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Damned Facts

Author : Jack Hunter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789963221424
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Damned Facts written by Jack Hunter and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-03 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I have a confession to make. My secret inner reaction to claims of anomalous phenomena is usually this: we haven't yet converged to even a half-decent ontology to explain the ordinary, why bother with the extra-ordinary? What this fascinating book does, however, is to disrupt our attempts to draw neat and smooth boundaries around what we consider real. The damned facts discussed in it spoil our elegant tentative models. Frankly, it's damn annoying. But books like this are also crucially important to keep us honest, insofar as our pursuit is for the truth, not merely intellectual reassurance.' - Bernardo Kastrup, author of Why Materialism is Baloney and More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth and Belief. 'Jack Hunter's Damned Facts, a collection of well-researched and closely argued essays into all things anomalous, presents some delightful, fascinating, and eye-brow raising evidence that there are more things in heaven and earth-and anywhere in between-than are dreamed of in practically anyone's philosophy. Taking their cue from the original anomalist, Charles Fort, who argued that mystery begins everywhere, Hunter and his contributors plunge headfirst into some deep waters and drag up to the surface enough oddities to satisfy even the most discerning taste in the unusual. It's my bet that Fort himself would have been damned proud.' - Gary Lachman, author of Revolutionaries of the Soul and The Secret Teachers of the Western World. Over the course of four ground-breaking books published between 1919-1932, Charles Fort gathered thousands of accounts of weird events and experiences that seemed to upset the established models of mainstream science and religion. In order to explore these events Fort developed the philosophy of Intermediatism, whereby all phenomena (from the most mundane to the most extraordinary), are understood to partake of a quasi-existence, neither real nor unreal. It is from this indeterminate vantage point that the chapters in this book begin their investigations... Jack Hunter is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of consciousness, religion and the paranormal. He is the author of Why People Believe in Spirits, Gods and Magic (2012), editor of Strange Dimensions: A Paranthropology Anthology

The Book of the Damned

Author : Charles Fort
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1613106424
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Book of the Damned written by Charles Fort and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Time travel, UFOs, mysterious planets, stigmata, rock-throwing poltergeists, huge footprints, bizarre rains of fish and frogs-nearly a century after Charles Fort's Book of the Damned was originally published, the strange phenomenon presented in this book remains largely unexplained by modern science. Through painstaking research and a witty, sarcastic style, Fort captures the imagination while exposing the flaws of popular scientific explanations. Virtually all of his material was compiled and documented from reports published in reputable journals, newspapers and periodicals because he was an avid collector. Charles Fort was somewhat of a recluse who spent most of his spare time researching these strange events and collected these reports from publications sent to him from around the globe. This was the first of a series of books he created on unusual and unexplained events and to this day it remains the most popular. If you agree that truth is often stranger than fiction, then this book is for you"--Taken from Good Reads website.

Lies, Damned Lies and History

Author : Graeme Donald
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752462350
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Lies, Damned Lies and History written by Graeme Donald and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-12-26 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From cats, spats and catacombs to the Wall Street shuffle, this book looks at how historical events didn't always unfold as we think they did. It takes the readers on a journey, century-by-century, showing how the truth we take for granted is a far cry from the facts. It is suitable for those who want to see the past as it was.

Lies, Damned Lies, and History

Author : Jodi Taylor
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 1472264290
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book Lies, Damned Lies, and History written by Jodi Taylor and published by Headline. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor. Rules are meant to be broken, aren't they? 'I've done some stupid things in my time. I've been reckless. I've broken a few rules. But never before have I ruined so many lives or left such a trail of destruction behind me.' Max has never been one for rules. They tend to happen to other people. But this time she's gone too far. And everyone at St Mary's is paying the price. With the History Department disintegrating around her and grounded until the end of time, how can she ever put things right? Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'

Lies, Damned Lies and History

Author : Graeme Donald
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752462350
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Lies, Damned Lies and History written by Graeme Donald and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-12-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From cats, spats and catacombs to the Wall Street shuffle, Lies, Damned Lies and History is an entertaining look at how historical events didn't always unfold as we think they did. Graeme Donald takes the reader on a journey, century-by-century, showing how the truth we take for granted is a far cry from the facts. This is not a book for those who like their history sugar-coated, but for those who truly want to see the past as it was. It is a hilarious lesson that any history lover will delight in.

Voyage of the Damned

Author : Gordon Thomas
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497658950
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Voyage of the Damned written by Gordon Thomas and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “extraordinary” true story of the St. Louis, a German ship that, in 1939, carried Jews away from Hamburg—and into an unimaginable ordeal (The New York Times). On May 13, 1939, the luxury liner St. Louis sailed from Hamburg, one of the last ships to leave Nazi Germany before World War II erupted. Aboard were 937 Jews—some had already been in concentration camps—who believed they had bought visas to enter Cuba. The voyage of the damned had begun. Before the St. Louis was halfway across the Atlantic, a power struggle ensued between the corrupt Cuban immigration minister who issued the visas and his superior, President Bru. The outcome: The refugees would not be allowed to land in Cuba. In America, the Brown Shirts were holding Nazi rallies in Madison Square Garden; anti-Semitic Father Coughlin had an audience of fifteen million. Back in Germany, plans were being laid to implement the final solution. And aboard the St. Louis, 937 refugees awaited the decision that would determine their fate. Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts have re-created history in this meticulous reconstruction of the voyage of the St. Louis. Every word of their account is true: the German High Command’s ulterior motive in granting permission for the “mission of mercy;” the confrontations between the refugees and the German crewmen; the suicide attempts among the passengers; and the attitudes of those who might have averted the catastrophe, but didn’t. In reviewing the work, the New York Times was unequivocal: “An extraordinary human document and a suspense story that is hard to put down. But it is more than that. It is a modern allegory, in which the SS St. Louis becomes a symbol of the SS Planet Earth. In this larger sense the book serves a greater purpose than mere drama.”

The Damned Utd

Author : David Peace
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571246079
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book The Damned Utd written by David Peace and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Mike Atherton's 'Top Ten Best Sports Books' in The Times In 1974 the brilliant and controversial Brian Clough made perhaps his most eccentric decision: he accepted the Leeds United manager's job. As successor to Don Revie, his bitter adversary, he was to last only 44 days. In one of the most acclaimed novels of this or any other year, David Peace takes us into the mind and thoughts of Ol'Big'Ead himself, and brings vividly to life one of post-war Britain's most complex and fascinating characters.

Unexplained Phenomena

Author : John Michell
Publisher : Rough Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781858285894
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book Unexplained Phenomena written by John Michell and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2000 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena is an exploration of the zone that lies between the known and the unknown, a shadowy territory that's home to lake monsters, combusting people, teleporting frogs and man-eating trees. Taking a Fortean path between dogmatic scientists and credulous believers, the authors trace tales of wonder back to their sources, drawing from a huge archive of observations, opinions and discussions. As the third millennium begins, many things are not yet known or understood about our world -- as this Rough Guide shows, there are still many riddles to solve and wonders to experience.

Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms

Author : Paul Heacock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521532716
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms written by Paul Heacock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-22 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book unlocks the meaning of more than 5,000 idioms used in American English today.

The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena

Author : Bob Rickard
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1405384565
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena written by Bob Rickard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-09-03 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena is an exploration of the zone that lies between the known and the unknown, a shadowy territory that's home to the lake monsters, combusting people, teleporting frogs and man-eating trees. Taking a Fortean path between dogmatic scientists and credulous believers, the authors trace tales of wonder back to their sources, drawing from a huge archive of observations, opinions and discussions. This updated second edition boasts new illustrations and plenty of intriguing new sections from near death experiences to ghosts, haunted houses and mysterious mass deaths. There are many things which are not yet known or understood about our world - as this guide shows there are many riddles to solve and wonders to experience. Decide for yourself with The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomona

The Hunger

Author : Alma Katsu
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593544293
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book The Hunger written by Alma Katsu and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Supernatural suspense at its finest . . . It will scare the pants off you." —The New York Times Book Review Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the isolated travelers to the brink of madness. Though they dream of what awaits them in the West, long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and dissent among them escalates to the point of murder and chaos. As members of the group begin to disappear, the survivors start to wonder if there really is something disturbing, and hungry, waiting for them in the mountains...and whether the evil that has unfolded around them may have in fact been growing within them all along.

The Damned

Author : Nathan M. Greenfield
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
ISBN 13 : 144340456X
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The Damned written by Nathan M. Greenfield and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Damned tells the largely unknown saga of Canada’s first land battle of the Second World War—fought in the hills and valleys of Hong Kong in December 1941—and the terrible years the survivors of the battle spent as slave labourers for the Empire of Japan. Their story begins in the fall of 1941, when almost 2,000 members of the Royal Rifles and the Winnipeg Grenadiers were sent to bolster the British garrison at Hong Kong. In the seventeen-day battle for the colony following the Japanese attack on December 8, the Canadians suffered grievous losses. The second part of their story—how the Canadians survived the horrid conditions of the Japanese POW camps—lasts three and a half years. Despite the circumstances, the surviving Canadians remained unbowed and unbroken. Theirs is a story of determination and valour, of resilience and faith.

Hell: The Dogma of Hell, Illustrated by Facts Taken From Profane and Sacred History

Author : Reverend F.X. Schouppe S.J.
Publisher : Aeterna Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hell: The Dogma of Hell, Illustrated by Facts Taken From Profane and Sacred History written by Reverend F.X. Schouppe S.J. and published by Aeterna Press. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have arrived at the stage of life when we must realize that the hour-glass is rapidly running out, that the pendulum of life is coming to a stand-still, and that time will soon be no more. With death an eternity without end begins. Every year, on Ash Wednesday, the Church solemnly reminds us of these eternal truths. With the inauguration of the Lenten season, the priest places blessed ashes upon our forehead in the form of a cross, saying: “Memento homo quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris.” Aeterna Press

Danger ahead, stop! look! listen!, or, A concise statement of facts relating to the un-American teachings of the Roman hierarchy

Author : I. N. Kuhn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Danger ahead, stop! look! listen!, or, A concise statement of facts relating to the un-American teachings of the Roman hierarchy written by I. N. Kuhn and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Exposition of Views respecting the Principal Facts, Causes, & Peculiarities involved in Spirit Manifestations ... Edited and republished with introduction by G. W. Stone

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Author : Adin BALLOU
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book An Exposition of Views respecting the Principal Facts, Causes, & Peculiarities involved in Spirit Manifestations ... Edited and republished with introduction by G. W. Stone written by Adin BALLOU and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Damned Lies and Statistics

Author : Joel Best
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520953517
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Damned Lies and Statistics written by Joel Best and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the challenges to improving statistical literacy. Since its publication ten years ago, Damned Lies and Statistics has emerged as the go-to handbook for spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers.

Dixie Be Damned

Author : Neal Shirley
Publisher : AK Press
ISBN 13 : 1849352089
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Dixie Be Damned written by Neal Shirley and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1891, when coal companies in eastern Tennessee brought in cheap convict labor to take over their jobs, workers responded by storming the stockades, freeing the prisoners, and loading them onto freight trains. Over the next year, tactics escalated to include burning company property and looting company stores. This was one of the largest insurrections in US working-class history. It happened at the same time as the widely publicized northern labor war in Homestead, Pennsylvania. And it was largely ignored, then and now. Dixie Be Damned engages seven similarly "hidden" insurrectionary episodes in Southern history to demonstrate the region's long arc of revolt. Countering images of the South as pacified and conservative, this adventurous retelling presents history in the rough. Not the image of the South many expect, this is the South of maroon rebellion, wildcat strikes, and Robert F. Williams's book Negroes with Guns, a South where the dispossessed refuse to quietly suffer their fate. This is people's history at its best: slave revolts, multiracial banditry, labor battles, prison uprisings, urban riots, and more. Neal Shirley grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and now lives in Durham, NC, where he is involved in several anti-prison initiatives and runs a small publishing project called the North Carolina Piece Corps. Saralee Stafford was born in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Her recent political work has focused on connecting the struggles of street organizations with those of anarchists in the area. She teaches gender-related health in Durham, North Carolina.