Where does the Weirdness Go? by David Lindley: a valiant attempt to explain some of the puzzles of quantum physics, and The Arrow of Time by Coveney and Highfield, which does a comparable job for the concept of time. Both these demand some work on the part of the reader, which is part of the appeal....

A few choice examples: "Brainwashing is a Cinch!", "Alien Influence on World Art", "Stories in Revelation for Tots to Teens", "Elvis: The Messiah?". Many strange books have quite innocuous titles, though. One of these is "Incredible Alliance" by P M ...

Thanks, Chris. I shall take some time to poke around the forums and see where my peculiar presence might be welcome.

Hi, I wonder why I haven't joined this forum before, as it seems like the sort of place I'd be at home in ... I've been an avid reader since I was tiny, and as I am now middle-aged I've have built a respectably large collection. I like mainly art books, SF, crime, popular science, history, literary ...