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Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Covering how science is done, why some people want to trick others, and why false information can be dangerous, this book empowers readers to know which sources to trust and which to dismiss as deceit"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Covering how science is done, why some people want to trick others, and why false information can be dangerous, this book empowers readers to know which sources to trust and which to dismiss as deceit"-- Provided by publisher
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Includes information on anomalous cognition (extraordinary knowing), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), clairvoyance, dreams, extrasensory perception (ESP), evidence, fortune telling, Sigmund Freud, ganzfeld studies, Gestalt psychology, God, healing, treatment and diagnoses, professional intuitives, National Research Council, (NRC), quantum consciousness, quantum mind, quantum phenomena, remote viewing, remote perception, science, Society for Psychical...
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Language
English
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Description
"Our predictions of the future are a wild fantasy, inextricably linked to our present hopes and fears, biases and ignorance. Whether they be the outlandish leaps predicted in the 1920s, like multi-purpose utility belts with climate control capabilities and planes the size of luxury cruise ships, or the forecasts of the '60s, which didn't anticipate the sexual revolution or women's liberation, the path to the present is littered with failed predictions...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Based on the podcast known for battling sloppy reasoning, bad arguments, and superstitions with logical thinking, the "Skeptical Rogues" help readers try to make sense of an increasingly crazy world using critical thinking skills, science, and philosophy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Traces the events of the First Formic War a century before the events of Ender's Game, following the unsuccessful attempt of Victor Delgado to warn skeptical Earth governments of an imminent alien invasion and the efforts of Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police to meet unprecedented threats.
8) Edge of War
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Humanity's expansion into the stars has led to awe-inspiring discoveries-and terrifying new threats. An insidious alien race is waging an interstellar war, enslaving any civilization they encounter to carry out their galactic rampage. Now they have set their sights on mankind. Tag Brewer is a medical scientist, not a ship's captain. But as humanity's survival hangs in the balance, he must lead a ragtag crew of humans, a skeptical alien, and a synthetic...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Less freedom. More regulation. Higher costs. Make no mistake: those are the surefire consequences of the modern global warming campaign waged by political and cultural elites, who have long ago abandoned fact-based science for dramatic fearmongering in order to push increased central planning. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change gives a voice-backed by statistics, real-life stories, and incontrovertible evidence-to the millions of "deplorable"...
Author
Publisher
Convergent Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
What do you do when God dies? It's a question facing millions today, as science reveals a Universe that's self-creating, as American culture departs from Christian social norms, and the idea of God begins to seem implausible at best and barbaric at worst. Mike McHargue understands the pain of unraveling belief. In Finding God in the Waves, Mike tells the story of how his Evangelical faith dissolved into atheism as he studied the Bible, a crisis that...
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Language
English
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Description
"TWA Flight 800 crashed into the Atlantic shortly after takeoff from JFK airport on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 passengers on board. Although initial reports suggested a terrorist attack, FBI and NTSB investigators blamed a fuel tank explosion. But skeptics have long questioned the official story, and new evidence has surfaced that suggests a widespread conspiracy... In TWA 800, historian Jack Cashill introduces new documents and testimonies that...
12) True believer
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Series
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, a supernatural love story between a journalist and a librarian who dare to believe in the impossible. Science journalist Jeremy Marsh specializes in debunking the supernatural-until he falls in love with the granddaughter of the town psychic, Lexie Darnell. When Jeremy receives a letter from Boone Creek, North Carolina, about ghostly lights appearing in a cemetery, he can't resist driving down...
13) The honey witch
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-one-year-old Marigold Claude has always preferred the company of the spirits of the meadow to any of the suitors who've tried to woo her. So, when her grandmother whisks her away to her cottage on the tiny Isle of Innisfree with an offer to train her as the next Honey Witch, she accepts immediately. But her newfound magic and independence comes with a price: no one can fall in love with the Honey Witch. When Lottie Burke, a notoriously grumpy...
14) Deep past
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
If nature could invent intelligence of our scale in a blink of geologic time, who's to say it hasn't been done before... A routine dig in Kazakhstan takes a radical turn for thirty-two-year-old anthropologist Claire Knowland when a stranger turns up at the site with a bizarre find from a remote section of the desolate Kazakh Steppe. Her initial skepticism of this mysterious discovery gives way to a realization that the find will shake the very foundations...
Author
Series
Edinburgh nights volume 3
Publisher
Tor, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Everyone's favorite fifteen-year-old ghostalker, Ropa, arrives at the worldwide Society of Skeptical Enquirers' biennial conference just in time to be tied into a mystery -- a locked room mystery, if an entire creepy haunted castle on lockdown counts. One of the magical attendees has stolen a valuable magical scroll. Caught between Qozmos, the high wizard of Ethiopian magic; the larger-than-life Lord Sashvindu Samarasinghe; England's Sorcerer Royal;...
Author
Publisher
Random House Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Unplug is a revolutionary book that shows the overwhelmed and overworked type A person how and why to unplug in order to recharge. Unplug offers a no-nonsense approach to meditation, sharing the incredible benefits you'll experience, the proof and science to back up how meditation works, and tools and techniques to include meditation into daily life"-- Provided by publisher.
"Whether you're a Fortune 500 CEO or someone bogged down with a never-ending...
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Language
English
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Description
Although a vocal minority continues to attack religious faith, for most Americans, faith is a large part of their lives: 86% of Americans refer to themselves as religious, and 75% of all Americans consider themselves Christians. So how should they respond to these passionate, learned, and persuasive books that promote science and secularism over religion and faith? For years, Tim Keller has compiled a list of the most frequently voiced "doubts" skeptics...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan Reflective
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In Person of Interest, cold-case homicide detective, former atheist, and bestselling author J. Warner Wallace employs a unique 'no-body, missing person' detective strategy to investigate Jesus and demonstrate why He still matters today, even in a world that is skeptical of the Bible.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Expanding upon his viral TEDx Talk, psychology professor and social scientist John V. Petrocelli reveals the critical thinking habits you can develop to recognize and combat pervasive false information that harms society in The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit. Bullshit is the foundation of contaminated thinking and bad decisions leading to health consequences, financial losses, legal consequences, broken relationships, and wasted time...

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