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  • The Watkins Book of Urban Legends

    by Gail de Vos ...
    A comprehensive and entertaining collection of urban legends from around the world, with a history and analysis of the origin of each tale, compiled by a leading authority in the field.A rich and unique collection of folktales and urban legends from around the world. Each story comes with an accompanying brief note to provide context. Including new tales reflecting new concerns; old tales ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • What Happens Next?

    Contemporary Urban Legends and Popular Culture

    by Gail de Vos ...
    This fascinating book uncovers the history behind urban legends and explains how the contemporary iterations of familiar fictional tales provide a window into the modern concerns—and digital advancements—of our society.What do ghost hunting, legend tripping, and legendary monsters have in common with email hoaxes, chain letters, and horror movies? In this follow-up to Libraries Unlimited's Tales, ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with JavaFX

    Cross-Platform Mobile and Cloud Development Updated for JavaFX 21 and 23

    by Stephen Chin, Johan Vos, James Weaver, Gail Anderson, Paul Anderson, Bruno Borges, Anton Epple, Weiqi Gao, Jonathan Giles, José Pereda, Sven Reimers, Eugene Ryzhikov, William Antônio Siqueira ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    Build enhanced visual experiences and design and deploy modern, easy-to-maintain, client applications across a variety of platforms. This book will show you how these applications can take advantage of JavaFX’s latest user interface components, 3D technology, and cloud services to create immersive visualizations and allow high-value data manipulation. This book is a professional reference for ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with JavaFX

    Cross-Platform Mobile and Cloud Development

    by Stephen Chin, Johan Vos, James Weaver, Gail Anderson, Paul Anderson, Bruno Borges, Anton Epple, Weiqi Gao, Jonathan Giles, José Pereda, Sven Reimers, Eugene Ryzhikov, William Antônio Siqueira ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    Build enhanced visual experiences and design and deploy modern, easy-to-maintain, client applications across a variety of platforms. This book will show you how these applications can take advantage of the latest user interface components, 3D technology, and cloud services to create immersive visualizations and allow high-value data manipulation.The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with JavaFX 17

    Cross-Platform Mobile and Cloud Development

    by Stephen Chin, Johan Vos, James Weaver, Gail Anderson, Paul Anderson, Bruno Borges, Anton Epple, Weiqi Gao, Jonathan Giles, José Pereda, Sven Reimers, Eugene Ryzhikov, William Antônio Siqueira ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    Build enhanced visual experiences and design and deploy modern, easy-to-maintain, client applications across a variety of platforms. This book will show you how these applications can take advantage of JavaFX’s latest user interface components, 3D technology, and cloud services to create immersive visualizations and allow high-value data manipulation. The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power

    by Sady Doyle ...
    A Kirkus Reviews “Best Book of the Year”This “witty, engaging analysis” of female monsters in pop culture offers “provocative and incisive” commentary on society’s fear of female rage and power (Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her).Women have always been seen as monsters. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, capable of immense destruction.Maybe they ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Invisible

    Personal Essays on Representation in SF/F

    by Jim C. Hines, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Mark Oshiro ...
    13 essays on the importance of representation in science fiction and fantasy, with an introduction by author Alex Dally MacFarlane. Proceeds from the sale of this collection go to the Carl Brandon Society to support Con or Bust.Full table of contents:Introduction by Alex Dally MacFarlane.“Parched” by Mark Oshiro.“Boys’ Books” by Katharine Kerr.“Clicking” by Susan Jane Bigelow.“The Princess Problem ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Country of the Blind

    A Memoir at the End of Sight

    by Andrew Leland ...
    **FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZENamed one of the best books of the year by: THE NEW YORKER • THE WASHINGTON POST • THE ATLANTIC • NPR • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • LITHUB"Fascinating...The great strength of this memoir is its voracious, humble curiosity." - The Atlantic, The 10 Best Books of the YearA witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Invisible 2

    Personal Essays on Representation in SF/F

    by Jim C. Hines, Aliette de Bodard, Diana M. Pho ...
    19 essays on the importance of representation in science fiction and fantasy, with an introduction by author Aliette de Bodard. Proceeds from the sale of this collection go to the Carl Brandon Society to support Con or Bust.Full table of contents:Introduction, by Aliette de Bodard"Breaking Mirrors," by Diana M. Pho"I'm Not Broken," by Annalee Flower Horne"Next Year in Jerusalem," by Gabrielle ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Heads

    A Biography of Psychedelic America

    by Jesse Jarnow ...
    Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America uncovers a hidden history of the biggest psychedelic distribution and belief system the world has ever known. Through a collection of fast-paced interlocking narratives, it animates the tale of an alternate America and its wide-eyed citizens: the LSD-slinging graffiti writers of Central Park, the Dead-loving AI scientists of Stanford, utopian Whole Earth ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Raving

    by McKenzie Wark ...
    Series series Practices
    What is an art of life for what feels like the end of a world? In Raving McKenzie Wark takes readers into the undisclosed locations of New York’s thriving underground queer and trans rave scene. Techno, first and always a Black music, invites fresh sonic and temporal possibilities for this era of diminishing futures. Raving to techno is an art and a technique at which queer and trans bodies might ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • Fiction Genres

    by Marcy Kennedy ...
    Series Book 11 - Busy Writer's Guides
    Genre confuses writers, but everyone who buys, sells, or reads our books wants to know what genre we're writing in.This mini book will demystify genre so we can better understanding what we're writing and who might want to read it. In Fiction Genres, you'll learn what qualities make a book one genre rather than another, and the smaller “genres” that fall under the larger umbrellas of fantasy, ... Read more

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