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1	Healing Myths, Healing Magic: Breaking the Spell of Old Illusions: Reclaiming Our Power to Heal more books like this by Donald M Epstein, Janet Mills (Editor) add to wishlist The author of "The Twelve Stages of Healing" examines the deeply ingrained myths that are commonly held about how our bodies heal--myths that may actually inhibit healing. see all copies from $3.68! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
2	Dictionary of Misinformation more books like this by Tom Burnam add to wishlist A remarkable book that contains enough information to help you win bets the rest of your life: -- The bagpipe was not a Scottish invention -- Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball at Cooperstown -- or anywhere else in America -- London's Big Ben is neither a clock nor a tower -- Robert Fulton did not invent the steamboat, and the boat he built ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Fabulous Fallacies: More Than 300 Popular Beliefs That Are Not True more books like this by Tad Tuleja add to wishlist Everybody knows that Christopher Columbus discovered America and that Charles Darwin devised the theory of evolution. Everybody also knows that the Earth is a sphere, that blood is red, and that George Washington was our nation's first president. And everybody is ... wrong. This amusing compendium of modern mistakes explodes more than 300 popular ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions
4	The natural history of nonsense more books like this by Bergen Evans add to wishlist see all copies from $2.29! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Man against myth more books like this by Barrows Dunham add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Heavenly Errors: Misconceptions about the Real Nature of the Universe more books like this by Professor Neil F Comins add to wishlist Comins, with the aid of his students at the University of Maine, describes some culturally ingrained misconceptions about astrology and lays bare the facts behind the them--tides, black holes, and 1500 other aspects of the cosmos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| first editions
7	Everything You Know is Wrong more books like this by Paul Kirchner, Random House Value Publishing (Editor) add to wishlist This text describes common fallacies (such as burning witches in Salem and Kennedy winning the missile crisis), examines where they came from and explains why they've been accepted as fact. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $83.88! \| first editions
8	You Know What They Say: The Truth about Popular Beliefs more books like this by Alfie Kohn add to wishlist Everyone knows that boys are better than girls at math, spicy foods upset the stomach while milk is soothing, you should never have sex before the big game, carrots are good for the eyes, and beauty is only skin deep. The only problem with these truisms is that they're false. A captivating look at scores of common beliefs--are they nuggets of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Lies We Believe more books like this add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
10	Myth Information: More Than 590 Popular Misconceptions, Fallacies, and Misbeliefs Explained! more books like this by J Allen Varasdi, Allen J Varasdi add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40! \| SVS
11	Chiropractic : the victim's perspective more books like this by George Magner, Stephen Barrett add to wishlist In this well-researched and fully documented analysis of the claims and benefits of chiropractic, Magner, with significant input from scientifically oriented chiropractors, measures the profession against the careful scientific standards and consumer protection requirements. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.53! \| first editions
12	More Misinformation more books like this by Tom Burnam add to wishlist Witty and provocative essays and one-liners by a master debunker attack the world's seemingly endless supply of false facts, fictions, tables, and misquotations. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
13	Blunder Book: Gigantic more books like this by M Hirsh Goldberg, Ray Driver (Illustrator) add to wishlist Pointing out how and why some of history's greatest mistakes have been made, this collection of anecdotes, statistics and misquotable quotes will give solace to anyone who has ever felt the least bit human. Includes errors from science, medicine, government, sports and everyday life. Line illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
14	Fabulous Fallacies: More Than 300 Popular Beliefs That Are Not True more books like this by Thaddeus Tuleja, Tad Tuleja add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15	The World's Greatest Mistakes more books like this add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! first editions
16 view cover	1,001 Facts Somebody Screwed Up more books like this by Deane Jordan add to wishlist Re-examining what we all thought were obvious truths, Jordan has uncovered the counterfeit bills in our modern-day bank of knowledge. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.93!
17 view cover	Is Greenland Really Green? more books like this by Laurence Moore add to wishlist From the author of Lightning Never Strikes Twice and Other False Facts comes another hilarious collection of fascinating figures and little-known facts. For anyone who enjoys the pursuit of trivia, this enlightening and lighthearted new reference book is just the ticket. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	1,001 More Facts Somebody Screwed Up more books like this by Deane Jordan add to wishlist The world's most industrious fact checker is at it again, producing another volume of accepted wisdom, which, it turns out, we shouldn't have accepted at all. In this sequel to his highly popular "1,001 Facts Somebody Screwed Up", Deane Jordan has unearthed another mother-lode of misinformation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00!
19	Ponzi Schemes, Invaders from Mars & More Extraordinary Popular Delusions, and the Madness of Crowds more books like this by Joseph Bulgatz add to wishlist The perfect follow-up to Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds--originally published in 1841 and still selling strong in paperback--this is an all-new compendium of bizarre incidents and deluded behavior in history and in our own time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.07! \| first editions
20	Myth Information more books like this by J Allen Varasdi, Allen J Varasdi add to wishlist It's common knowledge that Eve gave Adam an apple. Everyone knows that George Washington was the first president of the United States. And when your mother told you not to go swimming right after you ate, you took it as a matter of life and death. But you've been myth-informed by legend, by history . . . even by your mother! The truth is: * Milk ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
21	The Blunder Book: Colossal Errors, Minor Mistakes, and Surprising Slipups That Have Changed the Course of History more books like this by M Hirsh Goldberg add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22	The Encyclopedia of Delusions: A Critical Scrutiny of Current Beliefs and Conventions more books like this by Ronald Frederick Henry Duncan add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.95! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Myths of Management more books like this by Prof. Adrian Furnham add to wishlist This work scrutinizes management issues such as the ability of employers to recruit the best people for their firms, the management techniques which motivate employees best and the importance of training to employee development. The 40 essays in this book are grouped into seven sections. Beginning with a look at the many myths concerning ... see all copies from $17.39! new only from $42.57!
24 view cover	The Encyclopedia of Popular Misconceptions more books like this by Ferris Johnson, Ferris Johnsen add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25	Superstitious?: Here's Why! more books like this by Erik Blegvad (Illustrator), Claudia De Lys, Julie F Batchelor add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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