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Social Panics & Phantom Attackers

A Study of Imaginary Assailants

by Robert E. Bartholomew, Paul Weatherhead ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book provides an accessible overview of one particular type of social panic: that of the phantom attacker. Such panics are characterised by outbreaks of sensational claims of attacks by mysterious figures that seem to emerge from nowhere, attack their innocent human and animal victims, only to vanish without a trace. Taking the recent wave of needle-spiking reports in Europe as a starting ... Read more

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This book provides an accessible overview of one particular type of social panic: that of the phantom attacker. Such panics are characterised by outbreaks of sensational claims of attacks by mysterious figures that seem to emerge from nowhere, attack their innocent human and animal victims, only to vanish without a trace. Taking the recent wave of needle-spiking reports in Europe as a starting
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Colorful History of Popular Delusions

by Robert E. Bartholomew, Peter Hassall ...

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 ... Read more

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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
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Mass Hysteria in Schools

A Worldwide History Since 1566

by Robert E. Bartholomew, Bob Rickard ...

This book comprehensively surveys the colorful history of mass hysteria and kindred phenomena in schools, documenting outbreaks of demonic possession during witchcraft scares, to modern incidents of collapsing bands, itching frenzies, ghost panics and mystery illnesses.Strange behaviors and illnesses in students are examined through the centuries. Possessed children went into trance states and ... Read more

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This book comprehensively surveys the colorful history of mass hysteria and kindred phenomena in schools, documenting outbreaks of demonic possession during witchcraft scares, to modern incidents of collapsing bands, itching frenzies, ghost panics and mystery illnesses.Strange behaviors and illnesses in students are examined through the centuries. Possessed children went into trance states and
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American Intolerance

Our Dark History of Demonizing Immigrants

by Robert E. Bartholomew, Anja Reumschuessel ...

This historical review of the US treatment of immigrants and minority groups documents the suspicion and persecution that often met newcomers and those perceived to be different. Contrary to popular belief, the poor and huddled masses were never welcome in America. Though the engraving on the base of the Statue of Liberty makes that claim, history reveals a far less-welcoming message. This ... Read more

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This historical review of the US treatment of immigrants and minority groups documents the suspicion and persecution that often met newcomers and those perceived to be different. Contrary to popular belief, the poor and huddled masses were never welcome in America. Though the engraving on the base of the Statue of Liberty makes that claim, history reveals a far less-welcoming message. This
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American Hauntings

The True Stories behind Hollywood's Scariest Movies—from The Exorcist to The Conjuring

by Robert E. Bartholomew, Joe Nickell ...

This work provides an accurate, in-depth examination and scientific evaluation of the most famous hauntings in American history as depicted in popular films and television programs.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 ... Read more

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This work provides an accurate, in-depth examination and scientific evaluation of the most famous hauntings in American history as depicted in popular films and television programs.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
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The Door in the Dark

The Last Shift, #2

by Robert L. Bartholomew ...

Series Book 2 - The Last Shift
The Last Shift is a military-inflected cosmic horror science fiction series about humanity's first true encounter with the unknown — and the terrible cost of being noticed.When the sky changes and Earth's magnetic field begins to fail, civilization fractures under the pressure of a phenomenon no government, scientist, or soldier fully understands. What begins as a planetary survival crisis soon ... Read more

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The Last Shift is a military-inflected cosmic horror science fiction series about humanity's first true encounter with the unknown — and the terrible cost of being noticed.When the sky changes and Earth's magnetic field begins to fail, civilization fractures under the pressure of a phenomenon no government, scientist, or soldier fully understands. What begins as a planetary survival crisis soon
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The Untold Story of Champ

A Social History of America's Loch Ness Monster

by Robert E. Bartholomew ...

Series series Excelsior Editions
The definitive account of a Lake Champlain legend."The lake surface was glass. My girlfriend and I were fishing from our anchored rowboat in about fifteen feet of water, facing the New York shore. 'Ron, what's that?' I turned. About thirty feet away I saw three dark humps … protruding about two feet above the surface. The humps were perhaps two or three feet apart. They didn't move. We didn't ... Read more

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The definitive account of a Lake Champlain legend."The lake surface was glass. My girlfriend and I were fishing from our anchored rowboat in about fifteen feet of water, facing the New York shore. 'Ron, what's that?' I turned. About thirty feet away I saw three dark humps … protruding about two feet above the surface. The humps were perhaps two or three feet apart. They didn't move. We didn't
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Panic Attacks

Media Manipulation and Mass Delusion

by Robert E. Bartholomew, Hilary Evans ...

On Sunday 30 October 1938 many Americans reportedly panicked after listening to a realistic radio play depicting a Martian invasion in New Jersey. The play was based on H.G. Wells's science fiction classic The War of the Worlds, and was broadcast by Orson Welles. Why did the script get by CBS censors? How did Welles ingeniously 'snare' listeners to other programmes? Why did newspaper editors ... Read more

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On Sunday 30 October 1938 many Americans reportedly panicked after listening to a realistic radio play depicting a Martian invasion in New Jersey. The play was based on H.G. Wells's science fiction classic The War of the Worlds, and was broadcast by Orson Welles. Why did the script get by CBS censors? How did Welles ingeniously 'snare' listeners to other programmes? Why did newspaper editors
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Havana Syndrome

Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria

by Robert E. Bartholomew, Robert W. Baloh ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

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9 hours 4 min

A scientific detective story and a case study in the social construction of mass psychogenic illness.The authors provide dozens of examples of kindred episodes of mass hysteria throughout history, in addition to psychosomatic conditions and even the role of insects in triggering outbreaks.It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken ... Read more

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A scientific detective story and a case study in the social construction of mass psychogenic illness.The authors provide dozens of examples of kindred episodes of mass hysteria throughout history, in addition to psychosomatic conditions and even the role of insects in triggering outbreaks.It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken
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Havana Syndrome

Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria

by Robert W. Baloh, Robert E. Bartholomew ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major diplomatic row. Since August 2017, the world media has been absorbed in the “attack” on diplomats from the American and Canadian Embassies in Cuba. While physicians treating victims have described it as a novel and perplexing condition that ... Read more

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It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major diplomatic row. Since August 2017, the world media has been absorbed in the “attack” on diplomats from the American and Canadian Embassies in Cuba. While physicians treating victims have described it as a novel and perplexing condition that
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A Royal Priesthood?: The Use of the Bible Ethically and Politically

A Dialogue with Oliver O'Donovan

by Zondervan ...

Series series Scripture and Hermeneutics Series
Since September 11, 2001, we are intensely aware of the need for political wisdom. Can Scripture help us in this respect? Yes, but not simplistically. In an exhilarating dialogue with Oliver O’Donovan, a team of international scholars look in detail in this book at biblical interpretation as we make the journey from what God said to Abraham, as it were, to how to respond to the political ... Read more

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Since September 11, 2001, we are intensely aware of the need for political wisdom. Can Scripture help us in this respect? Yes, but not simplistically. In an exhilarating dialogue with Oliver O’Donovan, a team of international scholars look in detail in this book at biblical interpretation as we make the journey from what God said to Abraham, as it were, to how to respond to the political
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Lost Sci-Fi Books 461 thru 465

Alien Worlds, Brilliant Minds, and Extraordinary Discoveries

by Arthur C. Clarke, Randall Garrett, Robert Silverberg, Jerome Bixby, Stephen Bartholomew, Robert Wicks ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi 5 Book Box Sets
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2 hours 21 min

Lost Sci-Fi Books 461 thru 465 brings together five unforgettable adventures that span crowded future worlds, hidden dangers, lonely frontiers, and astonishing scientific discoveries. Featuring stories from some of the finest writers of classic science fiction, this collection is packed with imagination, suspense, humor, and the boundless sense of wonder that defines the Golden Age.Jerome Bixby ... Read more

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Lost Sci-Fi Books 461 thru 465 brings together five unforgettable adventures that span crowded future worlds, hidden dangers, lonely frontiers, and astonishing scientific discoveries. Featuring stories from some of the finest writers of classic science fiction, this collection is packed with imagination, suspense, humor, and the boundless sense of wonder that defines the Golden Age.Jerome Bixby
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