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Table of Contents
Foreword: In for a surprise! by John Roberto Colombo
Preface: My life-long love affair with books, writing, and things that go bump in the night
Acknowledgements
Canada. The mischievous bookseller's elves
The eerie elevator
The hitchhiking ghost
Haunted country bookshop
The Runnymede ghost
Ghosts in the attic
Spirits of the poorhouse wretched
The rocking chair ghost
Haunted history books
Inuit carving display mystery
Go toward the light!
The shadowy figure
Spectres in the stacks
The miraculous survival of the Parliamentary Library
Goosebumps at Smithbooks
United States of America. Kerouac's favourite haunt
The tragic story of young Molly
The portal
The haunted poetry book
Death and resurrection of The Book House
Some browse forever
The grieving ghost of Greene's
Reading in the dark
Nat the national treasure
The ghost of Harriet Haskell
Spellbinding stories
The many lives of Carnegie Library
Smile, you're on ghost camera!
All ghosts want some peace of mind
A ghost called Lola
the ghost of Doctor Harris
When I die, I'll leave you my books and my ghost
The curse of Old Lady Gray
When a ghost calls your name
Not so sweet when you build on a grave
The dedicated ghost of Ida Day
A rowdy, hidden presence
Millicent the muse
Things that go ding in the night
Have ghosts, will travel
The ghost with a library card
International. Ghosts of the Royal Library
The White Lady of the haunted bookshop
Lord Combermere's chair
Macabre secrets of the Municipal Palace
Sternberg's ghost
The book-loving ghost of Felbrigg Hall
The blue man
Open to all
A treasure of infinite haunts
The hidden note in Marsh's Library
Old Jacobus of Rammerscales
Ghost in a dark green jacket
The mysterious book of antiquities and curiosities
The nun in blue
The restless librarian
When a book gets under your skin
Afterword
Further reading and additional resources for the bookish at heart
Notes.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Issued also in electronic format.
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