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Urban Legends Uncovered - Reloaded!
The book they tried to BAN with the website that they plotted and succeeded in TAKING DOWN - the internationally acclaimed and controversial ‘Urban Legends Uncovered’ is back – and this time it is fully reloaded!
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"uncovers the fact and fiction behind those campfire spine-tinglers"
-- Stranger Mag, September 2007
'the truth behind the urban legends told around office coolers,
bars and playgrounds the world over'
-- Woking News and Mail,
`Mark Barber's vivid exploration of urban myths shows how little we've moved psychologically from the cave these past 50,000 years'
-- The Weekend Australian, 13th October 2007
Urban Legends Uncovered - Reloaded! . . .
Are urban legends no more than harmless tales of modern folklore, or is there something more sinister lurking beneath the surface? "Urban Legends Uncovered" investigates to reveal the truth behind the legends.
From campfire classics that send shivers down the spine to the paranoia that followed the events of 9\11, Urban Legends Uncovered blows the lid of some of the world's most scary, sinister, strange and funny urban myths.
Marvel at how the creators of "The Blair Witch Project" used the power of urban legends as a clever marketing tool, and how Churchill and Hitler used urban legends in their wartime propaganda campaigns to play mind games with each other. Learn how urban legends are manufactured to target large corporations such as Microsoft and McDonalds, and how hoax e-mails and computer viruses have almost brought businesses and governments to their knees.
How and why do urban legends exist? Have they been created or manipulated for political, propaganda, or marketing reasons? Don't let a good story stand in the way of the truth!
LIMITED TIME ONLY - PROMOTIONAL PRICE!
Review
"uncovers the fact and fiction behind those campfire spine-tinglers"
-- Stranger Mag, September 2007
'the truth behind the urban legends told around office coolers,
bars and playgrounds the world over'
-- Woking News and Mail,
`Mark Barber's vivid exploration of urban myths shows how little we've moved psychologically from the cave these past 50,000 years'
-- The Weekend Australian, 13th October 2007
Urban Legends Uncovered - Reloaded! . . .
Are urban legends no more than harmless tales of modern folklore, or is there something more sinister lurking beneath the surface? "Urban Legends Uncovered" investigates to reveal the truth behind the legends.
From campfire classics that send shivers down the spine to the paranoia that followed the events of 9\11, Urban Legends Uncovered blows the lid of some of the world's most scary, sinister, strange and funny urban myths.
Marvel at how the creators of "The Blair Witch Project" used the power of urban legends as a clever marketing tool, and how Churchill and Hitler used urban legends in their wartime propaganda campaigns to play mind games with each other. Learn how urban legends are manufactured to target large corporations such as Microsoft and McDonalds, and how hoax e-mails and computer viruses have almost brought businesses and governments to their knees.
How and why do urban legends exist? Have they been created or manipulated for political, propaganda, or marketing reasons? Don't let a good story stand in the way of the truth!
284 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 30, 2013
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February 5, 2014
For those interested in not only Urban Legends, but where they came from and if there is any truth to them, then this is the book for you. It covers a wide range of ULs offering several versions as they have been told over time and in different locations around the globe. A great read for those interested in the topic.
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