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They saw the future: oracles, psychics, scientists, great thinkers, and pretty good guessers
By Kathleen Krull. 1999
Accounts of twelve visionaries--people who predict the future--presented in chronological order from the oracles of ancient Greece to twentieth-century figures.…
Covers the sibyls of Rome, Mayan astrologers, Nostradamus, Hildegard of Bingen, Leonardo da Vinci, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Nicholas Black Elk, Jeane Dixon, Edgar Cayce, and Marshall McLuhan. Grades 5-8. 1999.The Wreck of the Titanic foretold?
By Martin Gardner. 1986
A collection of writings published prior to the sinking of the "Titanic", which are purported to be proof of paranormal…
powers of precognition. The author, a sceptic to ESP, disagrees with these assumptions. c1986.The wheel of life: a memoir of living and dying
By Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. 1998
The author traces the events that shaped her life intellectually and spiritually - events which led her to explain the…
ultimate truth that death does not exist but is a transformation. From her work in war-ravaged Poland to her pioneering counselling of the terminally ill, her seminars and discussions with people who have been revived after death, we learn how each experience provided her with a new piece of the puzzle. 1998.The vision & the voice: with commentary and other papers : the Equinox, volume IV number II (Equinox Ser. #Vol. 4)
By Aleister Crowley, Victor B Neuburg, Mary Desti. 1998
This text is the record of Aleister Crowley's exploration of the 30 Aethyrs of the Enochian system of magick developed…
by the Elizabethan magicians Dr John Dee and Edward Kelly. Crowley obtained these visions in Mexico in 1900, and in Algeria in 1909. They are the source of many key spiritual doctrines of Thelema. They give an account of the transcendence of the Ego by crossing the Abyss, and the attainment of the grade of Master of the Temple. 1998. Uniform title: Equinox (New York, N.Y.)The universe from flat earth to quasar (Pelican Ser.)
By Isaac Asimov. 1983
The noted scientist and science fiction author explores the exciting implications of black holes, taking the reader on an engaging…
tour from the atom's innermost core to the outermost reaches of the universe. 1983.The truth about Dracula
By Gabriel Ronay. 1972
The uncommon touch: an investigation of spiritual healing
By Tom Harpur. 1994
Religious writer Harpur investigates the roots of spiritual healing and the work and ideas of modern healers. He also describes…
scientific studies which demonstrate the power of spiritual healing, and how the phenomenon is gaining credibility even among physicians and other sceptics. 1994.The truth in the light: an investigation of over 300 near-death experiences
By Elizabeth Fenwick, Peter Fenwick. 1996
The authors had access to over 300 first-hand accounts of near-death experiences. Scientist and neuropsychiatrist Dr Peter Fenwick and his…
wife Elizabeth provide an informed analysis of the near-death experience, indicating the tantalising and inexplicable core at the heart of this phenomenon. 1996.The turning point: science, society, and the rising culture
By Fritjof Capra. 1982
The physicist author contends that the mechanistic world view of Cartesian-Newtonian is outdated and dangerous in the modern world. He…
espouses a new holistic vision of reality more in keeping with our technological and social advances. 1982.A groundbreaking account of the state of modern physics: of how we got from Einstein and Relativity through quantum mechanics…
to the strange and bizarre predictions of string theory, full of unseen dimensions and multiple universes. Lee Smolin not only provides a brilliant layman's overview of current research as we attempt to build a 'theory of everything', but also questions many of the assumptions that lie behind string theory. 2008.The search for a soul: Taylor Caldwell's psychic lives
By Jess Stearn. 1973
Delves into the psychic lives of novelist Taylor Caldwell who, though skeptical about reincarnation, agreed to undergo hypnosis "in the…
interest of setting the theory of reincarnation to rest." Once in a trance she lapsed into memories of other lives and places. 1973.In 1939, Richard Feynman, a graduate of MIT, arrived in John Wheeler's Princeton office to report for duty as his…
teaching assistant. The soft-spoken Wheeler was a raging nonconformist full of wild ideas about the universe. The boisterous Feynman was a cautious physicist who believed only what could be tested. Yet a lifelong friendship and enormously productive collaboration was born that led to a complete rethinking of the nature of time and reality. 2017.The psychic world of Derek Acorah: The Essential Guide To Developing Your Hidden Powers
By John Sutton, Derek Acorah. 1999
Renowned psychic Derek Acorah reveals that we all have psychic potential and shows us how we can tap into and…
develop our psychic ability. You will learn how to: build your psychic awareness through meditation; develop telepathy skills and divination techniques; use the spirit world for guidance and healing; identify paranormal experiences. 1999.The physics of hockey
By Alain Haché. 2002
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to play hockey, but consider this: the same universal principles that sent…
men to the moon also go into launching a slapshot, crashing into the boards, accelerating across the blue line, or cutting down a shooter's angle. The author, a physicist, explores and explains the science behind the game, including how a sharpened blade glides on ice, or why Bobby Hull's slapshot zipped through the atmosphere so much faster than his modern counterparts' did. Haché even includes explanations on how a Zamboni works. 2002.Caltech physicist and author Sean Carroll offers listeners this profile of the Large Hadron Collider and the search for the…
mysterious Higgs boson particle, the subatomic building block that imbues elementary particles with mass. Carroll chronicles how such a complex project got off the ground in the first place and explains why this discovery is so important, and what it means for the future of physics. 2013.The other side and back: a psychic's guide to our world and beyond
By Sylvia Browne, Lindsay Harrison. 2003
Renowned psychic and spiritual teacher Sylvia Browne reveals the truth about the power of psychic energy to change lives and…
to communicate with the other side, and shows how anyone can tap into its energy. 2003.The origin of the universe (Science masters.)
By John D Barrow. 1994
Aimed at the non-specialist reader, this book gives the latest account of the status of the Big Bang, looks at…
the enigma of 'dark matter', and considers the possibilities and problems for further investigations. 1994.The new age: notes of a fringe watcher
By Martin Gardner. 1988
Columns, mostly from the Skeptical Inquirer, critique pseudoscience and other paranormal trends. Topics include channeling, psychic surgery, prime-time preachers, the…
third eye, and Shirley MacLaine's fascination with reincarnation. Garner's essays are part exposé and part entertainment. 1991, c1988.The mysterious rays: Marie Curie's world (Science Discovery Book Ser.)
By Victor Juhasz, Nancy Veglahn. 1977
The measure of the universe
By Isaac Asimov. 1983
Many people have difficulty in grasping the size of our universe. By using examples of various measurements -- length, pressure,…
time and temperature -- Asimov explains how to relate the unimaginable. For example, the tallest man on record was 9 feet tall while the smallest dinosaur was the size of a chicken. 1983.