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The Dead of Winter
By Sarah Clegg
A rollicking look at things that go bump in the Yuletide night.
Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today
By Tom Harper, Nick Dykes, and Magdalena Peszko
A fascinating assemblage of sites (intentionally) obscured.
Four Points of the Compass
By Jerry Brotton
Did you ever wonder why north is up and south is down?
Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting, and Why We Keep Looking
By Alice Vernon
A sympathetic look at our endless search for the dearly departed.
American Scary
By Jeremy Dauber
Show me what freaks you out, and I’ll show you who you are.
An extensive account of an otherworldly ocean.
The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America
By David Baron
When the stargazing masses turned their attention to little green men.
This lively gambol is way more fun than Archaeology 101.