Big-If True
Big-If True

Author: Benjamin Radford

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780936455174

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This collection of Skeptical Inquirer magazine columns by investigator and folklorist Benjamin Radford guides readers on a science-based (yet open-minded) examination of 70 fascinating and mysterious topics. Drawing on two decades of first-hand research, Big-If True separates fact from fiction using forensics, science, psychology, folklore, and more. Big-If True examines these and dozens more mysteries including Bigfoot, reincarnation, chupacabras, Icelandic elves, conspiracy theories, UFOs, miracles, the terrifying Goat-Man, crop circles, subliminal advertising, sea serpents, wandering trees, medical mysteries, and hypnotist thieves-plus a 1990 Elvis sighting. For mystery lovers and armchair investigators alike, this book offers a look behind the scenes at investigating oddities and curiosities, both ancient and modern. Chapter One LEGENDS 5 A Skeptic's Guide to Ethical and Effective Curse Removal - Egging the Equator - Detour: Elves Ahead - Mysteries of the Coral Castle - Is Elvis Presley in Home Alone? - Searching to Noah Vale - The Bell Witch Mystery - The Myth of the Walking Tree - Bailing in the Mummies - Might Fright Cause White? - (and more) Chapter Two MONSTERS 51 Cryptozoology and Global Warming - The Mystery of the Texas Chupacabra - Texas Goat-Men and the Chupacabra - A Wakey Water 'Monster' - Globsters Ahoy! - Investigating Mothman's Red Eyeshine Chapter Three GHOSTS 83 Do Einstein's Laws Endorse Ghosts? - 'M' is for Mysterious Marks - Have I Ever Seen a Ghost? - Soul Scales - The Cockington Church Ghost Photo - Can Electromagnetic Fields Create Ghosts? - Infrared Cameras and Ghost Hunting - A Closer Look at Orbs - The Sweet Spirit Sounds of Rosemary Brown - (and more) Chapter Four MYSTERIOUS POWERS AND PLACES 121 A Time to Die? - Crop Circle Origins - The GIGO Problem: Crop Circle Research Edition - Channeling Ancient African Wisdom-Or Not - Mystery of the Paulding Light - Dowsing: Dubious and Discredited - Fatima Miracle Claims All Wet - Uri Geller Revisited - Did Psychic Visions Locate Missing California Boy? - Beware Mesmer Thieves! - Secrets of Spectacularly Skewered Skin Chapter Five UFOs 165 The Phantom Menace of UFO Revelation - The Mysterious Phoenix Lights - The Mysterious, Invisible 'Rods' Chapter Six HEALTH AND MEDICINE 175 Bodytalk: Boon or Bogus? - Exercising the Brain Gym - Kinoki Foot Pads - Diving HeadOn Into Pseudoscience - Subliminal Advertising, Trumpian and Otherwise - Freaky Feldenkrais - Measuring Near-Death Experience - A 100C Grain of Truth to Homeopathy? - Battle Over the BMI - The Mysterious Morgellons Malady - Childbirth-Natural or 'Unnatural'? - Vegetable Oil or Snake Oil?: The Pseudoscience of "Oil Pulling" - The Pseudoscience of Personalysis - Left Brain or Right Brain? - (and more) Chapter Seven CONSPIRACIES 229 Sandy Hook School Shooting: The Adam Lanza Death Certificate Conspiracy - Curious Contrails: Death From the Sky? - The Truth About the 9/11 Truthers - Is America a Sheeple Factory? Chapter Eight SKEPTICISM 243 Legitimizing Woo - Just Asking Questions - Caught Between the Possible and the Paranormal - Dealing With Believers in Skeptical Investigation - Anomaly Hunting - Mystery Solved-According to Whom? - Paranormal Qualifications

National Lampoon's Big Book of True Facts
National Lampoon's Big Book of True Facts

Author: Jay Naughton

Publisher: Rugged Land Books

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781590710593

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Collects stories, headlines, signs, ads, photographs, and business cards submitted by readers of "National Lampoon" to the "True Facts" column.

The Big If
The Big If

Author: B.L. Buehler A Servant of Stewardship

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2020-09-24

Total Pages: 1172

ISBN-13: 1648040861

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The Big IF By: B. L. Buehler The Big IF pertains to a righteous relationship with God in the light of truth and reality. Having served the Lord for 30 years at his own expense, B. L. Buehler was anointed to write the book for the spiritual edification of others. The emphasis of The Big IF is upon God first and foremost, sincere and devotional faith, truth, discipline, and reverence for the Lord. Buehler’s experiences, failures, and devotion unto the Lord, and the truth of the spiritual relational reality, which is all about the Lord, are all depicted in the pages within.

Top Five Regrets of the Dying
Top Five Regrets of the Dying

Author: Bronnie Ware

Publisher: Hay House, Inc

Published: 2019-08-13

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1401956009

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Revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages. After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million readers worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, Bronnie subsequently wrote a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, to share her story. Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse life. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide, with translations in 29 languages, Bronnie expresses how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.

Dream Big
Dream Big

Author: Dave McGillivray

Publisher: Nomad Press

Published: 2018-03-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1619306190

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Have you ever had a dream? How did you make that dream come true? Dave McGillivray is a world-renowned athlete, entrepreneur, captivating motivational speaker, and philanthropist. He’s also the director of the Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest and maybe most famous annual race! But he wasn’t always so accomplished. In Dream Big: A True Story of Courage and Determination, his nonfiction picture book for readers ages 6 to 10, Dave shares his unique, true story about reaching deep and showing extreme determination in the face of doubt, disappointment, and loss. In Dream Big: A True Story of Courage and Determination, Dave is a small kid who wants more than anything to be a professional athlete. But there’s one problem. You have to be tall to play basketball. You have to be big to play football. And Dave? He’s little, but his dreams are BIG. He turns to running, because you don’t have to be big to be a marathon runner! But you do need to train. And Dave doesn’t do much training before he crosses his first starting line of the Boston Marathon. Which is probably why he doesn’t quite cross the finish line on his first attempt at the famous race. But his Grandpa believes in him, and that’s enough to make Dave train hard for the next Boston Marathon. But will his Grandpa be there to see him succeed? Kids and grownups alike will be inspired by Dave’s story of passion, determination, and grit. Nomad Press’s first foray into the genre of nonfiction picture books, Dream Big delivers on all the promise you’d expect from a vibrant, real-life character paired with an award-winning fine artist. Together, Dave McGillivray and Ron Himler create a story that is heartwarming, inspiring, and beautifully presented.

Drive
Drive

Author: Daniel H. Pink

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-04-05

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1101524383

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The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation from the author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose-and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.

The Taming of the True
The Taming of the True

Author: Neil Tennant

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9780199251605

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The Taming of the True defends and develops global semantic anti-realism. Neil Tennant argues compellingly that every truth is knowable, and that manifestationism in the theory of meaning entails logical reform. He extends semantic anti-realism to empirical discourse, developing new accounts of the analytic/synthetic distinction, cognitive significance and constructive falsifiability. The book has important consequences for the philosophy of mathematics and logic, the theory of meaning, metaphysics, and epistemology.

Big Brother
Big Brother

Author: Mark Dice

Publisher: Mark Dice

Published: 2011-01-21

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0967346614

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In Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True, Mark Dice details actual NSA high-tech spy systems, mind-reading machines, secret government projects, and emerging artificial intelligence programs that seem as if they came right out of George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell’s famous book was first published in 1949, and tells the story of a nightmarish future where citizens have lost all privacy and are continuously monitored by the omniscient Big Brother surveillance system which keeps them obedient to a totalitarian government. The novel is eerily prophetic as many of the fictional systems of surveillance described have now become a reality. Mark Dice shows you the scary documentation that Big Brother is watching you, and is more powerful than you could imagine. - The National Security Agency - Facial Recognition Scanners - Mind Reading Machines - Neural Interfaces - Psychotronic Weapons - Orwellian Government Programs - The Nanny State - Orwellian Weapons - Artificial Intelligence - Cybernetic Organisms - A Closer Look at 1984 - Our Social Structure - The Control of Information - Perpetual State of War - The Personification of the Party - Telescreens - A Snitch Culture - Relationships in Shambles - A Heartless Society - Foreign Countries Painted as Enemies - Power Hungry Officials - An Erosion of the Language - Double Think - And More! By the author of The Illuminati: Facts & Fiction

The Hedge Fund Mirage
The Hedge Fund Mirage

Author: Simon A. Lack

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-01-03

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1118164318

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The dismal truth about hedge funds and how investors can get a greater share of the profits Shocking but true: if all the money that's ever been invested in hedge funds had been in treasury bills, the results would have been twice as good. Although hedge fund managers have earned some great fortunes, investors as a group have done quite poorly, particularly in recent years. Plagued by high fees, complex legal structures, poor disclosure, and return chasing, investors confront surprisingly meager results. Drawing on an insider's view of industry growth during the 1990s, a time when hedge fund investors did well in part because there were relatively few of them, The Hedge Fund Mirage chronicles the early days of hedge fund investing before institutions got into the game and goes on to describe the seeding business, a specialized area in which investors provide venture capital-type funding to promising but undiscovered hedge funds. Today's investors need to do better, and this book highlights the many subtle and not-so-subtle ways that the returns and risks are biased in favor of the hedge fund manager, and how investors and allocators can redress the imbalance. The surprising frequency of fraud, highlighted with several examples that the author was able to avoid through solid due diligence, industry contacts, and some luck Why new and emerging hedge fund managers are where generally better returns are to be found, because most capital invested is steered towards apparently safer but less profitable large, established funds rather than smaller managers that evoke the more profitable 1990s Hedge fund investors have had it hard in recent years, but The Hedge Fund Mirage is here to change that, by turning the tables on conventional wisdom and putting the hedge fund investor back on top.

First Jobs
First Jobs

Author: Merritt Watts

Publisher: Picador

Published: 2015-04-28

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 125006130X

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In First Jobs, reporter Merritt Watts collects real stories of early forays into the workforce from a range of eras and industries, and a diversity of backgrounds. For some, a first job is a warm welcome to the working world. For others, it's a rude awakening, but as these stories show, it's an influential, entertaining experience that should not be underestimated. A future mayor shining shoes, an atheist shilling Bibles, a housewife heading to work during World War II, a now-famous designer getting fired-we all got our start somewhere. A first job may not have the romance of the first kiss or the excitement of a first car, but more than anything else, it offers a taste of true independence and a preview of what the world has in store for us. This book transforms what we might think of as a single, unassuming line at the bottom of a résumé into a collection of absorbing tales and hard-earned wisdom to which we can all, for better or worse, relate.