{"product_id":"a-field-guide-to-common-g-v-loewen-9781038344205","title":"A Field Guide to Common Ghosts","description":"What if the ghosts said to walk among us aren't just the stuff of old tales, but part of our shared human story?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over fifteen years, social philosopher G.V. Loewen has traveled through rural landscapes, sat with elders, and collected hundreds of firsthand accounts of encounters with the otherworldly. Drawing on a decade of fieldwork and narrative research into human anxieties, mortality, and the afterlife-as well as chance encounters with both the earthly and the potentially unearthly-Loewen blends personal experience, empirical observation, and philosophical insight to take readers on a journey through the unseen corners of our world and the curious beings said to inhabit them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this unique compendium, you'll explore the most common categories of supposed spirits, their reported intentions toward the living, and what these tales reveal about our deepest fears and desires. Yet beyond curiosity, Loewen uses these accounts as a serious lens on human consciousness itself: why do stories of the spirit world persist across cultures? What can they teach us about life, death, and the meanings we make of both?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once accessible and intellectually rigorous, engaging and unsettling, A Field Guide to Common Ghosts is more than a simple catalogue of spectral phenomena. It invites readers to step boldly into the shared space of imagination and ask not only what might lie beyond the veil, but what it truly means to be alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e G. V. Loewen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1038344204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781038344205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e FriesenPress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"G. V. Loewen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47040075989247,"sku":"9781038344205","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_886755ab-a97e-4719-9a27-aaa957ace1b8.jpg?v=1752753486","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-field-guide-to-common-g-v-loewen-9781038344205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}