books about: mansion

books about: mansion

books:

Mansion

The Ghost and The Haunted Mansion: A Haunted Bookshop Mystery
Alice Kimberly

Berkley, 2009

When the local mailman inherits a haunted mansion and demands an exorcism, bookshop owner Pen must act fast to save her favorite ghost? 1940s detective Jack Shepard?before it?s too late.

Lady on the Hill: How Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon

Howard E., Jr. Covington, The Biltmore Company

Wiley, 2006

Lady on the Hill
I've read and studied regarding the lives of the Vanderbilt families and the Biltmore inparticular. This is truly one of the BEST books I've read. We've all learned about the house and George Vanderbilt's ideas and thinking on building Biltmore. This book describes the ...

Many Mansions: The Edgar Cayce Story on Reincarnation (Signet)

Gina Cerminara

Signet, 1988

Helps you deal with life better
A fabulous book, extremely well written. This is one of the few books that has impacted my way of thinking. After reading this I find it easier to accept a lot of depressing things I see in this world.

Playground: A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion

Jennifer Saginor

Harper Paperbacks, 2006

Playground a childhood lost in side the Playboy Mansion
One of the books I could not put down. Took me back to spending time at the Mansion...........but I had a whole different view.

Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion (Nancy Drew, Book 18)

Carolyn Keene

Grosset & Dunlap, 1941

The Moss Covered Mansion
The Nancy Drew Collection is incredible! As a collector, I enjoy each of the stories. I love the older originals in particular. They contain more substance and much better writing. I feel the newer ones read like comic books. The older ones challenge us at times ...

Night Stalks the Mansion: A True Story of One Family's Ghostly Adventure

Constance Westbie, Harold Cameron

Stackpole Books, 2005

Loved the book, now making it into a movie
We loved the book so much that we bought the rights to make it into a movie. East Coast Productions, LLC has signed a production deal with iLine Entertainment and the movie is scheduled to be released the fall of 2009. To learn more about the movie go to the movie ...

Bunny Tales

Izabella St. James

Running Press, 2006

Exciting look behind the doors of playboy mansion
This is a review from Germany. I like the show "the girls next door" and read the book Bunny Tales in one day. It's exciting to read the views of a bunny, who left the mansion. I always thought, there must be mobbing between the girlfriends and in the book is a lot of ...

The Graymoor Mansion B&B
Mark A. Roeder

iUniverse, Inc., 2008

Is turning a haunted mansion into a Bed & Breakfast such a good idea? Sean and his family think so, except for Avery, who believes guests will be scared away by disembodied voices, candles that light themselves, and the ghostly reenactment of the notorious Graymoor Ax Murders. When the gay boys of Verona went their separate ways, Verona was ...

The Secret of the Mansion (Trixie Belden #1)

Julie Campbell

Random House Books for Young Readers, 2003

The Secret of the Mansion
This was my first time reading a Trixie Belden book and I enjoyed it immensely! In this book, Trixie meets a new friend, Honey, who moves in next door. While exploring an old mansion with Honey, they discover a runaway boy. He has runaway from his stepfather, who ...

Asterix The Mansions of the Gods (Asterix)

Rene Goscinny

Orion, 2005

Urban renewal hits ancient Gaul
Originally done as a comic in a french childrens' magazine, the Adventures of Asterix the Gaul have grown beyond that small framework and can be enjoyed by peoples around the world. the idea is that in the world of 55BC all Gual has been conquored by the Romans, except ...

The Vanderbilts

Jerry E. Patterson

Harry N. Abrams, 1989

Splendour Aplenty!
This book serves a myriad of purposes. If you are interested in turn of the century architecture, this book is for you. If you are interested in the social mores of the day, this book is for you. If you are interested in the Vanderbilt familiy in particular, and ...

The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies

Jason Surrell

Disney Editions, 2003

A SPIRITED TRIBUTE TO A DISNEY CLASSIC
This book is a must read for ALL ages and ANYONE interested in Disney theme park attractions around the globe. Any Disney fan knows that the Imagineers are very particular about what is revealed to the general public in terms of how they make their Disney 'magic' and ...

The Mansion on the Hill: Dylan, Young, Geffen, Springsteen, and the Head-on Collision of Rock and Commerce

Fred Goodman

Vintage, 1998

My Mansion is Bigger Than Your Mansion
If you have ever winced at the rapid co-opting of 60's and early 70's rock music by big business and/or mercenary musicians, if you have ever gritted your teeth at paying $15+ for a CD and then wondered who gets your money, if you ever hoped that there was once ...

Phantoms of the Hudson Valley: The Glorious Estates of a Lost Era

Monica Randall

Overlook Hardcover, 1996

Utterly fascinating!
I read this book avidly, absorbed by the haunting photos and descriptions of manor houses: some that are still existing and others that were doomed for destruction imminently. The chapter about Wilderstein particularly captured me. I later visited this mansion, where ...

Lucifer Vol. 6: Mansions of the Silence

Mike Carey

Vertigo, 2004

Facets of revenge
This is the first part of the story that Carey probably had not yet completely planned when he started the Lucifer epic (The Basano's prophecy has run its course.) One major theme in 'Naglfar' is revenge: Lucifer took revenge on Izanami for what she tried in 'The ...