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Urban Legends

Thomas J. Craughwell
Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Thomas J. Craughwell
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781603762632

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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.

Creepy Urban Legends

Tim O'Shei
Creepy Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Tim O'Shei
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 9781429645720

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"Describes scary urban legends, including The Vanishing Hitchhiker and The Babysitter on the Phone"--Provided by publisher.

Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends

Jan Harold Brunvand
Too Good to Be True The Colossal Book of Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780393104165

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Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand Pdf

"If you enjoy these too-good-to-be-true tales, Brunvand's new book will give you hours of pleasure."—Chicago Tribune A fabulously entertaining book from the ultimate authority on those almost believable tales that always happen to a "friend of a friend." Alligators in the sewers? A pet in the microwave? A tragic misunderstanding of the function of cruise control? No, it didn't really happen to your friend's sister's neighbor: it's an urban legend. And no matter how savvy you think you are, you are sure to find in this collection of over 200 tales at least one story you would have sworn was true. Jan Harold Brunvand has been collecting and studying this modern folklore for over twenty years. In Too Good to Be True he captures the best stories in their best retellings, along with their latest variations and examples of how the stories have changed as they move from person to person and place to place. To help you find your favorite, Brunvand has arranged the tales thematically. "Bringing Up Baby" is full of episodes of child-rearing gone wrong, including the grisly tale of the drugged out baby-sitter who mistakes the kid for a turkey. "Funny Business" showcases stories of infamous lapses in customer service, such as the story of the shockingly expensive chocolate chip cookie recipe. And "The Criminal Mind" features both brilliant --if they were real --scams, as well as the purported antics of the less mentally gifted. Whether you want to become an expert debunker or just have plenty of laughs, this book will surprise and entertain you. Illustrated throughout. "Informative and entertaining.... Brunvand has collected more than 200 of the most-repeated and best-known examples of modern folk-myth."—Tampa Tribune "[N]ot only an entertaining anthology, but an excellent introduction to the study of folklore itself."—Publishers Weekly "A fun read... . All the classics are here from the killer upstairs to the Kentucky Fried Rat."—New City "Resonant stories that express our hidden anxieties ... make us laugh, [or] arouse our fascinated horror."—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "Informative and entertaining... . Brunvand has collected more than 200 of the most-repeated and best-known examples of modern folk-myth."—Tampa Tribune "[N]ot only an entertaining anthology, but an excellent introduction to the study of folklore itself."—Publishers Weekly

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The Book of Scary Urban Legends

Jan Harold Brunvand
Be Afraid Be Very Afraid The Book of Scary Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780393350401

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Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The Book of Scary Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand Pdf

An anthology of the most chilling urban legends of all time collected by the maestro himself. Urban legends are those strange, but seemingly credible tales that always happen to a friend of a friend. For the first time, Professor Jan Harold Brunvand, "who has achieved almost legendary status" (Choice), has collected the creepiest, most terrifying urban legends, many that have spooked you since your childhood and others that you believe really did occur—even if it was one town over to some poor hapless coed who left a party early only to be followed by a man who just got loose from a mental hospital. From the classic hook-man story told around many a campfire to "Saved by a Cell Phone," these spine-tingling urban legends will give you goose bumps, even when you know they can't be true. Still, you'll continue to check the backseat of your car at gas stations and look under your bed at night before praying for sleep.

Spine-Tingling Urban Legends

Karen Kenney
Spine Tingling Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Karen Kenney
Publisher : LernerClassroom
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512456073

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Spine-Tingling Urban Legends by Karen Kenney Pdf

Recounts several popular urban legends, from Bigfoot to Bloody Mary.

Urban Legends

Ngaire E. Genge
Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Ngaire E. Genge
Publisher : Crown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307560933

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Urban Legends by Ngaire E. Genge Pdf

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.

Statistical and Methodological Myths and Urban Legends

Charles E. Lance,Charles E Lance,Robert J Vandenberg
Statistical and Methodological Myths and Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Charles E. Lance,Charles E Lance,Robert J Vandenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135269654

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Statistical and Methodological Myths and Urban Legends by Charles E. Lance,Charles E Lance,Robert J Vandenberg Pdf

This book provides an up-to-date review of commonly undertaken methodological and statistical practices that are sustained, in part, upon sound rationale and justification and, in part, upon unfounded lore. Some examples of these "methodological urban legends", as we refer to them in this book, are characterized by manuscript critiques such as: (a) "your self-report measures suffer from common method bias"; (b) "your item-to-subject ratios are too low"; (c) "you can’t generalize these findings to the real world"; or (d) "your effect sizes are too low". Historically, there is a kernel of truth to most of these legends, but in many cases that truth has been long forgotten, ignored or embellished beyond recognition. This book examines several such legends. Each chapter is organized to address: (a) what the legend is that "we (almost) all know to be true"; (b) what the "kernel of truth" is to each legend; (c) what the myths are that have developed around this kernel of truth; and (d) what the state of the practice should be. This book meets an important need for the accumulation and integration of these methodological and statistical practices.

Encyclopedia of Urban Legends

Jan Harold Brunvand
Encyclopedia of Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0393323587

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Encyclopedia of Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand Pdf

Presents descriptions of hundreds of urban legends and their variations, themes, and scholarly approaches to the genre, including such tales as disappearing hitchhikers and hypodermic needles left in the coin slots of pay telephones.

Creepy Urban Legends

Blake Hoena
Creepy Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Blake Hoena
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781543541922

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Modern ghost stories are created from truly creepy myths and rumors. Read this book to discover some urban legends that will make your skin crawl.

Urban Legends of the New Testament

David A. Croteau
Urban Legends of the New Testament Book PDF

Author : David A. Croteau
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433680113

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Urban Legends of the New Testament by David A. Croteau Pdf

Urban Legends of the New Testament surveys forty of the most commonly misinterpreted passages in the New Testament. These “urban legends” often arise because interpreters neglect a passage’s context, misuse historical background information, or misunderstand the Greek language. For each New Testament text, professor David Croteau describes the popular, incorrect interpretation and then carefully interprets the passage within its literary and historical context. Careful attention is given to sound principles of biblical interpretation to guide readers through the process and reach a more accurate understanding of each text’s meaning. With examples from the Gospels, Acts, the Epistles, and Revelation, Urban Legends of the New Testament will not only help readers avoid missteps in these forty texts but also provide a model for engaging in correct interpretation of other New Testament passages.

Urban Legends

Peter L'Official
Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Peter L'Official
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780674238077

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Urban Legends by Peter L'Official Pdf

A cultural history of the South Bronx that reaches beyond familiar narratives of urban ruin and renaissance, beyond the “inner city” symbol, to reveal the place and people obscured by its myths. For decades, the South Bronx was America’s “inner city.” Synonymous with civic neglect, crime, and metropolitan decay, the Bronx became the preeminent symbol used to proclaim the failings of urban places and the communities of color who lived in them. Images of its ruins—none more infamous than the one broadcast live during the 1977 World Series: a building burning near Yankee Stadium—proclaimed the failures of urbanism. Yet this same South Bronx produced hip hop, arguably the most powerful artistic and cultural innovation of the past fifty years. Two narratives—urban crisis and cultural renaissance—have dominated understandings of the Bronx and other urban environments. Today, as gentrification transforms American cities economically and demographically, the twin narratives structure our thinking about urban life. A Bronx native, Peter L’Official draws on literature and the visual arts to recapture the history, people, and place beyond its myths and legends. Both fact and symbol, the Bronx was not a decades-long funeral pyre, nor was hip hop its lone cultural contribution. L’Official juxtaposes the artist Gordon Matta-Clark’s carvings of abandoned buildings with the city’s trompe l’oeil decals program; examines the centrality of the Bronx’s infamous Charlotte Street to two Hollywood films; offers original readings of novels by Don DeLillo and Tom Wolfe; and charts the emergence of a “global Bronx” as graffiti was brought into galleries and exhibited internationally, promoting a symbolic Bronx abroad. Urban Legends presents a new cultural history of what it meant to live, work, and create in the Bronx.

Urban Legends

Carrie E. Benes
Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Carrie E. Benes
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271037660

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Between 1250 and 1350, numerous Italian city-states jockeyed for position in a cutthroat political climate. Seeking to legitimate and ennoble their autonomy, they turned to ancient Rome for concrete and symbolic sources of identity. Each city-state appropriated classical symbols, ancient materials, and Roman myths to legitimate its regime as a logical successor to&—or continuation of&—Roman rule. In Urban Legends, Carrie Bene&š illuminates this role of the classical past in the construction of late medieval Italian urban identity.

The Big Book of Urban Legends

Robert Loren Fleming,Jan Harold Brunvand,Robert F. Boyd (Jr.)
The Big Book of Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Robert Loren Fleming,Jan Harold Brunvand,Robert F. Boyd (Jr.)
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 1563891654

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The Big Book of Urban Legends by Robert Loren Fleming,Jan Harold Brunvand,Robert F. Boyd (Jr.) Pdf

A collection of 200 outrageous urban legend stories illustrated by the world's top comic artists.

Word Myths

David Wilton
Word Myths Book PDF

Author : David Wilton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199740833

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Word Myths by David Wilton Pdf

Do you "know" that posh comes from an acronym meaning "port out, starboard home"? That "the whole nine yards" comes from (pick one) the length of a WWII gunner's belt; the amount of fabric needed to make a kilt; a sarcastic football expression? That Chicago is called "The Windy City" because of the bloviating habits of its politicians, and not the breeze off the lake? If so, you need this book. David Wilton debunks the most persistently wrong word histories, and gives, to the best of our actual knowledge, the real stories behind these perennially mis-etymologized words. In addition, he explains why these wrong stories are created, disseminated, and persist, even after being corrected time and time again. What makes us cling to these stories, when the truth behind these words and phrases is available, for the most part, at any library or on the Internet? Arranged by chapters, this book avoids a dry A-Z format. Chapters separate misetymologies by kind, including The Perils of Political Correctness (picnics have nothing to do with lynchings), Posh, Phat Pommies (the problems of bacronyming--the desire to make every word into an acronym), and CANOE (which stands for the Conspiracy to Attribute Nautical Origins to Everything). Word Myths corrects long-held and far-flung examples of wrong etymologies, without taking the fun out of etymology itself. It's the best of both worlds: not only do you learn the many wrong stories behind these words, you also learn why and how they are created--and what the real story is.

The Complete And Totally True Book Of Urban Legends

Ann Fiery
The Complete And Totally True Book Of Urban Legends Book PDF

Author : Ann Fiery
Publisher : Running Press Book Publishers
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2001-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000081071031

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The Complete And Totally True Book Of Urban Legends by Ann Fiery Pdf

A compilation of urban legends includes "Rat food," "Bronze goddess," and "Walk the dog."