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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Prabāda-saṃskāra-kusaṃskāra	Prabīra Ghosha	Thesaurus of Bengali proverbs and superstitions.	OL1046947W
Supernatural Scotland	Campbell, Harry A.	"An entertaining and lively introduction to Scotland's rich heritage of supernatural beings, places and powers. This richly illustrated title includes a map and gazateer of sites with supernatural co…	OL13716207W
Feats on the fiord or Rolf and Oddo among the pirates	Harriet Martineau	A tale of Norway including adventures on the fjords, the old gods, pirates, and, at the happy ending, a marriage.	OL1490997W
Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic	Raymond Buckland	Gypsy spells, tarot, palm reading, reading tea leaves and more.	OL14919505W
The angel of Galilea	Laura Restrepo	"Originally titled Dulce compañía (1995), novel set in Bogotá tells the first-person story of a woman journalist's involvement with the people of a poor barrio and the man they call an angel. Iron…	OL14989216W
Rider in the Night, A Tale of Sleepy Hollow (Time Spies #6)	Candice F. Ransom	The time travel missions continue for Mattie, her brother Alex, and sister Sophie when they meet the superstitious villagers in Washington Irving's classic story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and mu…	OL15049009W
Volleyball jinx	Bobbi Katz	When the sixth-grade girls' volleyball team falls into a slump, its members wonder if they have been jinxed.	OL15054932W
Knock on wood	Janet S. Wong	A collection of seventeen original poems about superstitions, including walking under a ladder, breaking a mirror, and knocking on wood. Includes notes about the superstitions.	OL15283793W
Superstition as ideology in Iranian politics	ʻAlī Rāhnamā	A superstitious reading of the world based on religion may be harmless at a private level, yet employed as a political tool it can have more sinister implications. As this fascinating book by Ali Rah…	OL15521549W
The Forbidden Sea (Forbidden Sea #1)	Sheila A. Nielson	A mermaid haunts Adrianne's dreams . . . is she coming to warn her, save her, or drag her down into the depths of the briny sea forever? When Adrianne comes face-to-face with the mermaid of Windwa…	OL15529875W
Idiot	Johnny Damon	The post-season leadoff hitter for the 2004 Boston Red Sox describes growing up and his life in baseball, and provides a personal account of the 2004 championship season.	OL15859517W
Lucky T	Kate Brian	Carrie Fitzgerald is the luckiest girl: She is the only sophomore on the varsity basketball team, she always had the lead in the school play, and she has the cutest boyfriend in school. Carrie Fitzge…	OL15861290W
The stranger from the sea	Lois Burleigh	Thomas lives alone by the sea until one night a storm delivers a mysterious stranger to his cottage. Who is this woman, why can't she speak, and what is her connection to the sea?	OL16032619W
Exposing Myths About Christianity	Jeffrey Burton Russell	Renowned historian, Jeffrey Burton Russell, famous for his studies of medieval history, turns to the serious questions that confront Christianity in contemporary culture. Russell examines a wide arra…	OL16444341W
Good Luck, Martha	Karen Barss	"Martha worries that her recent bouts of bad luck might be contagious! Uh-oh. Martha walked under a ladder--and then she broke a mirror--so now she thinks she's jinxed! Helen tries to explain that al…	OL16615679W
The Forbidden Sea (Forbidden Sea #1)	Sheila A. Nielson	A mermaid haunts Adrianne's dreams . . . is she coming to warn her, save her, or drag her down into the depths of the briny sea forever? When Adrianne comes face-to-face with the mermaid of Windwa…	OL17404954W
Fancy Nancy Just My Luck	Jane O'Connor	Lorsque Clara présente un trèfle à quatre feuilles en classe, Mademoiselle Nancy apprend à distinguer les objets qui portent chance de ceux qui portent malheur. Mais la liste des objets qui portent m…	OL17443844W
Star-crossed	Mimi McCoy	"It's almost the end of sixth grade, and Abby's first year at her new school is ending on a high note--she's a star on the track team, she gets good grades, and she has a great best friend, Chelsea, …	OL17744215W
Unwrapped Sky	Rjurik Davidson	A hundred years ago, the Minotaurs saved Caeli-Amur from conquest. Now, three very different people may hold the keys to the city's survival. Once, it is said, gods used magic to create reality, with…	OL17924776W
The Accident Season	Moïra Fowley-Doyle	Every October Cara and her family become mysteriously and dangerously accident-prone, but this year, the year Cara, her ex-stepbrother, and her best friend are 17, is when Cara will begin to unravel …	OL19332475W