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Contemporary Conspiracy Culture - Truth and Knowledge in an Era of Epistemic Instability (Paperback): Jaron Harambam Contemporary Conspiracy Culture - Truth and Knowledge in an Era of Epistemic Instability (Paperback)
Jaron Harambam
R1,353 Discovery Miles 13 530 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In-depth ethnographic study of those active in the conspiracy milieu

Cosmic Coherence - A Cognitive Anthropology Through Chinese Divination (Hardcover): William Matthews Cosmic Coherence - A Cognitive Anthropology Through Chinese Divination (Hardcover)
William Matthews
R2,685 Discovery Miles 26 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Humans are unique in their ability to create systematic accounts of the world - theories based on guiding cosmological principles. This book is about the role of cognition in creating cosmologies, and explores this through the ethnography and history of Yijing divination in China. Diviners explain the cosmos in terms of a single substance, qi, unfolding across scales of increasing complexity to create natural phenomena and human experience. Combined with an understanding of human cognition, it shows how this conception of scale offers a new way for anthropologists and other social scientists to think about cosmology, comparison and cultural difference.

Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters Sasquatch Chupacabras (Paperback, Original): Loren Coleman Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters Sasquatch Chupacabras (Paperback, Original)
Loren Coleman
R573 R533 Discovery Miles 5 330 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The ultimate quest for the world's most mysterious creatures

The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman -- these are the names of the elusive beasts that have caught the eye and captured the imaginations of people around the world for centuries. Recently, tales of these "monsters" have been corroborated by an increase in sightings, and out of these legends a new science has been born: cryptozoology -- the study of hidden animals.

Cryptozoology A to Z, the first encyclopedia of its kind, contains nearly two hundred entries, including cryptids (the name given to these unusual beasts), new animal finds, and the explorers and scientists who search for them. Loren Coleman, one of the world's leading cryptozoologists, teams up with Jerome Clark, editor and author of several encyclopedias, to provide these definitive descriptions and many never-before-published drawings and photographs from eyewitnesses' detailed accounts. Full of insights into the methods of these scientists, exciting tales of discovery, and the history and evolution of this field, Cryptozoology A to Z is the most complete reference ever of the newest zoological science.

Sasquatch - The Apes Among (Paperback): Green Sasquatch - The Apes Among (Paperback)
Green
R1,508 Discovery Miles 15 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Real Lolita - The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World (Large print, Paperback, Large type /... The Real Lolita - The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Sarah Weinman
R697 R624 Discovery Miles 6 240 Save R73 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Arrested Adolescence - The Secret Life of Nathan Leopold (Hardcover): Erik Rebain Arrested Adolescence - The Secret Life of Nathan Leopold (Hardcover)
Erik Rebain
R1,278 R924 Discovery Miles 9 240 Save R354 (28%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

During the summer of 1924, everyone was obsessed with Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, the two wealthy, brilliant, lovers who had brutally murdered a boy with a chisel just for the "thrill." Between the charm and accessibility of the dashing teenage defendants, their "deviant" sexual appetites, and the 1920s' culture wars over the generational shift in acceptable morality, it is no wonder it was labeled the trial of the century. 100 years after the murder, this groundbreaking new biography reveals the motivations behind Bobby's death and the secret life of one of his killers. Pulling on previously unseen archival collections from across the country, Arrested Adolescence looks at the full life of Nathan Leopold to discover the secrets hidden from history.

An Illustrated History of UFOs (Hardcover): Adam Allsuch Boardman An Illustrated History of UFOs (Hardcover)
Adam Allsuch Boardman
R584 R456 Discovery Miles 4 560 Save R128 (22%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Mysterious lights in the sky. Alien abductions. Government cover-ups. Dedicated ufologists have spent years documenting unexplained phenomena from flying saucers to extraterrestrial life. Uncover the history of UFOs in this illustrated guide, which separates the science fiction from the facts. The mysterious history of flying saucers is explored in-depth, from potential alien visitors as far back as Stonehenge to UFO cults and the secrets of Area 51. Adam Allsuch Boardman details in his signature graphic style the aircraft and artefacts associated with the search for the truth about UFOs.

America the Fearful - Media and the Marketing of National Panics (Paperback): Benjamin Radford America the Fearful - Media and the Marketing of National Panics (Paperback)
Benjamin Radford
R721 Discovery Miles 7 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

National panics about crime, immigrants, police, and societal degradation have been pervasive in the United States of the 21st century. Many of these fears begin as mere phantom fears, but are systematically amplified by social media, news media, bad actors and even well-intentioned activists. There are numerous challenges facing the U.S., but Americans must sort through which fears are legitimate threats and which are amplified exaggerations. This book examines the role of fear in national panics and addresses why many Americans believe the country is in horrible shape and will continue to deteriorate (despite contradictory evidence). Political polarization, racism, sexism, economic inequality, and other social issues are examined. Combining media literacy, folklore, investigative journalism, psychology, neuroscience, and critical thinking approaches, this book reveals the powerful role that fear plays in clouding perceptions about the U.S. It not only records the repercussions of this toxic phenomenon, but also offers evidence-based solutions.

Knowledge Resistance - How We Avoid Insight from Others (Paperback): Mikael Klintman Knowledge Resistance - How We Avoid Insight from Others (Paperback)
Mikael Klintman
R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Why do people and groups ignore, deny and resist knowledge about society's many problems? In a world of 'alternative facts', 'fake news' that some believe could be remedied by 'factfulness', the question has never been more pressing. After years of ideologically polarised debates on the topic, this book seeks to further advance our understanding of the phenomenon of knowledge resistance by integrating insights from the social, economic and evolutionary sciences. It identifies simplistic views in public and scholarly debates about what facts, knowledge and human motivations are and what 'rational' use of information actually means. The examples used include controversies about nature-nurture, climate change, gender roles, vaccination, genetically modified food and artificial intelligence. Drawing on cutting-edge scholarship and personal experiences of culture clashes, the book is aimed at the general, educated public as well as students and scholars interested in the interface of human motivation and the urgent social problems of today. -- .

The Confidence Men - How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History (Paperback, Main): Margalit Fox The Confidence Men - How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History (Paperback, Main)
Margalit Fox
R296 R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Save R15 (5%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during the First World War, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, cunningly join forces. To stave off boredom, Jones makes a handmade Ouija board and holds fake seances for fellow prisoners. One day, an Ottoman official approaches him with a query: could Jones contact the spirits to find a vast treasure rumoured to be buried nearby? Jones, a lawyer, and Hill, a magician, use the Ouija board - and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception-to build a trap for their captors that will lead them to freedom. The Confidence Men is a nonfiction thriller featuring strategy, mortal danger and even high farce - and chronicles a profound but unlikely friendship.

Political Assassins, Terrorists and Related Conspiracies in American History (Paperback): Scott Johnson Political Assassins, Terrorists and Related Conspiracies in American History (Paperback)
Scott Johnson
R1,140 Discovery Miles 11 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Political assassinations and terrorism have both outraged and fascinated the public throughout American history, particularly in the modern era. Providing biographical summaries of more than 100 assassins and terrorists, this book aims at a more complete understanding of the motivations behind violent extremism. The lives of the subjects are analyzed with a focus on psychological and ideological factors, along with details of investigations and criminal trials. Conspiracy theories are evaluated for credibility. Social media features prominently in explaining political violence by members of extremist groups in the 21st century, including radical Islamic terrorists, anti-abortion activists and white supremacists.

Round in Circles - Poltergeists, Pranksters and the Secret History of the Cropwatchers (Paperback): Jim Schnabel Round in Circles - Poltergeists, Pranksters and the Secret History of the Cropwatchers (Paperback)
Jim Schnabel
R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the summer of 1980, in Wiltshire, southern England, a group of three swirled circular patterns mysteriously appeared in farmer John Scull's fields of wheat and oats. Scull blamed Army helicopters. UFO enthusiasts credited flying saucers. A local meteorologist attributed them to whirlwinds. Each year thereafter, the circles continued to appear, in Wiltshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Oxfordshire - increasing in mystery and complexity as a social, religious, and scientific turmoil grew around them. Now manifesting in enormous and ornate "pictograms," the phenomenon continues to draw crowds of the curious and the faithful, not only to circles-prone fields of southern England, but to unsuspecting fields in such places as Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Romania, Australia, Japan, Canada, and the United States. North American enthusiasts are now in the forefront of circles research - or "cerealogy" as it has come to be known - and every summer we spend tens of thousands of dollars and many hours in scientific and spiritual evaluation of circles here and abroad.
Science writer Jim Schnabel ventured into Wiltshire in search of the circles and an answer to their annual mystery. He soon became entranced, not merely by the odd swirled shapes in the fields, but by the human beings who flocked to them: plasma physicists and ritual magicians, dowsers and UFOlogists, New Age tourists and garrulous mediums, and the devoted "cereal" artists whose work lay behind it all.

Conspiracy and Triumph - Theories of a Victorious Future for the Faithful (Paperback): Aaron John Gulyas Conspiracy and Triumph - Theories of a Victorious Future for the Faithful (Paperback)
Aaron John Gulyas
R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Conspiracies have always been part of American culture, but with the rise of social media has come an increase in belief in nontraditional explanations of events. This book highlights a subset of conspiratorial beliefs that grew in popularity in the early 21st century. These beliefs and the growing cynicism of the media have left conspiracy theorists with deep distrust of those in authority. A number of theories that have arisen over the years are explored. From QAnon beliefs regarding the United States government to UFO reports and other hidden agendas, it is clear that we continue to challenge old ways of thinking.

Billion Dollar Whale - The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, And The World (Paperback, Updated Edition): Tom Wright,... Billion Dollar Whale - The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, And The World (Paperback, Updated Edition)
Tom Wright, Bradley Hope 1
R320 R286 Discovery Miles 2 860 Save R34 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this New York Times-bestseller exposes how a 'modern Gatsby' swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in 'the heist of the century'.

Now a #1 international bestseller, Billion Dollar Whale is 'an epic tale of white-collar crime on a global scale' (Publishers Weekly, starred review), revealing how a young social climber from Malaysia pulled off one of the biggest heists in history.

In 2009, a chubby, mild-mannered graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business named Jho Low set in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude -- one that would come to symbolise the next great threat to the global financial system. Over a decade, Low, with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others, siphoned billions of dollars from an investment fund -- right under the nose of global financial industry watchdogs. Low used the money to finance elections, purchase luxury real estate, throw champagne-drenched parties, and even to finance Hollywood films like The Wolf of Wall Street.

By early 2019, with his yacht and private jet reportedly seized by authorities and facing criminal charges in Malaysia and in the United States, Low had become an international fugitive, even as the US Department of Justice continued its investigation.

Billion Dollar Whale has joined the ranks of Liar's Poker, Den of Thieves, and Bad Blood as a classic harrowing parable of hubris and greed in the financial world.

The Templar Papers - Ancient Mysteries Secret Societies and the Holy Grail (Paperback): Oddvar Olsen The Templar Papers - Ancient Mysteries Secret Societies and the Holy Grail (Paperback)
Oddvar Olsen
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Much has been written about the group of 14th-century warrior monks known as the Knights Templar. Some authors, such as Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code, portray them as folk heroes wrongly accused. Others disagree, saying the Templar story is ultimately one of greed, deception, and idolatry. Just who were the Knights Templar? And what is their legacy? In The Templar Papers, historian Oddvar Olsen has assembled a veritable Who's Who of experts to unravel the mystery. Instead of rehashing previous scholarship, this book delves into new aspects of Templar lore, such as the origins of the order an its supposed survival after 1314. The Templar Papers offers the inquisitive reader several lifetimes of research and insight. This is a distinctive and truly unique compilation that will stimulate your mind and settle the controversy.

Hidden History of Lake County, Ohio (Hardcover): Jennifer Boresz Engelking Hidden History of Lake County, Ohio (Hardcover)
Jennifer Boresz Engelking
R717 Discovery Miles 7 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Flying Saucers Over America - The UFO Craze of 1947 (Paperback): Gordon Arnold Flying Saucers Over America - The UFO Craze of 1947 (Paperback)
Gordon Arnold
R532 Discovery Miles 5 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

On June 24th, 1947, a private pilot reported numerous dazzling objects rushing through the sky above Mount Rainier in Washington state. It was the start of the current UFO phenomena, one of the country's most perplexing and persistent mysteries. Within a few weeks, hundreds of sightings of flying saucers were reported to news media. Surprising reports of a UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico further added to the mystery that July. Since then, UFOs have sparked a slew of incredible claims and speculations. This is a sober and honest history of America's first major saucer craze, based on many sources including previously classified government records. The book cuts through decades of mystique and confusion, beginning with the 1947 UFO wave and ending with the launch of Project Blue Book in 1952. Balanced and comprehensive, this history provides background, social context and other tools for reframing perceptions of a controversial subject.

The Field - The Quest For The Secret Force Of The Universe (Paperback, Updated ed.): Lynne McTaggart The Field - The Quest For The Secret Force Of The Universe (Paperback, Updated ed.)
Lynne McTaggart
R468 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R60 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

During the past few years science and medicine have been converging with common sense, confirming a widespread belief that everything―especially the mind and the body―is far more connected than traditional physics ever allowed.

The Field establishes a new biological paradigm: it proves that our body extends electromagnetically beyond ourselves and our physical body. It is within this field that we can find a remarkable new way of looking at health, sickness, memory, will, creativity, intuition, the soul, consciousness, and spirituality.

The Field helps to bridge the gap that has opened up between mind and matter, between us and the cosmos. Original, well researched, and well documented by distinguished sources, this is the mind/body book for a new millennium.

From the Ashes of Angels - The Forbidden Legacy of a Fallen Race (Paperback, Original ed.): Andrew Collins From the Ashes of Angels - The Forbidden Legacy of a Fallen Race (Paperback, Original ed.)
Andrew Collins 1
R649 R598 Discovery Miles 5 980 Save R51 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Provides convincing evidence that angels, demons, and fallen angels were flesh-and-blood members of a giant race predating humanity, spoken of in the Bible as the Nephilim.

- Indicates that the earthly paradise of Eden was a realm in the mountains of Kurdistan.

- By the author of Gateway to Atlantis.

Our mythology describes how beings of great beauty and intelligence, who served as messengers of gods, fell from grace through pride. These angels, also known as Watchers, are spoken of in the Bible and other religious texts as lusting after human women, who lay with them and gave birth to giant offspring called the Nephilim. These religious sources also record how these beings revealed forbidden arts and sciences to humanity--transgressions that led to their destruction in the Great Flood.

Andrew Collins reveals that these angels, demons, and fallen angels were flesh-and-blood members of a race predating our own. He offers evidence that they lived in Egypt (prior to the ancient Egyptians), where they built the Sphinx and other megalithic monuments, before leaving the region for what is now eastern Turkey following the cataclysms that accompanied the last Ice Age. Here they lived in isolation before gradually establishing contact with the developing human societies of the Mesopotamian plains below. Humanity regarded these angels--described as tall, white-haired beings with viperlike faces and burning eyes--as gods and their realm the paradise wherein grew the tree of knowledge. Andrew Collins demonstrates how the legends behind the fall of the Watchers echo the faded memory of actual historical events and that the legacy they have left humanity is one we can afford to ignoreonly at our own peril.

Imaginative Communities - Admired cities, regions and countries (Hardcover): Robert Govers Imaginative Communities - Admired cities, regions and countries (Hardcover)
Robert Govers
R916 R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Save R133 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Guilty Till Proven Innocent - American Justice? - If you can afford it! (Hardcover): Penny White Guilty Till Proven Innocent - American Justice? - If you can afford it! (Hardcover)
Penny White
R603 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R51 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Spirits Speak of Conspiracies and Mysteries (Hardcover): Barry Strohm Spirits Speak of Conspiracies and Mysteries (Hardcover)
Barry Strohm
R740 R624 Discovery Miles 6 240 Save R116 (16%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Throughout history, individuals have planned events that have harmed others and some of these actions have become conspiracy theories and mysteries. Through spirit board communications with the other side, explore the details of 26 of the world's most famous cases. Learn what President John Kennedy has to say about his own assassination and murder. Consider the words of General George Custer as he tells what happened at the Battle of the Little Big Horn-and who killed him. Find out about the murder of Abraham Lincoln and trace the strange events surrounding John Wilkes Booth. Discover secrets of Billy the Kid, Butch Cassidy, General George Patton, manipulation of the weather, the alien conspiracy, and much more. As you will soon see, the spirits on the other side know all and are willing to talk about it.

Delusion - Aliens, Cults, Propaganda and the Manipulation of the Mind (Paperback): Philip Gardiner Delusion - Aliens, Cults, Propaganda and the Manipulation of the Mind (Paperback)
Philip Gardiner
R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Are the marketing men of the world deluding us? Can we believe all that we hear and see? Or are we deluding ourselves? How many of us are truly happy? This book is the result of an awakening. It is the same awakening to the self and to the wonder of the cosmos that has driven thinking men and women for generations. It is the same awakening that has been the generative cause of the affect of religion and belief. It is the same awakening that has then caused man to revolt against the same. Delusion is a human phenomenon and it is the cause of almost every problem mankind has created. This book is an attempt to explain the processes of delusion and in so-doing we find answers to some of the biggest mysteries: Alien abduction and UFO's ghosts and the paranormal, marketing, propaganda and religious, and mind control of the masses. Is mankind ready for truth? Not only is it out there, it's been waiting for us.

The Anglo-American Establishment - Original Edition (Hardcover): Carroll Quigley The Anglo-American Establishment - Original Edition (Hardcover)
Carroll Quigley
R799 Discovery Miles 7 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Professor Carroll Quigley presents crucial "keys" without which 20th century political, economic, and military events can never be fully understood. The reader will see that this applies to events past-present-and future. "The Rhodes Scholarships, established by the terms of Cecil Rhode's seventh will, are known to everyone. What is not so widely known is that Rhodes in five previous wills left his fortune to form a secret society, which was to devote itself to the preservation and expansion of the British Empire. And what does not seem to be known to anyone is that this secret society ... continues to exist to this day. ... This group is, as I shall show, one of the most important historical facts of the twentieth century." -Quigley

Chaos - The Truth Behind the Manson Murders (Paperback): Tom O'Neill, Dan Piepenbring Chaos - The Truth Behind the Manson Murders (Paperback)
Tom O'Neill, Dan Piepenbring 1
R347 R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Save R29 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

As featured on The Joe Rogan Experience ______________________________ A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders leads to shocking new conspiracy theories about the FBI's involvement in this fascinating re-evaluation of one of the most infamous cases in American history. Twenty years ago, reporting for a routine magazine piece about the infamous Manson murders, journalist Tom O'Neill didn't expect to find anything new. But the discovery of horrifying new evidence kick-started an obsession and his life's work. What had he unearthed and what did it mean: why was there surveillance by intelligence agents? Why did the police make these particular mistakes and why did Tom's greatest ally in this fight turn into his biggest foe? Chaos is an explosive read that will shock, grip and change our understanding of a case that has haunted the world for over fifty years. ______________________________ 'Riveting ... Sensational revelations ... True crime fans will be enthralled.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY '[Full of] scandalous findings ... to me it seems only too plausible. O'Neill's intricately sinister 'secret history' often sounds incredible; that doesn't mean that it's not all true.' OBSERVER 'Tantalizing ... Founded on prodigious research ... O'Neill's 20-year investigation reads like a thriller.' LOS ANGELES TIMES

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