A circus adventure, string theory, cannibalism, ghostly apparitions, mermaids, zombies, Lovecraftian horrors, absinthe and serial killers, psychopaths, witchcraft and evolutionary interventionism, abuse, Hitler, snow and wolves. What more can you ask for? This short collection of the strange, weird and fantastical will take you on a journey of the bizarre. Thought provoking, captivating and at times, heart heartwarming, Something Weird, Something Strange is a collection like no other.
"This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science." --Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred assault on popular superstitions and prejudices, with more than 80,000 copies in print, Why People Believe Weird Things debunks these nonsensical claims and explores the very human reasons people find otherworldly phenomena, conspiracy theories, and cults so appealing. In an entirely new chapter, "Why Smart People Believe in Weird Things," Michael Shermer takes on science luminaries like physicist Frank Tippler and others, who hide their spiritual beliefs behind the trappings of science. Shermer, science historian and true crusader, also reveals the more dangerous side of such illogical thinking, including Holocaust denial, the recovered-memory movement, the satanic ritual abuse scare, and other modern crazes. Why People Believe Strange Things is an eye-opening resource for the most gullible among us and those who want to protect them.
Includes material on fish prints, gardening, wart cures, hiccup cures, optical illusions, barometers, hatching chicken eggs, psychokinesis, mind reading, water divining, pyramid power, codes, fruit in bottles, and sundials.
History of full of liars. Not just little-white-telling liars, but big-honkin', whopper-telling liars—people who can convince us that even the most improbable, outrageous, nonsensical stories are true. And the worst part is that we'll believe it. Whoppers tells the story of history's greatest liars and the lies they told, providing a mix of narrative profiles of super-famous liars, lies, and/or hoaxes, as well as more obscure episodes. Famous liars include people you might have learned about in school, like P. T. Barnum, who basically made a living lying to people for money; liars you might never have heard of before, like Victor Lustig, who managed to "sell" the Eiffel Tower twice in the 1920s; and hoaxes like the Loch Ness Monster Photo Hoax. The book will also include illustrations, sidebars, and infographics.
AMAZING ROMANTIC ADVENTURES is what everyone wants. In our Hearts and Being we want a Real Life and Real Life Experiences, not just study time with books in rooms that we can only look outside and dream of a Real Life. Being educated on the earth has its place along with making a living here, but this 'Place in Life' is so temporary, and Duane The Great Writer is sharing a way to have everything a person wants, if they will only take the time to develop their insight, intuition and most of all their TruPerception of The TruReality Life IS. It takes a Real Heart! In what is termed the PsycRealms, there is creation, but The Whole of Life IS Already Complete. Once a person has Real Experience with The TruReality Life IS, they will See Beyond the limitations of their mind and See this world for what it really is. There is no hype with The TruReality Life IS, there is only a Real Life that is ALL Complete! REAL AND AMAZING ROMANTIC ADVENTURES is only for The Real RiskTaker! www.DuaneTheGreatWriter.Info
It is all so very convincing as to where we are according to the body we have and the mind we carry with us. This is what we have come to know from what we have been educated with. Thus has become the created and constructed 'Simulator' each person has decided to live in. The reality of what each of us is experiencing here is a Passing Dream, as all of us do dream what we want our life to be. What has been constructed on the earth and in the minds and imagination of so many is the agreeable fact that the life we are living while on this planet is all there is. Duane The Great Writer, has created 'The AdventurIS Series' as a gift to all the unaware and Dumbed Down Humans on this planet. Each and every person that is here really does have the right to know they are so much more than flesh and bones and a mind attached with authorities who rule them and gods in the sky who rule over them with all their rules and regulations. www.DuaneTheGreatWriter.Info
Rebazar Tarzs says, "Humans have created their own Human History, and from this one-dimensional human view it would seem that what they have created and agreed to has now become their ultimate, especially with the Intellectualized and Scientific-Tech Systems that have taken over most of the world. Cyber Space is the new reality people are into as they cling to their Mind-Controlling Microwave TechToys. It has all been a huge plan that very few have seen coming and now it is here. The world is in the embrace of a total military control by those who control the earth and its dangerous technology. What is taking place is constantly affecting The Natural Environment." Here is an 'Adventure Like No Other' to where Rebazar Tarzs takes Duane on a journey into The Secrets of Time. Most people will see this NUBook as fantasy, but there is so much more to it for those who Become MoreAware of The TruReality LifeIS. www.DuaneISLight.Info
It is Now 2015, and Eva Shar is with me. Since our meeting, we have created a Wonderful Presentation for Everyone. We are Seen together on The RealSide with Rebazar Tarzs & The Real UNUversal Guides, and WE stand as WorldWide Educators with Rebazar, Paul, Fubbi, Gopal, ShamIS, Yauble and all The RealGuides with THE ALLIS. I cannot say that this world is ready for The TruReality LifeIS, THE ALLIS, but as this world becomes more desperate to WakeUp to 'What IS Real Now,' people will begin to See Beyond the fallacies of The Deceptors. This RealAdventure is not for everyone, as most people will stay with their LA LA Land Life on earth and be Emotionally Attached to the old Kontrolled ideas of boring tradition and 'pretty words' from politicians, religious deceptors and ancient outdated masters and gurus. LifeIS Always Bigger than our personal selves. Until you understand this, you will be TapLined and Trapped in this Designed Creation Matrix of The Deceptors. www.DuaneTheGreatWriter.info
The videographer behind the Journey to the Microcosmos YouTube channel (386K subscribers) James Weiss presents a beginner's guide to the extremely small and utterly strange life that surrounds us. James Weiss was feeling lost in life when he first discovered his interest in the microscopic world. With his own microscope and a little homespun ingenuity, he began to capture thousands of hours of stunning footage of the creatures that he found around him: the local pond, at the beach, in a puddle. What he found astounded him, and it became his mission to reveal the beauty of the microcosmos to everyone. In his fun and accessible style, interspersed with otherworldly photographs, James presents this beginner's guide to the invisible life that surrounds us. From the most simple single-celled life, to complex micro-animals, James reveals the secrets of a world that we rarely consider. Navigating the births, feasts, tragedies, idiosyncracies and deaths of a cast of tiny characters, learn how these lifeforms work and what lessons they can teach us about our own existence. Mixing scientific detail with thoughtful musings that betray the fascination at the heart of his topic, James has created a way of looking at microorganisms in an empathetic and engaging style. You'll discover fascinating absurdities: that a cell can be both its own daughter and its own mother. That immortality really does exist, and it comes in the form of a teeny, tentacled medusa. And that seeing the wonder of nature from a new perspective can literally save your life.
