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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 ...

    Unabridged

    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

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • 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

    $40.49 USD

  • 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

    $29.69 USD

  • 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

    $15.99 USD

  • 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

    $15.99 USD

  • 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

    $46.99 USD

  • 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

    $17.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    $16.39 USD

  • 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

    $31.49 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Pineapple, The

    Botany, Production and Uses

    by Dr Garth M Sanewski, Duane Bartholomew, Robert E Paull, J. R. Botella, C. C. Chen, G. Coppens d’Eeckenbrugge, S. A. de Assis, A. P. de Matos0, E. H. de Souza1, F. V. Duarte Souza2, M-F. Duval3, S. Hamill4, J. V. Jiménez5, D. T. Junghans6, H-L. Ko7, F. Leal8, J. M. Marconcini9, T. Padua0, D. H. Reinhardt1, A. R. Sena Neto2, A. Soler3, Brent S Sipes4 ...
    Series series Botany, Production and Uses
    Completely updated with new content and full-colour figures throughout, the second edition of this successful book continues to provide a comprehensive coverage of pineapple breeding, production and yield. Pineapple is an increasingly important crop and demand for fresh pineapple is steadily growing; stakeholders in the value chain are worldwide. The Pineapple: Botany, Production and Uses provides ... Read more

    $157.79 USD

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    50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 9: More Than 27 Hours of Classic Science Fiction

    Legendary Authors. Timeless Stories. Endless Imagination.

    by H. P. Lovecraft, Jack London, Damon Knight, Nelson S. Bond, Mary Shelley, C. S. Lewis, Ray Bradbury, E.E. "Doc" Smith, Edgar Allan Poe, Walter Tevis, Arthur C. Clarke, Hal Clement, A. Bertram Chandler, Stephen Bartholomew, Robert Silverberg, Randall Garrett, Jack Vance, Murray Leinster, Jack Williamson, Sam Carson, Fritz Leiber, Gordon R. Dickson, James R. Adams, Algis Budrys, Clare Winger Harris, Edwin Baird, H. Bedford–Jones, Frank Belknap Long, William Morrison, Paul Ernst, W. L. Alden, Harold Lawlor, Arthur Jean Cox, Basil Wells, Ron Goulart, Russ Winterbotham, Stanton A. Coblentz, J. T. McIntosh, Bryce Walton, William F. Nolan, Lucius Daniel, Robert Wicks, Michael Shaara, Alfred Coppel ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies

    Unabridged

    27 hours 9 min

    50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 9: More Than 27 Hours of Classic Science FictionRelive the wonder and excitement of classic science fiction with 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 9. Featuring more than 27 hours of unforgettable storytelling, this remarkable collection brings together fifty timeless tales from the authors whose imagination helped define the genre.Journey to distant worlds, uncover ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Red Frontier: 60 Classic Stories of Mars

    Timeless Tales of Mars, Mystery, and Adventure

    by Robert Moore Williams, Ray Bradbury, Harry Harrison, Alan J. Ramm, Fritz Leiber, Clifford D. Simak, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Joe Gibson, Rog Phillips, Mack Reynolds, William Morrison, H. B. Fyfe, Erik Fennel, Fredric Brown, Richard R. Smith, Jack McKenty, Henry Slesar, Charles L. Fontenay, Frederik Pohl, Philip K. Dick, Evan Hunter, Alan K. Lang, Robert F. Young, Frank M. Robinson, Bryce Walton, J. F. Bone, Donald A. Wollheim, John Wyndham, Dick Purcell, Charles E. Fritch, Harlan Ellison, H. G. Wells, Frank Belknap Long, Raymond Z. Gallun, James R. Adams, Arthur Jean Cox, Basil Wells, Lucius Daniel, Stephen Bartholomew, Henry Kuttner, Robert Silverberg, Robert Sheckley, James Blish ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies

    Unabridged

    31 hours 11 min

    Red Frontier is the ultimate journey to the most fascinating world in classic science fiction. Spanning more than 30 hours of listening, this extraordinary collection brings together sixty unforgettable stories that explore Mars as only the greatest writers of the golden age could imagine it—a world of forgotten civilizations, dangerous frontiers, mysterious ruins, and endless possibilities ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus