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ABLAZE!-- THE MYSTERIOUS FIRES OF SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION. Larry E. Arnold. Get all fired up over this comprehensive look at a disputed phenomena, in a volume which contains many baffling accounts of people ablaze from no apparent external source. Why are people sometimes burned to ashes in a way not even a crematorium can manage, while their surroundings remain little harmed? This book examines possible explanations for this persistent puzzle, including kundalini serpent-fire, pyrotrons, etc. It also contains a victim-profile, and shows ways that you can avoid a flaming fate. Hardcover, 478 pp., notes, $24.95.

THE BIG BOOK OF URBAN LEGENDS. Adapted from Jan Harold Brunvand, Robert Loren Fleming and Robert F. Boyd, Jr. Finally, a great many of one's favorite urban legends made vivid by top-rate comic art adaptations. Read--and now see--the too-good-to-be-true stories: The Vanishing Hitchhiker, The Choking Doberman, The Hare Dryer, Alligators in the Sewer, The Moving Cactus, Paul is Dead, The Accidental Gerbil, The Tapeworm Diet, plus scores of others. A regular FOAF-a-rama. The art styles range from the realistic to the stylized, and are the products of such artists as Rick Geary, Don Cameron, Trina Robbins, Howard Chaykin, Lee Marrs, and Glenn Wong, among many others. Extremely entertaining. Paper, 223 pp., illus., biographies, $12.95.

THE CHUPACABRAS DIARIES--AN UNOFFICIAL CHRONICLE OF PUERTO RICO'S PARANORMAL PREDATOR. Scott Corrales. An unsettling creature claimed to exist in Puerto Rico has achieved worldwide notoriety. From the beginnings of the flap to the present uncertainties, facts, theories, and conspiracies have abounded and are collected here. Is the creature real or not? Is it alien, a construction by humans, or a paranormal entity? There are no generally accepted answers yet, but Corrales' work is both insightful and controversial. Chapters include Stalking the Beast, Into the Realm of Beasts, The Infiltrators, On-Site, more. Staple-bound booklet, 71 pp., illus., $10.00.

COINCIDENCES--CHANCE OR FATE? Ken Anderson. Originally published in two Australian volumes, this presents stories that seem beyond belief. One concerns Poland's King John III, who on June 17 was born, came to kingship, married and died--in three different years, of course. A plan or a coincidence? Read about Time Twins; and about people in occupations like their names, predictions, literary coincidences, and more. The book is diverting and will be of interest to anyone concerned with coincidence. Paper, 306 pp., further reading, $12.95.

DAIMONIC REALITY--A FIELD GUIDE TO THE OTHERWORLD. Patrick Harpur. The daimons have always been with us--as black dogs, mystery cats, fairies, angels, yetis, gods and devils, etc. Often they appear at threshold zones or at the border of sleeping and waking. In this light, Harpur examines thought transference through shared entry into the daimonic reality--by such peoples as Scottish Hebridean Islanders and Kalahari Bushmen. Many favorite controversies--including crop circles, lakes monsters, UFOs, and even alchemy--are studied in the light of the author's ideas. Come to an understanding of the visionary, of tricksters and of sacred guides--from the ridiculous to the sublime in this much-discussed, often hard-to-find work. Hardcover, 330 pp., photos, appendix, ref., index, $29.95; paper, $13.95.

DICTIONARY OF EARTH MYSTERIES. Janet and Colin Bord. From the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance to the Zodiac, most aspects of Earth Mysteries are organized here for one's edification. After a useful introduction, the path of discovery leads to such places and things as the Castlerigg stone circle, leys, the Gogmagog Giants, the Silbury Hill prehistoric mound--and even the lake monsters. A list of Sacred and Mysterious Places to Visit climaxes a much-needed informative and insightful reference work. Paper, 131 pp., biblio., $12.00.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFTERLIFE BELIEFS AND PHENOMENA. James R. Lewis. Foreword by Dr. Raymond Moody. What are near-death experiences? Why have there been beliefs in life after death all over the world? What insights have recent medical developments brought to bear? Biographies, theories, belief systems, definitions, psychic elements, etc., in almost 250 entries. Learn about this subject before you find out the truth(s) for yourself. Paper, 444 pp., photos, illus., $15.95.

FIELD GUIDE TO MYSTERIOUS PLACES OF THE WEST. Salvatore M. Trento. Geological and cultural anomalies galore in a legitimately mysterious book that will make you wonder about America's unknown history. Read about the Silent City of Rocks, the Turtle Rock Geoforms, the Hicklin Springs Petroglyphs, stone spheres and many other puzzles of the past. Entries in this guide often include a Site Synopsis, a History/Background, a Location, Contact Persons and Organizations, plus Considerations. Paper, 295 pp., photos, illus., biblio., index, $18.95.

FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS. Graham Hancock. What is the message left by the ancients? If we don't heed it, will a great cataclysm come without warning? Hancock examines the traces of history to find an advanced past civilization outstripping our present theories about it. The Gateway of the Sun at Tiahuanco is supposedly 1500 years old but has a carving of a creature extinct for about 13,000 years. Why? And why do some pre-Columbian Olmec stone heads in Central America have seemingly African features? Questions also abound in regards to similar disaster legends in many long-ago cultures. Hancock finds intriguing clues towards possible answers--including an old map of Antarctica which lacks the covering of ice. Alternate history at its most amazing. Paper, 578 pp., photos, index, biblio., $17.00.

HOAXES!--DUPES, DODGES & OTHER DASTARDLY DECEPTIONS. Gordon Stein and Marie J. MacNee. Fifty deceptions documented for your delight and edification. From the Shroud of Turin to the Amityville Horror, the case histories are here. Much deviousness is exposed via actual photographs, amazing insights, interesting intrigues, and eyewitness accounts. Even Orson Welles's War of the Worlds is featured. Paper, 244 pp., photos, $13.95.

LOST CITIES OF ATLANTIS, ANCIENT EUROPE & THE MEDITERRANEAN. David Hatcher Childress. What and where was Atlantis? Follow the author as he combs the world for clues and, in the process, finds information to intrigue and astound. The Vitrified Forts of Atlantis, the Sunken Cities of Osiris, and the Lost Land of Tir-Na-n'Og, etc., provide fascinating sites for study that Childress explores to the max. Strange details abound: did the Minoans wear Mohawks? Astute archeology and the author's accounts of his own adventures in a volume that forteans will treasure. Paper, 488 pp., photos, illus., biblio., $16.95.

MAN-MADE UFOS 1944-1994--50 YEARS OF SUPPRESSION. Renato Vesco & David Hatcher Childress. From accounts of alleged Nazi saucer bases in Antarctica to the more reliable accounts of unusual technology deployed by the U.S., this book examines the many UFO-type vehicles long unpublicized by the governments of the world--especially of the U.S. Learn about "suction" aircraft, German secret weapons, underground airfields, and more. A reprinting and enlargement of Vesco's book Intercept--But Don't Shoot. Numerous photos, illustrations and diagrams of little-known devices which will interest anyone interested in far-out technology. Paper, 405 pp., photos, illus., biblio., $18.95.

MONSTER! MONSTER! Betty Sanders Garner. Monsters once walked the earth, during the days of the dinosaur--but do they now? Garner, the author of Canada's Monsters, examines the evidence, pro and con, for monsters making the scene all over North America. Find out how well-stocked our continent is with crypto-creatures. Bigfoot, "Whitey" the White River monster, "Bozho" the Madison monster, sea serpents, and the denizens of many lakes inhabit this book, designed to inform, amuse and amaze. Paper, 190 pp., illus., tables, maps, biblio., $12.95.

Back in Stock! THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES. John A. Keel. A classic true story of modern horror. This is Keel's most disquieting book, loaded with UFOs, winged monsters, men in black, stalled cars and wacked-out phones, animal mutilations, bizarre apparitions, purple lights, UFO contactees, and much more. Keel spent a year in phenomena-plagued Point Pleasant, West Viginia, home of the Mothman, resulting in one of the weirdest and most entertaining books ever written. This is the all time best-selling Strange Bookshop title and for good reason--it is in a genre of its own. Paper, 275 pp., $16.95.


MYSTERIOUS AUSTRALIA. Rex Gilroy. "Australia's Charles Fort" conducts you through the world of strangeness Down Under, where even the normal animals are unusual by other continents' standards. Many mysteries abound: Is the Thylacine Really Extinct?; Who Really Discovered Australia? What do Australian archeo-oddities imply? Gilroy, the founder of Yowie research, examines the above and also writes about Dinosaurs from the Dreamtime and Hairy Man-Beasts of the Australian Bush. Oz is stranger than you think, and this book proves it. Paper, 288 pp., photos, illus., $16.95.

THE OAK ISLAND MYSTERY--THE SECRET OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST TREASURE HUNT. Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe. Fanthorpe, well known in the paranormal and sf fields, here with his wife comes up with an answer to Oak Island's sinister mystery. The place's curse states that its treasure will not be discovered until seven men are deceased and the last oak has died. Six treasure hunters met their demise--but in pursuit of what treasure? The Fanthorpes' answer is controversial and disturbing. What awaits in the labyrinth? Paper, 140 pp., illus., $17.95.

SASQUATCH APPARITIONS. Barbara Wasson. First time in Stock. Largely unavailable for over a decade, this intimate discussion of the Pacific Northwest hominoid is a must for the cryptozoologically inclined. Investigators and the problems they confront, physical evidence, even Roger Patterson and the famous film are analyzed in detail. Bob Gimlin, Gordon Strasenburgh, Rene Dahinden, George Haas, and John Green are among the investigators profiled. Wasson even includes a chapter on the credibility of Sasquatch witnesses. Original 1979 edition. Paper, 173 pp., photos, appendices, index, biblio., $12.95.

STRANGE ENCOUNTERS--UFOs ALIENS AND MONSTERS AMONG US. Curt Sutherly. Strange Magazine contributor Sutherly has created a wonderful potpourri of strangeness from a fortean perspective. Sasquatch encounters, Thunderbirds, the Pottstown, Pennsylvania "thing," UFOs, disappearances, Roswell, anomalies cosmic and down to earth, and an array of fortean personalities that Sutherly has crossed paths with over the past twenty or so years. Each chapter is an essay/article on a different topic. The author has a non-ETH perspective toward entity cases, and while he is strongly influenced by Keel and Vallee, Sutherly is nevertheless an original with his own fascinating interests, a number of which are pursued in this book. Paper, 244 pp., glossary, $5.99.

STRANGE WORLDS AMAZING PLACES. Reader's Digest Association. See the most awesome and strangest spots on Earth in this lavish coffee table book. Excellent color photography complements informative text about the wonders of the world, from the Sargasso Sea to the Cones of Cappadocia. Visit the Himalayas (the home of the Yeti) and Uluru (the dreamtime sanctuary of the Australian Aborigines). In the Caribbean, find the blue holes--allegedly the lair of the legendary Lusca. And attend to Avalon, Shangri-La, Camelot, earth mounds, Stonehenge, giants of the hills, Angkor, Petra, and the seemingly magical Mountains of the Moon--all in one affordable volume. Hardcover, 432 pp., photos, gazetteer, index, $30.00.

SUPERNATURAL VANISHINGS--OTHERWORLDLY DISAPPEARANCES. Rodney Davies. Vanishings, bilocations, and teleportations--they're all here! Read accounts of Saints and witches, human beings and animals, and people normal and abnormal, all involved in stories that boggle the imagination--and are often claimed to be true. Chapters include: Devilish Movements, Can Such Things Really Be?, Vanishing Ships and Aircraft, and The Medium is the Message. Many amazing mysteries unfold in this book: What was the fate of Ambrose Bierce? Did Henrietta Pigott-Carleton in 1873 actually appear in two places at once? The questions--and possible answers--may unnerve you. Paper, 185 pp., maps, index, $10.95.

UFOS--PSYCHIC CLOSE ENCOUNTERS. Albert Budden. Human psychology meets electromagnetics in this fascinating look at the controversial electro-staging hypothesis. Read about how our technology may be causing altered states of consciousness more than did geophysical phenomena in the past. Discusses how allergies to electricity may be leading to strangenesses beyond imagination, and awesome absurdities. Such as the Rowley Regis case in which aliens "spoke in gruff voices of Jesus and Tommy Steele and left in a tiny craft with ski-runners underneath, taking a mince pie each." High tech weirdness! Paper, 256 pp., photos, illus., maps, diagrams, case studies, notes, index, $9.95.

THE UNEXPLAINED--AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S NATURAL AND PARANORMAL MYSTERIES. Dr. Karl P. N. Shuker. Shuker fans will be ecstatic to learn that he has a new book coming out in October. In addition to being one of the world's foremost cryptozoologists, Shuker is also a dedicated fortean and this book gives him a chance to display his knowledge of the full range of mysterious phenomena. There is, of course, a heaping helping of cryptozoo, but there is really something for everyone in this lavishly presented volume. Shuker covers such varied subjects as mystery cats; toads in holes; merfolk; the Versailles Timeslip; singing sands and witch winds; three types of yeti; Mothman; the Crystal Skulls; Booya stones; min-min lights; and hundreds of other globe-spanning phenomena, from the classic to the obscure. Travel the world of the weird with Shuker--you couldn't have a better guide! Hardcover, 224 pp., 250 photos, index, biblio., $19.95.

THE UNOFFICIAL X-FILES COMPANION. N. E. Genge. Do you know all you need to know about what inspired your favorite X-Files episodes? This book will add to your knowledge and test it as well. Subjects include vampires, werewolves, the Jersey Devil, zombies, UFOs, silicon life, etc. Case summaries and generous background materials link the stories with their sources. Paper, 227 pp., photos, illus., biblio., $14.00.



THE X-FILES BOOK OF THE UNEXPLAINED--VOLUME ONE. Jane Goldman. Fictional FBI agents Mulder and Scully have dealt with weirdies of all descriptions, including artificial lifeforms, feral humans, strange conspiracies, liver-eaters and extraterrestrial enigmas. This book will help viewers understand the real-life mysteries behind the television treatments. Colorful and lavish, it will turn forteans into X-philes, and vice versa. Hardcover, 331 pp., photos, illus., biblio., $29.95.


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