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‘Pataphysics: A Useless Guide – Andrew Hugill

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  MIT Press ISBN: 9780262527569 When a hopeful hypothesis bites the dust, when yet another self-contradiction is dragged into the light of logical analysis, when another friend...
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Are Dolphins Really Smart? The mammal behind the myth – Justin Gregg

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Skeptics' interest in marine biology may often not extend much beyond imaginary sea monsters, but dolphins are of course iconic beings for New Wage enthusiasts.
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Philosophy Bites – David Edmonds & Nigel Warburton

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  OUP, ISBN 10: 0199576327 Although the number of angels that can stand on the head of a pin may not yet have been verified, we...
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What Makes Your Brain Happy: And Why You Should Do the Opposite – David DiSalvo

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  Prometheus Books, ISBN 978-1-61614-483-8 Swimming against the toxic tide of baseless "self-help" books, DiSalvo offers us a "science-help" book, and a very generous offering it...
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How To Become A Really Good Pain in the Ass: A Critical Thinker’s Guide to Asking the Right Questions – Christopher W. DiCarlo

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  Prometheus Books, ISBN 978-1-61614-397-8 Given the morass of tree-wasting texts in the figmentalist section of any bookshop, an addition to the skeptical counter-attack is welcome...
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Science Tales: lies, hoaxes and scams – Darryl Cunningham

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  Myriad Editions, ISBN 978-0-9567926-8-6 There are people for whom the term, "graphic novel", seems an over-inflated alternative to "comic book", and, given the non-fictional nature...
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This Thing Called Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing – Andrew Bennett & Nicholas Royle

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  Routledge ISBN 978-1-40-825401-1 Hundreds of novels jostle on shelves, waiting to be seen to. In the corner, a ziggurat of poetry books flutters its pages....
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Rocket: Owners’ Workshop Manual – David Baker

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Haynes Manuals, ISBN 10: 0857333712 Now that people feel that they can't mend their own cars, Haynes Manuals seem to be turning their attention to...
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