A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter reveals how the father of the H-bomb sold the nation the pipe dream called Star Wars. Broad shows how Teller disregarded evidence, ignored colleagues, and continued to promote the Star Wars program. Ultimately, more than $25 billion was misspent on this system, still more a dream than reality. Photographs and line drawings.

How widespread belief in fortune-telling, prophecies, spirits, magic, and protective talismans gripped the battlefields and home fronts of Europe during the First World War.

The only serious study of witchcraft and magic from 1736 to 1951. Brings together matters ranging from upper class spiritualism to rural witchcraft in an exciting and intellectually stimulating way. Essential reading for all social historians and all h. . . .

A study of Charles I's two unsuccessful attempts to bring religious conformity to Scotland.

A gripping history of the pioneers who sought to use science to predict financial markets The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men who defined this first wave of economic fortune tellers, men such as Roger Babson, Irving Fisher, John Moody, C. J. Bullock, and Warren Persons. They competed to sell their distinctive methods of prediction to investors and businesses, and thrived in the boom years that followed World War I. Yet, almost to a man, they failed to predict the devastating crash of 1929. Walter Friedman paints vivid portraits of entrepreneurs who shared a belief that the rational world of numbers and reason could tame--or at least foresee--the irrational gyrations of the market. Despite their failures, this first generation of economic forecasters helped to make the prediction of economic trends a central economic activity, and shed light on the mechanics of financial markets by providing a range of statistics and information about individual firms. They also raised questions that are still relevant today. What is science and what is merely guesswork in forecasting? What motivates people to buy forecasts? Does the act of forecasting set in motion unforeseen events that can counteract the forecast made? Masterful and compelling, Fortune Tellers highlights the risk and uncertainty that are inherent to capitalism itself.

Of Tyrants & Tellers is the book that this generation of men needs now more than ever. Take a look around and you will notice that the modern man is a soft, emasculated pansy lacking decisiveness and drive. But why? What exactly happened to the modern man? He was destroyed by a two-front attack: chemical and cultural warfare. This is no accident but rather a purposefully designed operation that has been implemented on a mass scale. The war on men is a known reality and it will bring about the end of civilization unless something is done about it. ENTER OF TYRANTS & TELLERS. This work is a new beginning for both the individual and civilization. Mankind has always flourished under the leadership of builders. So that's what this work challenges you to do. Build. Civilization and the individual are linked by their need for infrastructure and culture. Without infrastructure and culture, both are doomed to collapse... In Part I, you will learn: * the power of culture * how to change culture * the exact reason why there is a war on men * how Hollywood destroys masculinity via mass programming * how sex is weaponized to enslave you In Part II, you will take massive action and accomplish the following: * develop an understanding of your role in civilization * destroy the poisonous programming that has held you back * start a new culture based on powerful words and mindsets * Build a strong body with The Of Tyrants & Tellers Weightlifting Program (contains 44 pictures) * Win the war against compression with a total body movement daily routine (contains 27 pictures) * Deweaponize sex and destroy the pornography psyop once and for all Pride. Precision. Professionalism. This is the new way of things. Make this your story where you are the hero.