An Illustrated History of Ghosts (The Illustrated History Of)

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As we move into Halloween weekend, what better time to talk about “An Illustrated History of Ghosts”. Join us for the launch of An Illustrated History Of Ghosts by Adam Allsuch Boardman on November 10th from 6-8pm. An Illustrated History of Ghosts provides a great overview of all things relating to ghosts from ghost catching, to haunted locations, to the pranksters themselves. This book is such a tease. Although it gives serviceable descriptions of the content, it really just wets your lips before jumping to the next cool thing. Nevertheless, I loved it. It sparks the imagination and makes you want to dig deeper. The art in this book is so much fun and it's very colorful. My 8 year old and I love it!

The 20th century section of Illustrated History of Ghosts covers the busting of séance scams by the most famous magician of all, Harry Houdini, and the advent of ghost-hunting is given a bit of attention as well. The description of the enduring practice is described in what could easily be the outline for the script on any modern ghost-hunting show. There are descriptions of the evolution of haunted houses, with references from Borley Rectory (the supposed most haunted house in England) to modern simulated hauntings, in which admittance is paid to have actors in costume provide jump scares.

It never really dived into any of the stories/techniques/technology it was telling us about, so we only get a surface level of everything. I understand it's a short book, but some of the things mentioned are glossed over to the point it really wasn't worth including them. Kyrie Irving Has 'Productive, Understanding' Meeting With Adam SilverKyrie Irving Has 'Productive, Understanding' Meeting With Adam Silver - RealGM Wiretap This wasn't quite what I was expecting. I struggled through the start because the formatting was all over the place on my kindle app, until a friend suggested using the NetGalley Shelf App which totally changed it! It's weird that it doesn't work properly on the kindle app as I can read graphic novels on there no problem but this just didn't work at all.

Sure, there are all the haunted houses and creepy castles you'd wish for, but you'll also discover info on ghost clubs, mediums and seances, phantom animals, freaky figurines, possessed possessions and even unearthly airports. It's a rich and rewarding trawl through the unique history and culture of ghost-life and one that will chill you in all the right ways. This book is part of Adam Allsuch Boardman’s Illustrated History series which gives an introduction into the history and culture of ghosts and all things unexplained.This novel is exactly as the title suggests. I would have loved to read something like this when I was younger and in my first moment of awe and insistence of watching ghost hunting videos and shows and adamant that ghosts and spirits are real. The author, Adam Allsuch Boardman is an illustrator and fan of trivia who has previously written “An Illustrated History of UFO’s”, and “An Illustrated History of Filmmaking”, both of which I’d be interested in having a look at. Welcome to another installment of 31 Days of Halloween! This is our chance to set the mood for the spookiest and scariest month of the year as we focus our attention on horror and Halloween fun. For the month of October we’ll be sharing various pieces of underappreciated scary books, comics, movies, and television to help keep you terrified and entertained all the way up to Halloween.