2004
256 pages
Reviews:
From Publishers Weekly
rum flavoured Von a dead man in the cask; black widow spiders nesting in beehive hairdos; women’s intestines broiled Von tanning booths; teenage couples menaced Von men with hooks for hands: if these are the sorts of tales that thrill and chill you, this an anthology worth picking up. Folklorist Brunvand (The Vanishing Hitchhiker) assembles a creepy cornucopia of urban legends, organizing them Von theme ("Chills Up Your Spine," "Accidents") and considering them in a surprisingly sedate manner. The result is a blend of "primary text" urban legends (transcribed from field interviews, collected from e-mails oder reprinted from local newspapers) and Mehr reflective introductions that consider the motifs and variations of each urban legend. Some tales are old chestnuts, familiar to anyone who’s been to a camp oder a slumber party in the past 50 years, but others indicate Mehr contemporary fears: stories of vacationers waking in unfamiliar hotel rooms, groggy and minus a kidney, oder rumours of sexual predators who purposefully spread HIV to their unsuspecting partners. Brunvand traces most of these legends to their roots and debunks some of the Mehr widespread ones, but he never lets his scepticism dampen his enthusiasm for the stories themselves.
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From School bibliothek Journal
Adult/High School–Brunvand is known to many as the godfather of the American urban legend. In this collection, he has compiled the scariest, grisliest ones–some that are unfamiliar but many that have been heard at sleepovers and depicted in horror Filme over the past several years. Since many of them will be known to urban-legend lovers, the book's real strength is in the subtle changes within different versions of a legend. The runaway madman with the hook for a hand, the ghost of the dead girl, the slasher under the car oder in the backseat all make appearances here, but in slightly different circumstances. Sometimes the distances are great, but the differences are few. For example, the "Hairy-Armed Hitchhiker" appears in two versions, one from England and one from Los Angeles. Brunvand also integrates how much the Internet, particularly e-mail, has changed the dissemination of urban legends. He gives credit to urban-legend debunking site www.snopes.com, and the final chapter concerns the widespread hysterical e-mails that purport to come from experts but actually originate from the usual dubious sources. All in all, this is a good addition where such titles are popular.
–Jamie Watson, Hartford County Public Library, MD
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A MUST READ
The simple but irresistible premise of Alan Weisman's The World Without Us - what would happen to the planet if human beings simply disappeared - lit up imaginations even as it ignited controversy around the world.
Weisman's "thought experiment" examines what would happen in both the immediate and distant future to the land, the animals, the oceans, our cities, our art, and all manner of things we take for granted if we were no longer here. Would the seas again teem with fish? Would our concrete jungles crumble to make way for natural ones? How long, if ever, would it take for our collective footprint to fade away?
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Beautiful and passionate!
--- Venus.a.k.a.♥jj9
12 Jahr old Percy Jackson is just another normal kid...or so he thought. When he realizes he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon, the god of water, the battle really begins for his life, his friends, and the gods....
This is an AWESOME series. If Du are a read-aholic (like me).....no further questions, this is the series for you. It's funny, thrilling, and so AMAZINGLY AWESOME I want to scream.
If Du don't already know, they also just made the first book of this series (Percy Jackson & the Olypians: The Lightning Thief) into a movie. So check that out as well.
This is an AWESOME series. If Du are a read-aholic (like me).....no further questions, this is the series for you. It's funny, thrilling, and so AMAZINGLY AWESOME I want to scream.
If Du don't already know, they also just made the first book of this series (Percy Jackson & the Olypians: The Lightning Thief) into a movie. So check that out as well.
I am an upcoming Manga lover and these r the three Bücher out of the 5 series i read that were the most interesting:::
1) Pet Shop Of Horrors ~ A mysterious pet Shop owner named Count D owns a Shop in Chinatown that sells "dreams" but if u don't fallow the rules, it might kill u...or worse.
2) The Dreaming ~ Two twin sisters go to a privite school with a past of girls going missing in the bushes around the school. So they decide to solve it.
3) Princess Ai ~ A princess ends up in Tokyo and becomes a star, and meets the Liebe of her life. But will that stop her enemies from coming back to kill her?
These r three great series of Manga, I hope u read and enjoy.
1) Pet Shop Of Horrors ~ A mysterious pet Shop owner named Count D owns a Shop in Chinatown that sells "dreams" but if u don't fallow the rules, it might kill u...or worse.
2) The Dreaming ~ Two twin sisters go to a privite school with a past of girls going missing in the bushes around the school. So they decide to solve it.
3) Princess Ai ~ A princess ends up in Tokyo and becomes a star, and meets the Liebe of her life. But will that stop her enemies from coming back to kill her?
These r three great series of Manga, I hope u read and enjoy.
Tantalize (Cynthia Leitich Smith) was an awsome book. I really enjoyed it. It had me guessing what was going to happen until the very end!
Here is a piece about the book:
Quincie Morris has never felt Mehr alone. Her hybrid werewolf first Liebe threatens to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. And just as she and her uncle are about to unveil Austin's red-hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform the new hire, Henry Johnson, into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Will he be able to to wow the crowd in fake fangs, a cheap cape, and red contact lenses? oder is there Mehr to his earnest fresh face than meets the eye?
As human and preternatural forces clash a deadly Liebe dreieck forms and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who's playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything?
Here is a piece about the book:
Quincie Morris has never felt Mehr alone. Her hybrid werewolf first Liebe threatens to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. And just as she and her uncle are about to unveil Austin's red-hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform the new hire, Henry Johnson, into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Will he be able to to wow the crowd in fake fangs, a cheap cape, and red contact lenses? oder is there Mehr to his earnest fresh face than meets the eye?
As human and preternatural forces clash a deadly Liebe dreieck forms and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who's playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything?
Soren is born in the forest of Tyto,a tranquil kingdom where the scheune Owls dwell. But evil lurks in the owl world,evil that threatens to shatter Tyto's peace and change the course of Soren's life forever.
Soren is captured and taken to a dark and forbidding canyon. It's called an orphanage,but Soren believes it's something far worse. He and his friend Gylfie know that the only way out is up. To escape,they will need to something they have never done before-fly.
And so begins a magical journey. Along the way,Soren and Gylfie meet Twilight and Digger. The four owls band together to seek the truth and protect the owl world from unimaginable danger.
Soren is captured and taken to a dark and forbidding canyon. It's called an orphanage,but Soren believes it's something far worse. He and his friend Gylfie know that the only way out is up. To escape,they will need to something they have never done before-fly.
And so begins a magical journey. Along the way,Soren and Gylfie meet Twilight and Digger. The four owls band together to seek the truth and protect the owl world from unimaginable danger.
