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Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind Urban Myths

Author : Paul Mason
Publisher : Wayland
ISBN 13 : 9780750293044
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind Urban Myths written by Paul Mason and published by Wayland. This book was released on 2014 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth or Busted's Urban Myths title explores popular myths and legends, sayings and notions in a light and humorous way that kids will find unputdownable. Such statements as 'You can get sucked down an aeroplane loo' or 'Your fingernails keep growing after you die' are examined, as well as where the ideas came from, whether they have any basis in truth, or whether they are simply myths. Each statement is given a TRUTH or BUSTED evaluation.

Fact Or Fiction?: the Truth Behind Urban Myths!

Author : Paul Harrison
Publisher : Wayland
ISBN 13 : 9780750298278
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis Fact Or Fiction?: the Truth Behind Urban Myths! by : Paul Harrison

Download or read book Fact Or Fiction?: the Truth Behind Urban Myths! written by Paul Harrison and published by Wayland. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the most unbelievable, mind-boggling facts with Fact or Fiction? Do head lice prefer clean hair? Is Friday the 13th really unlucky? Can you get sucked into an aeroplane loo? Fact or Fiction? Look inside Fact or Fiction? and find out whether these common sayings are true or false! Packed with amazing fun facts for kids, unbelievable statistics and common sayings Fact or Fiction? reveals the truth! Covering lots of weird facts and fascinating topics, for example, did you know that you are taller in the morning than in the evening or that diamonds are made in volcanoes. From animals and people to space and science, each true or false question is proved right or wrong, and accompanied by eye-popping graphics that bring each subject to life! Plus you'll discover incredible facts and statistics to wow your family and friends too. The perfect gift for Christmas or birthdays this book is packed with fun facts for kids with inquisitive minds. Remember! Next time you're told that swimming pool water turns red when you pee in it or that if you sneeze with your eyes open they will pop out make sure you have a copy of this handy!

Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends

Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393104168
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends written by Jan Harold Brunvand and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you enjoy these too-good-to-be-true tales, Brunvand's new book will give you hours of pleasure."—Chicago Tribune A fabulously entertaining book from the ultimate authority on those almost believable tales that always happen to a "friend of a friend." Alligators in the sewers? A pet in the microwave? A tragic misunderstanding of the function of cruise control? No, it didn't really happen to your friend's sister's neighbor: it's an urban legend. And no matter how savvy you think you are, you are sure to find in this collection of over 200 tales at least one story you would have sworn was true. Jan Harold Brunvand has been collecting and studying this modern folklore for over twenty years. In Too Good to Be True he captures the best stories in their best retellings, along with their latest variations and examples of how the stories have changed as they move from person to person and place to place. To help you find your favorite, Brunvand has arranged the tales thematically. "Bringing Up Baby" is full of episodes of child-rearing gone wrong, including the grisly tale of the drugged out baby-sitter who mistakes the kid for a turkey. "Funny Business" showcases stories of infamous lapses in customer service, such as the story of the shockingly expensive chocolate chip cookie recipe. And "The Criminal Mind" features both brilliant --if they were real --scams, as well as the purported antics of the less mentally gifted. Whether you want to become an expert debunker or just have plenty of laughs, this book will surprise and entertain you. Illustrated throughout. "Informative and entertaining.... Brunvand has collected more than 200 of the most-repeated and best-known examples of modern folk-myth."—Tampa Tribune "[N]ot only an entertaining anthology, but an excellent introduction to the study of folklore itself."—Publishers Weekly "A fun read... . All the classics are here from the killer upstairs to the Kentucky Fried Rat."—New City "Resonant stories that express our hidden anxieties ... make us laugh, [or] arouse our fascinated horror."—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "Informative and entertaining... . Brunvand has collected more than 200 of the most-repeated and best-known examples of modern folk-myth."—Tampa Tribune "[N]ot only an entertaining anthology, but an excellent introduction to the study of folklore itself."—Publishers Weekly

The Fact or Fiction Behind Urban Myths

Author : Paul Mason
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1482442752
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book The Fact or Fiction Behind Urban Myths written by Paul Mason and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are urban myths about all kinds of different things, but how many of these myths are actually true? This book takes a look at many different myths, exploring their origins and assigning a fact or phony label to each after careful evaluation. Fun fact boxes and amusing cartoons and illustrations help explore common beliefscan people get sucked out of an airplane bathrooms toilet? Do human fingernails keep growing after a person dies? The only way to find the truth is to keep turning the page!

Urban Myths about Learning and Education

Author : Pedro De Bruyckere
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128017317
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Urban Myths about Learning and Education written by Pedro De Bruyckere and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many things people commonly believe to be true about education are not supported by scientific evidence. Urban Myths about Learning and Education examines commonly held incorrect beliefs and then provides the truth of what research has shown. Each chapter examines a different myth, with sections on learning, the brain, technology, and educational policy. A final section discusses why these myths are so persistent. Written in an engaging style, the book separates fact from fiction regarding learning and education. Recognize any of these myths? People have different styles of learning Boys are naturally better at mathematics than girls We only use 10% of our brains The left half of the brain is analytical, the right half is creative Men have a different kind of brain from women We can learn while we are asleep Babies become smarter if they listen to classical music These myths and more are systematically debunked, with useful correct information about the topic in question. Debunks common myths about learning and education Provides empirical research on the facts relating to the myths Utilizes light-hearted, approachable language for easy reading

MythBusters

Author : Keith Zimmerman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 141690929X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)

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Book Synopsis MythBusters by : Keith Zimmerman

Download or read book MythBusters written by Keith Zimmerman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-10-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides evidence either verifying or disproving thirty urban legends, such as exploding silicon implants, cooking a chicken in a tanning bed, and cleaning chrome with cola, as seen on the television show "Mythbusters."

Urban Legends from Space

Author : Bob King
Publisher : Page Street Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624148972
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book Urban Legends from Space written by Bob King and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fun, Outrageous Space Stories, Debunked! In this Internet age where science fiction masquerades as fact, even the most rational person might find themselves wondering: Could NASA have faked the moon landings? Are we sure the government isn’t using chemtrails to experiment on people? And did NASA really spend millions on “space pens”? Urban Legends from Space cuts through the fog of myth to bring the truth behind these questions, and 48 other celestial legends, out into the open. In examining the shaky claims behind these many misconceptions and taking us step-by-step through the concrete evidence that contradicts them, expert Bob King debunks each myth and exposes the scientific truth at its core. Along the way, King offers us the tools we need to become more discerning observers of the world around us and more responsible sharers of information overall.

Urban Legends

Author : Thomas J. Craughwell
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 1603762639
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Urban Legends written by Thomas J. Craughwell and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2005-03-14 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating, creepy, frightening, disgusting, and hilarious collection of some of the world's most popular and enduring tall tales. With themes that run the gamut from funny to sick, risqué to informative, and frightening to disgusting, Urban Legends features fantastic yarns that are remarkable for their uncanny ability to travel the world by word of mouth. We've all heard the one about the alligators that roam New York City's sewers, or how "Mikey" of Life Cereal fame died from eating Pop Rocks mixed with Coke. And what about the flustered parents who left their baby on the car roof, or the scuba diver who was found in the middle of a forest after a fire? These classic tall tales are featured here in all of their creepy glory along with hundreds of others, and they're guaranteed to amuse, enlighten, and intrigue, but be careful: they may stick in your mind forever.

The Complete And Totally True Book Of Urban Legends

Author : Ann Fiery
Publisher : Running Press Book Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete And Totally True Book Of Urban Legends written by Ann Fiery and published by Running Press Book Publishers. This book was released on 2001-09-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of urban legends includes "Rat food," "Bronze goddess," and "Walk the dog."

Be Afraid Be Very Afraid

Author : Harold Jan Brunvand
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393326130
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (261 download)

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Book Synopsis Be Afraid Be Very Afraid by : Harold Jan Brunvand

Download or read book Be Afraid Be Very Afraid written by Harold Jan Brunvand and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-10-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of over ninety frightening urban legends, arranged by theme.

Urban Myths

Author : Paul Mason
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Urban Myths written by Paul Mason and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth or Busted explores the fact or fiction behind common urban legends, revealing which are true, which are partially truth and which have no substance. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Fact or Fiction

Author : Scientific American Editors
Publisher : Scientific American
ISBN 13 : 1466842520
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Fact or Fiction written by Scientific American Editors and published by Scientific American. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths by the Editors of Scientific American Did NASA really spend millions creating a pen that would write in space? Is chocolate poisonous to dogs? Does stress cause gray hair? These questions are just a sample of the urban lore investigated in this eBook, Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths. Drawing from Scientific American's "Fact or Fiction" and "Strange But True" columns, we've selected 58 of the most surprising, fascinating, useful and just plain wacky topics confronted by our writers over the years. Each brief article uncovers the truth behind everyday mythology, starting with Section One, "In the Animal Kingdom," where we examine some of the more outlandish claims about our fellow earthly inhabitants, such as whether elephants really remember everything and whether a cockroach can live without its head. Other sections cover reproduction, the environment, technology and personal and mental health. While the answers to some questions, such as whether toilets really do flush in the opposite direction south of the Equator, may only serve to raise your Trivial Pursuit knowledge, others, such as whether to pee on a jellyfish sting or wake a sleepwalker, may come in handy. Although this eBook represents a fraction of circulating folk wisdom and urban mythology, we hope that it's an enjoyable fraction and that it encourages you to do some debunking yourself.

You Can Get Sucked Down an Aeroplane Loo!

Author : Paul Mason
Publisher : Wayland (Publishers) Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780750279154
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book You Can Get Sucked Down an Aeroplane Loo! written by Paul Mason and published by Wayland (Publishers) Limited. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth or Busted's Urban Myths title explores popular myths and legends, sayings and notions in a light and humorous way that kids will find unputdownable. Such statements as 'You can get sucked down an aeroplane loo!' or 'Your fingernails keep growing after you die!' are examined, as well as where the ideas came from, whether they have any basis in truth, or whether they are simply myths. Each statement is given a TRUTH or BUSTED evaluation.

Urban Legends

Author : Ngaire E. Genge
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307560937
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Urban Legends written by Ngaire E. Genge and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-06-09 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Legends is a remarkably complete collection of the modern myths that make the rounds in offices, college dorms, and every other place where people tell the stories that spring from our deepest fears and fascinations. Every culture has its folktales including ours. Except, instead of involving gods and goddesses or princes and princesses, ours involve "some guy my sister's best friend knows" or "someone who woke up in a motel room." They happened, supposedly, to real people, usually recently, in a particular place. And they touch the most sensitive nerves of our psyches with ironic twists, gross-out shocks, and moral lessons learned the hard way. From the classic tale "The Mexican Pet" in which the "dog" turns out to be no Chihuahua to the more unappetizing story of condoms as fast-food burger garnish, from surgically skilled kidney thieves to sexual experiments that end in the emergency room, Urban Legends relates more 300 of the most enticing, macabre, and unforgettable tales. Expertly told, they are arranged in such chapters as "Crazy Little Thang Called Sex," "Oh, Scare Me," "Campus Capers," "Corporate Convolutions," and "So Much For Comfort Food." Fascinating, chilling, and occasionally repulsive, Urban Legends has all your favorites and hundreds more.

Phantom Hitchhikers and Other Urban Legends

Author : Albert Jack
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101619341
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Phantom Hitchhikers and Other Urban Legends written by Albert Jack and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you heard the one about… • Walt Disney’s frozen body? • Coca-Cola owning Santa Claus? • Alligators living in New York City sewers? We all love a good story. But where do the urban legends, conspiracy theories, and old wives’ tales we hear every day really originate? Albert Jack explores the best, strangest, and funniest of the tales so many of us take as gospel, and uncovers some eye-popping true stories that are even more far-fetched than their mythical counterparts. From Robin Hood to JFK’s brain, from hamsters under carpets to mysterious travelers, you’ll never be short of a scary or bizarre anecdote again.

Creepy Urban Legends

Author : Tim O'Shei
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1429645725
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Creepy Urban Legends written by Tim O'Shei and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes scary urban legends, including The Vanishing Hitchhiker and The Babysitter on the Phone"--Provided by publisher.

Statistical and Methodological Myths and Urban Legends

Author : Charles E. Lance
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135269653
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Statistical and Methodological Myths and Urban Legends written by Charles E. Lance and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an up-to-date review of commonly undertaken methodological and statistical practices that are sustained, in part, upon sound rationale and justification and, in part, upon unfounded lore. Some examples of these "methodological urban legends", as we refer to them in this book, are characterized by manuscript critiques such as: (a) "your self-report measures suffer from common method bias"; (b) "your item-to-subject ratios are too low"; (c) "you can’t generalize these findings to the real world"; or (d) "your effect sizes are too low". Historically, there is a kernel of truth to most of these legends, but in many cases that truth has been long forgotten, ignored or embellished beyond recognition. This book examines several such legends. Each chapter is organized to address: (a) what the legend is that "we (almost) all know to be true"; (b) what the "kernel of truth" is to each legend; (c) what the myths are that have developed around this kernel of truth; and (d) what the state of the practice should be. This book meets an important need for the accumulation and integration of these methodological and statistical practices.