The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs
By: Brenda Denzler
3.71
Format: 313 pages, Paperback
UFO phenomena entered American consciousness at the beginning of the Cold War, when reports from as…
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By: Milan Kundera , Michael Henry Heim
4.11
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
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2. Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred
By: Jeffrey J. Kripal
3.90
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
Most scholars dismiss research into the paranormal as pseudoscience, a frivolous pursuit for the pa… read more
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3. VALIS (VALIS Trilogy, #1)
By: Philip K. Dick
3.44
Format: 220 pages,
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4. A Brief History of Time
By: Stephen Hawking , Phạm Văn Thiều , None
4.21
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book … read more
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"God abhors a naked singularity."-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
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5. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.16
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more
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6. When We Cease to Understand the World
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.14
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Internat… read more
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"Como la luna en el budismo, una partícula no existe; el acto de medición la vuelve un objeto real"-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
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7. American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology
By: D.W. Pasulka
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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8. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
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4.36
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"The war between good and evil is in reality an imposition of stupidity and simplicity over wisdom and complexity."-Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
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9. The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs
By: Brenda Denzler
3.71
Format: 313 pages, Paperback
UFO phenomena entered American consciousness at the beginning of the Cold War, when reports from as… read more
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