Want to hold an audience captive... to have people mystified with your range of knowledge? Then equip yourself with a good supply of urban legends, those ever popular if even reliable tests of truth and gullibility. From the Mexican stabbed to death by uncooked spaghetti during a hurricane, to the hordes of grown-up alligators plaguing New York's sewers, The book of urban legends is an unputdownable (is this even a word?) collection of runaway rumours for all who enjoy a good tale! So when you are next all huddled around the camp fire sharing those stories or just looking for some good pub ammo, this really is the book for you! Tell the amazing tale of the football match that saw a seagull heading a seemingly wide shot into the goal or the pregnant lady in Manchester, arrested for trying to steel a basketball!

These are classic anecdotes that'll have youoooing" and"aaahhing", laughing and crying, and in some cases, wondering if the human race has gone completely crazy!"