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  • Wild Palette
    Chad Arment
    Wild Palette surveys common color combinations found in birds, bugs, beasts, and other animal species, to inspire model creators, interior designers, and other artists. Whether you are creating wildlife statues or painting a themed room, you'll find a wide range of color and shade combinations (over 200) to consider.There are 2-color, 3-color, up to 7+-color combinations to...
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    29,47 €

  • The Historical Bigfoot
    Chad Arment
    Long before Bigfoot was fixed as a cultural icon in American folklore, people encountered hairy wild men and gorilla-like beasts in the woods, the mountains, and the creek bottoms. Strange cries and enormous footprints were met with hunts and posses, to no avail. Not until 1958 did the popular understanding of Bigfoot arise to suggest a possible answer to the puzzle. This book ...
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    53,57 €

  • Wulf
    Chad Arment
    Wulf is an anthology of 26 classic stories of lupine and lycanthropic creatures. Contemporary media’s interest in werewolves is only the latest permutation of the creature’s development in literature and the arts. The stories collected here highlight the diverse nature of werewolf fiction, even in the early years. Authors include Algernon Blackwood, George MacDonald, Bernard Ca...
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    30,18 €

  • Monstrum
    Chad Arment
    Monstrum collects twenty classic short stories with myriad monstrous creatures from mythology and darker imaginations. 'The Cube' is a precursor of 'pod people' science fiction, 'The Derelict' is a very different sea monster, while 'The Basilisk,' 'Medusa,' and 'The Song of the Sirens' give their own versions of mythological beasts. ...
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    24,69 €

  • Botanica Delira
    Chad Arment
    As a companion anthology to Flora Curiosa, Botanica Delira collects 21 short stories of botanical wonders and horrors, strange plants that delight and sometimes kill. These imaginative flowers and trees (and even one cactus) are a literary outgrowth of newspaper 'wonder stories' that purported to describe rare natural marvels. To illustrate this 'nature fakery,' ten brief newsp...
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    22,31 €

  • Varmints
    Chad Arment
    Varmints is a cryptozoological survey of mystery carnivore folklore (stories and sightings) in North America. Black panthers, maned felines, giant polar bears, dwarf grizzlies, and many more alleged predators have been reported, though most are dismissed out-of-hand by wildlife officials. Cryptozoology researchers and enthusiasts alike will find cases worth exploring, and some ...
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    59,85 €

  • Bestiarium Cryptozoologicum
    Chad Arment
    This anthology collects 23 classic short stories with cryptozoological themes: unknown species, relict creatures from the past, and strange creatures hidden in dark corners of the globe. Stories include The Jheen, In the Avu Observatory, Æpyornis Island, The Fiend of the Cooperage, The Brazilian Cat, The Killing of the Mammoth, The Spell of the Bird, A Relic of the Pliocene, Th...
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    22,27 €

  • A Spectrum Unseen
    Chad Arment
    A Spectrum Unseen collects 14 short stories and 2 novellas dealing with invisible people and creatures in classic science fiction and fantasy. Included are H. G. Well’s The Invisible Man, and such stories as The Crystal Man, The Horla, The Gift of Fernseed, The Face of Air, Sister Hannah, and more. ...
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    24,42 €

  • Anthropologica Incognita
    Chad Arment
    Anthropologica Incognita collects twenty classic short stories of wild men, monster apes, weird primates, and strange races. Includes the Story of TsoqélEM, Two Nights in Southern Mexico, Hunting of the Soko, Manmat'ha, A Haunt of the Jinkarras, From a Simian Point of View, Dankwarra: the Isle of Fear, The Depths of Kyamo, No-Man's-Land, The Harbour-Master, Found by the...
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    24,64 €

  • Cetus Insolitus
    Chad Arment
    Cetus Insolitus is an anthology of twenty-six classic sea monster stories, from giant squid and invisible octopuses to sea serpents and strange deadly fish. The stories range from the humorous to the darkly apocalyptic. Well-known stories by authors like H. G. Wells and William Hope Hodgson are compiled with pieces that have rarely been seen since their first publication in the...
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    26,03 €

  • Invertebrata Enigmatica
    Chad Arment
    Invertebrata Enigmatica collects thirty classic sci-fi/fantasy short stories involving strange invertebrates. From giant arachnids to intelligent insects, the stories explore imaginative worlds where human meets bug (and bug might just win...). Some stories are well-known, others are rarely reprinted. They include: The Sphinx, The Blue Beetle: A Confession, The Strong Spider, T...
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    26,02 €

  • Out of the Sand
    Chad Arment
    Twenty classic stories of horror, adventure, and mystery with a focus on Egyptology. Stories include The Mummy’s Foot (Theophile Gautier), Some Words with a Mummy (Edgar Allan Poe), Lost in a Pyramid (Louisa May Alcott), My New Year’s Eve Among the Mummies (Grant Allen), The Ring of Thoth (Arthur Conan Doyle), Lot No. 249 (Doyle), A Professor of Egyptology (Guy Boothby), The St...
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    26,96 €

  • Eight-Legged Marvels
    Chad Arment
    Eight-Legged Marvels explores the diversity of colors, shapes, sizes, and behaviors of spiders around the world. Beyond a basic review of the biology of spiders, it offers incentive to think about beauty and design in a fascinating group of animals. ...
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    26,22 €

  • About Time
    Chad Arment
    This anthology collects early fifteen stories (1819-1916) that demonstrate time travel, time shifts, and other temporal tampering before the 'golden age' of science fiction took time travel stories to heart. Stories include the well-known and sometimes overlooked: Rip Van Winkle, Peter Rugg, Missing One’s Coach, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (Poe), The Clock...
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    20,78 €

  • Boss Snakes
    Chad Arment
    Boss Snakes: Stories and Sightings of Giant Snakes in North America offers a comprehensive collection of tales involving an often overlooked folkloric creature. While recognizing that hoaxes and misidentifications exist, there are stories that might just point to larger-than-expected serpents. Includes a brief guide to our larger native species (and new invasive species) and a ...
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    26,05 €

  • Shadows from a Veiled Creation
    Chad Arment
    This collection of classic supernatural stories ranges from light fantasy to darkly weird, as angels, demons, souls (lost and saved), and a vast spiritual landscape are brought to light (or at least to print). The authors of these 44 stories include Daniel DeFoe, James Hogg, George MacDonald, G. K. Chesterton, Mary Wilkins, E. G. Swain, M. R. James, Henry S. Whitehead, Robert H...
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    29,06 €

  • Stick Insects of the Continental United States and Canada
    Chad Arment
    Insect collectors, breeders, photographers, and other nature hobbyists will find this book useful when searching for the walkingsticks of North America. The masterful camouflage of stick insects intrigues anyone who is fortunate to find and recognize one in the field. This guide provides data on known regions of inhabitation, host plant preferences, and characters to distinguis...
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    25,31 €

  • Cryptozoology
    Chad Arment
    First published in 2004, Cryptozoology: Science and Speculation examines the rationale, purpose, and methodology of this discovery science. This is followed by several chapters discussing various mystery animals and zoological folklore that are of interest to cryptozoological researchers, illustrating how an investigator might examine a reported mystery animal from a biological...
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    26,03 €