printing of 3000 was sold out. This is the second printing.

Two Hot Dogs With Everything
Paul Haven, 2008

Danny Gurkin believes in his heart that the Sluggers are the best team in baseball. There's just the small matter of breaking a century-old curse involving a pretzel, a bubble-gum tycoon, and a missing shortstop. Danny also believes that the outcome of Sluggers' games depends on him and hot dogs. Because eating two hot dogs with everything before each game is the best kind of luck a fan can give his team. Danny Ghurkin has a date with baseball ...

Regina Silsby's Secret War
Thomas J. Brodeur, Tom Brodeur

Journeyforth, 2004

The daughter of a wealthy ship owner uses the superstitions of the day to divert the British forces and support the Sons of Liberty following the Boston Tea Party.

A Celtic Yearbook

Sheffield Publications, 2011

Like the Native Americans, Celtic traditions were handed down through the generations. Irish born Lizzy Shannon takes us through the 13 months and single day of the Druidic calendar. Explore legends and superstitions, find out how to make honey mead, hand-made soap, and learn about the Celtic astrological signs that are based on the Dryadic personalities of individual trees. Discover which sign you were born under, who your Celtic spirit animal ...

Witches, Ghosts, and Signs: Folklore of the Southern Appalachians
PATRICK W. GAINER

Vandalia Press, 2008

Witches, Ghosts, and Signs: Folklore of the Southern Appalachians by the renowned West Virginia folklorist and former West Virginia University English professor Patrick W. Gainer not only highlights stories that both amuse and raise goosebumps, but also begins with a description of the people and culture of the state. Based on material Gainer collected from over fifty years of field research in West Virginia and the region, Witches, Ghosts, ...