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Chilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America, compiled by the New York Times best-selling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs.
From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a woman stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia while the Continental Congress met, The Penguin Book of Witches is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends. Bringing to life stories like that of Eunice Cole, tried for attacking a teenage girl with a rock and buried with a stake through her heart; Jane Jacobs, a Bostonian so often accused of witchcraft that she took her tormentors to court on charges of slander; and Increase Mather, an exorcism-performing minister famed for his knowledge of witches, this volume provides a unique tour through the darkest history of English and North American witchcraft.
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 10
Since ancient times, accounts of supernatural activity have mystified us. Ghost stories as we know them did not develop until the late 19th century, but the restless dead haunted the premodern imagination in many forms, as recorded in historical narratives, theological texts, and personal letters. The Penguin Book of the Undead teems with roving hordes of dead warriors, corpses trailed by packs of barking dogs, moaning phantoms haunting deserted ruins, evil spirits emerging from burning carcasses in the form of crows, and zombies with pestilential breath.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not what you're hoping for...
- De prblyshopping en 10-07-16
De: Scott G. Bruce
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Conversion
- De: Katherine Howe
- Narrado por: Khristine Hvam
- Duración: 13 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 159
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 160
It's senior year at St. Joan's Academy, and school is a pressure cooker. College applications, the battle for valedictorian, deciphering boys' texts: Through it all, Colleen Rowley and her friends are expected to keep it together. Until they can't. First it's the school's queen bee, Clara Rutherford, who suddenly falls into uncontrollable tics in the middle of class. Her mystery illness quickly spreads to her closest clique of friends, then more students and symptoms follow: Seizures, hair loss, violent coughing fits. St. Joan's buzzes with rumor; rumor blossoms into full-blown panic.
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2 out of 5 stars
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good character wasted on mediocre story
- De Nadia en 07-06-14
De: Katherine Howe
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A True Account
- Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself
- De: Katherine Howe
- Narrado por: Petrea Burchard
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury–bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood–is ready to take her life into her own hands. When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers of a treasure in the Caribbean spread, Hannah is forced to flee for her life, disguising herself as a cabin boy in the pitiless crew of the notorious pirate Edward "Ned" Low. To earn the freedom to choose a path for herself, Hannah must hunt down the treasure and change the tides.
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4 out of 5 stars
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a disguised girl at sea on a pirate ship
- De Amazon Customer en 02-29-24
De: Katherine Howe
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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
- From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce
- De: Michael Newton
- Narrado por: Gabrielle Nellis-Pain, David Monteath
- Duración: 16 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8
This new selection of ghost stories, by Michael Newton, brings together the best of the genre. From Elizabeth Gaskell's 'The Old Nurse's Story' through to Edith Wharton's 'Afterword', this collection covers all of the most terrifying tales of the genre. With a thoughtful introduction and helpful notes, Newton places the stories contextually within the genre and elucidates the changing nature of the ghost story and how we interpret it.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I forced myself to chapter 5
- De Mary E. en 11-01-21
De: Michael Newton
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The Penguin Book of Hell
- De: Scott G. Bruce - editor
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 7 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17
From the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to 21st-century visions of Hell on Earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through 3000 years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you'll take a ferry ride with Aeneas to Hades, across the river Acheron; meet the Devil as imagined by a 12th-century Irish monk - a monster with a thousand giant hands; wander the nine circles of Hell in Dante's Inferno, in which gluttons, liars, heretics, murderers, and hypocrites are made to endure crime-appropriate torture; and witness the debates that raged in Victorian England when new scientific advances cast doubt on the idea of an eternal hereafter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent daitribe
- De it.is grat!' en 08-04-24
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Penguin Book of Witches
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- Sheryl Rufo
- 03-17-24
Nothing
She read documents but didn’t bother to explain what the old language used meant. I had no idea about half of what she read meant. It was very boring and confusing.
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- PJz
- 10-14-20
Soooo boring
I hate leaving bad reviews and I so wanted to love this book. Accounts of witchcraft and trials can be fascinating, however not here. I couldn't finish it. I tried. These are the actual accounts, and many of us do not realize just how ridiculous they really were. I smiled at her and she gave a sour face. There's a mean cat in my barn. She turned into a dog with a human face. Hours of that. I guess where ridiculousness is concerened this is an overabundance and a short synopsis would've sufficed. For those looking for the actual trial transcripts and complaints this is the place. However, people forgot how tedious trial transcript can be.
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