wyszukanych pozycji: 11
UFOs & Alien Contact: Two Centuries of
ISBN: 9781573922005 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The power of imagination, group psychology, and the concept of "fantasy prone personalities," are explored by Bartholomew and Howard as they probe the history of how UFO stories are spread. The impact of "collective delusion" enhanced by the media can be dangerous, leaving great pain and tragedy in its wake. Included are detailed descriptions of the United States airship flap of 1896-97; the imaginary sightings of Thomas Edison's "electric star" of the late 1800s; Canada's phantom balloon wave of 1896-97; the New Zealand zeppelin scare of 1909; the British UFO panic of 1912-13; phantom German...
The power of imagination, group psychology, and the concept of "fantasy prone personalities," are explored by Bartholomew and Howard as they probe the...
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144,10 zł |
American Hauntings: The True Stories Behind Hollywood's Scariest Movies--From the Exorcist to the Conjuring
ISBN: 9781440839689 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Neither a debunking book nor one written for the "true believer" in the paranormal, "American Hauntings" objectively scrutinizes the historic evidence behind such hugely popular films as "The Exorcist," "The Amityville Horror," "An American Haunting," "The Conjuring," and "The Haunting in Connecticut" to ascertain the accuracy of these entertainment depictions of "true life" hauntings. The authors then compare these popular culture accounts against the alleged real-life encounters and impartially weigh the evidence to assess whether each incident actually took place. Written by highly... Neither a debunking book nor one written for the "true believer" in the paranormal, "American Hauntings" objectively scrutinizes the historic evide... |
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236,13 zł |
Bigfoot Encounters in New York & New England: Documented Evidence, Stranger than Fiction
ISBN: 9780888396525 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. For over the years, the authors two New York State brothers, have methodically researched, documented, and studied the Bigfoot question in both New York and the New England states. This title deals with their research.
For over the years, the authors two New York State brothers, have methodically researched, documented, and studied the Bigfoot question in both New Yo...
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146,52 zł |
The Martians Have Landed!: A History of Media-Driven Panics and Hoaxes
ISBN: 9780786464982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. History is replete with examples of media-created scares and panics. This book presents more than three dozen studies of media scares from the 17th century to the 21st century, including hoaxes perpetrated via newspapers, radio, television and cyberspace. From the 1835 Batmen-on-the-Moon hoax to more recent bird flu scares and Hurricane Katrina myths, this book explores hoaxes that highlight the impact of the media on our lives and its tendency to sensationalize. Most of the hoaxes covered occurred in the United States, though incidents from Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Australia...
History is replete with examples of media-created scares and panics. This book presents more than three dozen studies of media scares from the 17th ce...
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189,45 zł |
Little Green Men, Meowing Nuns and Head-Hunting Panics: A Study of Mass Psychogenic Illness and Social Delusion
ISBN: 9780786409976 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 303 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. For a two week period in 1956, residents in the vicinity of Taipei, Taiwan, lived in fear that they would be the next victims of a crazed villain who was prowling the streets and slashing people at random with a razor or similar weapon. At least 21 victims were reported during this period, mostly women and children of low income and education. A thorough investigation revealed however, that: five slashings were innocent false reports, seven were self-inflicted cuts, eight were due to cuts rather than razors, and one was complete fantasy. This is one example of many cases of what has...
For a two week period in 1956, residents in the vicinity of Taipei, Taiwan, lived in fear that they would be the next victims of a crazed villain who ...
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250,60 zł |
Mass Hysteria in Schools: A Worldwide History Since 1566
ISBN: 9780786478880 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book surveys the rich, colourful history of mass hysteria and kindred phenomena in schools, from outbreaks of demonic possession during witchcraft scares to twitching and shaking epidemics that became common in nineteenth century European schools, to more contemporary incidents of collapsing bands, itching frenzies, ghost panics and 'mystery' illnesses. Sociologist Robert Bartholomew and historian Robert Rickard trace mysterious outbreaks of strange behavior and illness in students through the centuries. From the possessed children who went into trance states and began to bark like dogs...
This book surveys the rich, colourful history of mass hysteria and kindred phenomena in schools, from outbreaks of demonic possession during witchcraf...
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189,45 zł |
A Colorful History of Popular Delusions
ISBN: 9781633881228 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This eclectic history of unusual crowd behavior describes a rich assortment of mass phenomena ranging from the amusing and quirky to the shocking and deplorable. What do fads, crazes, manias, urban legends, moral panics, riots, stampedes, and other mass expressions of emotion have in common? By creating a typology of such behavior, past and present, the authors show how common extraordinary group reactions to fear or excitement are. And they offer insights into how these sometimes dangerous mob responses can be avoided.
We may not be surprised to read about the peculiarities of the... This eclectic history of unusual crowd behavior describes a rich assortment of mass phenomena ranging from the amusing and quirky to the shocking and ...
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82,99 zł |
Outbreak!: The Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Social Behavior
ISBN: 9781933665252 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 784 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From fads, crazes, and manias to collective delusions, scares, panics, and mass hysterias, history is replete with examples of remarkable social behavior. Many are fueled by fear and uncertainty; others are driven by hope and expectation. For others still, the causes are more obscure. This massive collection of extraordinary social behaviors spans more than two millennia, and attempts to place many of the episodes within their greater historical and cultural context.
Perhaps the most well known example of unusual collective behavior occurred in 1938, when a million or more Americans were... From fads, crazes, and manias to collective delusions, scares, panics, and mass hysterias, history is replete with examples of remarkable social behav...
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195,45 zł |
The Pineapple: Botany, Production and Uses
ISBN: 9781786393302 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Fully updated with new content and full-colour figures throughout, the second edition of this successful book provides comprehensive coverage of pineapple breeding, production and yield. It includes essential content from botany through to postharvest handling and provides the technical information required to all those working with the crop.
Fully updated with new content and full-colour figures throughout, the second edition of this successful book provides comprehensive coverage of pinea...
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693,58 zł |
Introduction to Catalysis and Industrial Catalytic Processes
ISBN: 9781118454602 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Introduces major catalytic processes including products from the petroleum, chemical, environmental and alternative energy industries
Introduces major catalytic processes including products from the petroleum, chemical, environmental and alternative energy industries |
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581,83 zł |
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church 1954-2004: A Jubilee History
ISBN: 9781514639528 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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27,52 zł |