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Twelve-year-old ghost Riley, having been assigned to Roman gladiator Theocoles, is convinced by the beautiful Messalina that the only way to get through to Theocoles is to become human and helps Riley transform into a mature teenager, which gives Riley the opportunity to experience her first boyfriend and her first kiss, but makes her question if she wants to return to the afterlife.

Twelve-year-old car fanatic Mitchell Moinian is beside himself with excitement when his dad purchases a sports car, but it does not take long before they realize there is something very strange about their new automobile.

"A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how the Vatican investigates claims of miraculous events. Apocalyptic prophecies and miraculous apparitions are headline-grabbing events that often put the Catholic Church's concept of "rational faith" at odds with the passion of its more zealous followers. To some, these claims teeter on the edge of absurdity. Others see them as evidence of a private connection with God. For the Vatican, the issue is much...

"Boo is new--and it can be scary being new, especially for a shy ghost who can't play any of the other kids' games. Can Boo find a way to fit in and make friends with the rest of the group?"--

1908. Left at an orphanage as a child, Thea Reed vowed to find her mother someday. Now grown, her search takes her to turn-of-the-century Pleasant Valley, Wisconsin. When the clues she finds lead her to a mental asylum, Thea uses her experience as a postmortem photographer to gain access and assist groundskeeper Simeon Coyle in photographing the patients and uncovering the secrets within. However, she never expected her personal quest would reawaken...

"Louise Beeston is haunted... Louise has no reason left to stay in the city. She can't see her son, Joseph, who is away at boarding school where he performs in a prestigious boys' choir. And her troublesome neighbor has begun blasting choral music all hours of the night. And to make matters worse, she's the only one who can hear it. Hoping to find some peace, Louise convinces her husband, David, to buy them a country house in an idyllic, sun-dappled...

"Stories of ghost encounters are told using eyewitness accounts in graphic novel format"--

In this volume, we discuss various ghost experiences, and present the arguments for and against the validity of such cases. We examine firsthand accounts, often backed up by independent witnesses, and present the facts with an open mind. We look at the methods that investigators employ in ghost detection, and discuss the numerous hypotheses put forward by the experts in the field. However, despite numerous theories, accounts, investigations, and first-person...

Psychologist Sam Towne, certain that the human mind has the psychic ability to create a ghost, assembles a group of eight people to test his theories and ends up fighting for his life against a powerful and deadly apparition.