Michael Pye

A revelatory history of Antwerp-from its rise to a world city to its fall in the Spanish Fury-by the New York Times Notable author of The Edge of the World. As Europe emerged from decades of religious warfare, the Age of Exploration began to flower in the middle of the 16th century. It was then that Antwerp grew from a modest port town into a city where the trade of the whole world would converge. As the city entered its "Golden Age," Antwerp became...

Au seizième siècle, le cœur battant du monde connu était un port sur la mer du Nord : Anvers. Éblouissante et bouillonnante, telles Paris au dix-neuvième ou New York au vingtième siècle, son opulence semblait sans précédent. S'y croisaient marins et aventuriers venus de tous horizons, négociants richissimes, banquiers avides, artistes géniaux et criminels de toute espèce. Un monde de secrets et d'intrigues, de tolérance et de violence,...

What are ghosts, spirits, and other apparitions? Why do they visit, and what do they want from us? Are OBEs, NDEs, and PDEs real? Exposed, Uncovered, and Declassified: Ghosts, Spirits, & Hauntings tackles these questions and more, as some of the world's best-known paranormal experts come together in a tour de force of investigative journalism. Ghosts have been an integral part of the folklore of almost every culture; indeed, extant references to them...