{"product_id":"9781619400603","title":"The Alleged Counterparts of the Banshee: Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eVarla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Bizarre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeyond Bizarre\u003c\/i\u003e, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the most feared creature in Irish fairy lore, the Banshee is the ghostly, female apparition whose shriek portents the demise of a loved one. Elliot O'Donnell explores the terrifying Banshee-equivalents of cultures around the world-- from the Highland Castles of Scotland to the seaside villages of Italy-- and his tales of these creatures make the Irish Banshee look like nothing more than a cherubic Christmas-caroler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Wheel\/Weiser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181965820144,"sku":"9781619400603","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619400603_p0.jpg?v=1763853379","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619400603","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}