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Image one: E-book titled Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids (2013) - synopsis: Throughout our history, humans have been captivated by mythic beasts and legendary creatures. Tales of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster are part of our collective experience. Now comes a book from two dedicated investigators that explores and elucidates the fascinating world of cryptozoology. Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero have written an entertaining, educational, and definitive text on cryptids, presenting the arguments both for and against their existence and systematically challenging the pseudoscience that perpetuates their myths.
Image two: E-book titled Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade (2014) - synopsis: This collection revises, reframes, and deconstructs persistent critical binaries that have labelled 1940s horror as somehow inferior to a “classical” period or “canonical” mode of horror in the 1930s, especially as represented by the monster films of Universal Studios. The book’s four sections re-evaluate the historical, political, economic, and cultural factors informing 1940s horror cinema. Chapters focus on Gothic and Grand Guignol traditions operating in forties horror cinema; 1940s proto-slasher films; the independent horrors of the Poverty Row studios; and critical reevaluations of neglected hybrid films such as The Vampire’s Ghost (1945) and “slippery” auteurs such as Robert Siodmak and Sam Neufield.
