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This book covers all forms of this subject, from people feeling that they are not alone, to talking to unseen presences as in the case of explorers in the arctic wastes or climbing mountains. It also doesn't shy away from mediumship (is there anybody there?), even though this is a scientific attempt to understand the phenomena
In this enthralling book, Ben Alderson-Day explores one of the most curious experiences known to humankind: the universal, disturbing sense that someone or something is there when we are alone - the feeling of an unseen presence.
When and why do presences emerge? What does this feeling mean and where does it come from? And how can we even begin to understand a phenomenon that can be transformative for those who experience it and yet so hard to put into words? The answers to these questions lie in this fascinating exploration through cutting-edge research in contemporary psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
Like his other three books in the series, you really felt for those involved and saw through the illusions of war that politicians sold as a viewpoint. The German war machine was driven by grit and determination, not weaponry or tactics, despite the lies told after the war about advanced technology (most Germans walked to war across the Russian steppes and they were overwhelmed by the size of the country and the amount of badly trained and armed forces fighting them, also they relied on horse drawn artillery, more than tanks).
Five months, one week and three days of hell. The German offensive to capture Stalingrad began in August 1942, using Friedrich Paulus's 6th Army and elements of the 4th Panzer Army. The attack was supported by intense bombing that reduced much of the city to rubble. The battle degenerated into house-to-house fighting, as both sides fought for the city on the Volga. By mid-November, the Germans were on the brink of victory as the Soviet defenders clung on to a final few slivers of land along the west bank of the river.
