| About/Subject | Urban Legend |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | UK |
| First Printing | 2006 |
| Pages / Font | 277 pages |
| ISBN | 9780330512916 |
| Chapters | Introduction - 1
1. Birth - 5
2. Bodies - 29
3. Romance - 46
4. Food - 70
5. Photography - 84
6. The World Wide Web - 100
7. Email - 121
8. Ebay - 135
9. Technology - 144
10. The News - 157
11. Entertainment - 176
12. Advertising - 194
13. Business - 211
14. Politics - 229
15. Death - 251
Glossary - 264 Introduction - 1
1. Birth - 5
2. Bodies - 29
3. Romance - 46
4. Food - 70
5. Photography - 84
6. The World Wide Web - 100
7. Email - 121
8. Ebay - 135
9. Technology - 144
10. The News - 157
11. Entertainment - 176
12. Advertising - 194
13. Business - 211
14. Politics - 229
15. Death - 251
Glossary - 264 Show all ▾ |
| Notes | Alex Boese, who runs the web's biggest repository of hoaxes, www.museumofhoaxes.com, has collected together the most entertaining urban myths of recent years - from bonsai kittens reared in jars, to male lactation - and brilliantly de-bunked or conforms them once and for all. Because while most of the stories in this book are in the 'hippo eats dwarf' category, some of them are actually true... |