Product Description: Just what makes a locale one of the world's most mysterious places is a subject open to debate. But if Bigfoot, UFOs, and chain-rattling ghosts all appear in one particular location, time and again, along with a fantastic range of other bizarre phenomena, then this is highly suggestive that the place is truly weird and mysterious in the extreme...read more

Explores the influence of Neanderthal man on the cultural and biological development of humanity• Traces the power of long-held beliefs and superstitions to the influence of Neanderthal lunar and dream-based traditions• Offers a compelling vision of a unified humanity that can benefit from the gifts of both its Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon ancestors• Provides evidence that direct descendants of the Neanderthal race may still be alive in Central AsiaA number of long-standing beliefs and superstitions show how the ideas that dominated the lives of our ancestors still have a powerful influence on us today. The disturbing power attributed to the number thirteen, the positive influence of the number seven, and the comfort offered by the admonition “knock wood” all reveal the enduring presence of our most ancient ancestors: the Neanderthals. Contrary to current theories, Stan Gooch maintains that the Neanderthals were not destroyed by the younger Cro-Magnon culture but were incorporated into that culture through interbreeding. The blending of the disparate influences of the lunar, matriarchal-based Neanderthals and the solar, patriarchal Cro-Magnons may explain the contradictory impulses and influences that have generated human conflict for millennia. In fact, the author suggests that the caste system in India may have been constructed to utilize the strengths of both lunar and solar cultures and to minimize the conflict between the two.There is evidence that direct descendents of the moon-worshipping, dream-­cultivating Neanderthal race are still living in Central Asia today. While their physical descendants may be almost extinct, the influence of Neanderthal wisdom remains strong and can be found not only in witchcraft lore and the Kabbalah, but in the formative tenets of the Knights Templar, the Rosicrucians, and even Christianity.

Product Description: A fascinating mix of participatory journalism and history, Getting Into Guinness is the never-before-told story of the bestselling copyrighted book of all time. Veteran reporter Larry Olmsted began a personal quest to break an existing world record, then to set another one, and soon he was fully immersed in the crazy and highly competitive world of record breaking...read more

A treaure trove of some of history's most outrageous, extreme, bizarre, and tasteless customs and behaviors includes lists of the ten uses for a dead person, ten bizarre aphrodisiacs, the ten least romantic honeymoons, and others, organized into categories ranging from food and drink to crime and punishment. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Explores the world of crop circles, examining their nature, origin, meaning, locations, and the people involved with them.

One of the world's foremost researchers of the crop-circle phenomenon reports on the history of circles, their nature and symbolism, and the issue of man-made hoaxes, suggesting that their growing design complexity represents a progression of messages meant to re-awaken humankind to the deep wisdom of the Earth. Original. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Though they are not just a recent phenomenon, during the past few decades new crop circles have been reported worldwide at the rate of about one per day, creating considerable controversy over their origin and cause. Theoretical experimental physicist Eltjo Haselhoff presents a comprehensive overview of these beautiful and mysterious formations...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Explores such mysteries as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, weird weather, and black holes

A collection based on the nationally syndicated column 'Our Fascinating Earth' features amazing-but-true science stories

Product Description: No matter where you live, you may be under the close scrutiny of mysterious entities who appear in many guises and who create all of man's myths and beliefs. Charles Fort, a writer in the 1920s, concluded that the earth was "owned" by somebody or some thing...read more

Answers such questions as 'Why are there seven days in a week?' and 'Where did chewing gum come from?'

Answers such questions as 'Why are there seven days in a week?' and 'Where did chewing gum come from?'

Product Description: Book by Tallarico, Tony