Books with author Jeff Belanger

Welcome to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC - better known as the White House. From the outside, it looks innocent enough. But step through its front gate and you may be surprised by what you find! From ghostly sightings of Abigail Adams to strange doings in the Lincoln Bedroom, this audiobook, Who's Haunting the White House?, showcases the spooky side of history - including new information about hauntings during the Bush and Obama administrations! The audiobook also features an in-depth interview with the author about the ghosts of the White House.

Ghosts of War is where history and mystery meet.Phantom U.S. Civil War regiments still march through Harpers Ferry, West Virginia before vanishing into the evening sunset.The beaches of Normandy, France still echo with the cries of the men who gave their lives storming the beaches on D-Day.The disembodied clip-clop of horse's hooves and the clank of swords from the British Civil War battle of January 25, 1644 are still heard in Nantwich, Cheshire.Wherever battles were fought and people perished, ghost legends have followed.Ghosts can be found wherever tragedy left its mark. Where men?s and women?s lives ended so quickly that their spirits may not even realize that they're dead. Where soldiers, focused on duty, still patrol the front lines of long-finished wars.The world's battlefields are imprinted with the passions, fears, and horrors of the soldiers who took their enemies? lives and often sacrificed their own. Battlefields are still rife with spirit activity, centuries after the last cannon was fired and the last casualty lost.Ghosts of War is a history book told through the eyes of witnesses who have experienced the ghosts who still haunt these locations. Featuring nearly two dozen battlefields from around the world and throughout the centuries, each chapter includes first-hand accounts of the battle (where available), important facts and dates, historic and ghostly photos of the site, and first-hand ghost sightings and supernatural experiences that still occur.

What is it like to reach the top of the world's tallest mountain? To survive a shark attack? To fly with the US Air Force Thunderbirds? To find out, Jeff Belanger conducted interviews with twelve ordinary people who just happened to do extraordinary things-and then turned the interviews into adrenaline-packed, thrilling stories told in the first-person voices of the interviewees. Includes WHAT IT'S LIKE…To Be Attacked by a Shark * To Save People from a Burning Building *To Walk Across America * To Experience Combat * To Fly with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds * To Survive a Tornado *To Be Struck by Lightning * To Sail Through a Hurricane at Sea *To Blast Off into Space * To Walk to the North Pole *To Run Your First Marathon…and Run Fifty Marathons in Fifty States in Fifty Consecutive Days * To Lose Both of Your Legs to Frostbite…and Climb Mount Everest

Ghosts of War is where history and mystery meet.Phantom U.S. Civil War regiments still march through Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, before vanishing into the evening sunset.The beaches of Normandy, France still echo with the cries of the men who gave their lives storming the beaches on D-Day.The disembodied clip-clop of horse's hooves and the clank of swords from the British Civil War battle of January 25, 1644, are still heard in Nantwich, Cheshire.Wherever battles were fought and people perished, ghost legends have followed.Ghosts can be found wherever tragedy left its mark. Where men'?s and women'?s lives ended so quickly that their spirits may not even realize that they're dead. Where soldiers, focused on duty, still patrol the front lines of long-finished wars.The world's battlefields are imprinted with the passions, fears, and horrors of the soldiers who took their enemies? lives and often sacrificed their own. Battlefields are still rife with spirit activity, centuries after the last cannon was fired and the last casualty lost.Ghosts of War is a history book told through the eyes of witnesses who have experienced the ghosts who still haunt these locations. Featuring nearly two dozen battlefields from around the world and throughout the centuries, each chapter includes first-hand accounts of the battle (where available), important facts and dates, historic and ghostly photos of the site, and first-hand ghost sightings and supernatural experiences that still occur.

What is it like to reach the top of the world's tallest mountain? To survive a shark attack? To fly with the US Air Force Thunderbirds? To find out, Jeff Belanger conducted interviews with twelve ordinary people who just happened to do extraordinary things-and then turned the interviews into adrenaline-packed, thrilling stories told in the first-person voices of the interviewees. Includes WHAT IT'S LIKE…To Be Attacked by a Shark * To Save People from a Burning Building *To Walk Across America * To Experience Combat * To Fly with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds * To Survive a Tornado *To Be Struck by Lightning * To Sail Through a Hurricane at Sea *To Blast Off into Space * To Walk to the North Pole *To Run Your First Marathon…and Run Fifty Marathons in Fifty States in Fifty Consecutive Days * To Lose Both of Your Legs to Frostbite…and Climb Mount Everest

Packed full with first-hand battle accounts, Ghosts of War will leave readers on the edge of their seats as they encounter the ghostly evidence, historical records, and facts about battles and colorful military figures (such as Mad Anthony Wayne and the Revolutionary War) and the phantoms who have been seen where heroes' lives have been lost. The battle stories and the ghost tales attached to the sieges described in this book will provide students with an engrossing melding of exciting military history and unforgettable mystery.

The World's Most Haunted Place, Revised Edition, explores the history, folklore, and ghostly legends behind some of the world's most fascinating points of interest. Now in its second edition, Belanger revisits some of the most famous haunts with new first - hand accounts, chapters, and locations.Ghostly legends abound wherever history has made its mark. Battlefields, prisons, asylums, national monuments - all of them have stories to tell. Their ghosts still lurk, demanding that we remember the past. They're real. They're out there. And Jeff Belanger has found them: - President Lincoln has been walking the halls of the White House in Washington, D.C., for more than a century. - The Queen Mary may just be the most storied and haunted ship on the planet. - The catacombs of Paris contain the skeletal remains of six million bodies - and many of their ghosts. - And the Tower of London is haunted by noblemen and commoners - some still searching for the heads they lost more than 500 years ago.Take a world tour of history, the supernatural, and the macabre. You will explore libraries, museums, restaurants, inns, and landmarks from North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. But be careful: The World's Most Haunted Places may make you a believer!