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The vapors : a southern family, the New York mob, and the rise and fall of Hot Springs, America's forgotten capital of vice

Jubilee : recipes from two centuries of African American cooking

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The color of compromise : the truth about the American church's complicity in racism

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She said : breaking the sexual harassment story that helped ignite a movement

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Say nothing : a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland

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Inner witch : a modern guide to the ancient craft

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Halloween : a grown-up's guide to creative costumes, devilish decor & fabulous festivities

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High magick : a guide to the spiritual practices that saved my life on death row

Lucifer ascending : the occult in folklore and popular culture

The Weiser field guide to witches : from hexes to Hermione Granger, from Salem to the Land of Oz

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The ghost chronicles : a medium and a paranormal scientist investigate 17 true hauntings

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Sister of darkness : the chronicles of a modern exorcist

American ghost : a family's haunted past in the desert southwest

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Magic and superstition in Europe : a concise history from antiquity to the present

The haunting of America : from the Salem witch trials to Harry Houdini

Generation zombie : essays on the living dead in modern culture

Field guide to the spirit world : the science of angel power, discarnate entities, and demonic possession

Witch hunt : a traveler's guide to the power and persecution of the witch

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Mrs. B's guide to household witchery : everyday magic, spells, and recipes

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Hauntings of the Underground Railroad : ghosts of the Midwest

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