No Place for Monsters

No Place for Monsters
Author: Kory Merritt
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN: 0358128536

Cowslip Grove seems like the perfect place to raise a family until the children start disappearing. Nobody looks for the children because nobody can remember them. Nobody except Levi and Kat. Now they must figure out what terrible presence is taking the chilren and fight it to save the missing kids, before the whole town disappears.

Monster Places

Monster Places
Author:
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Miniature books
ISBN: 9780679877608

Monster places are where monsters hang out, and it's no accident that these "monster places" are the very same places that toddlers know and love: wet places, like the tub Elmo is soaking in; and dry places, like the sandbox Zoe's playing in. Toddlers will recognize all their favorite haunts, including their favorite place of all--Mommy's lap. ***************Full color.-3 yrs.

The Most Mysterious Places on Earth

The Most Mysterious Places on Earth
Author: Nick Redfern
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2013-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1477706852

Just what makes a locale one of the world's most mysterious places is a subject open to debate. But if Bigfoot, UFOs, and chain-rattling ghosts all appear in one particular location, time and again, along with a fantastic range of other bizarre phenomena, then this is highly suggestive that the place is truly weird and mysterious in the extreme. Readers will learn startling truths of these amazing, paranormal locations and uncanny hot spots. Included are eerie haunts scattered across the United States, Russia, Canada, and just about everywhere in between, including such infamous locales as Death Valley, the Bermuda Triangle, Loch Ness, and even the New York City subway. Also addressed are the various theories that have been posited to explain why such places have become so infinitely weird in the first place. This is a wild tour of the world and its many rich cultures and folklore that reveals the top twenty-five places on Earth that are...well...incredibly weird and mysterious.

Pop Culture Places [3 volumes]

Pop Culture Places [3 volumes]
Author: Gladys L. Knight
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 1128
Release: 2014-08-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0313398836

This three-volume reference set explores the history, relevance, and significance of pop culture locations in the United States—places that have captured the imagination of the American people and reflect the diversity of the nation. Pop Culture Places: An Encyclopedia of Places in American Popular Culture serves as a resource for high school and college students as well as adult readers that contains more than 350 entries on a broad assortment of popular places in America. Covering places from Ellis Island to Fisherman's Wharf, the entries reflect the tremendous variety of sites, historical and modern, emphasizing the immense diversity and historical development of our nation. Readers will gain an appreciation of the historical, social, and cultural impact of each location and better understand how America has come to be a nation and evolved culturally through the lens of popular places. Approximately 200 sidebars serve to highlight interesting facts while images throughout the book depict the places described in the text. Each entry supplies a brief bibliography that directs students to print and electronic sources of additional information.

The World's Most Mysterious Places

The World's Most Mysterious Places
Author: Lionel Fanthorpe
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1999-05
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 9780888822062

A fascinating compilation of stories about lost lands, weird locations, and strange sites.

1,000 Places to See Before You Die

1,000 Places to See Before You Die
Author: Patricia Schultz
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 994
Release: 2003-05-22
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0761148299

Describes essential places to see from around the world, offering information on what to find at each spot and the best time to visit.

Paint It Black

Paint It Black
Author: Voltaire
Publisher: Weiser Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-08-30
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781578633616

Home decorating will never be the same. Close your curtains! Throw away your summery linens! Forget about those white eyelet pillow covers! And for Goth's sake, buy some black lights! Voltaire is here to help you with your home decorating dilemmas, guide you through the hardware stores and decorating centers (which are so difficult for Goths to navigate), and lay it all out on the line about which shade of black goes with which shade of black. Who knows?! One day soon he might have his own decorating line at a discount store. In this world of pastels and plaids, it's so hard for Goths to find anything aesthetically appealing. You go in search of Edward Gorey and wind up with an eyeful of Eddie Bauer. With Voltaire's Paint It Black you can turn the unbearably mundane into the delightfully macabre with little more than a touch of creativity and a can of black spray paint.

1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the second edition

1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the second edition
Author: Patricia Schultz
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 1287
Release: 2011-11-15
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0761168656

The world’s bestselling travel book is back in a more informative, more experiential, more budget-friendly full-color edition. A #1 New York Times bestseller, 1,000 Places reinvented the idea of travel book as both wish list and practical guide. As Newsweek wrote, it “tells you what’s beautiful, what’s fun, and what’s just unforgettable— everywhere on earth.” And now the best is better. There are 600 full-color photographs. Over 200 entirely new entries, including visits to 28 countries like Lebanon, Croatia, Estonia, and Nicaragua, that were not in the original edition. There is an emphasis on experiences: an entry covers not just Positano or Ravello, but the full 30-mile stretch along the Amalfi Coast. Every entry from the original edition has been readdressed, rewritten, and made fuller, with more suggestions for places to stay, restaurants to visit, festivals to check out. And throughout, the book is more budget-conscious, starred restaurants and historic hotels such as the Ritz,but also moderately priced gems that don’t compromise on atmosphere or charm. The world is calling. Time to answer.

Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture

Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture
Author: Liz Gloyn
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2019-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1350114340

What is it about ancient monsters that popular culture still finds so enthralling? Why do the monsters of antiquity continue to stride across the modern world? In this book, the first in-depth study of how post-classical societies use the creatures from ancient myth, Liz Gloyn reveals the trends behind how we have used monsters since the 1950s to the present day, and considers why they have remained such a powerful presence in our shared cultural imagination. She presents a new model for interpreting the extraordinary vitality that classical monsters have shown, and their enormous adaptability in finding places to dwell in popular culture without sacrificing their connection to the ancient world. Her argument takes her readers through a comprehensive tour of monsters on film and television, from the much-loved creations of Ray Harryhausen in Clash of the Titans to the monster of the week in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, before looking in detail at the afterlives of the Medusa and the Minotaur. She develops a broad theory of the ancient monster and its life after antiquity, investigating its relation to gender, genre and space to offer a bold and novel exploration of what keeps drawing us back to these mythical beasts. From the siren to the centaur, all monster lovers will find something to enjoy in this stimulating and accessible book.