Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. I get to show off all the books I’ve gotten recently. Here are five books about people in dangerous situations.
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Dangerous Games Book Haul
Why People Believe Weird Things:
Pseudoscience, Superstition, And Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer
In this age of supposed
scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life
regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred
assault on popular superstitions and prejudices, with more than 80,000 copies
in print, Why People Believe
Weird Things debunks these nonsensical claims and explores the
very human reasons people find otherworldly phenomena, conspiracy theories, and
cults so appealing.
Shermer, science historian and
true crusader, also reveals the more dangerous side of such illogical thinking,
including Holocaust denial, the recovered-memory movement, the satanic ritual
abuse scare, and other modern crazes. Why People Believe Weird Things is an eye-opening resource for the most gullible
among us and those who want to protect them.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The complete collection of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tales, both long and short, compiled
together.
Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Yejide and Akin have been
married since they met and fell in love at university. Though many expected
Akin to take several wives, he and Yejide have always agreed: polygamy is not
for them. But four years into their marriage—after consulting fertility doctors
and healers, trying strange teas and unlikely cures—Yejide is still not
pregnant. She assumes she still has time—until her family arrives on her
doorstep with a young woman they introduce as Akin's second wife. Furious,
shocked, and livid with jealousy, Yejide knows the only way to save her
marriage is to get pregnant, which, finally, she does—but at a cost far greater
than she could have dared to imagine.
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
Oliver Marks has just served
ten years in jail—for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day
he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective
Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened
a decade ago.
As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingénue, extra. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
In the north of England, far
from the intrusions of cities but not far from civilization, Silvie and her
family are living as if they are ancient Britons, surviving by the tools and
knowledge of the Iron Age.
For two weeks, the length of her father's vacation, they join an anthropology course set to reenact life in simpler times. They are surrounded by forests of birch and rowan; they make stew from foraged roots and hunted rabbit. The students are fulfilling their coursework; Silvie's father is fulfilling his lifelong obsession. He has raised her on stories of early man, taken her to witness rare artifacts, recounted time and again their rituals and beliefs—particularly their sacrifices to the bog. Mixing with the students, Silvie begins to see, hear, and imagine another kind of life, one that might include going to university, traveling beyond England, choosing her own clothes and food, speaking her mind.
The ancient Britons built ghost walls to ward off enemy invaders, rude barricades of stakes topped with ancestral skulls. When the group builds one of their own, they find a spiritual connection to the past. What comes next but human sacrifice?
For two weeks, the length of her father's vacation, they join an anthropology course set to reenact life in simpler times. They are surrounded by forests of birch and rowan; they make stew from foraged roots and hunted rabbit. The students are fulfilling their coursework; Silvie's father is fulfilling his lifelong obsession. He has raised her on stories of early man, taken her to witness rare artifacts, recounted time and again their rituals and beliefs—particularly their sacrifices to the bog. Mixing with the students, Silvie begins to see, hear, and imagine another kind of life, one that might include going to university, traveling beyond England, choosing her own clothes and food, speaking her mind.
The ancient Britons built ghost walls to ward off enemy invaders, rude barricades of stakes topped with ancestral skulls. When the group builds one of their own, they find a spiritual connection to the past. What comes next but human sacrifice?
Have
you read any of these? What did you think?
Great Haul! I have If We Were Villains and Ghost Wall sounds really intriguing!! Enjoy reading!! =)
ReplyDeleteKendra @ Kendra Loves Books
I have Stay With Me as well. It's one I hope to read sometime this year.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these, sorry! Hope you enjoy them when you read them!
ReplyDeleteI've had If We Were Villains on my TBR for soooo long. I have both the e-arc and the paperback...and it sounds SO good. Hope you love them all!
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I haven't read any of these, but If We Were Villains and Ghost Wall sound right up my alley! I'm definitely going to have to check them out.
ReplyDeleteI havn’t read any of them, but that first one, “Why People Believe Weird Things” sounds good. If it can help me understand the 2016 election, I’d like to read it (let me know)
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That Sherlock Holmes collection would be nice to have!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy these!
ReplyDeleteWHY PEOPLE BELIEVE WEIRD THINGS sounds fascinating. I read about the recovered-memory movement in the book (about memory--I read it as research for last year's NaNo project). It's really interesting.
ReplyDeleteNicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
The Sherlock Holmes collection looks so cool! I'm so intrigued by If We Were Villains! I hope it's good. Have a good week!
ReplyDeleteGenesis @ Whispering Chapters
Stay With Me sounds interesting, as does Ghost Wall.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your haul!
The M.L. RIO book sounds good and so does Ghost Wall. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteI have read none of these, though I have heard of the Rio book. The pseudoscience one is intriguing. I hope they are all great.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these, but Stay With Me sounds so interesting!
ReplyDeleteI have an eARC of Ghost Wall, but I haven't read it yet. 😱
ReplyDeleteLooks like a good haul that will keep you busy for a little while. I am definitely interested in the weird things one. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteoh I want to read We Were Villains SO BADLY. It's on my tbr!!!
ReplyDeleteI've heard great things about We Were Villains. I found a cheap copy on Book Outlet some time ago. I also think The Complete Sherlock Holmes looks great. Wonderful haul!
ReplyDeleteThat first one interests me. I don't get what's gong on int he world right now where we won't believe facts.
ReplyDeleteHappy reading!
Karen @ For What It's Worth
That's a good stack of books! Ghost Wall is the one that intrigues me most. :)
ReplyDeleteI really need to read more Sherlock Holmes!
ReplyDelete-Lauren
www.shootingstarsmag.net
I own a copy of The Complete Sherlock Holmes and have read it. Its lengthy but fun to slowly go through.
ReplyDelete"What comes next but human sacrifice?" is a great tag line for a book. And I really do want to know why people believe weird things. The whole killer clown thing comes to mind--there was no way to convince my own kids, let alone my students, that it was not actually happening.
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous you have the whole Sherlock Holmes collection!! :) Hope you enjoy!!
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