Product Description: I'm Not Dead, Am I? is a documented account of staring death in the face and coming to terms with its inevitability. Josette Berardi, the author, writes from the heart with truth and humor about her mother's struggle with a life-threatening illness, the spirit visitors who came to comfort their family, and her paranormal family's not so ordinary life...read more

Product Description: New York's Southern Tier and its many communities abound with legends about strange, intriguing events. Stories of ghosts and other supernatural phenomena create an aura of foreboding and mystery. Tortured souls try to escape from the Inebriate Asylum in Binghamton; Native American treasure lies buried beneath the banks of the Susquehanna River; grandeur and heartbreak haunt Wellsville's Pink House; and locals speculate about the identity of a young woman in white who walks "Devil's Bend" in Owego...read more

Product Description: A cave that’s home to ghosts. A tomb with a mummy’s curse. A place where airplanes and ships disappear and never return. Are you scared yet? Get ready for some spine-tingling excitement as you read all about these Scary Places.

Product Description: Bloodsucking vampires. Hungry, howling werewolves. Brain-eating zombies. Are you scared yet? Get ready for some spine-tingling excitement as you read all about these Scary Monsters.

Product Description: A pirate that searches for his head. Aliens that kidnap people. A ghost that hitches a ride. Do you have goose bumps yet? Get ready for some spine-tingling excitement as you read all about these Scary Stories.

Product Description: Children have their own games, stories, riddles, and so forth. This book gives students and general readers an introduction to children's folklore. Included are chapters on the definition and classification of children's folklore, the presence of children's folklore in literature and popular culture, and the scholarly interpretation of children's folklore...read more

Product Description: Drawing on his own diary as well as secret documents and transcripts of high-level meetings, Anatoly Chernyaev recounts the drama that swept the Soviet Union between 1985 and 1991. As Gorbachev’s chief foreign policy aide for most of that period, he played a central role in efforts to halt the arms race, discard a confrontational ideology, and open his country to the world...read more

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Product Description: A comprehensive reference guide that is packed with useful information. Suitable for every classroom, it includes pages on: rules; vowels; consonants; plurals; prefixes; suffixes; apostrophes; acronyms; abbreviations; and, root words.

Based on documents and photographs from recently opened Russian archives and from Western collections, a surprising new portrait of the last Russian tsar and his family during the Bolshevik revolution challenges long-held views of the Romanovs. UP. (view table of contents)