Be Very Afraid

An anthology of the most chilling urban legends of all time collected by the maestro himself. Urban legends are those strange, but seemingly credible tales that always happen to a friend of a friend. For the first time, Professor Jan Harold Brunvand, "who has achieved almost legendary status" (Choice), has collected the creepiest, most terrifying urban legends, many that have spooked you since your childhood and others that you believe really did occur—even if it was one town over to some poor hapless coed who left a party early only to be followed by a man who just got loose from a mental hospital. From the classic hook-man story told around many a campfire to "Saved by a Cell Phone," these spine-tingling urban legends will give you goose bumps, even when you know they can't be true. Still, you'll continue to check the backseat of your car at gas stations and look under your bed at night before praying for sleep.

The dragon's wings stretched, stretched like a ship's sail unfurling - and cut through power lines on the other side of the street. Electricity crackled and sparks flew as the lines came down. I watched, frozen in terror as it turned towards my house and pulled back its head in a roar of attack.

When the sun goes down, the Dark stretches out. The Dark can be scary, but it can be other things too - it depends on how you see it... This gorgeous picture book tells the story of a little boy's fear of the Dark. Ingenious holes cut in the illustrations help to explore his feelings. When he goes camping with his dad, he discovers that it's only when it's really Dark that you can see all the beautiful stars. Maybe the Dark isn't so bad after all... This friendly, heartwarming story with a wonderful, cut-out starry sky, is a comforting, helpful book to share with young children.

Explores the fear of being alone, with a gentle, reassuring conclusion. The fear of being alone is common to many young children. Sweetly told from the little girl's perspective, this story explores that worry in a gentle, humorous way, coming to a comforting conclusion that might help allay any similar fears a reader may have. Beautiful laser-cut doorways and threads of connection as she calls to her father or he sings to her from different rooms illustrate her feelings throughout the book. The little girl and her family are brought warmly to life in the gorgeous, characterful artwork.

A little squirrel announces that he was once very, very, scared and finds out that he is not alone. Lots of little animals went through scary experiences, but they react in different ways. Turtle hides and gets a tummy ache, monkey clings, dog barks, and elephant doesn't like to talk about it. They need help, and they get help from grown-ups who help them feel safe and learn ways to cope with difficult feelings. This story was written to help children and grown-ups understand how stress can affect children and ways to help them.

"History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon." - Napoleon Bonaparte The Earth Really is Flat The earth is flat and stationary, but you won't hear that on the nightly news.Proving that the earth is a ball spinning through space should be simple, but there is no real-world evidence to support the claim.Instead, all experiments and observations demonstrate that the earth is completely flat and motionless.The greatest deception in modern history has gone on far too long, and it's time for people to know the truth.In this book be prepared to learn: How scientific evidence proves that the earth is "flatter than a pancake" How our ancestors knew that the earth was flat and motionless How fake 'science', brainwashing, and bold-faced lies have shaped our civilization and caused us to accept a false reality From fake moon landings, to fake 'space' images and footage, to fake scientific theories, those behind the scenes understand the importance of 'the big lie', and have used it to 'bamboozle' the unsuspecting and distracted masses for generations.The lies have been exposed and the future is ours to reclaim.Will we remain in the 'dark ages' or WAKE UP in time to change history?tags: flat-earth theory, the earth is flat, the flat earth society, illuminati secrets, new world order, conspiracy of flat earth, nasa, satellites, space, hoax, evolution, big-bang, gravity, einstein, tesla, flat-earth experiments, railroads, bridges, illuminati conspiracy, black budget, international space station, flat earth proof, apollo moon landings, mars rover, manned trip to mars, disinformation, misinformation, straw man, hoax, darwin, piltdown man hoax, nikola tesla, ancient egypt, secret societies, skull and bones, rituals, oath, albert pike, manley hall, atlantis, piri reis map, the lost continent antarctica, circumnavigation of antarctica, illuminati secrets, isaac newton, pythagorean geometry, nikola tesla, gleason flat earth map, albert einstein, charles darwin, thomas huxley, aldous huxley, brave new world, pharmacological revolution, space deception, flat earth facts, flatter than a pancake, brave new world, 1984, piri reis, antarctica pyramid, antarctic treaty, circumnavigation, freemasonry, secret societies, secret oaths, anti-mason, john quincy adams, anti-masonic party, south pole, north pole

Examines the human response to existential threats--once a matter for theology, but now looming before us in multiple forms. Nuclear weapons, pandemics, global warming: each threatens to destroy the planet, or at least to annihilate our species. Freud, Wuthnow notes, famously taught that the standard psychological response to an overwhelming danger is denial. In fact, Wuthnow argues, the opposite is true: we seek ways of positively meeting the threat, of doing something--anything--even if it's wasteful and time-consuming. It would be one thing if our responses were merely pointless, Wuthnow observes, but they can actually be harmful.--From publisher description.

This book will make your blood boil. It is the almost unbelievable account of Christchurch businessman Dave Henderson's five year battle with the Inland Revenue Department. It tells of a government department that is out of control, with little respect for the law and common decency. What started as a routine GST tax return, seeking a sizeable refund, turned into a nightmare. The IRD assessed Mr Henderson's company for a million dollars, refused to explain the basis for the assessments and drove him into bankruptcy. Determined to resist the IRD's bullying tactics, Dave Henderson withstood its continued efforts to drive him further under. This book tells that story. It describes, in graphic detail, the actions, evasions and convolutions practised by a department with almost limitless resources and no-one to monitor its behaviour.