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Fiction

• The Man from Beyond
  Author: Brownstein, Gabriel
  Publisher: Norton $ 23.95 ISBN: 0393051528 Date: 2005
  Booklist
  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle arrives in New York on a spiritualist crusade, defending the powers of the mysterious medium Margery. His good friend Harry Houdini is a skeptic, and when Doyle claims Margery's powers are superior to Houdini's, the magician goes on the attack.
  Suggested Reading: Historical Fiction Stars | Elementary Stars | Magic & Magicians
  Updated 8.15.05
• Mesmerized
  Author: Camp, Candace
  Publisher: Mira $ 6.99 (paper) ISBN: 1551667290 Date: 2003
  Booklist
  Denying her clairvoyant abilities, Olivia Moreland works instead to expose fake mediums. But when Stephen, Lord St. Leger, requests her help, she can't ignore the connection she feels toward him.
  Suggested Reading: Romance Stars
  Updated 10.2.03
• After Life
  Author: Ellis, Rhian
  Publisher: Viking $ 23.95 ISBN: 0670892424 Date: 2000
  Kirkus
  Evocative, suspenseful, and beautifully written, this debut women's thriller is set in a town called Train Line, in western-most New York, home to a community of mediums and spiritualists. In this environment, Naomi Ash comes of age and begins to distinguish what might be her own true vision from fakery and fraud.
  Suggested Reading: Debuts
  Updated 5/1/00

Nonfiction

• The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox
  Author: Stuart, Nancy Rubin
  Publisher: Harcourt $ 25 ISBN: 0151010137 Date: 2005
  Booklist
  Creating a vibrant portrait of a Victorian-era woman at the heart of the tumults of her time, Stuart delivers the first authoritative biography of Margaret Fox, the world-famous medium and cofounder of the Spiritualism movement that swept America in the mid-1800s.
  Updated 3.3.05