The Little Book of Conspiracies: 50 of the World's Greatest Theories (May 2008)
by Joel Levy
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From fake moon landings to the murder of Princess Diana to the faked death of Jim Morrison, a modern-day paranoiac has plenty of reasons to keep looking over his shoulder. According to one survey, two percent of Americans indicate that they have been abducted by aliens. That's five million people right there. Why are they keeping silent? Who is holding back on the explanations, and why? Could one man act alone to assassinate a hugely popular American president? What dark secrets are harbored show more by the Bush family (and the British royal family) about their 1930s collusion with Nazis? Have the Freemasons secretly grasped control of the world's economy? The Little Book of Conspiracies reviews the essentials of fifty great and small conspiracies, whether documented or alleged, from your toothpaste giving you lead poisoning to the real reason the Titanic sank. Over 100 photographs and simple diagrams accompanying entries illustrate the heart of the theories, making it easy to be paranoid. Just pick your theory and find your page. show lessTags
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Had this little tome on my shelf for some time - and needed to kill a couple of hours.
This easy to read book and separated into a collection of known conspiracy theories that cover off things like: politics, science fiction, assassination, murder, secret societies, moon landing, cover-ups. Each item is given about two to three pages that are broken down into: an introduction, the conspiracy theory, the official line, and the paranoia rating (ie: how paranoid should you be).
I bought it because the topic appealed to me - I love a good conspiracy theory. If you do, then this wont tax the brain nor disappoint.
This easy to read book and separated into a collection of known conspiracy theories that cover off things like: politics, science fiction, assassination, murder, secret societies, moon landing, cover-ups. Each item is given about two to three pages that are broken down into: an introduction, the conspiracy theory, the official line, and the paranoia rating (ie: how paranoid should you be).
I bought it because the topic appealed to me - I love a good conspiracy theory. If you do, then this wont tax the brain nor disappoint.
A fairly trite, quick run-through of a pile of conspiracies. Nothing new is presented and there's definitely no depth to any of the entries. Fun to have, but don't go out of your way to get it.
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Joel Levy is a writer and journalist specializing in science and nature. His other books include A Curious History of Mathematics; Really Useful: The Science and History of Everyday Technology; Poison: A Social History, Newton's Notebooks; and A Bee in a Cathedral.
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- Original publication date
- 2005
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 364.1 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Crime Criminal offenses
- LCC
- HV6275 .L48 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Crimes and offenses
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- Languages
- English, German, Norwegian (Bokmål)
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 9
