Beasts, Bones, and Bad Dreams (Paperback)

Langue : anglais

Edité par Independently Published, 2026

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Série : Livre 1 sur 1 - The Ancient Sceptic

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Paperback. Every culture that has ever left a record is full of monsters.They guard the gold in the eastern deserts and coil in the cold loch. They sit on the sleeper's chest at three in the morning and wait in the marsh with a lantern that is not a lantern. The usual explanation is that frightened people, with long nights and vivid imaginations, simply made them up.Beasts, Bones, and Bad Dreams argues that the usual explanation is mostly wrong.The great monsters of the world were not invented. They were observed, and then misread. Somebody really did find a beaked, four-legged skeleton weathering out of the desert and reach for an eagle crossed with a lion. Somebody really did watch a dying squid thrash at the surface, or a whale rot into the shape of a serpent. Pulling the monster apart never leaves you with less. It leaves you holding something you would never have gone looking for.Across twenty-nine chapters, sorted into four ways the world gets misread, this book tracks the real evidence behind the legends: THE BONES: how dinosaur fossils in the Gobi became the griffin, how elephant skulls became the Cyclops, and how a narwhal's tusk became the unicorn's horn.THE WILD: the real animals behind Bigfoot, the Yeti, the Beast of Gevaudan, and the Chupacabra.THE DEEP: the giant squid behind the kraken, the rotting whale behind the sea serpent, and the manatee behind the mermaid.THE MIND: the sleep paralysis behind the demon on your chest, the disease behind the vampire, the fungus behind the witch trial, and the psychology behind the ghost you were sure you saw.Written in the same sceptical-but-generous voice as the rest of The Ancient Sceptic series, this is not a book that laughs at the people who believed. It is a book that takes them seriously enough to find out what they actually saw. Fully sourced, extensively researched, and built for anyone who has ever wondered what was really moving in the dark.If you enjoyed The Sphinx and the Problem with Deep Time or Easter Island and the Problem with Movement, the next mystery is waiting in the shadows. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titre
Beasts, Bones, and Bad Dreams (Paperback)
Auteur
Ancient Sceptic
Éditeur
Independently Published
Année de publication
2026
État de l'article
new
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9798189971631
Série
Livre 1 sur 1: The Ancient Sceptic

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