It wouldn't be spooky season without ghosts. The otherworldly white apparitions are a standby of Halloween celebrations. But they weren't always the stereotypical evil spirits we see in books and ...

The Ghost: A Cultural History by Susan Owens explores the evolution of the ghost in British art and literature, from Hamlet's father to Marley's ghost. Cover of The Ghost: A Cultural History (courtesy ...

This book materialized unannounced on my desk, and I was underwhelmed by the cover: a gauzy image of a see-through young girl, staring wistfully at a blue tricycle in an empty room (a high-school ...