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ZAT Zombie Apocalypse Training - How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse and Not Freak Out - First Edition (Hardcover): Richard... ZAT Zombie Apocalypse Training - How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse and Not Freak Out - First Edition (Hardcover)
Richard Flentge
R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bizarre Bluegrass - Strange But True Kentucky Tales (Hardcover): Keven McQueen Bizarre Bluegrass - Strange But True Kentucky Tales (Hardcover)
Keven McQueen
R718 Discovery Miles 7 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
On the Wild Side (Paperback): Martin Gardner On the Wild Side (Paperback)
Martin Gardner
R577 Discovery Miles 5 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"I have always been intrigued by fringe science," writes Martin Gardner in the preface to this book, "perhaps for the same reason that I enjoy freak shows and circuses. Pseudoscientists, especially the extreme cranks, are fascinating creatures for psychological study. Moreover, I have found that one of the best ways to learn something about any branch of science is to find out where its crackpots go wrong."
A unique combination of horse sense and drollery has made Martin Gardner the undisputed dean of the critics of pseudoscience. This bountiful collection of essays and articles will be wholeheartedly greeted by Gardner's fans, as well as by new readers.
This collection of articles - many of which first appeared in the Skeptical Inquirer, The New York Review of Books, and Free Inquiry - explores pseudoscience and strange religious beliefs with the author's trademark wit and verve. Destined to be a classic of skeptical literature, this book covers a wide range of topics - including UFOs, rainmaking, ghosts, the Big Bang, ESP, Oral Roberts, as well as the early history of spiritualism and today's bizarre "trance channeling" cults.

A Matter of Luck (Paperback): James M. Killeen A Matter of Luck (Paperback)
James M. Killeen
R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What is luck? The chances are you don't really know, but you probably believe in it, and I bet that you invoke the word every day of your life ...'Bad luck!' 'That was lucky!' 'You should be so lucky!' 'What a lucky escape!' - said with varying degrees of intensity, sincerity, sarcasm, amusement, incredulity or disgust. But what is luck? This book tries to determine what luck is, how it operates in our lives, and how far the individual is at its mercy - favoured by good luck or cursed by bad? Is there any justice or fair play in life, or are these merely human concepts that don't exist in the laws governing the universe? Whatever you think you believe, by the time you have read this book, the odds are that you will have changed your mind. James M Kileen's analysis ranges from Astrology to Zoroastrianism and everything in between: the big bang and the butterfly effect, destiny and determinism, fortune-telling and feng shui, gambling and game theory, miracles and Murphy's Law, oracles and ordeals, philosophy and religion, precognition and the placebo effect, serendipity and synchronicity. A Matter of Luck is a highly readable yet thought-provoking work, interspersed with illuminating and amusing examples to illlustrate each facet of this fascinating subject: for example, the true stories of the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo, King Umberto and the chef, James Dean's car, and the woman who simultaneously chose the winning numbers for both the Massachusetts and Rhode Island lotteries (although the numbers she chose for the Rhode Island lottery were the winning numbers for the Massachusetts lottery, and vice versa). Lucky or unlucky - you decide, if you can.

Hidden History of Dayton, Ohio (Hardcover): Tony Kroeger Hidden History of Dayton, Ohio (Hardcover)
Tony Kroeger
R720 Discovery Miles 7 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Prepping - A Guide to Being Ready for When SHTF (Hardcover): Gavin Carney Prepping - A Guide to Being Ready for When SHTF (Hardcover)
Gavin Carney
R699 R615 Discovery Miles 6 150 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
#DELETED - Big Tech's Battle to Erase a Movement and Subvert Democracy (Paperback): Allum Bokhari #DELETED - Big Tech's Battle to Erase a Movement and Subvert Democracy (Paperback)
Allum Bokhari
R457 Discovery Miles 4 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Journalist Allum Bokhari has spent four years investigating the tech giants that dominate the Internet: Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter. He has discovered a dark plot to seize control of the flow of information, and utilize that power to its full extent-to censor, manipulate, and ultimately sway the outcome of democratic elections. His network of whistleblowers inside Google, Facebook and other companies explain how the tech giants now see themselves as "good censors," benevolent commissars controlling the information we receive to "protect" us from "dangerous" speech. They reveal secret methods to covertly manipulate online information without us ever being aware of it, explaining how tech companies can use big data to target undecided voters. They lift the lid on a plot four years in the making-a plot to use the power of technology to stop Donald Trump's re-election.

Conspiracy - Why the Rational Believe the Irrational (Hardcover): Michael Shermer Conspiracy - Why the Rational Believe the Irrational (Hardcover)
Michael Shermer
R793 R709 Discovery Miles 7 090 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Best-selling author Michael Shermer presents an overarching theory of conspiracy theories-who believes them and why, which ones are real, and what we should do about them. Nothing happens by accident, everything is connected, and there are no coincidences: that is the essence of conspiratorial thinking. Long a fringe part of the American political landscape, conspiracy theories are now mainstream: 147 members of Congress voted in favor of objections to the 2020 presidential election based on an unproven theory about a rigged electoral process promoted by the mysterious group QAnon. But this is only the latest example in a long history of ideas that include the satanic panics of the 1980s, the New World Order and Vatican conspiracy theories, fears about fluoridated water, speculations about President John F. Kennedy's assassination, and the notions that the Sandy Hook massacre was a false-flag operation and 9/11 was an inside job. In Conspiracy, Michael Shermer presents an overarching review of conspiracy theories-who believes them and why, which ones are real, and what we should do about them. Trust in conspiracy theories, he writes, cuts across gender, age, race, income, education level, occupational status-and even political affiliation. One reason that people believe these conspiracies, Shermer argues, is that enough of them are real that we should be constructively conspiratorial: elections have been rigged (LBJ's 1948 Senate race); medical professionals have intentionally harmed patients in their care (Tuskegee); your government does lie to you (Watergate, Iran-Contra, and Afghanistan); and, tragically, some adults do conspire to sexually abuse children. But Shermer reveals that other factors are also in play: anxiety and a sense of loss of control play a role in conspiratorial cognition patterns, as do certain personality traits. This engaging book will be an important read for anyone concerned about the future direction of American politics, as well as anyone who's watched friends or family fall into patterns of conspiratorial thinking.

Silent Partner (Hardcover): Max Cioux Silent Partner (Hardcover)
Max Cioux
R850 Discovery Miles 8 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Circumcision Scar - My Foreskin Restoration, Neonatal Circumcision Memories, and How Christian Doctors Duped a Nation... Circumcision Scar - My Foreskin Restoration, Neonatal Circumcision Memories, and How Christian Doctors Duped a Nation (Hardcover)
Jay J Jackson
R891 R780 Discovery Miles 7 800 Save R111 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rsky Bzns (Hardcover): Paul Illidge Rsky Bzns (Hardcover)
Paul Illidge
R865 R754 Discovery Miles 7 540 Save R111 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
History Lover's Guide to Chicago (Hardcover): Greg Borzo History Lover's Guide to Chicago (Hardcover)
Greg Borzo
R803 Discovery Miles 8 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Raw Thought, Raw Nerve - Inside the Mind of Aaron Swartz: not-for-profit - revised fourth edition (Hardcover): Aaron Swartz Raw Thought, Raw Nerve - Inside the Mind of Aaron Swartz: not-for-profit - revised fourth edition (Hardcover)
Aaron Swartz
R953 Discovery Miles 9 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
ISIS vs. the Illuminati - The War for a New World Order (Hardcover): The Dark Lords ISIS vs. the Illuminati - The War for a New World Order (Hardcover)
The Dark Lords
R2,313 Discovery Miles 23 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Theory of Everything Else (Paperback): Dan Schreiber The Theory of Everything Else (Paperback)
Dan Schreiber
R380 R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Save R41 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This is not a book of facts; it's a book of 'facts'. Should you finish it believing we became the planet's dominant species because predators found us too smelly to eat; or that the living bloodline of Christ is a family of Japanese garlic farmers - well, that's on you. Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Did life on Earth begin after a badly tidied-up picnic? Was it just an iceberg that sank the Titanic? Are authors stealing their plotlines from the future? Will we ever talk to animals? And why, when you're in the shower, does the shower curtain always billow in towards you? We don't know the answers to any of these questions. But don't worry, no matter what questions you have, you can bet on the fact that there is someone (or something) out there, investigating it on your behalf. From the sports stars who use cosmic energy to office plants investigating murders, The Theory of Everything Else will act as a handbook for those who want to think differently.

They Must Be Monsters - A Modern-Day Witch Hunt The untold story behind the McMartin phenomenon: the longest, most expensive... They Must Be Monsters - A Modern-Day Witch Hunt The untold story behind the McMartin phenomenon: the longest, most expensive criminal case in U.S. history (Hardcover)
Matthew Leroy, Deric Haddad
R796 Discovery Miles 7 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
When I Was Younger (Hardcover): Roland Wauer When I Was Younger (Hardcover)
Roland Wauer
R672 Discovery Miles 6 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Occult & Subversive Movements - Tradition & Counter-Tradition in the Struggle for World Power (Hardcover): Bolton, Kerry The Occult & Subversive Movements - Tradition & Counter-Tradition in the Struggle for World Power (Hardcover)
Bolton, Kerry
R806 Discovery Miles 8 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars - An Introductory Programming Manual (Hardcover): Anonymous Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars - An Introductory Programming Manual (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R643 R575 Discovery Miles 5 750 Save R68 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lactation at Work - Expressed Milk, Expressing Beliefs, and the Expressive Value of Law (Hardcover): Elizabeth A Hoffmann Lactation at Work - Expressed Milk, Expressing Beliefs, and the Expressive Value of Law (Hardcover)
Elizabeth A Hoffmann
R3,109 Discovery Miles 31 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent decades, as women entered the US workforce in increasing numbers, they faced the conundrum of how to maintain breastfeeding and hold down full-time jobs. In 2010, the Lactation at Work Law (an amendment to the US Fair Labor Standards Act) mandated accommodations for lactating women. This book examines the federal law and its state-level equivalent in Indiana, drawing on two waves of interviews with human resource personnel, supervising managers, and lactating workers. In many ways, this simple law - requiring break time and privacy for pumping - is a success story. Through advocacy by allies, education of managers, and employee initiative, many organizations created compliant accommodations. This book shows legal scholars how a successful civil rights law creates effective change; helps labor activists and management personnel understand how to approach new accommodations; and enables workers to understand the possibilities for amelioration of workplace problems through internal negotiations and legal reforms.

Only Footnotes (Hardcover): Michael W Lucas Only Footnotes (Hardcover)
Michael W Lucas
R595 R565 Discovery Miles 5 650 Save R30 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Listen To The Sphinx - An Ipsissimus Breaks The Silence (Hardcover): Stephen Templar Listen To The Sphinx - An Ipsissimus Breaks The Silence (Hardcover)
Stephen Templar
R2,110 R1,698 Discovery Miles 16 980 Save R412 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Paranormal America - Ghost Encounters, UFO Sightings, Bigfoot Hunts, and Other Curiosities in Religion and Culture (Paperback,... Paranormal America - Ghost Encounters, UFO Sightings, Bigfoot Hunts, and Other Curiosities in Religion and Culture (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Christopher D. Bader, Joseph O. Baker, F. Carson Mencken
R666 Discovery Miles 6 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A significant number of Americans spend their weekends at UFO conventions hearing whispers of government cover-ups, at New Age gatherings learning the keys to enlightenment, or ambling around historical downtowns learning about resident ghosts in tourist-targeted "ghost walks". They have been fed a steady diet of fictional shows with paranormal themes such as The X-Files, Supernatural, and Medium, shows that may seek to simply entertain, but also serve to disseminate paranormal beliefs. The public hunger for the paranormal seems insatiable. Paranormal America provides the definitive portrait of Americans who believe in or have experienced such phenomena as ghosts, Bigfoot, UFOs, psychic phenomena, astrology, and the power of mediums. However, unlike many books on the paranormal, this volume does not focus on proving or disproving the paranormal, but rather on understanding the people who believe and how those beliefs shape their lives. Drawing on the Baylor Religion Survey-a multi-year national random sample of American religious values, practices, and behaviors-as well as extensive fieldwork including joining hunts for Bigfoot and spending the night in a haunted house, authors Christopher Bader, F. Carson Mencken, and Joseph Baker shed light on what the various types of paranormal experiences, beliefs, and activities claimed by Americans are; whether holding an unconventional belief, such as believing in Bigfoot, means that one is unconventional in other attitudes and behaviors; who has such experiences and beliefs and how they differ from other Americans; and if we can expect major religions to emerge from the paranormal. Brimming with engaging personal stories and provocative findings, Paranormal America is an entertaining yet authoritative look at a growing segment of American religious culture.

Can a Bee Sting a Bee? - And Other Big Questions from Little People (Paperback): Gemma Elwin Harris Can a Bee Sting a Bee? - And Other Big Questions from Little People (Paperback)
Gemma Elwin Harris
R421 R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Save R28 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the spirit of Schott's Miscellany, The Magic of Reality, and The Dangerous Book for Boys comes Can a Bee Sting a Bee?--a smart, illuminating, essential, and utterly delightful handbook for perplexed parents and their curious children. Author Gemma Elwin Harris has lovingly compiled weighty questions from precocious grade school children--queries that have long dumbfounded even intelligent adults--and she's gathered together a notable crew of scientists, specialists, philosophers, and writers to answer them.

Authors Mary Roach and Phillip Pullman, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, chef Gordon Ramsay, adventurist Bear Gryllis, and linguist Noam Chomsky are among the top experts responding to the Big Questions from Little People, ("Do animals have feelings?," "Why can't I tickle myself?," "Who is God?") with well-known comedians, columnists, and raconteurs offering hilarious alternative answers. Miles above your average general knowledge and trivia collections, this charming compendium is a book fans of the E.H. Gombrich classic, A Little History of the World, will adore.

Anunnaki Bible - The Cuneiform Scriptures (New Standard Zuist Edition) (Hardcover, Premiere ed.): Joshua Free Anunnaki Bible - The Cuneiform Scriptures (New Standard Zuist Edition) (Hardcover, Premiere ed.)
Joshua Free
R812 Discovery Miles 8 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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