Generally open-minded yet critical, this survey spanning the gamut of paranormal phenomena and unexplained mysteries will rattle enthusiasts and skeptics alike. White, who is the former science editor of British GQ and former director of scientific studies at d'Overbroeck's College, Oxford, dismisses near-death experiences as the dying brain's compensatory fantasies and interpr...(展开全部)

乔治·O·阿贝尔曾是美国洛杉矶加利福尼亚大学的天文学教授。他出生于洛杉矶地区并在那里上中学，在美国空军短期工作后进入加州理工学院，在那里得到学士、硕士位，最后在1957年获得博士学位。随后，他一直在加州大学洛杉矶分校任职，并在休假期间曾经作为慕尼黑物理和天体物理学马克斯·普朗克研究所的特遨学者和爱丁堡皇家天文台的特邀教授。他的研究对象是密集星系团、宇宙宏观结构以及和宇宙学有关的其他问题。他在国内和国际的科学组织以及天文普及方面都很活跃。他除有许多研究论文和一般文章外，还写过几部被广泛选用的天文学教科书，其中包括《宇宙的探索》。1981年10月7日，乔治·阿贝尔因病逝世。

乔治·O·阿贝尔曾是美国洛杉矶加利福尼亚大学的天文学教授。他出生于洛杉矶地区并在那里上中学，在美国空军短期工作后进入加州理工学院，在那里得到学士、硕士位，最后在1957年获得博士学位。随后，他一直在加州大学洛杉矶分校任职，并在休假期间曾经作为慕尼黑物理和天体物理学马克斯·普朗克研究所的特遨学者和爱丁堡皇家天文台的特邀教授。他的研究对象是密集星系团、宇宙宏观结构以及和宇宙学有关的其他问题。他在国内和国际的科学组织以及天文普及方面都很活跃。他除有许多研究论文和一般文章外，还写过几部被广泛选用的天文学教科书，其中包括《宇宙的探索》。1981年10月7日，乔治·阿贝尔因病逝世。

By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, "Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature, Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy, awe, wonder, and horror. Here Blackwood displays his best and most disturbing work-inclu...(展开全部)

"Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" is a collection of supernatural stories by one of the greatest writers of such stories to have ever lived, Algernon Blackwood. This collection contains the title story, "Ancient Sorceries," which is the tale of a tourist who becomes enchanted by a strange French town and the ancient secrets that are hidden there. Also included in this...(展开全部)

Popular culture fills the mind with a steady diet of fantasy, from tales of UFO landings and alien abductions, haunted houses, and communication with the dead to claims of miraculous cures by spiritual healers and breakthrough treatments in 'alternative' medicine. The paranormal - and the pseudoscience that attempts to validate it - is so ubiquitous that many people lose sight ...(展开全部)

The name "Allium" is said to come from the Greek word to avoid because of its offensive smell. The genus Allium includes more than 800 species of which only a few have been cultivated as foods. Many of the other members of this genus are popular with gardeners as easy to maintain perennials, although the smell of some members of the genus can be off-putting. The smell is a con...(展开全部)

The name "Allium" is said to come from the Greek word to avoid because of its offensive smell. The genus Allium includes more than 800 species of which only a few have been cultivated as foods. Many of the other members of this genus are popular with gardeners as easy to maintain perennials, although the smell of some members of the genus can be off-putting. The smell is a con...(展开全部)

In a wonderfully coherent set of sharp and witty essays, Krugman tackles pundits from across the political spectrum, in the process enlightening readers as to workings of our national economy.

In a wonderfully coherent set of sharp and witty essays, Krugman tackles pundits from across the political spectrum, in the process enlightening readers as to workings of our national economy.