In Defense of Monsters
Author | : B. J. Hollars |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Cryptozoology |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : B. J. Hollars |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Cryptozoology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Craddock |
Publisher | : Bookbaby |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2021-10-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781098397111 |
Monsters in the Dark charts the career of legendary designer Julian Gollop through the creation of 1994's X-COM, a terrifying and terrifyingly deep wargame hailed as the finest PC game (IGN) and a bona fide classic (GameSpot). Includes bonus interviews not found in the book's standard edition.
Author | : Gerard Jones |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2008-08-04 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0786723610 |
Children choose their heroes more carefully than we think. From Pokemon to the rapper Eminem, pop-culture icons are not simply commercial pied pipers who practice mass hypnosis on our youth. Indeed, argues the author of this lively and persuasive paean to the power of popular culture, even violent and trashy entertainment gives children something they need, something that can help both boys and girls develop in a healthy way. Drawing on a wealth of true stories, many gleaned from the fascinating workshops he conducts, and basing his claims on extensive research, including interviews with psychologists and educators, Gerard Jones explains why validating our children's fantasies teaches them to trust their own emotions, helps them build stronger selves, leaves them less at the mercy of the pop-culture industry, and strengthens parent-child bonds. Jones has written for the Spider-Man, Superman, and X-Men comic books and created the Haunted Man series for the Web. He has also explored the cultural meanings of comic books and sitcoms in two well-received books. In Killing Monsters he presents a fresh look at children's fantasies, the entertainment industry, and violence in the modern imagination. This reassuring book, as entertaining as it is provocative, offers all of us-parents, teachers, policymakers, media critics-new ways to understand the challenges and rewards of explosive material. News From Killing Monsters: Packing a toy gun can be good for your son-or daughter. Contrary to public opinion, research shows that make-believe violence actually helps kids cope with fears. Explosive entertainment should be a family affair. Scary TV shows can have a bad effect when children have no chance to discuss them openly with adults. It's crucial to trust kids' desires. What excites them is usually a sign of what they need emotionally. Violent fantasy is one of the best ways for kids to deal with the violence they see in real life.
Author | : B. J. Hollars |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Animals |
ISBN | : 9781495157660 |
Literary Nonfiction. This thoughtful collection of essays explores the facts surrounding three monsters that have plagued and intrigued our modern society with the idea of their mere existence. They contradict everything we know, and yet, we can't dismiss their stories. Against reason and science, we can't help but hope they might not not exist. Published in 2011 by Origami Zoo Press, this new edition includes a brand-new design.
Author | : K. Osborn Sullivan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2019-05-22 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781732152847 |
Everyone has heard stories about terrifying monsters like vampires, zombies, werewolves, and witches. The experts claim there's nothing to worry about from them, since monsters only exist in books and movies. But what if those so-called "experts" are wrong? Or what if they want you to let your guard down so the monsters will eat you first? How can you protect yourself from blood-thirsty vampires or hungry werewolves? What about walking corpses and cranky witches?This book is your first line of defense against a wide variety of evil creatures. It will teach you to identify them, repel them, and escape from them. You'll even learn what to do if you're attacked and become a monster yourself. The advice includes Important Safety Tips like, "Don't waste your money on a mongoose" and "Yogurt can be your best friend or worst enemy." You'll also find activities like quizzes to help identify witches and how to use mirrors to tell if you have already become a vampire.Author Tweedy Britches might be young, but he has already spent years learning the secrets of avoiding monsters, escaping from monsters, destroying monsters, and helping other people stay safe from monsters. Now he uses his expertise to help keep others from becoming part of a monster menu. If you want to contact Tweedy, he never answers the door, the phone, or the mail. After all, monsters can be hiding anywhere. You can reach his publisher by sending an email to Kissing Frog Books. His editor will respond if she hasn't already been eaten, and she'll let Tweedy know that his work has saved another reader from a cruel fate on the claws or in the jaws of a horrifying monster.
Author | : John Michael Greer |
Publisher | : Llewellyn Worldwide |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2011-09-08 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0738716006 |
Of course that monster hiding under your bed when you were little didn't really exist. Vampires, werewolves, zombies, demons—they're simply figments of our imagination, right? After all, their existence has never been scientifically proven. But there is one giant problem with such an easy dismissal of these creepy creatures: people keep encountering them. Join occult scholar John Michael Greer for a harrowing journey into the reality of the impossible. Combining folklore, Western magical philosophy, and actual field experience, Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings is required reading for both active and armchair monster hunters. Between these covers you'll find a chilling collection of fiendish facts and folklore, including: Why true vampires are the least attractive—and most destructive—of all monsters The five different kinds of ghosts Magical origins of the werewolf legends How to survive a chimera encounter (Jersey Devil, chupacabra, Mothman) The hidden connections between faery lore and UFOs Where dragons are found today How to investigate a monster sighting Natural and ritual magic techniques for dealing with hostile monsters This 10th anniversary edition of the quintessential guide to magical beings features a new preface, new chapters on chimeras and zombies, and updates on werewolves, dragons, and the fae.
Author | : Navin A. Bapat |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0190061456 |
Terrorism kills far fewer Americans annually than automobile accidents, firearms, or even lightning strikes. Given this minimal risk, why does the U.S. continue expending lives and treasure to fight the global war on terror? In Monsters to Destroy, Navin A. Bapat argues that the war on terror provides the U.S. a cover for its efforts to expand and preserve American control over global energy markets. To gain dominance over these markets, the U.S. offered protection to states critical in the extraction, sale, and transportation of energy from their "terrorist" internal and external enemies. However, since the U.S. was willing to protect these states in perpetuity, the leaders of these regimes had no incentive to disarm their terrorists. This inaction allowed terrorists to transition into more powerful and virulent insurgencies, leading the protected states to chart their own courses and ultimately break with U.S. foreign policy objectives. Bapat provides a sweeping look at how the loss of influence over these states has accelerated the decline of U.S. economic and military power, locking it into a permanent war for its own economic security.
Author | : J. Dill |
Publisher | : Page Publishing Inc |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2024-05-13 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
If there's anything I've learned, anything at all, it's that monsters are real, and we break before we fall. Walk inside an anxious mind, see if you can race me to the end. Some monsters come to protect and some come only to destroy again. We can befriend the monsters, you, me, and We. Allow me your eyes for a moment and try your hardest not to flee. We remember together. We run together. We teach Death that She's never been welcome inside the time She has stolen. Me, We, Pain, Pound, and Rayne. Ardavana blankets us all. She whispered to me that she's glad you came. Monsters are real. And I am tired of running from them. If I am afraid, then there's reason to fear. But come inside and look at them long enough, discover which face you might find in the mirror.
Author | : Amelinda Bérubé |
Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2019-08-06 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1492671029 |
The Blair Witch Project meets Imaginary Girls in this story of sisterhood turned toxic, imaginary monsters brought to life, and secrets that won't stay buried. Sixteen-year-old Skye is done playing the knight in shining armor for her insufferable younger sister, Deirdre. And moving across the country seems like the perfect chance to start over as someone different. In their isolated new neighborhood, Skye manages to fit in, but Deirdre withdraws from everyone, becoming fixated on the swampy woods behind their house and building monstrous sculptures out of sticks and bones. Then Deirdre disappears. And when something awful comes scratching at Skye's window in the middle of the night, claiming Skye's the only one who can save Deirdre, Skye knows she will stop at nothing to bring her sister home.
Author | : Denis Johnson |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2014-11-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0374709238 |
Denis Johnson's New York Times bestseller, The Laughing Monsters, is a high-suspense tale of kaleidoscoping loyalties in the post-9/11 world that shows one of our great novelists at the top of his game. Roland Nair calls himself Scandinavian but travels on a U.S. passport. After ten years' absence, he returns to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to reunite with his friend Michael Adriko. They once made a lot of money here during the country's civil war, and, curious to see whether good luck will strike twice in the same place, Nair has allowed himself to be drawn back to a region he considers hopeless. Adriko is an African who styles himself a soldier of fortune and who claims to have served, at various times, the Ghanaian army, the Kuwaiti Emiri Guard, and the American Green Berets. He's probably broke now, but he remains, at thirty-six, as stirred by his own doubtful schemes as he was a decade ago. Although Nair believes some kind of money-making plan lies at the back of it all, Adriko's stated reason for inviting his friend to Freetown is for Nair to meet Adriko's fiancée, a grad student from Colorado named Davidia. Together the three set out to visit Adriko's clan in the Uganda-Congo borderland—but each of these travelers is keeping secrets from the others. Their journey through a land abandoned by the future leads Nair, Adriko, and Davidia to meet themselves not in a new light, but rather in a new darkness.