Author: Anders Skoglind Publisher: Dark Horse Comics ISBN: 1506716644 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 108
Book Description
Have you ever encountered a troll and not known what to do? Don't panic--The Troll Guide has you covered! This essential handbook is filled with tips and tricks on what to do when encountering trolls, as well as a comprehensive list of the different kinds of trolls and mountain creatures. This guidebook will turn even the most novice of troll scholars into experts!
Author: Debra Clark Publisher: Hobby House PressInc ISBN: 9780875884028 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
Features over 800 collectible Trolls from the 1950s through today! Identification and pricing details for collectors. Learn distinguishing characteristics of the history behind the Scandinavian folklore. Includes such famous troll marks as Norfin "RM", Russ "RM", Treasure Trolls "TM", Magic Trolls "TM" and Wishniks "TM" .!
Author: Random House Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0593127862 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 162
Book Description
There are six DreamWorks Trolls Step into Reading leveled readers in one troll-tastic collection! This Step into Reading collection features six DreamWorks Trolls leveled readers, including Poppy and Branch's Big Adventure, All About the Trolls, Poppy's Party, Drop the Beat!, Color Day!, and The Sound of Spring. It's the perfect gift for children ages 4 to 7. Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Step 3 readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics. For children who are ready to read on their own.
Author: Brian Froud Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 1613124015 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 154
Book Description
The internationally acclaimed artists & authors are your personal guides to the enchanted world of Trolls in this book of troll tales and culture. Not since Brian Froud’s conceptual design work with Jim Henson on the classic films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth has he created a faerie world with such imagination, dimension, depth, and detail. Trolls opens a new realm in the celebrated faerie worlds of famed artists Brian and Wendy Froud, renowned for their vast and personal knowledge of faeries, goblins, and other folk. Through their art, sculptures, and stories, the Frouds take you on a wonderous adventure into the world of trolls. Trolls live through the telling of tales and the passing on of stories, weaving them together, then letting them flow separately again, as streams, rivers, tree roots, and branches do. Stories, as they are collected, are tied to a troll’s tail: “A tale for the asking, the giving, the keeping.” Trolls includes stories of stone and bone, wood and feather, along with tale fragments, snippets of stories to be told in full down the road or ones that have been lost and are to be remembered again. Interspersed among the stories are troll customs, philosophies, and practices: How many kinds of trolls are there? Where do they live, and what do they like to eat? Why do some trolls father together while others seek solitude? Troll lore is interwoven with a vast treasure of artifacts and symbols of their world, from the wind knot to the Petrified Parsnip Poetry Pen, from the witch’s cursing bundle to the elusive Earthling Gift. Your journey through Trolls will reveal many mysteries, wonder, and enchantments, and there are no better guides for your adventure than Brian and Wendy Froud.
Author: Ken Schultz Publisher: McGraw-Hill ISBN: 9780070572355 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 131
Book Description
Anglers who wish to learn the nuances of trolling, who want to troll for species they may have not sought previously, or who want to improve their trolling effectiveness will benefit from the information to be found in this new edition.
Author: Whitney Phillips Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 0262028948 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 251
Book Description
Internet trolls live to upset as many people as possible, using all the technical and psychological tools at their disposal. They gleefully whip the media into a frenzy over a fake teen drug crisis; they post offensive messages on Facebook memorial pages, traumatizing grief-stricken friends and family; they use unabashedly racist language and images. They take pleasure in ruining a complete stranger's day and find amusement in their victim's anguish. In short, trolling is the obstacle to a kinder, gentler Internet. To quote a famous Internet meme, trolling is why we can't have nice things online. Or at least that's what we have been led to believe. In this provocative book, Whitney Phillips argues that trolling, widely condemned as obscene and deviant, actually fits comfortably within the contemporary media landscape. Trolling may be obscene, but, Phillips argues, it isn't all that deviant. Trolls' actions are born of and fueled by culturally sanctioned impulses -- which are just as damaging as the trolls' most disruptive behaviors. Phillips describes, for example, the relationship between trolling and sensationalist corporate media -- pointing out that for trolls, exploitation is a leisure activity; for media, it's a business strategy. She shows how trolls, "the grimacing poster children for a socially networked world," align with social media. And she documents how trolls, in addition to parroting media tropes, also offer a grotesque pantomime of dominant cultural tropes, including gendered notions of dominance and success and an ideology of entitlement. We don't just have a trolling problem, Phillips argues; we have a culture problem. This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things isn't only about trolls; it's about a culture in which trolls thrive.
Author: Aaron James Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 0385535686 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 188
Book Description
In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary. What does it mean for someone to be an asshole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people for whom there is no better name. Try as we might to avoid them, assholes are found everywhere—at work, at home, on the road, and in the public sphere. Encountering one causes great difficulty and personal strain, especially because we often cannot understand why exactly someone should be acting like that. Asshole management begins with asshole understanding. Much as Machiavelli illuminated political strategy for princes, this book finally gives us the concepts to think or say why assholes disturb us so, and explains why such people seem part of the human social condition, especially in an age of raging narcissism and unbridled capitalism. These concepts are also practically useful, as understanding the asshole we are stuck with helps us think constructively about how to handle problems he (and they are mostly all men) presents. We get a better sense of when the asshole is best resisted, and when he is best ignored—a better sense of what is, and what is not, worth fighting for.
Author: Cala Spinner Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1534413219 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
Jim Lake Jr. describes how he discovered the secret world of trolls and how he eventually became the champion known as the Trollhunter.
Author: Karima Cammell Publisher: ISBN: 9780978896676 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
"...Trolls are folkloric creatures found in many lands, and in these pages they offer us enchanting and personal ways to savor good food every day. Far from mere fantasy, the world of the trolls is really just a few steps from our own. It's a place where ancient nourishing practices live on, and where time-honored simplicity makes cooking understandable, delicious, and fun. [The book] sets you on the cyclical path of the culinary year. You'll learn creative ways to prepare and share meals using simple, seasonal foods and classic techniques..."--Amazon.com.
Author: Anders Skoglind
Author: Debra Clark
Author: Random House
Author: Brian Froud
Author: Ken Schultz
Author: Whitney Phillips
Author: Pat Peterson
Author: Aaron James
Author: Cala Spinner
Author: Karima Cammell