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Book Synopsis Philadelphia Monsters by : Carine Laforest
Download or read book Philadelphia Monsters written by Carine Laforest and published by City Monsters. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know Philadelphia? The City of Brotherly Love is such a great place to live that even little monsters have taken up residence there. Have fun spotting all the cleverly concealed little monsters as you explore some of Philly's most iconic landmarks and sights!
Book Synopsis Monsters of Pennsylvania by : Patty A. Wilson
Download or read book Monsters of Pennsylvania written by Patty A. Wilson and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mysterious creatures in the Keystone State.
Download or read book Monsters written by David D. Gilmore and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-05-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human mind needs monsters. In every culture and in every epoch in human history, from ancient Egypt to modern Hollywood, imaginary beings have haunted dreams and fantasies, provoking in young and old shivers of delight, thrills of terror, and endless fascination. All known folklores brim with visions of looming and ferocious monsters, often in the role as adversaries to great heroes. But while heroes have been closely studied by mythologists, monsters have been neglected, even though they are equally important as pan-human symbols and reveal similar insights into ways the mind works. In Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors, anthropologist David D. Gilmore explores what human traits monsters represent and why they are so ubiquitous in people's imaginations and share so many features across different cultures. Using colorful and absorbing evidence from virtually all times and places, Monsters is the first attempt by an anthropologist to delve into the mysterious, frightful abyss of mythical beasts and to interpret their role in the psyche and in society. After many hair-raising descriptions of monstrous beings in art, folktales, fantasy, literature, and community ritual, including such avatars as Dracula and Frankenstein, Hollywood ghouls, and extraterrestrials, Gilmore identifies many common denominators and proposes some novel interpretations. Monsters, according to Gilmore, are always enormous, man-eating, gratuitously violent, aggressive, sexually sadistic, and superhuman in power, combining our worst nightmares and our most urgent fantasies. We both abhor and worship our monsters: they are our gods as well as our demons. Gilmore argues that the immortal monster of the mind is a complex creation embodying virtually all of the inner conflicts that make us human. Far from being something alien, nonhuman, and outside us, our monsters are our deepest selves.
Book Synopsis Chicago Monsters by : Carine Laforest
Download or read book Chicago Monsters written by Carine Laforest and published by City Monsters. This book was released on 2017-04 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monsters hide all over Chicago and young readers are encouraged to find them.
Book Synopsis A Guide to Sky Monsters by : T.S.Mart
Download or read book A Guide to Sky Monsters written by T.S.Mart and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a dark shadow passes overhead, do you stop? Or do you run? Infamous sky monsters have haunted our imaginations for centuries. The Thunderbird, steeped in Native American folklore, supposedly controls evil by throwing lightning. The Jersey Devil is said to roam the Pine Barrens of South Jersey, terrorizing anyone who crosses its path. And the cryptic warnings of Mothman have worried residents of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, since the 1960s. In A Guide to Sky Monsters: Thunderbirds, the Jersey Devil, Mothman, and Other Flying Cryptids, authors T. S. Mart and Mel Cabre introduce 20 flying cryptids with legends that span the United States. With 70 hand-drawn illustrations, A Guide to Sky Monsters details our fascination with these creatures and describes both historical evidence found in the fossil record and the specifics of modern-day sightings. By studying the fact, fiction, and pop culture surrounding these notorious beasts, Mart and Cabre help us lean into the question, "What if?" A Guide to Sky Monsters, perfect for the believer and skeptic alike, addresses the wider truths about flying cryptids and leaves us all to wonder whether that breeze was the wind or a wing.
Download or read book Monsters written by John Michael Greer and published by Aeon Books. This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings that takes you on a harrowing journey into the realm of monsters and the reality of the impossible. Monsters brings together folklore, Western magical philosophy and field experience. This book is required reading for both active and armchair monster hunters. Between these covers you will find a chilling collection of fiendish facts and folklore such as why true vampires are the least attractive, five different kinds of ghosts, the magical origins of the werewolf legends, hidden connections between faery lore and UFOs, and where dragons are found today. This is an essential field guide to monsters from angels to zombies with advice on monster investigation and magical self-defence. This latest edition not only has a new chapter on tulpas, but the chapters on vampires and chimeras are significantly expanded with new material. Plus, the section on monster investigation has been thoroughly updated with details on new technology and the approach of the media to monster hunting.
Download or read book Odd & True written by Cat Winters and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gilded Age sisters face terrible monsters and their own haunted past in this “thought-provoking, atmospheric, and utterly bewitching” YA novel (Booklist, starred review). Growing up on their family’s Oregon farm, Trudchen Grey believed every word of her older sister Odette’s fantastical stories. But now that Tru’s gotten older, she’s starting to wonder if those tales of their monster-slaying mother were just comforting lies. There’s certainly nothing fantastic about Tru’s own life—permanently disabled and in constant pain from childhood polio. In 1909, after a two-year absence, Od reappears with a suitcase supposedly full of weapons—and a promise to rescue Tru from the monsters on their way to attack her. But it’s Od who seems haunted by something. And when the sisters’ search for their mother leads them to a face-off with the Leeds Devil, a nightmarish beast that’s wreaking havoc in the Mid-Atlantic states, Tru discovers the peculiar possibility that she and her sister—despite their dark pasts and ordinary appearances—might, indeed, have magic after all.
Book Synopsis Strange Pennsylvania Monsters by : Michael Newton
Download or read book Strange Pennsylvania Monsters written by Michael Newton and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Pennsylvania's legendary monsters in this guided tour of the most complete and accurate survey of unknown creatures in the Keystone State. Based on decades of research, no other volume compares with this work for thorough, documented treatment of a fascinating subject. From giant snakes and soaring "thunderbirds" to Bigfoot, alien big cats, and cougars that defy official claims of their extinction, to sea-serpents playing hide-and-seek with ships along the coast, this book has something for every fan of cryptozoology and paranormal creatures.
Book Synopsis James Warren, Empire of Monsters by : Bill Schelly
Download or read book James Warren, Empire of Monsters written by Bill Schelly and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of the visionary publisher of Famous Monsters of Filmland, the magazine that inspired filmmakers Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Joe Dante, and many more. This heavily illustrated biography features eye-opening ― often outrageous ―anecdotes about Warren, a larger-than-life figure whose ability as a publisher, promoter, and provocateur make him a fascinating figure. In addition to Forrest J. Ackerman’s Famous Monsters of Filmland, he published Help!, a magazine created by MAD’s Harvey Kurtzman, which featured early work by John Cleese, Gloria Steinem, Terry Gilliam, Robert Crumb, and Diane Arbus; Creepy and Eerie magazines, with covers by painter Frank Frazetta and comics art by Steve Ditko, Wallace Wood, Bernie Wrightson, Al Williamson, and many others. His most famous co-creation, the character Vampirella, debuted in her own magazine in 1969, and continues to be published today.
Book Synopsis Man-Eating Monsters by : Dina Khapaeva
Download or read book Man-Eating Monsters written by Dina Khapaeva and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role do man-eating monsters - vampires, zombies, werewolves and cannibals - play in contemporary culture? This book explores the question of whether recent representations of humans as food in popular culture characterizes a unique moment in Western cultural history and suggests a new set of attitudes toward people, monsters, and death.
Author :Christopher A. Frilingos Publisher :University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN 13 :0812238222 Total Pages :194 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (122 download)
Book Synopsis Spectacles of Empire by : Christopher A. Frilingos
Download or read book Spectacles of Empire written by Christopher A. Frilingos and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2004-10-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author reads the Book of Revelation as a text firmly situated in the world of imperial Roman Asia Minor, where it was written. He argues that Revelation is a Christian version of that world, complete with its own gladiatorial combats and other public spectacles.
Book Synopsis Of Monsters and Madness by : Jessica Verday
Download or read book Of Monsters and Madness written by Jessica Verday and published by Egmont USA. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A romantic, historical retelling of classic Gothic horror featuring Edgar Allan Poe and his character Annabel Lee, from a New York Times best-selling author. Annabel Lee is summoned from Siam to live with her father in 1820's Philadelphia shortly after her mother's death, but an unconventional upbringing makes her repugnant to her angry, secretive father. Annabel becomes infatuated with her father's assistant Allan, who dabbles in writing when he's not helping with medical advancements. But in darker hours, when she's not to be roaming the house, she encounters the devilish assistant Edgar, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Allan, and who others insist doesn't exist. A rash of murders across Philadelphia, coupled with her father's strange behavior, leads Annabel to satisfy her curiosity and uncover a terrible truth: Edgar and Allan are two halves of the same person - and they are about to make the crimes detailed in Allan's stories come to life. Unless Annabel stops them.
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Monsters by : Allen A. Debus
Download or read book Prehistoric Monsters written by Allen A. Debus and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over centuries, discoveries of fossil bones spawned legends of monsters such as giants and dragons. As the field of earth sciences matured during the 19th century, early fossilists gained understanding of prehistoric creatures such as Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Stegosaurus. This historical study examines how these genuine beasts morphed in the public imagination into mythical, powerful engines of destruction and harbingers of cataclysm, taking their place in popular culture, film, and literature as symbols of "lost worlds" where time stands still.
Book Synopsis Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by : Jane Austen
Download or read book Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters written by Jane Austen and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller An uproarious tale of romance, heartbreak, and tentacled mayhem inspired by the classic Jane Austen novel—from the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities. As our story opens, the Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Can the Dashwood sisters triumph over meddlesome matriarchs and unscrupulous rogues to find true love? Or will they fall prey to the tentacles that are forever snapping at their heels? This masterful portrait of Regency England blends Jane Austen’s biting social commentary with ultraviolent depictions of sea monsters biting. It’s survival of the fittest—and only the swiftest swimmers will find true love!
Book Synopsis Monsters of New York by : Bruce G. Hallenbeck
Download or read book Monsters of New York written by Bruce G. Hallenbeck and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} "After reading Fortean researcher Bruce Hallenbeck's book, one instantly realizes that not only do 'monsters' exist in our computerized world, but the Northwoods seem to be teeming with them. From the Adirondacks and the Catskills to the depths of Lake Champlain and the shores of Montauk—from aliens in the skies above to gators in the sewers below—Hallenbeck takes the reader on a journey with accounts of cryptids around every corner. Awareness to this realm offers us an important glimpse into a reality often overlooked by modern mainstream science." --Paul B. Bartholomew, author of Bigfoot Encounters in New York and New England Bizarre beasts of the Empire State featured in this volume include: Champ, the Lake Champlain Monster Adirondack Bigfoot The Kinderhook Creature Sewer Alligators The Montauk Monster Catamounts
Book Synopsis Christmas Monsters by : Cory Hutcheson
Download or read book Christmas Monsters written by Cory Hutcheson and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 2011, Philadelphias Liberty Lands Park began hosting an annual event called the Krampuslauf. The communities involved modeled this processional festival around a traditional European event featuring a masked, costumed holiday monster called the Krampus. The Krampuslauf, later renamed the Parade of Spirits, brings together several groups from Philadelphia and Central Pennsylvania. The neighborhood around the park, a community of contemporary neo-Pagans, and an active arts-and-crafts community in the area adopted the Philadelphia Parade of Spirits as a representative festival. Using ethnographical methods and analyzing the communities as folk groups practice a form of social drama through the parade form, I argue that in Philadelphia and similar locations like Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California, the Krampus and other Christmas monster figures are being re-contextualized in an American capitalist environment as a way of critiquing the commercialism of the holiday season by those who wish to find personal meaning in seasonal ritual without conforming to mainstream Christmas practices. I simultaneously argue that the festival meets the social and symbolic needs of multiple communities at once, while also providing a unique reflexivity from the folk groups as they negotiate the expansion of the festival and the meaning of winter holidays in the United States.
Book Synopsis Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques by : Michael E. Heyes
Download or read book Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques written by Michael E. Heyes and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques examines the intersection of religion and monstrosity in a variety of different time periods in the hopes of addressing two gaps in scholarship within the field of monster studies. The first part of the volume—running from the medieval to the Early Modern period—focuses upon the view of the monster through non-majority voices and accounts from those who were themselves branded as monsters. Overlapping partially with the Early Modern and proceeding to the present day, the contributions of the second part of the volume attempt to problematize the dichotomy of secular/religious through a close look at the monsters this period has wrought.
