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  • Maggie Wall—The Witch Who Never Was

    by Geoff Holder ...
    It is one of the most astonishing monuments in the British Isles, never mind Scotland. Deep in the Perthshire countryside stands a cairn of boulders topped with a tall, spindly cross, the stones painted with the stark words:MAggie Wallburnt here1657 as a WitchThere is nothing like it anywhere: a historic monument to a named witch. There is, it is true, the occasional plaque here and there in ... Read more

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  • What is a Poltergeist?

    Understanding Poltergeist Activity

    by Geoff Holder ...
    Series series The Paranormal
    The author of Poltergeist Over Scotland embarks on an in-depth study of the characteristics that imbue the paranormal world's "noisy ghosts."What Is a Poltergeist? is an introduction to the mysterious phenomenon examining the theories and presenting the latest research evidence for poltergeist activity.In trying to define a poltergeist, author Geoff Holder ponders such questions as: Are they the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scottish Bodysnatchers

    A Gazetteer

    by Geoff Holder ...
    Graverobbing was a dark but profitable industry in pre-Victorian Scotland – criminals, gravediggers and middle-class medical students alike abstracted newly-buried corpses to send to the anatomy schools. Only after the trials of the infamous murderers Burke and Hare and the passing of the Anatomy Act of 1832 did the grisly trade end. From burial grounds in the heart of Glasgow, Dundee and ... Read more

    $14.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Haunted Dundee

    by Geoff Holder ...
    This fascinating book contains a terrifying collection of true-life tales from in and around Dundee. Featuring stories of unexplained phenomena, apparitions and poltergeists, including the tale of the White Lady of Coffin Mill and Balgay Bridge, the hauntings of the historic ships Discovery and Unicorn, and a host of modern ghost sightings - this book is guaranteed to make your blood run cold. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bloody Scottish History: Edinburgh

    by Geoff Holder ...
    Series series Bloody British History
    Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful cities in the world – with one of the darkest histories on record. Sweeping through the centuries in a blood-soaked catalogue of assaults, assassinations and all-out attempts at annihilation, this volume reveals the hideous tapestry of death, disease and disaster that lies beneath Edinburgh's stunning façade. You'll never see the city in the same way again… ... Read more

    $14.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bloody British History: Britain

    by Geoff Holder ...
    Series series Bloody British History
    Britain has an incredible history, steeped in all manner of blood, death, disease and horror. From cannibals to concentration camps, Geoff Holder covers events both great and gory from Britain's terrible past, with kings, queens and pretenders to the throne; sea battles, massacres and attacks from the air. This collection explores it all, with hundreds of amazing true stories, including seven ill ... Read more

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  • The Little Book of Scotland

    by Geoff Holder ...
    Series series Little Book of
    Did you know?One of the biggest battles between the Scots and the English was fought in France.The success of his first book of poems saved Robert Burns from working on a slave plantation.Six craters on Mars are named after places in Scotland.The Little Book of Scotland is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information that no one will ... Read more

    $10.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Little Book of Glasgow

    by Geoff Holder ...
    Series series Little Book of
    Did you know?Part of the Antonine Wall runs through the course of Cawder Golf Club.The nursery rhyme 'Wee Willie Winkie' was written by Glasgow man William Miller.Rab Ha', a nineteenth-century celebrity known as 'the Glasgow glutton', once ate an entire calf.The Little Book of Glasgow is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange ... Read more

    $10.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Zombies From History

    A Hunter's Guide

    by Geoff Holder ...
    Full details of where to find – and how to kill – all of Britain's most historic zombies. Fact files on the undead in history, including Roman revenants, people who were buried alive and some resurrected royal corpses! High-profile targets including Jane Austen, Henry VIII, Richard III and William Shakespeare. Are you worried about the zombie apocalypse? Kept awake imagining you'll only manage to ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Little Book of Edinburgh

    by Geoff Holder ...
    Series series Little Book of
    The Little Book of Edinburgh is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters and literally hundreds of wacky facts. Geoff Holder's new book contains historic and contemporary trivia on ... Read more

    $10.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Haunted Aberdeen and District

    by Geoff Holder ...
    From reports of haunted castles, hotels, public houses, chapels and churchyards, to heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, poltergeists and related supernatural phenomena, this collection of stories contains both well-known and hitherto unpublished tales from around the city of Aberdeen. This spine-tingling selection includes Fyvie Castle, home to the Green Lady; Aberdeen Central Library, where ... Read more

    $10.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Jacobites and the Supernatural

    by Geoff Holder ...
    The Jacobites and the Supernatural offers a whole new perspective on the well-known Jacobite period and also allows the reader to explore the battlefields and other sites of the period in a completely new way. Here are tales of witchcraft, spirits, psychic powers, portents, prodigies, magical talismans and potent curses. Bonnie Prince Charlie practices the healing magic of 'touching' for the King ... Read more

    $11.99 USD