Baby On The Car Roof And 222 More Urban Legends

Author : Thomas J. Craughwell
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baby on the Car Roof and 222 More Urban Legends written by Thomas J. Craughwell and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2000-09-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Absolutely true stories that happened to a friend...of a friend...of a friend.

Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393323580
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Urban Legends written by Jan Harold Brunvand and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Sara Pendergast
Publisher : UXL
ISBN 13 : 9780787656805
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-bottoms written by Sara Pendergast and published by UXL. This book was released on 2002 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hairstyles, slang terms, advertising jingles, pop music sensations, and all else described as popular culture is covered in this 5-vol. reference. Arranged chronologically by decade and by broad topics within each decade, Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms focuses solely on the popular culture of the century -- hairstyles, slang terms, television shows, pop music sensations, etc. -- offering more detailed information on trends and fads than any other resource. Written specifically for students in grades 5 through 12, major topics include: products and brands, toys and games, music and dance, holidays, shopping, sports, movements and much more. Also includes approximately 400 photos, a cumulative table of contents, timeline, subject and cumulative general index and trivia sidebars.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Midwestern Folklore written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1872 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 1872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mithra Mah Moezzi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology in a World of Folklore written by Mithra Mah Moezzi and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas J. Craughwell
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 1603762639
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Legends written by Thomas J. Craughwell and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2005-03-14 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Thomas J. Craughwell
Publisher : Broadway
ISBN 13 : 9780767921886
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Do Blue Bedsheets Bring Babies? written by Thomas J. Craughwell and published by Broadway. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies which sayings, superstitions, and assertions to follow and which to avoid to better protect our lives. Drawn upon the latest research from a range of fields to reveal the facts and fallacies behind old wives' tales.

Author : Diane Goldstein
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 0874216818
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunting Experiences written by Diane Goldstein and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2007-09-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts and other supernatural phenomena are widely represented throughout modern culture. They can be found in any number of entertainment, commercial, and other contexts, but popular media or commodified representations of ghosts can be quite different from the beliefs people hold about them, based on tradition or direct experience. Personal belief and cultural tradition on the one hand, and popular and commercial representation on the other, nevertheless continually feed each other. They frequently share space in how people think about the supernatural. In Haunting Experiences, three well-known folklorists seek to broaden the discussion of ghost lore by examining it from a variety of angles in various modern contexts. Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, and Jeannie Banks Thomas take ghosts seriously, as they draw on contemporary scholarship that emphasizes both the basis of belief in experience (rather than mere fantasy) and the usefulness of ghost stories. They look closely at the narrative role of such lore in matters such as socialization and gender. And they unravel the complex mix of mass media, commodification, and popular culture that today puts old spirits into new contexts.

Author : Wendy Northcutt
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101218967
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Darwin Awards II written by Wendy Northcutt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-12-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarious New York Times bestselling phenomenon and the perfect funny gift! The Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection brings together a fresh collection of the hapless, the heedless, and the just plain foolhardy among us. Salute the owner of an equipment training school who demonstrates the dangers of driving a forklift by failing to survive the filming of his own safety video. Gawk at the couple who go to sleep on a sloping roof. Witness the shepherd who leaves his rifle unsecured—only to be accidentally shot by one of his own flock. With over one hundred Darwin Award Winners, Honorable Mentions, and debunked Urban Legends, plus science and safety tips for avoiding the scythe of natural selection, The Darwin Awards II proves once again how uncommon common sense can be.