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NONFICTION
Released: May 10, 2011
AMONG THE TRUTHERS: A JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICA'S GROWING CONSPIRACIST UNDERGROUND
by Jonathan Kay
"A well-researched and provocative account of our most baffling conspiracies."
An exposé into the secret world of American conspiracy theories, as well as the resulting fallout of a country's inability to discern a common narrative. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 15, 2011
UFOS: MYTHS, CONSPIRACIES, AND REALITIES
by John B. Alexander
"Not the most thrilling book on the subject, but certainly among the most clear-sighted."
A hardnosed look at the UFO phenomenon by an ex-military weapons researcher. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: April 27, 2010
Kirkus Star HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL: THE STALKING OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE INTERNATIONAL HUNT FOR HIS ASSASSIN
by Hampton Sides
"An expertly written study in true crime, vividly recapturing the mood of 1968."
From veteran journalist and historian Sides (Blood and Thunder, 2006, etc.), a riveting account of James Earl Ray's long quest to kill Martin Luther King Jr. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 4, 2010
VOODOO HISTORIES: THE ROLE OF THE CONSPIRACY THEORY IN SHAPING MODERN HISTORY
by David Aaronovitch
"Sometimes rambling, but helps explain our fascination with the proverbial crock."
An Orwell Prize–winning British journalist examines a dozen conspiracy theories and why they matter. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2009
REAL ENEMIES: CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, WORLD WAR I TO 9/11
by Kathryn S. Olmsted
"Convincing study of how alternative histories develop."
The American Century's hidden narrative. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: June 17, 2008
THE SECRET PLOT TO MAKE TED KENNEDY PRESIDENT: INSIDE THE REAL WATERGATE CONSPIRACY
by Geoff Shepard
"Contains a number of intriguing, new details that diminish the standing of those who drove Nixon from office."
A Nixon White House staffer revisits Watergate and deems it principally "a highly partisan political maneuver led by, and for the benefit of, Teddy Kennedy." Read full book review >