Leo Ruickbie: 4 books
The Impossible Zoo
An encyclopedia of fabulous beasts and mythical monsters
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
'Leo Ruickbie's impeccably-written The Impossible Zoo is a menagerie like no other, as its exotic inhabitants are fabulous in every sense of the word. So for anyone who has ever wished that dragons and unicorns were real, for anyone who believes that they are, and for anyone who peruses bestiaries...
Faustus
The Life and Times of a Renaissance Legend
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
Around the world there are hundreds of nightly performances of Goethe’s Faust as well as actual attempts at soul-selling on eBay. Faustus has rightly been described as an icon of modern culture. But in 500 years no one has written his biography—until now. Faustus is the real story behind the legend....
A Brief Guide to Ghost Hunting
How to Investigate Paranormal Activity from Spirits and Hauntings to Poltergeists
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
There has been an upsurge in books, television programmes, films and websites exploring the reality or otherwise of the spirit world. Not since the founding of The Ghost Club in 1862 and the Society for Psychical Research in 1882 has ghost hunting been so popular. Television and the internet, in particular,...
A Brief Guide to the Supernatural
Ghosts, Vampires and the Paranormal
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
From Most Haunted to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from Underworld to Twilight, from Doom to Resident Evil, The Brief Guide to the Supernatural goes in search of the unearthly with unexpected results; combining history, science, psychology and myth he explores the allure of the paranormal - why so many...