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The Big Book of Urban Legends

Introduced by Jan Harold Brunvand

This book is absolutely excellent. It's written as a graphic novel with 200 of the most popular and entertaining legends. I love all of the "Big Book" series, but this one is the best.

Buy the book at a discount price!

 

 

The Choking Doberman : And Other 'New' Urban Legends

by Jan Harold Brunvand

The paperback version of Brunvand's latest collection of urban legends and folklore which was preceded by the bestseller The Vanishing Hitchhiker.

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Curses! Broiled Again! : The Hottest Urban Legends Going

by Jan Harold Brunvand

Included in this collection are legends about sex, horror, cars, business and academia such as "The Pregnant Shoplifter" and "Mrs. Fields' Cookie Recipe."

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The Mexican Pet

by Jan Harold Brunvand

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Alligators in the Sewer & 222 Other Urban Legends: Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend of a Friend of a Friend
by Thomas J. Craughwel

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Hollywood Urban Legends: The Truth Behind the Most Delightfully Persistent Myths of Film, Television & Radio
by Richard Roeper

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine : Rumor in African-American Culture

by Patricia A. Turner

Ku Klux Klan-owned companies. Sodas that cause sterility. A military conspiracy to infect Africans with AIDS. These rumors reverberate through Black America. Now, Patricia Turner presents a groundbreaking, comprehensive look at how rumors translate white oppression into folk warnings throughout the African-American community.

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