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Above and BeyondISBN 0809477351 (0-8094-7735-1)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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All the RageISBN 0809477394 (0-8094-7739-4)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Amazing Animalsby Editors of Time Life BooksISBN 0809476959 (0-8094-7695-9)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amazing Animals'Book summary:Presents surprising or unusual facts about the animal kingdom, discussing such creatures as the army ant, capuchin monkey, and hawksbill turtle. [via]
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Baby on the Car Roof and 222 More Urban Legends : Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend... of a Friend... of a Friendby Thomas J. CraughwellISBN 1579121470 (1-57912-147-0)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baby on the Car Roof and 222 More Urban Legends : Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend... of a Friend... of a Friend'Book summary:Baby on the Car Roof brings together 222 totally new, funny, quirky, frightening, bizarre and always entertaining urban legends. Urban legends or myths are dramatic and often humorous stories that circulate under the guise of truth and usually as having happened to "a friend of a friend" even though often they are entirely made-up. Organized by genre, each tale runs one- to two-pages long. Story variations are included in each listing. The subjects range from famous people, sex, office foibles and travel nightmares to college pranks, biological abnormalities and ghost stories. [via]
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The Baby Train: And Other Lusty Urban Legendsby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 0393312089 (0-393-31208-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Baby Train and Other Lusty Urban Legends'Book summary:America's foremost folk-detective is back on the case, sniffing out those zany but dubious stories that "really happened" to a friend of your sister's boyfriend's accountant. In "The Baby Train", Jan Harold Brunvand tracks the most fabulous tales making today's dinner party circuit, showing why those stories that sound too good to be true probably are too good to be true. Revealed here are the mysteries behind some of the goriest ("Accidental Cannibal", "The Body in the Bed"), funniest ("The Failed Suicide", "The Hairdresser's Error"), bawdiest, ("The Shocking Videotape", "Superhero Hijinx"), most pyrotechnic ("The Exploding Bra") urban legends yet. [via]
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Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The Book of Scary Urban Legendsby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 0393326136 (0-393-32613-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Urban legends are those strange, but seemingly credible tales that always happen to a friend of a friend. For the first time, Professor Jan Harold Brunvand, "who has achieved almost legendary status" (Choice), has collected the creepiest, most terrifying urban legends, many that have spooked you since your childhood and others that you believe really did occureven if it was one town over to some poor hapless coed who left a party early only to be followed by a man who just got loose from a mental hospital. From the classic hook-man story told around many a campfire to "Saved by a Cell Phone," these spine-tingling urban legends will give you goose bumps, even when you know they can't be true. Still, you'll continue to check the backseat of your car at gas stations and look under your bed at night before praying for sleep. [via]More editions of Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The Book of Scary Urban Legends:
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The Beast of Bray Road: Tailing Wisconsin's Werewolfby Linda S. GodfreyISBN 1879483912 (1-879483-91-2)
Softcover, Big Earth Pub
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Nobody has ever been able to prove whether the beast is a flesh-and-blood werewolf or will-o'-the-wisp, demon dog, or noble animal. But the author gives the reader plenty to chew on. Drag these stories into the safest recesses of your private den. Then make up your own mind, if you do so at all, only after the marrow has been extracted and well digested. [via]
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The Best Book Bizarre but True Storiesby Mike FlynnISBN 1858685583 (1-85868-558-3)
Softcover, Carlton Books, Limited
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The Big Book of the Unexplainedby Doug MoenchISBN 1563892545 (1-56389-254-5)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Big Book of Urban Legendsby Robert F. Boyd, Jan Brunvand, Robert Loren FlemingISBN 1563891654 (1-56389-165-4)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Big Secretsby William PoundstoneISBN 0688048307 (0-688-04830-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Secrets'Book summary:The Book That Gives the Inside Story on Hundreds of Secrets of American Life --Big Secrets.
Are there really secret backward messages in rock music, or is somebody nuts? We tested suspect tunes at a recording studio to find out.
What goes on at Freemason initiations? Here's the whole story, including -- yes! -- the electric carpet.
Colonel Sanders boasted that Kentucky Fried Chicken's eleven secret herbs and spices "stand on everybody's shelf." We got a sample of the seasoning mix and sent it to a food chemist for analysis.
Feverish rumor has it that Walt Disney's body was frozen and now lies in a secret cryonic vault somewhere beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean exhibit at Disneyland. Read the certified stranger-than-fiction truth.
Don't bother trying to figure out how Doug Henning, David Copperfield, and Harry Blackstone, Jr., perform their illusions. "Big Secrets" has complete explanations and diagrams, nothing left to the imagination.
Bombardiersby Po BronsonISBN 0812971868 (0-8129-7186-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Book of Nasty Legendsby Paul SmithISBN 0710201400 (0-7102-0140-0)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Cat in the Dryer and 222 Other Urban Legends : Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend... of a Friend... of a Friendby Thomas J. CraughwellISBN 157912061X (1-57912-061-X)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alligators in the Sewer and 222 Other Urban Legends: Absolutely True Stories that Happened to a Friend... of a Friend... of a Friend'Book summary:What's an urban legend? It's a story that gets passed around so frequently that no one really knows how it began. All we know is that the tale is so amusing, dark, coincidental or ironic that, whether it's true or not, we are dying to believe it--and pass it on.
In the successful tradition of Alligators in the Sewer and The Baby on the Car Roof, this all-new collection of over 200 urban legends offers the latest and greatest tales so weird and funny that they just have to be true. Includin the firemen who rescued a stranded cat and then ran over it; the baby born in flight who was given free air travel for life; the drug-test cheater who was caught when his urine sample revealed him to be pregnant.
Organized by genre, each story in The Cat in the Dryer runs one or two pages, and features possible variations and embellishments. Subjects range from famous people to disturbing pranks, from holiday nightmares to creepy stories, and from military misadventures to pet disasters. [via]More editions of The Cat in the Dryer and 222 Other Urban Legends : Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend... of a Friend... of a Friend:
- The Cat in the Dryer and 222 Other Urban Legends : Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend... of a Friend... of a Friend: ISBN 1579122582 (1-57912-258-2)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated - Alligators in the Sewer and 222 Other Urban Legends: Absolutely True Stories that Happened to a Friend... of a Friend... of a Friend: ISBN 157912061X (1-57912-061-X)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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The Choking Dobermanby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 0393303217 (0-393-30321-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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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." [via] 
Crimes and Punishmentby Time-Life EditorsISBN 0809477270 (0-8094-7727-0)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Curses! Broiled Again!: The Hottest Urban Legends Goingby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 0393307115 (0-393-30711-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Dictionary of Misinformationby Tom BurnamISBN 0060913150 (0-06-091315-0)
Softcover, Perennial Library
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Disinformation: 22 Media Myths That Undermine the War on Terrorby Richard MiniterISBN 0895260069 (0-89526-006-9)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Disinformation: 22 Media Myths That Undermine the War on Terror'Book summary:Bin Laden was trained and funded by the CIA. The Bush Administration killed 100,000 civilians in Iraq. The Jews who worked at the World Trade Center were warned not to work on Sept. 11. These are just some of the myths that have appeared in mainstream media outlets. Collectively, these myths undermine wartime U.S. morale and confuse the discussion of vital issues. Here Miniter debunks the myths of the left (and the right) with hard evidence, high-level interviews and on-the-ground reporting in more than a dozen countries. [via]
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Encyclopedia of Urban Legendsby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 157607532X (1-57607-532-X)
Softcover, ABC-CLIO
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Encyclopedia of Urban Legends'Book summary:Other entries discuss the relationship of urban legends to literature, film, comic books, music, and many other areas of popular culture. Coverage includes academic legends, earthquake stories, Internet resources, tabloids in urban legends, and more. All entries are cross referenced and feature brief bibliographies. A general bibliography suggests further readings on the subject. The volume is richly illustrated and is based on the latest scholarship, including materials available on the Internet.
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The Exploding Toilet: Modern Urban Legendsby David Holt, Bill Mooney, Kevin PopeISBN 0874837154 (0-87483-715-4)
Softcover, August House Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Exploding Toilet: Modern Urban Legends'Book summary:Hey, did you hear the one about the man who dropped a lit cigarette into the toilet with some gasoline-soaked rags? Of course you did, it happened to your gym teacher's cousin. Or was it your cousin's gym teacher? [via]
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Ghosts and the Japanese: Culture Experience in Japanese Death Legendsby Barre Toelken, Michiko IwasakaISBN 0874211794 (0-87421-179-4)
Softcover, Utah State Univ Pr
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Giants, Monsters, and Dragonsby Carol RoseISBN 0874369886 (0-87436-988-6)
Hardcover, Abc-Clio Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Giants, Monsters, and Dragons'Book summary:This illustrated encyclopedia not only identifies and describes individual beasts in their cultural context, but also groups them together across cultures and discusses common mythological strands and conceits. An extensive bibliography and useful appendixes assist further learning for students of all levels.
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Grossed-Out Surgeon Vomits Inside Patient!: An Insider's Look at the Supermarket Tabloidsby Jim HogshireISBN 0922915423 (0-922915-42-3)
Softcover, Feral House
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Haunted Heartlandby Beth ScottISBN 0880296143 (0-88029-614-3)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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Haunted Heartlandby Michael Norman, Beth ScottISBN 0883610922 (0-88361-092-2)
Hardcover, Creative Pub Intl
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Hoaxes and Deceptionby Time-Life EditorsISBN 0809477157 (0-8094-7715-7)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Hoaxes!: Dupes, Dodges & Other Dastardly Deceptionsby Gordon SteinISBN 0787604801 (0-7876-0480-1)
Softcover, Visible Ink Pr
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Inventive GeniusISBN 0809476991 (0-8094-7699-1)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Kiss Me, Judasby Will Christopher BaerISBN 1596921862 (1-59692-186-2)
Softcover, Lawson Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kiss Me, Judas'Book summary:In his extremely dark but very effective first thriller, former cabdriver and homeless counselor Will Christopher Baer takes that old urban legend of the man who wakes up in a hotel bathtub full of ice to discover that somebody has removed one of his kidneys and whips it up into a modernized Edgar Allan Poe nightmare. Baer's hero is in fact called Phineas Poe--an ex-cop who spent six years digging up dirt in and on the Denver P.D.'s Internal Affairs Division. On his first night out after a nervous breakdown and a six-month stay in a psychiatric hospital, Poe is picked up by a prostitute named Jude who drugs his drink and deftly removes his kidney.
Poe heads for the Witch's Teat, a sex shop where his friend Crumb works. "Crumb isn't really a doctor. He does cheap abortions and gunshot wounds and even dental work for the mad and desperate," Baer writes in deceptively plain present-tense prose, which quickly mesmerizes like electronic music. "Crumb reads a lot. He has a closet full of old surgical textbooks and a lot of stolen equipment. And he doesn't try to fake you. If you come to him with a ruptured bowel or a crushed spine, he gives you a cup of tea and sends you to the hospital." Poe learns that his kidney has been replaced by a bag of heroin--which could kill him if it dissolves. Intent on retrieving his stolen organ, he traces Jude to a bowling alley called the Inferno. Strangely enough, with Jude he reluctantly discovers the chance of love and family that he thought was gone forever when his wife died. In lesser hands, this flash of light in a roomful of noir could easily have spoiled everything. But Baer makes it all seem as natural as whistling in the dark. --Dick Adler [via]
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Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - Kiss Me, Judas: ISBN 0670881759 (0-670-88175-9)
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Manias and Delusionsby Editors of Time Life BooksISBN 0809477319 (0-8094-7731-9)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Mexican Petby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 0393305422 (0-393-30542-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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More Ready-To-Tell Tales from Around the Worldby David Holt, Bill MooneyISBN 0874835836 (0-87483-583-6)
Softcover, August House Pub Inc
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Mouse Tales: A Behind-The-Ears Look at Disneylandby David KoenigISBN 0964060566 (0-9640605-6-6)
Softcover, Bonaventure Pr
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Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland, Golden Anniversary Special Editionby David Koenig, Art LinkletterISBN 096406054X (0-9640605-4-X)
Hardcover, Bonaventure Pr
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The Museum of Hoaxes: A History of Outrageous Pranks and Deceptionsby Alex BoeseISBN 0452284651 (0-452-28465-1)
Softcover, Plume
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The Museum of Hoaxes: A Collection of Pranks, Stunts, Deceptions, and Other Wonderful Stories Contrived for the Public from the Middle Ages to the New Millenniumby Alex BoeseISBN 0525946780 (0-525-94678-0)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Museum of Hoaxes: A Collection of Pranks, Stunts, Deceptions, and Other Wonderful Stories Contrived for the Public from the Middle Ages to the New Millennium'Book summary:Based on the author's popular website, Alex Boese's The Museum of Hoaxes takes readers on a tour of hundreds of documented hoaxes, many published here for the first time. You'll read about the curiosities and cons of the most notorious hornswogglers and flimflam men of the nineteenth century; you'll be astounded at the impostors, pretenders, carnies, and tricksters of the twentieth.
Learn how Edgar Allan Poe got away with an astonishing literary deception. Or how P. T. Barnum turned hoaxing the public into big business. It's all here, from the origin of April Fools' Day to the Taco Liberty Bell, from Bigfoot to the War of the Worlds to recent Internet hoaxes. There's also a Gullibility Test that challenges readers to answer the question: "Would these hoaxes have fooled YOU?"
Written with both humor and historical insight, and complete with photographs and illustrations, The Museum of Hoaxes will be the gift book of choice for anyone who has ever been duped, deceived, tricked, or trumped . . . or just likes watching the pros in action. [via]More editions of The Museum of Hoaxes: A Collection of Pranks, Stunts, Deceptions, and Other Wonderful Stories Contrived for the Public from the Middle Ages to the New Millennium:
Mysteries of the Human Bodyby Time-Life BooksISBN 0809476800 (0-8094-7680-0)
Hardcover, Time-Life Books
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The Mystifying Mindby Time-Life EditorsISBN 0809477076 (0-8094-7707-6)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Mythbusters: Don't Try This at Home!by Discovery IncISBN 0787983691 (0-7879-8369-1)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mythbusters: Don't Try This at Home!'Book summary:It's a tough job separating truth from urban legend, but the MythBusters are here to serve. For example, is it true that if you step in quicksand , you'll be sucked down to your death? Only two men would be inventive - and adventurous - enough to try to find out: Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, the MythBusters. Each week, hosts Savage and Hyneman, both special effects experts, use modern science to put another three urban legends to the test on their popular TV show. In this book, you'll learn how they either "busted" or confirmed fifteen myths on their show, often with spectacular results. Here are just some of the urban legends in this book:
- Did a Ming Dynasty astronaut launch himself into space with a rocket?
- Can a swallowed octopus egg grow to full size inside a person's stomach?
- Is the daddy longlegs the world's most venomous spider?
- Will a sinking ship suck you down?
- How many balloons are needed to lift a small child off the ground?
- Does a duck's quack echo?
Mythbusters: Don't Try This at Home! gets to the bottom of these urban legends and more, and it lets you do your own mythbusting with fun experiments you can do safely at home. [via]
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Mythbusters: The Explosive Truth Behind 30 of the Most Perplexing Urban Legends of All Timeby Kent Zimmerman, Peter Rees, Adam Savage, Jamie HynemanISBN 141690929X (1-4169-0929-X)
Softcover, Simon Spotlight Entertainment
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Could you kill someone by dropping a penny from a skyscraper? Can an unsuspecting scuba diver be sucked out of the water by a firefighting helicopter and get spit out in the middle of a forest fire? Can you save yourself in a plummeting elevator by jumping just before it hits bottom?
Special effects experts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, hosts of the Discovery Channel's top-rated "MythBusters, " use modern-day extreme science to show you what's real and what's fiction. With photographs, illustrations, blueprints, and exclusive interviews to document the mythbusting process, "MythBusters: The Explosive Truth Behind 30 of the Most Perplexing Urban Legends of All Time" will examine dozens of urban legends, from exploding toilets to being buried alive -- these guys have tested them all. Eye-opening, jaw-dropping, and even laugh-inducing, this book will delight armchair scientists, curious readers, and fans of the show alike. Keith and Kent Zimmerman are the "New York Times" bestselling coauthors of Hell's Angel and The Best Damn Sports Book, Period, among others. [via]
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New Jersey : Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities and Other Offbeat Stuffby Peter GenoveseISBN 0762725273 (0-7627-2527-3)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Press, The
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Odd and Eccentric Peopleby Time-Life BooksISBN 0809477238 (0-8094-7723-8)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Odd Jobsby Time-Life BooksISBN 080947767X (0-8094-7767-X)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Pigs Can Flyby Barry CryerISBN 0752859919 (0-7528-5991-9)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Ringby Koji Suzuki, Robert B. Rohmer, Glynne WalleyISBN 1932234411 (1-932234-41-1)
Softcover, Vertical Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ring'Book summary:A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure.
Asakawa, a hardworking journalist, is intrigued by his niece's inexplicable death. His investigation leads him from a metropolitan tokyo teeming with modern society's fears to a rural Japan--a mountain resort, a volcanic island, and a countryside clinic--haunted by the past. His attempt to solve the tape's mystery before it's too late--for everyone--assumes an increasingly deadly urgency. Ring is a chillingly told horror story, a masterfully suspenseful mystery, and post-modern trip.
The success of Koji Suzuki's novel the Ring has lead to manga, television and film adaptations in Japan, Korea, and the U.S. [via] 
Scams, Shams, and Flimflams: From King Tut to Elvis Livesby Gordon Stein, Marie J. MacNeeISBN 0810397846 (0-8103-9784-6)
Hardcover, Gale Group
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Science AstrayISBN 0809476916 (0-8094-7691-6)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Spiders in the Hairdoby David Holt, Bill MooneyISBN 0874835259 (0-87483-525-9)
Softcover, August House Pub Inc
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Strange Stories, Amazing Facts: Stories That Are Bizarre, Unusual, Odd, Astonishing and Often IncredibleISBN 0895770288 (0-89577-028-8)
Hardcover, Readers Digest
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The Study of American Folklore: An Introductionby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 0393972232 (0-393-97223-2)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Suburban Legends: True Tales of Murder, Mayhem And Minivansby Sam StallISBN 1594740518 (1-59474-051-8)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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There Are Alligators in Our Sewers and Other American Credosby Paul Dickson, Joseph C. GouldenISBN 0440088828 (0-440-08882-8)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press
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Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legendsby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 039332088X (0-393-32088-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Storyby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 0252070046 (0-252-07004-6)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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The Tumour in the Whale: A Collection of Modern Mythsby Rodney DaleISBN 0715613146 (0-7156-1314-6)
Hardcover, Duckworth
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Unexplained!: 347 Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomenaby Jerome ClarkISBN 0788190334 (0-7881-9033-4)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences & Puzzling Physical Phenomenaby Jerome ClarkISBN 1578590701 (1-57859-070-1)
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Urban Legendsby Brandon ToropovISBN 0028640071 (0-02-864007-1)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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Urban Legendsby Ngaire GengeISBN 0609804944 (0-609-80494-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Urban Legendsby Nick HardingISBN 1904048358 (1-904048-35-8)
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Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not Trueby Richard RoeperISBN 1564144992 (1-56414-499-2)
Softcover, Career Press, Incorporated
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The Vanishing Hitchhikerby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 0393951693 (0-393-95169-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Vanishingsby Editors of Time LifeISBN 0809476878 (0-8094-7687-8)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Weird Illinois: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends And Best Kept Secretsby Troy Taylor, Mark Moran, Mark SceurmanISBN 076075943X (0-7607-5943-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Weird Michiganby Linda S. Godfrey, Mark Moran, Mark SceurmanISBN 1402739079 (1-4027-3907-9)
Hardcover, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
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Weird N.j.: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey's Local Legends and Best Kept Secretsby Mark SceurmanISBN 1402739419 (1-4027-3941-9)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Weird Wisconsin: Your Travel Guide to America's Best Kept Secretsby Mark Moran, Marc SceurmanISBN 0760759448 (0-7607-5944-8)
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Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legendsby David Wilton, Ivan BrunettiISBN 0195172841 (0-19-517284-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A World of Luckby Time-Life EditorsISBN 0809477114 (0-8094-7711-4)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Ringby Koji SuzukiISBN 8439710356 (84-397-1035-6)
Softcover, Grijalbo Mondadori
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Broodje Aap: De Folklore Van De Post-Industriele Samenlevingby Ethel PortnoyISBN 906169065X (90-6169-065-X)
Hardcover, Harmonie
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