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Author : Christian Courvoisier
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781326536718
Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 911 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216160823
This revised edition of the original reference standard for urban legends provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized online. From roasted babies to vanishing hitchhikers to housewives in football helmets, this exhaustive and highly readable encyclopedia provides descriptions of hundreds of individual legends and their variations, examines legend themes, and explains scholarly approaches to the genre. Revised and expanded to include updated versions of the entries from the award-winning first edition, this work provides additional entries on a wide range of new topics that include terrorism, recent political events, and Hurricane Katrina. Entries in Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, Updated and Expanded Edition discuss the presence of urban legends in comic books, literature, film, music, and many other areas of popular culture, as well as the existence of "too good to be true" stories in Argentina, China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and several other countries. Serving as both an anthology of stories as well as a reference work, this encyclopedia will serve as a valuable resource for students and a source book for journalists, professional folklorists, and others who are researching or interested in urban legends.
Author : Marcus Mennes
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Garden ornaments and furniture
ISBN : 1594740100
Author : Ngaire E. Genge
Publisher : Crown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307560933
Urban Legends is a remarkably complete collection of the modern myths that make the rounds in offices, college dorms, and every other place where people tell the stories that spring from our deepest fears and fascinations. Every culture has its folktales including ours. Except, instead of involving gods and goddesses or princes and princesses, ours involve "some guy my sister's best friend knows" or "someone who woke up in a motel room." They happened, supposedly, to real people, usually recently, in a particular place. And they touch the most sensitive nerves of our psyches with ironic twists, gross-out shocks, and moral lessons learned the hard way. From the classic tale "The Mexican Pet" in which the "dog" turns out to be no Chihuahua to the more unappetizing story of condoms as fast-food burger garnish, from surgically skilled kidney thieves to sexual experiments that end in the emergency room, Urban Legends relates more 300 of the most enticing, macabre, and unforgettable tales. Expertly told, they are arranged in such chapters as "Crazy Little Thang Called Sex," "Oh, Scare Me," "Campus Capers," "Corporate Convolutions," and "So Much For Comfort Food." Fascinating, chilling, and occasionally repulsive, Urban Legends has all your favorites and hundreds more.
Author : Gray, Thomas Mitchell
Publisher : Trafford
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1412059771
"It is a little known fact that garden Gnomes are actually living Gnomes." Leroy and Maude are two of these wonderful, lovely creatures. Here are some of their adventures.
Author : Thomas J. Craughwell
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781603762632
A fascinating, creepy, frightening, disgusting, and hilarious collection of some of the world's most popular and enduring tall tales. With themes that run the gamut from funny to sick, risqué to informative, and frightening to disgusting, Urban Legends features fantastic yarns that are remarkable for their uncanny ability to travel the world by word of mouth. We've all heard the one about the alligators that roam New York City's sewers, or how "Mikey" of Life Cereal fame died from eating Pop Rocks mixed with Coke. And what about the flustered parents who left their baby on the car roof, or the scuba diver who was found in the middle of a forest after a fire? These classic tall tales are featured here in all of their creepy glory along with hundreds of others, and they're guaranteed to amuse, enlighten, and intrigue, but be careful: they may stick in your mind forever.
Author : Gail de Vos
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216164203
This fascinating book uncovers the history behind urban legends and explains how the contemporary iterations of familiar fictional tales provide a window into the modern concerns—and digital advancements—of our society. What do ghost hunting, legend tripping, and legendary monsters have in common with email hoaxes, chain letters, and horror movies? In this follow-up to Libraries Unlimited's Tales, Rumors, and Gossip: Exploring Contemporary Folk Literature in Grades 7–12, author Gail de Vos revisits popular urban legends, and examines the impact of media—online, social, and broadcast—on their current iterations. What Happens Next? Contemporary Urban Legends and Popular Culture traces the evolution of contemporary legends from the tradition of oral storytelling to the sharing of stories on the Internet and TV. The author examines if the popularity of contemporary legends in the media has changed the form, role, and integrity of familiar legends. In addition to revisiting some of the legends highlighted in her first book, de Vos shares new tales in circulation which she sees as a direct result of technological advancements.
Author : Vivienne Lee Fraser
Publisher : Vivienne Lee Fraser
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780645515732
Have you ever caught yourself wondering if perhaps things around you are not quite what they seem? Practical and pragmatic Pris has never even considered the possibility. That is until someone breaks into her home claiming her parents have been abducted and taken to a magical world. Snake has always known he is a gnome, and that there are all manner of magical creatures living, not only in his home town of London, but in the wider world as well. Now he must convince a very human girl she is actually an elf, and that she must join with him and enter the World Below to save both their parents. Entering The World Below isn't simple as it seems—scattered around England are the magical creatures and riddles that will grant them passage. They only have days to reach them all, and someone is working against them to ensure they never make to the magical realm. Unsure who to trust, can Pris embrace her magical heritage before she loses her parents forever? Snake faces his own dark secrets as he fights his growing attraction for Pris, knowing they can never be together. When everything seems against them, will Pris and Snake make it to The World Below in Time?
Author : Gillian Bennett,Paul Smith
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106018883352
Presents the basic stories behind urban myths and legends from around the world, along with examples of each, and groups them by theme, which includes city life, horror, accidents, disease, animals, sex, merchandise, murder, and the supernatural.
Author : Jaclyn Aurore
Publisher : Morning Rain Publishing
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781928133278
“Being known for my originality and marching to the beat of my own drum, I, Britney Fairweather, vow to take a different course of action.” With her trusty sidekick, Mustard the Labradoodle, each day is a new adventure for Britney Fairweather, a feisty teenager whose imagination often overtakes her good sense. In this collection of short stories and mini flash fiction, Britney explores The Enchanted Forest, a magical place filled with fantastical creatures who often lead her on merry escapades. Join Britney as she encounters fairies, mystical clouds, good witches, water sprites, house elves, talking birds and more. Each story, as told through the eyes of Britney, leads the reader into her fairy tale realm – making them question their own reality and opening up a world of creativity and possibilities.
Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1994-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393346725
America's premier folk detective is back on the case, sniffing out those zany but dubious stories that "really happened" to a friend of your sister's boyfriend's accountant's mechanic. Jan Harold Brunvand—''Mr. Urban Legend" [Smithsonian]—tracks the most fabulous tales making today's cocktail-party circuit and shows why those stories that sound too good to be true probably are too good to be true. The eponymous episode—"The Baby Train"—sheds light on certain predawn activities that have linked unusually high birth rates to the whim of train schedule makers. Other stories offer a revealing peek behind the story of "The Exploding Bra," expose the embarrassing source of "The Hairdresser's Error," resurrect a "Failed Suicide" Buster Keaton would have died for, and show why adults are better off not bringing their comic book fantasies out of the closet. From "Superhero Hijinx" to "The Shocking Videotape" to "The Accidental Cannibal," The Baby Train uncovers the mysteries behind some of the bawdiest, goriest, funniest, most pyrotechnic urban legends yet.
Author : Chuck Sambuchino
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781580084635
Move over zombies and adolescent vampires. There’s a new threat in town—and it’s only twelve inches tall. How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack is the only comprehensive survival guide that will help you prevent, prepare for, and ward off an imminent home invasion by the common garden gnome. Once thought of as harmless yard decorations, evidence is mounting that these smiling lawn statues are poised and ready to wreck havoc. The danger is real. And it’s here. Class 1 gnome-slayer and gnome defense expert Chuck Sambuchino has developed a proven system—Assess, Protect, Defend, Apply—for safeguarding property, possessions, and loved ones. Strategies include step-by-step instructions for gnome-proofing the average dwelling, recognizing and interpreting the signs of a gathering hoard, and—in the event that a secured perimeter is breached—confronting and combating the attackers at close range.
Author : Patrick Evans
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781776560240
Raymond Thomas Lawrence was one of the great literary colossi to bestride the twentieth century. Seven years after Lawrence's death, however, the four trustees of the literary trust set up to memorialize New Zealand's greatest writer are facing rising costs and dwindling visitor numbers at the Residence. While fending off a self-appointed biographer, they find themselves confronting the secrets of their own intimate relationships with The Master. 'But is bumping off biographers really the sort of thing literary trusts do?' Marjorie creaks. 'Don't we just handle copyright?' The Back of His Head is a hilarious and troubling satire on the making and manipulation of literary fame, by the author of the acclaimed novel Gifted.
Author : Thomas J. Craughwell
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000-09-15
Category : Humor
ISBN : IND:30000083633218
Absolutely true stories that happened to a friend...of a friend...of a friend.
