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Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
175 pages : color illustrations, map ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
The United States has been shaped by mobility like no other nation on Earth. The automobile made possible almost limitless development, but there was a dark side: ghost towns and deserted regions emerged due to economic crises, cultural shifts, and catastrophic weather. Heribert Niehues's award-winning photographs trace these lonely places, which elicit strange fascination mixed with melancholy for a bygone era. His Hopperesque images of gas stations,...
44) Haunted places
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In old hospitals or along the ocean shore, this title will show readers that anywhere they walk could have a haunted story to tell. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hashima, Japan's sea walls give it the appearance of a ship lost at sea. This look is the reason for the Battleship Island nickname. Pieces from the past will point to the deserted island's coal-mining boom time.
46) False calm
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Part reportage, part personal essay, part travelogue, False calm is the breakout work by Argentinian author María Sonia Cristoff. Writing against romantic portrayals of Patagonia, Cristoff returns home to chronicle the ghost towns left behind by the oil boom. In prose that showcases her sharp powers of observation, Cristoff explores Patagonia's complicated legacy through the lost stories of its people and the desolate places they inhabit"--
Author
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
739 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An absolutely terrifying collection of spine-chilling novels ("Evil beyond imagination . . ".--San Francisco Chronicle) from this New York Times bestselling author. The Servants of Twilight, Darkfall, and Phantoms are among the works that have made Koontz the new king of the genre.)P.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
231 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Cricket's Aunt Belinda accidentally forgets her in the grocery store, Cricket decides to run away once and for all. But Cricket has to stay close by because even though her mama hasn't been in touch since she disappeared, she'll surely come back. And Cricket has to be there when she does. Because she needs answers"--
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