Roger Clarke

Describes the history of ghost-hunting and searching for proof of spectres, spirits and ghosts in some of the supposedly most-haunted sites of the past 500 years, drawing upon folklore, religion, neuroscientific advancements and the technology of paranormal explorers.

A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof

Ghosts

'Is there anybody out there?' No matter how rationally we order our lives, few of us are completely immune to the suggestion of the uncanny and the fear of the dark. This is the first comprehensive, authoritative and readable history of the evolution of the ghost in the west, examining as every good natural history should, the behaviour of the subject in its preferred environment: the stories we tell each other. What explains sightings of ghosts? Why do they fascinate us? What exactly did the haunted see? What did they believe? And what proof is there? Taking us through the key hauntings that have obsessed the world from the poltergeist of Cock Lane through the true events that inspired The Turn of the Screw and the dark events of Borley Rectory right up to the present day, Roger Clarke unfolds a story of class conflict, charlatans and true believers. His surprising castlist ranges from Samuel Johnson to John Wesley, and from Harry Houdini to Adolf Hitler, his chapters covering everything from the technology of ghost-hunting to the emergence of the Victorian flash mob, where hundreds would stand outside rumoured sites all night waiting to catch sight of a dead face at a window. Inspired by a childhood spent in two haunted houses, Roger Clarke has spent much of his life trying to see a ghost. Written as grippingly as the best ghost fiction, A Natural History of Ghosts takes us on an unforgettable hunt through the most haunted places of the last five hundred years and our longing to believe.

500 Years of Hunting for Proof

A Natural History of Ghosts

500 Years of Searching for Proof

Ghosts : A Natural History

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin

Love Poems

Eleanor J. Morgan

Major developments have recently taken place in competition and antitrust policy in both the UK and EU. Following an informative overview, this timely book presents authoritative accounts of recent changes and clear analyses of current policy. As well as discussing new developments in policy towards monopolies, mergers, cartels and state aids, it features chapters on the treatment of vertical restraints and regulated industries. The book also includes a discussion of the relationship between competition policy and intellectual property rights, and concludes with a forward-looking assessment.

New Developments in UK and EU Competition Policy

Guy G. Gable

Shirley Gregor

Gail Ridley

Robert Smyth

This book represents the second phase of a multi-method, multi-study of the 'Information Systems Academic Discipline in Australia'. Drawing on Whitley's Theory of Scientific Change, the study analysed the degree of 'professionalisation' of the Information Systems Discipline, the overarching research question being 'To what extent is Information Systems a distinct and mature discipline in Australia?' The book chapters are structured around three main sections: a) the context of the study; b) the state case studies; and c) Australia-wide evidence and analysis. The book is crafted to be accessible to IS and non-IS types both within and outside of Australia. It represents a 'check point'; a snapshot at a point in time. As the first in a hoped for series of such snap-shots, it includes a brief history of IS in Australia, bringing us up to the time of this report. The editorial team comprises Guy Gable, architect and leader; Bob Smyth, project manager; Shirley Gregor, sponsor, host and co-theoretician; Roger Clarke, discipline memory; and Gail Ridley, theoretician. In phase two, the editors undertook to examine each component study, with a view to arriving at an Australia-wide perspective.

The Information Systems Academic Discipline in Australia

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice "Roger Clarke tells this [the story that inspired Henry James' The Turn of the Screw] and many other gloriously weird stories with real verve, and also a kind of narrative authority that tends to constrain the skeptical voice within... [an] erudite and richly entertaining book." —New York Times Book Review "Is there anybody out there?" No matter how rationally we order our lives, few of us are completely immune to the suggestion of the uncanny and the fear of the dark. What explains sightings of ghosts? Why do they fascinate us? What exactly do those who have been haunted see? What did they believe? And what proof is there? Taking us through the key hauntings that have obsessed the world, from the true events that inspired Henry James's classic The Turn of the Screw right up to the present day, Roger Clarke unfolds a story of class conflict, charlatans, and true believers. The cast list includes royalty and prime ministers, Samuel Johnson, John Wesley, Harry Houdini, and Adolf Hitler. The chapters cover everything from religious beliefs to modern developments in neuroscience, the medicine of ghosts, and the technology of ghosthunting. There are haunted WWI submarines, houses so blighted by phantoms they are demolished, a seventeenth-century Ghost Hunter General, and the emergence of the Victorian flash mob, where hundreds would stand outside rumored sites all night waiting to catch sight of a dead face at a window. Written as grippingly as the best ghost fiction, A Natural History of Ghosts takes us on an unforgettable hunt through the most haunted places of the last five hundred years and our longing to believe.

This book features the behind-the-scenes stories of eighty important moments in film history, both on and off the screen. From Robert DeNiro's iconic "You talkin' to me?" scene in Taxi Driver to the strange case of Brandon Lee's death while filming The Crow, this book details the unique circumstances of artistic creation: how the shot was made or the bizarre and often dangerous lengths a director or actor will go to for the perfect take.

The inside scoop on famous moments in film

Story of the Scene

Andy Gordon

This is an excellent guide to 'Enduring Love'. It features a biography of the author, a full-length analysis of the novel, and a great deal more. If you're studying this novel, reading it for your book club, or if you simply want to know more about it, you'll find this guide informative, intelligent, and helpful. This is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years - from ‘The Remains of the Day' to ‘White Teeth'. A team of contemporary fiction scholars from both sides of the Atlantic has been assembled to provide a thorough and readable analysis of each of the novels in question.

Ian McEwan's Enduring Love

No importa lo racionales que seamos, hay poca gente completamente inmune al miedo que provocan lo desconocido y la oscuridad. Roger Clarke traza un recorrido por los casos de fantasmas que más han obsesionado al mundo: desde los hechos reales que inspiraron el clásico de Henry James Otra vuelta de tuerca a los submarinos embrujados de la Primera Guerra Mundial, desde un general cazafantasmas del siglo XVII a los encuentros victorianos en los que cientos de personas se daban cita ante lugares supuestamente embrujados y pasaban la noche entera intentando vislumbrar apariciones. Así, va desgranando un relato de lucha de clases, charlatanes y creyentes acérrimos. La lista de personajes incluye a miembros de la realeza y primeros ministros, y resulta de lo más variada: Samuel Johnson, John Wesley, Harry Houdini y Adolf Hitler desfilan por las páginas de este libro. Escrito al más puro estilo de los mejores relatos de miedo, La historia de los fantasmas nos invita a un viaje inolvidable por la fantasmagoría de los últimos quinientos años, e investiga las causas de la credulidad y los deseos de creer.

500 años buscando pruebas

La historia de los fantasmas

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

"The translation is followed by an extensive commentary-- the fullest, apart from Nabokov's, that has appeared in English"--P. 6.

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