Anthropology

[close] Say the words "Humboldt County" to a stoner and you will receive a knowing grin. HUMBOLDT is a narrative exploration of this insular community in Northern California that has existed solely on marijuana sales for the decades since the collapse of its other industries. It is a place where business is done with thick wads of cash, and savings are buried in plastic pickle barrels in the backyard.

Humboldt County, where the plant supports everything from the fire department to the schools, stands at a crossroads with even its own inhabitants deeply split on the issue. The eccentric characters at the heart of this strange, singular corner of America are brought to light as it undergoes a radical transformation, teetering on the edge of legality.

Emily Brady takes the reader inside this virtually unknown world, a place full of colorful people and very high stakes. [close]

[close] The most logical explanation for the UFO phenomenon, and a new take on the Ancient Alien theory:

This book explores the possibility that UFOs are not piloted by aliens, but by humans. However, they are not piloted by modern humans, but by remnants of an ancient, advanced civilization that survived the last ice age. This idea might sound ridiculous upon hearing it for the first time, but evidence supports this conclusion. There is more evidence to back up this theory than there is to support the idea that extraterrestrials pilot such craft. “Remnants of a Distant Past” explores this possibility, and provides information about sightings in the famous Bermuda and Pacific Triangles. It also explores the possibility of active underwater cities, advanced ancient civilizations, and the cyclical nature of time. This book offers a new way to interpret existing evidence: a way that might change forever the common view of UFOs and extraterrestrial visitations. [close]

[close] It was one of the biggest scandals in New York University history. Professor John Buettner-Janusch, chair of the Anthropology Department, was convicted of manufacturing LSD and Quaaludes in his campus laboratory. He claimed the drugs were for an animal behavior experiment, but a jury found otherwise. B-J, as he was known, served three years in prison before being paroled, emerging to find his life and career in shambles. Four years later, he sought revenge by trying to kill the sentencing judge with poisoned Valentine’s Day chocolates. After pleading guilty to attempted murder, he was sentenced to twenty years in prison, where he died on a hunger strike. But before he was infamous, B-J was a scientific luminary who taught at Yale and Duke as well as NYU. One of the world’s foremost authorities on lemurs, our distant primate relatives on the remote island of Madagascar, he brought international attention to these endearing and endangered creatures. He had cofounded the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina and inspired a whole generation of scientists to study them and environmentalists to save them and their habitat. His trials captured national headlines, but the mad scientist’s full story has never been told—until now.

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