Marvels & Mysteries of the Unexplained: An Imagination-Defying Exploration of our World's Strangest Secrets
- ISBN-10
- 1848586868
- ISBN-13
- 9781848586864
- Category
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-06-30
- Publisher
- Arcturus Publishing
- Author
- Karen Farrington
Description
In this amazing anthology of the baffling and the bizarre, author Karen Farrington recounts the latest investigations into strange phenomena that have mystified mankind for centuries. Some of history's most astounding tales of the weird and wonderful are retold here in vivid detail, from the grotesque to the gruesome and from the unearthly to...
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