"Mercury Rapids" is the story of Bill Lewis. An astronomer by profession, he has made a career of debunking UFO sightings.until he encounters a UFO himself.

As he struggles with his own beliefs, he finds himself becoming embroiled in a war between the alien Greys and the secretive Orion Committee; Britain's version of Majestic Twelve. Now he must fight not only for his own life, but also for the lives of those around him.

"Mercury Rapids" is a chilling, fast-paced sci-fi conspiracy thriller that will leave you asking yourself.. Are we really alone?

In this nationally bestselling, compulsively readable account of what makes brain science a vital component of people's quest to know themselves, acclaimed science writer Steven Johnson subjects his own brain to a battery of tests to find out what's really going on inside. He asks:

• How do we "read" other people?
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• What is the neurochemistry behind love and sex?
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• What does it mean that the brain is teeming with powerful chemicals closely related to recreational drugs?
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• Why does music move us to tears?
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• Where do breakthrough ideas...

Forget everything you've ever read about the age of dumbed-down, instant-gratification culture. In this provocative, unfailingly intelligent, thoroughly researched, and surprisingly convincing big idea book, Steven Johnson draws from fields as diverse as neuroscience, economics, and media theory to argue that the pop culture we soak in every day--from Lord of the Rings to Grand Theft Auto to The Simpsons--has been growing more sophisticated with each passing year, and, far from rotting our brains, is actually posing new cognitive challenges that are actually making our...