"What's wrong with this city?" Tony, Alistair, and Robin are three young people coming of age and trying to find their future in Schenectady, a city that has seen better days. Tony wants fame and influence as a writer. Robin dreams of making the world a better place and helping those in need. Alistair simply wishes to find love and understand what's going on around him. But before they can achieve these goals, there are a few things they need to understand. Things such as, does Schenectady have a future? And what's with all those chemicals? And why's all the wildlife so mutated? And what's an...

By demonstrating how easy it is to fake ESP powers, devise UFO photos from ordinary objects or computer technology, or simply pass yourself off as the latest New Age guru, Peter Huston gives you plenty of intellectual ammo to protect yourself and others from paranormal con men. This is an unrevised reprint of the original 1997 edition.

In his first book on the subject, Peter Huston unmasked the amazing array of paranormal con artists littering the fringes of society today. From phony psychics to crop circle hoaxers to New Age hucksters, Huston revealed exactly how these otherworldly swindlers get rich by fleecing the gullible among us. In this new book, Huston casts his critical eye further afield, exposing the latest fraudulent schemes and scams being perpetrated through such seemingly normal pursuits as the environmental movement, politics, the world of science and evangelical Christianity. He also delves deeply into some...