Pirates, Pyramids, and Papyrus
I'm very happy to announce that my newest book, Pirates, Pyramids, and Papyrus is now available in paperback and e-book editions.
With a foreword by Richard Saunders and illustrations by Nathan Bebb, this is the third in my series of books based on selected Skeptoid episodes adapted for print. Pirates, Pyramids, and Papyrus answers some of those questions you always wondered about, such as:
- Can frogs and fish really fall out of the sky?
- Is a vast pirate treasure buried in an elaborately engineered Money Pit on an island in Nova Scotia?
- Did an angel save the British Expeditionary Force from the Germans in WWI?
- Do the world's elite secretly govern from the Bohemian Grove?
- Is the world's largest ancient pyramid located in Bosnia?
- Does the Min Min Light actually chase travelers through the Australian outback?
If you have a friend or family member you've been wanting to introduce to critical thinking, Pirates, Pyramids and Papyrus may be just the way to do it. I hope you enjoy it. Get it here.
I believe the Island is part of Maine.
I live in Oregon and talked to a man (in 1966) who said he personally dug for buried treasure on the steep shore of the West Coast. I cannot remember if he said it was the Oregon coast or California coast. Much like the Oak Island treasure it was many feet below ground with more then one layer of wood cut by man laid down as a barrier or support of the walls of the shaft. He worked his way down until his very large commercially sized pump failed and he was forced to stop. He was convinced it was a burial of Spanish treasure from a fleet of boats that had been damaged in a storm. I knew at that time of Oak Island and was suspicious of his story. But who knows.
Goonies!
If he’d have kept on digging, he’d have found Narnia.
I agree they were trying to save the Goon docks by finding the vast treasure of One Eyed Willie(that name still makes me laugh)
NOT in the book: Whether Steven Milloy officially counts as a source or not. I believe Tim Lambert has again asked for more on that?
I hope the book does well.
Why Richard Saunders? Why not somebody with more media presence like Phil Plait
Bloody USAnians the world truly does not revolve around you!
Richard Saunders has substantially more media presence than Phil Plait- in Australia where Richard is a media personality.
Brian obviously decided that, what with the neocon teabaggers, religious nutbags (which to be fair we did export some) Australia would be a more successful location to market a book about skepticism.
Pffft, bloody west New Zealander, I’m not from north America.
Touche!
I don’t know you Northern Hemisphere types all look the same!
(go- on say your from Argentina…)
Lo podria decir pero no seria la verdad. Pero tienes razon, todos los gringos se parecen por aqui.
I kinda hoped that wasn’t true…..
Haha, Well, not to worry, in the coming zombie apocalypse I reckon that Oz will be one of the safe places to be. Then we can all sit back and watch as northern-hemisphere civilization implodes. :)
China has it’s eye on Oz. Lots of space and lots of natural resources. If and when the chips are down I think China will move in and never move out. Can you speak Mandarin? I’d take some classes if I were you.
What with floods, fires, spiders, snakes, crocs, sharks, jelly fish and drop bears- now I have to worry about invading Chinese?
We truly are the lucky country.
Hi Brian. Love the blog, love your podcast.
I’m just wondering if the level of English in your books would be suitable for intermediate foreign students of English? Would be great to use this stuff in my classes.
That’s a fine question, and I’m sorry I don’t really know the answer. You can grab a free preview of several chapters from iBooks, Kindle, or Nook and judge for yourself.