An urban legend is re-enacted as three teenage girls mysteriously disappear on homecoming night. The next day they resurface with no memory of their disappearance. Those responsible for the prank begin to be killed off one by one in urban legend fashion while one of the homecoming girls & her brother must solve the mystery behind the murders & its connection to the past before it's too late. ...

Box set containing all three movies from the ' Urban Legends' trilogy. In ' Urban Legend' (1998), when a bizarre series of deaths occur on the campus of Pendleton college, student Natalie (Alicia Witt) starts to believe that they are somehow linked to various urban legends. Her classmates are dismissive, claiming that the deaths are just freak coincidences, but as Natalie investigates more closely she realises that not only is there a sinister pattern behind the murders, but she may well be the next victim. In ' Urban Legends 2
- The Final Cut' (2000), the students at Alpine University have staged a competition to see who can make the best horror film. But when production begins on Amy's entry, the actress Sandra is slain by a masked killer & the murder is captured on film. Many of Amy's fellow students believe the murder to be a fake, but when the killer strikes again (and again & again) the evidence becomes impossible to ignore. Finally, in ' Urban Legends
- Bloody Mary' (2005), an urban legend is re-enacted as three teenage girls mysteriously disappear on homecoming night. The next day they resurface with no memory of their disappearance. Those responsible for the prank begin to be killed off one by one in urban legend fashion while one of the homecoming girls & her brother must solve the mystery behind the murders & its connection to the past before it's too late.

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Explores the interplay of formal politics with informal factors such as social prejudice, parochialism & personal rivalries in the cities of northwestern Asia Minor from the first to the fifth centuries AD. This book presents an analysis of the municipal speeches & career of the philosopher-politician Dion Chrysostomos. ...

An anthology that describes & analyzes the living conditions of marginalized persons in America's cities & neighborhoods & the consequential impact on their social mobility. It focuses on key issues that include immigration, educational underachievement, urban renewal, public health, immigration, homelessness, environmental issues, & more. ...

Takes up the question of marginality in contemporary urban cartographies in the Middle East, South Asia, & Africa. This book explores the complex processes through which citizens produce & negotiate these marginalized landscapes & in turn are informed by them. ...

From horse-drawn omnibuses to subways to light rail, this title highlights the technological & social struggles that have accompanied urbanization & the need for an efficient & cost-effective means of transportation in cities. It focuses on innovations in the United States as well as worldwide developments. ...