Kniha Hoaxes and Hexes Barbara Smith

Hoaxes and Hexes

Daring Deceptions and Mysterious Curses

Autor: Barbara Smith
Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Brožovaná
Dostupnost: 50 % šance
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The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines hoax as a "humorous or malicious deception," and hex as "a ma...

Informace o knize

Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Brožovaná
Vydáno
2011
Stránek
144
EAN
9781926613987
ISBN
9781926613987
Enbook ID
06418002
Hmotnost
202
Rozměry
142 x 216 x 9

Kompletní popis

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines hoax as a "humorous or malicious deception," and hex as "a magic spell." These stories of hoaxes and hexes illustrate our curious desire to believe in the impossible and explain the inexplicable. Portrayed here are accomplished hoaxers and swidnlders, including the flamboyant 19th-century financier known as Lord Gordon--Gordon; David Walsh, author of the horrendous Bre-X gold-mine hoax of the 1990s; and the eccentric Josef Papp, who claimed to have crossed the Atlantic in a homemade submarine.The persistent power of hexes is recorded in stories of cursed places--including a strange haunting in the Cypress Hills and a deadly Lake Superior lighthouse--and weird coincidences, such as the legendary Hollywood hex on Oscar-winning actresses. Whether humorous or malicious, real or imagined, hoaxes or hexes have entertained and ensnared us throughout history.

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