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The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena - John Michell, Bob Rickard

Description: Genre: Religion / Spirituality / This work is an exploration of the zone that lies between the known and unknown, a ... more

The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena - John Michell, Bob Rickard ... shadowy territory that's home to lake monsters, combusting people, teleporting frogs and man-eating trees. Taking a Fortean path between dogmatic scientists and credulous believers, the authors trace tales of wonder back to their sources, drawing from a huge archive of observations, opinions and discussions. As the third millennium begins many things are not yet known or understood about our world - as this guide shows, there are still many riddles to solve and wonders to experience.

Newest Review: ... its at this point that all you sceptics will be rolling around on the floor with laughter. Am I correct? You see when I ... more

... mentioned the possibility of fairies to my highly sceptical parents they found it oh-so amusing that a scientifically minded person such as myself could possibly come out with something so ‘ludicrous’. I’m not saying that they definitely do exist but the way I see it is that until proven otherwise they exist. After all, if anyone says “I don’t believe i n fairies” one dies….according to Peter Pan a...more

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The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena - John Michell, Bob Rickard: Do you believe? (4842 words)
by Sarah_Louise - written on 22.02.03 (Very useful, 262 readings)
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---------------------- What’s in the book? ---------------------- The book is laid out into the following chapters, it all seems a bit random to me but there we go, I don’ suppose the order of them makes much difference: First there’s an Introduction. Its not too long, just 3.5 pages long with a few photographs giving you a brief introduction to the world of the paranormal. 1. Teleportation 2. Strange Rains 3. Wild Talents 4. The Madness of Crowds 5. The Good Folk 6. Invisibles and other Assailants 7. The Haunted Planet 8. Signs and Portents 9. Images 10. Monsters 11. Living ...

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