The New York times guide to student adventures and studies abroad, 1974 Book

In the 70s, ghosts still existed and many of the stories of the supernatural presented here seemed, at the least, plausible. We had a copy of this on the bookshelf when I was a kid and I read it cover to cover and back again a few times. Of course, most of the stories have dated in a somewhat delightful manner -- especially the section dealing with predictions of the future, which has repeatedly failed to deliver me the comfortable life in an underwater city it promised -- but I'm not giving it five stars just for nostalgic purposes. The historical adventure stories were snappy and would still fire up kids' imaginations today, and even as a fully-grown rationalist the story of the Faces of Belmez still gives me the willies. Keep an eye out in your local thrift stores.