{"product_id":"a-curious-presence","title":"Curious Presence: An Exploration of Ghosts and the People Who Haunt Them","description":"\u003cp\u003eA spellbinding, inquisitive journey into the nature of the unseen for anyone as curious about the afterlife as they are about life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHauntings happen. But why? Are they caused by ghosts, or something else? What is a ghost, anyway? After centuries of ghost-hunting by experts and amateurs alike, are we any closer to knowing?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike many, Margo MacDonald once believed that all hauntings were the work of restless spirits, but after two decades spent engaging with firsthand accounts of paranormal encounters — and having a few of her own — she has more questions than answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMacDonald asks: Why are we haunted by tragedy but not by joy? If a ghost lives in a house but no one experiences it, does it make a haunting? And what does our desire to believe in ghosts say about us?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith insight and humor, A Curious Presence explores the theories that have shaped MacDonald’s understanding of hauntings and the paranormal. Told through conversations with skeptics, sensitives, parapsychologists, investigators, and haunted-house dwellers — interwoven with vivid accounts of real experiences and visits to famously haunted locations — MacDonald proposes an unsettling idea: Perhaps it isn’t the places that are haunted, but the people who move through them. Perhaps we have more in common with ghosts than we think. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Margo MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForeword:\u003c\/strong\u003e Amal El-Mohtar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296pp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.5 x 10.75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eOctober 6, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1770418226\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50747342455040,"sku":"9781770418226","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/3902\/files\/curiouspresence.jpg?v=1792765238","url":"https:\/\/atomicbooks.com\/products\/a-curious-presence","provider":"Atomic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}