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What Makes a Monster?: Books
The new exhibition What Makes a Monster? explores how human have long found wonder in the strange and macabre, from mythical creatures to the real world freak show artists, microscopic pathogens, and monstrous criminals.
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Vision & Voices Panel
Beasts of Myth and Legend
Demonic Divine
by
Robert N. Linrothe; Marylin M. Rhie
Call Number: N8193.H56 D46 2004
ISBN: 1932476083
Publication Date: 2004-05-01
Ghosts and Spirits from the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art
by
Jaron Borensztajn (Editor)
Call Number: N7354 .G56 2012
ISBN: 9789087281809
Publication Date: 2013-08-15
Golem
by
David Wisniewski (Retold by); David Wisniewski (Illustrator)
Call Number: BM531 .W57 1996
ISBN: 0395726182
Publication Date: 1996-10-18
Born of the Atom
Atomic : the first war of physics and the secret history of the atomic bomb, 1939-49
by
Baggott, J. E.
Call Number: QC773 .B24 2009
ISBN: 9781848310445
Trinity
by
Jonathan Fetter-Vorm; Jonathan Fetter-Vorm (Illustrator); Michael Gallagher
Call Number: QC773.3.U5 F47 2012
ISBN: 9780809094684
Publication Date: 2012-06-05
The Manhattan Project
by
Jeff Hughes
Call Number: QC773.3.U5 H84 2003
ISBN: 0231131526
Publication Date: 2003-10-08
Carnival of the Damned
American Sideshow
by
Marc Hartzman
Call Number: GV1803 .H37 2005
ISBN: 1585424412
Publication Date: 2005-11-17
Side show : Max Rusid's photo album of human oddities
by
Rusid, Max.
Call Number: GV1835 .S55 1975
Publication Date: 1975
Secrets of the Sideshows
by
Joe Nickell
Call Number: GV1835 .N53 2005
ISBN: 0813123585
Publication Date: 2005-09-09
Step Right Up
by
Nathaniel Knaebel (Editor)
Call Number: PN6120.95.C63 S74 2004
ISBN: 0786713321
Publication Date: 2004-04-15
Chimeras
Renaissance Beasts
by
Erica Fudge (Editor)
Call Number: QL85 .R455 2004
ISBN: 0252028805
Publication Date: 2004-01-29
The Second Tree
by
Elaine Dewar
Call Number: QH442 .D483 2004
ISBN: 0786714883
Publication Date: 2004-12-20
The Book of Imaginary Beings
by
Jorge Luis Borges; Andrew Hurley (Translator); Peter Sís (Illustrator)
Call Number: GR825 .B613 2005
ISBN: 0670891800
Publication Date: 2005-11-03
Imaginary Animals
by
Boria Sax
Call Number: GR825 .S28 2013
ISBN: 9781780231730
Publication Date: 2013-11-15
Monsters
by
David D. Gilmore
Call Number: GR825 .G55 2003
ISBN: 0812237021
Publication Date: 2002-10-11
Cryptozoology
Field Guide to the Sasquatch
by
David Gordon; International Society of Cryptozoology Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: QL89.2.S2 G67 1992
ISBN: 0912365544
Publication Date: 2002-01-11
Abominable Science!
by
Daniel Loxton; Donald R. Prothero; Michael Shermer (Foreword by)
Call Number: QL88.3 .L69 2013
ISBN: 9780231153201
Publication Date: 2013-08-06
Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents
by
Loren Coleman; Patrick Huyghe
Call Number: QL89 .C646 2003
ISBN: 1585422525
Publication Date: 2003-10-27
Degeneration and Devolution
The True History of the Elephant Man
by
Michael Howell; Peter Ford
ISBN: 014005622X
Publication Date: 1980-09-25
Disparities and Deformations
by
Robert Storr; Charles Stainback
Call Number: N6487.S276 S58 2004
ISBN: 0970077483
Publication Date: 2004-09-02
Monstrous Births and Visual Culture in Sixteenth-Century Germany
by
Jennifer Spinks
Call Number: N8236.P4 S65 2009
ISBN: 9781851966301
Publication Date: 2009-06-01
Monstrosity
by
Alexa Wright
ISBN: 9781780763354
Publication Date: 2013-08-28
It Came From Beyond
Alien vault : the definitive story of the making of the film
Call Number: PN1997.A32253 N38 2011
ISBN: 9781845136673
Alien Creatures
by
Siegel, Richard.
Call Number: PN1995.9.S26 S5
ISBN: 089168501X
Publication Date: 1978
Science Fiction Classics
by
James Ackerman
Call Number: PS648.S3 S2735 1999x
ISBN: 1575000407
Publication Date: 1999-08-01
Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism
by
Elana Gomel
Call Number: PN3433.5 .G663 2014
ISBN: 9781137367624
Publication Date: 2014-06-24
Monsters in Fantasy
Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination
by
Mark W. Scala (Editor)
Call Number: N8217.F28 F35 2012
ISBN: 9780826518149
Publication Date: 2012-02-24
Gothic Nightmares
by
Martin Myrone; Christopher Frayling (Contribution by); Mervyn Heard (Contribution by)
Call Number: ND467.5.G68 M97 2006
ISBN: 1854375822
Publication Date: 2006-04-01
Here Be Dragons - A Fantastic Bestiary
by
Ariane Delacampagne; Christian Delacampagne
Call Number: N7745.A5 D4313 2003
ISBN: 069111689X
Publication Date: 2003-10-12
Magical Tales
by
Diane Purkiss (Editor); Carolyne Larrington (Editor)
Call Number: PN56.M95 M34 2013
ISBN: 9781851242641
Publication Date: 2013-06-01
Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite
by
Matt Kaplan
Call Number: GR825 .K357 2012
ISBN: 9781451667981
Publication Date: 2012-10-23
The Deviant and the Deranged
Bonnie and Clyde--The Beginning
by
Gary Jeffrey
Call Number: HV6245 .J37 2014
ISBN: 9780786465408
Publication Date: 2013-10-22
Clues from Killers
by
Dirk C. Gibson
Call Number: HV6529 .G53 2004
ISBN: 0275983609
Publication Date: 2004-10-01
The Female Homicide Offender
by
Stacey L. Shipley; Bruce A. Arrigo
Call Number: HV6517 .S55 2004
ISBN: 0131141619
Publication Date: 2003-10-16
Women Serial and Mass Murderers
by
Kerry Segrave
ISBN: 0899506801
Publication Date: 1992-03-01
This Is the Zodiac Speaking
by
Michael D. Kelleher; David Van Nuys; Martin Kanton
Call Number: HV6533.C2 K45 2002
ISBN: 0275973387
Publication Date: 2001-11-30
Serial Killers and Sadistic Murderers
by
Jack Levin
Call Number: HV6515 .L483 2008
ISBN: 9781591025764
Publication Date: 2008-02-28
The Devil’s Minions
Demonic History
by
Kirk Wetters
Call Number: PT134.D456 W48 2014
ISBN: 9780810129764
Publication Date: 2014-08-31
The Demonic
by
Ewan Fernie
Call Number: PN56.D465 F47 2013
ISBN: 9780415690249
Publication Date: 2012-12-14
Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures
by
Theresa Bane
Call Number: BL480 .B364 2012
ISBN: 9780786463602
Publication Date: 2012-01-11
The Enemy Within
Basic Virology
by
Edward K. Wagner; Martinez J. Hewlett
Call Number: QR360 .W26 1999
ISBN: 0632042990
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
With the vast developments in the virology field in the past three decades it is an
The Black Death
by
Johannes Nohl; C H Clarke (Translator)
Call Number: RC172 .N613 2006
ISBN: 1594160295
Publication Date: 2006-05-31
The Black Death in London
by
Barney Sloane
Call Number: RC178.G7S55 2011
ISBN: 9780752428291
Publication Date: 2011-07-01
Russian Tales of Demonic Possession
by
Marcia A. Morris
Call Number: PG3276 .R89 2014
ISBN: 9780739188606
Publication Date: 2014-04-17
The Face of Evil
Vlad the Impaler
by
Sid Jacobson; Ernie Colon (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN6727.J35 V56 2010
ISBN: 9780452296572
Publication Date: 2010-09-28
The Anatomy of Evil
by
Michael H. Stone
Call Number: HV6080 .S85 2009
ISBN: 9781591027263
Publication Date: 2009-07-28
Army of Evil
by
Adrian Weale
Call Number: DD253.6 .W43 2012
ISBN: 9780451237910
Publication Date: 2012-09-04
The Psychology of Genocide and Violent Oppression
by
Richard Morrock
Call Number: HV6322.7 .M67 2010
ISBN: 9780786447763
Publication Date: 2010-10-11
The Guardian of Hell
Art of the Devil
by
Arturo Graf
Call Number: N8140 .G73 2009
ISBN: 9781844846467
Publication Date: 2009-12-02
The Devil
by
Robert Arp (Editor)
Call Number: BL480 .D47 2014
ISBN: 9780812698541
Publication Date: 2014-08-19
The Devil
by
Philip C. Almond
Call Number: BF1548 .A46 2014
ISBN: 9780801453373
Publication Date: 2014-08-05
The Misunderstood Monster
The Heap
by
Thomas, Roy
Call Number: PN6726 .H43 2012 v.1
ISBN: 9781848634633
Monster Theory
by
Jeffrey J. Cohen (Editor)
Call Number: PN56.M55 M55 1996
ISBN: 0816628548
Publication Date: 1996-11-01
The Monster Show
by
David J. Skal
Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 S57 1993
ISBN: 0393034194
Publication Date: 1993-05-01
Investigates the horror genre as a cultural phenomenon.
They Only Come Out at Night
Gorey Posters
by
Edward Gorey
Call Number: PS3513.O614 G64
ISBN: 0810921790
Publication Date: 1979-01-01
Creatures of the Night
by
Gregory L. Reece
Call Number: BF1531 .R44 2012
ISBN: 9781848853850
Publication Date: 2012-05-08
Transylvanian Vampires
by
Adriana Groza
Call Number: GR830.V3 G76 2014
ISBN: 9780786477029
Publication Date: 2014-02-26
Open Graves, Open Minds
by
Hughes George; Sam George (Editor); Bill Hughes (Editor)
Call Number: PN56.V3 O64 2013
ISBN: 9780719089411
Publication Date: 2013-12-17
The Undead
Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
by
Otto Penzler
Call Number: PS648.Z64 Z66 2011
ISBN: 9780307740892
Publication Date: 2011-09-20
Great Zombies in History
by
Joe Sergi (Editor)
Call Number: GR581 .G74 2013
ISBN: 9780786474561
Publication Date: 2013-05-22
The Zombie Film
by
Alain Silver; James Ursini
Call Number: PN1995.9.Z63 S55 2014
ISBN: 0879108878
Publication Date: 2014-02-01
Zombies in the Academy
by
Ruth Walker (Editor); Christopher Moore (Editor); Andrew Whelan (Editor)
Call Number: LB2322.2 .Z65 2013
ISBN: 9781841507149
Publication Date: 2013-07-15
Satan’s Sisterhood
Witches
by
Lorenzo Lorenzi; Ursula Creagh (Translator)
Call Number: N8262.7 .L6713 2005
ISBN: 8870384306
Publication Date: 2006-09-07
Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs, and Disease
by
H. Sidky
Call Number: GR530 .S53 1997
ISBN: 0820433543
Publication Date: 1997-07-01
Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700
by
Alan Charles Kors (Editor); Edward Peters (Editor, Revised by)
Call Number: BF1566 .W739 2001
ISBN: 0812217519
Publication Date: 2000-11-29
Witch Hunts
by
Rocky Wood; Lisa Morton; Greg Chapman
Call Number: BF1566 .W775 2012
ISBN: 9780786466559
Publication Date: 2012-05-22
Witchcraft in Early Modern England
by
J. A. Sharpe
Call Number: BF1581 .S43 2001
ISBN: 0582328756
Publication Date: 2001-09-19
Malleus Maleficarum
by
Institoris, Heinrich, 1430-1505.
Call Number: BF1569.A2 I53 1951
Shape-Shifters
Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses
by
Chris Nashawaty; John Landis (Introduction by)
Call Number: PN1998.3.C68 N37 2013
ISBN: 9781419706691
Publication Date: 2013-09-10
A Lycanthropy Reader
by
Charlotte F. Otten (Editor)
Call Number: GR830.W4 L93 1986
ISBN: 0815623836
Publication Date: 1986-11-01
The White Devil
by
Matthew Beresford
Call Number: GR830.W4 B47 2013
ISBN: 9781780231884
Publication Date: 2013-11-15
The Modern Literary Werewolf
by
Brent A. Stypczynski
Call Number: PN56.W45 S79 2013
ISBN: 9780786469659
Publication Date: 2013-05-02
What Lies Beneath
Sea Monsters
by
Joseph Nigg
Call Number: GA951.O53 N54 2013
ISBN: 9780226925165
Publication Date: 2013-08-22
Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps
by
Chet Van Duzer
Call Number: GA781. V36 2013
ISBN: 9780712358903
Publication Date: 2013-06-15
Monsters of the Sea
by
Richard Ellis
Call Number: QL121 .E58 1994
ISBN: 0679406395
Publication Date: 1994-10-25
373 illustrations in text
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