Author: Francis Greig
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A collection of twenty contemporary supernatural and horror stories that circulate as "true" events, with a brief discussion of each one's history, meaning, and different versions.
Heads, You Lose, and Other Apocryphal Tales
Author: Francis Greig
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A collection of twenty contemporary supernatural and horror stories that circulate as "true" events, with a brief discussion of each one's history, meaning, and different versions.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A collection of twenty contemporary supernatural and horror stories that circulate as "true" events, with a brief discussion of each one's history, meaning, and different versions.
Heads, You Lose, and Other Apocryphal Tales
Short Story Index
The Choking Doberman: And Other Urban Legends
Author: Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393346544
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
"A wonderfully entertaining book of American folklore and humor."—Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times Book Review Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends, those improbable, believable stories that always happen to a "friend of a friend."
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393346544
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
"A wonderfully entertaining book of American folklore and humor."—Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times Book Review Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends, those improbable, believable stories that always happen to a "friend of a friend."
The Mexican Pet: More "New" Urban Legends and Some Old Favorites
Author: Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393346552
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"A uniquely entertaining book: edifying scholarship, diverting social history."—Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times "[The book] captures the spirit of convivial storytelling and even encourages the activity. . . . Many readers . . . will be gratified to know that Brunvand intends to continue this series of relaxed, unofficial excursions into popular legends. Admirers of curiosa and the psychology of crowds cannot afford to miss them." —Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393346552
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"A uniquely entertaining book: edifying scholarship, diverting social history."—Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times "[The book] captures the spirit of convivial storytelling and even encourages the activity. . . . Many readers . . . will be gratified to know that Brunvand intends to continue this series of relaxed, unofficial excursions into popular legends. Admirers of curiosa and the psychology of crowds cannot afford to miss them." —Kirkus Reviews
The Bite
Author: Francis Greig
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Korte verhalen met een wat bizarre afloop.
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Korte verhalen met een wat bizarre afloop.
Apocryphal Tales
Author: Karel Čapek
Publisher: Catbird Press
ISBN: 9780945774341
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Translated from the Czech by Norma Comrada A grand collection of tales and fables from one of Czechoslovakia's most respected writers that approach great events and figures of history, myth and literature in startling ways. Jesus's loves and fishes miracle is described from the viewpoint of a baker. Townspeople argue about who's to blame for the approaching hordes of Attila the Hun. Humorous, thought-provoking, and sometimes frightening, they show Capek at his very best.
Publisher: Catbird Press
ISBN: 9780945774341
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Translated from the Czech by Norma Comrada A grand collection of tales and fables from one of Czechoslovakia's most respected writers that approach great events and figures of history, myth and literature in startling ways. Jesus's loves and fishes miracle is described from the viewpoint of a baker. Townspeople argue about who's to blame for the approaching hordes of Attila the Hun. Humorous, thought-provoking, and sometimes frightening, they show Capek at his very best.
The Bosom Serpent
Author: Harold Schechter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A Guide to Folktales in the English Language
Author: D. L. Ashliman
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
"Students of folklore and storytellers will find this guide useful." Choice
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
"Students of folklore and storytellers will find this guide useful." Choice
The New Yorker
Author: Harold Wallace Ross
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description