Built in 1889 and now home to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Spencer Mansion is a magnificent building with a rich and layered history. With detailed research, historian and author Robert Ratcliffe Taylor describes the original appearance of the house, designed by William Ridgway Wilson for Alexander Green and his family, as well as its inhabitants over the decades. Also known as Gyppeswyk, after the village in England where Green wed Theophila Rainer, the house is more commonly referred to as the Spencer Mansion, after later owners David and Emma Spencer. The book also chronicles the brief period when the residence served as BC's Government House and concludes with the story of how the house came to function as an art gallery. A unique book, The Spencer Mansionshowcases a true gem of Victoria's architecture and history.

The city seen from a unique point of view: those who want to break in and loot its treasures

When Mark Spencer and his family moved into the beautiful old Allen House in Monticello, Arkansas, they were aware of its notorious reputation for being haunted. According to local lore, the troubled spirit of society belle Ladell Allen, who had mysteriously committed suicide in the master bedroom in 1948, still roamed the grand historic mansion. Yet, Mark remained skeptical—until he and his family began encountering faceless phantoms, a doppelganger spirit, and other paranormal phenomena. Ensuing ghost investigations offered convincing evidence that six spirits, including Ladell, inhabited their home. But the most shocking event occurred the day Mark followed a strange urge to explore the attic and found, crammed under a floorboard, secret love letters that touchingly depict Ladell Allen's forbidden, heart-searing romance—and shed light on her tragic end. This haunting true ghost story includes several photographs of the Allen House.

A remote mountain community is suddenly beseiged by a rash of grisly murders encroaching upon it from the surrounding forest. Bizarre reports start to spread, describing attacks from viscious creatures, some human...some not. At the centre of these deaths is a dark, secluded mansion belonging to the mysterious Umbrella Corporation. For years Umbrella has laboured within the mansion, unwatched, ostensibly conducting benign genetic research. Deployed to investigate the strange goings on is the Special Tactics and Rescue Squad (S.T.A.R.S), a paramilitary response unit boasting an unusual array of mission specialists. They believe they are ready for anything but nothing prepares them for the terror which awaits them when they penetrate the mansions long-locked doors. Behind the horror of nightmare creatures, results of forbidden experiments gone disasterously wrong, lies a conspiracy so vast in its scope and so insidious in its agenda that the S.T.A.R.S will be betrayed from within to ensure that the world never learns Umbrella's secret. And if any survive...they may well come to envy those who do not.

Combat medic and biochemist Rebecca Chambers, the sole survivor of Bravo Team, joins a new S.T.A.R.S. strike force when rumor comes of another Umbrella experiment: hidden beneath the rocky cliffs of Caliban Cove, Maine, someone is building an army of the undead. Now the S.T.A.R.S. must battle more unspeakable horrors and stop a madman from unleashing the biohazard upon the world.

RESIDENT EVIL 5 Stairway of the Sun In 2006, the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance receives intel on the whereabouts of Umbrella's founder, Oswell Spencer. Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield are ordered by the BSAA's European Headquarters to apprehend him, they accept the mission in hope of uncovering some info that might lead them to Albert Wesker . Raiding on the Spencer Estate, they are surprised to find Albert Wesker in Spencer Mansion. The result of the fight against Wesker is that both Wesker and Jill fall out the balcony. Chris assumed that both Wesker and Jill died that night. 'Resident Evil 5' event starts in 2009, six years after the destruction of Umbrella and 11 years after the destruction of Raccoon City . Chris Redfield is sent to investigate possible Bio Organic Weapon smuggling in Africa . Upon arriving in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone, Chris meets his partner, Sheva Alomar of the BSAA West African branch. Together, they attempt to rendezvous with the BSAA's "Alpha Team", who were attempting to intercept a B.O.W smuggler named Ricardo Irving . By the time Chris arrives in the city, most of the townspeople have already been infected with Type 2 Plagas, although they initially refrain from attacking Chris and Sheva (since they have not yet been ordered to), instead either ignoring them or giving them hostile glares. However, the situation quickly escalates as their local contact is publicly executed and the crowd's agitator discovers their presence, resulting in an open confrontation between the two agents and crowds of Plaga infected Majini ... RESIDENT EVIL 5 Stairway of the Sun Table of Contents Chapter 1. Spencer Mansion Chapter 2. Welcome to Africa Chapter 3. Desert of Death Chapter 4. Sacrificial Ground Chapter 5. Death Swamp Chapter 6. The Ancient City Chapter 7. Face the Devil Chapter 8. Reunion Chapter 9. God of the New World Chapter 10. A Future without Fear