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Rag and Bone: A Journey Among the World's Holy Dead by Manseau, Peter

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Book Title
Rag and Bone : a Journey Among the World's Holy Dead
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8.6in
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Holt & Company, Henry
Publication Year
2009
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Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1in
Author
Peter Manseau
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Religion, Social Science
Topic
General, Faith, History, Sociology of Religion
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13.4 Oz
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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The Door Through Space was Marion Zimmer Bradley first published novel and introduces many elements seen later in the Darkover series. It is set on planet Wolf inhibited by Dry Town manacled women, mysterious telekinetic aliens and a lurking Frog-god as well as two kinds of humans, those from Earth, and Wolfians. ..". across half a Galaxy, the Terran Empire maintains its sovereignty with the consent of the governed. It is a peaceful reign, held by compact and not by conquest. Again and again, when rebellion threatens the Terran Peace, the natives of the rebellious world have turned against their own people and sided with the men of Terra; not from fear, but from a sense of dedication. There has never been open war. The battle for these worlds is fought in the minds of a few men who stand between worlds; bound to one world by interest, loyalties and allegiance; bound to the other by love. Such a world is Wolf. Such a man was Race Cargill of the Terran Secret Service." Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series.

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Holt & Company, Henry
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9780805086522
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Book Title
Rag and Bone : a Journey Among the World's Holy Dead
Author
Peter Manseau
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Faith, History, Sociology of Religion
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Religion, Social Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Item Length
8.6in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz

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"Manseau … lavishly scatters gems … as he travels the world in search of the bones, teeth, hair and other scraps from the religiously renowned…. A lively lope among fragments from famous faith figures."-Publishers Weekly "Adroit, worldly … Transports readers around the globe to check out places accessible and remote where fabric, wood, sinew and other materials are venerated…. An amusing romp."-Kirkus Reviews "Talk about a long, strange trip…. There's proper respect for believers and a nod and a wink for the others."-Billy Heller,The New York Post "A beautiful, and at times very funny and insightful journey of faith, culture, religious history, and exotic locales…. A truly great book."-Sacramento Book Review "Manseau's unerring eye for detail makes for a fascinating travelogue. ButRag and Boneis more than that. Drawing on history, spiritual traditions, legend and contemporary reports, this book is a totally exuberant compendium of human beliefs, certain to satisfy devotees of all stripes."-Barnes & Noble Review "A thoughtful invitation to explore locations, myths, legends, and truths of relics…. InRag and Bone, Manseau brings bare bones to life, and he has composed an intriguing … travelogue that takes the reader around the world, exploring truth and legend, but more importantly on a journey of understanding why they matter."-Beliefnet "Dry bones dance inRag and Bone, as Peter Manseau brings death to life through his fascinating exploration of religious relics: the skull fragments, detached digits, and ashes of the holy. This is a book that might have been written in the 15th century just as easily as now, but we're lucky to have here the unique 21st century voice of Manseau--a Yiddish-speaking, Buddha-curious son of a Catholic priest and a nun--and one of the most peculiar and most entertaining travelogues in years."-Jeff Sharlet,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power "Peter Manseau'sRag and Bonereads like a novel, entertains like a television docudrama, and educates like the best college professor you ever had. It is at once informative, quirky, and funny. Do people really think that the leathery tongue of a 12th century saint can bless them with good fortune? They do. Why do people believe in such weird things as the holy relics of religion? Read this book to find out. WARNING: you may very well discover that you also hold beliefs in holy relics and not even know it!"-Michael Shermer, Publisher ofSkepticmagazine, monthly columnist forScientific American, author ofWhy People Believe Weird ThingsandWhy Darwin Matters "A text for the devoted and devoutly lapsed,Rag and Boneis part religious study and part travelogue. Peter Manseau proves a reliable guide, getting both the concepts and the corpses right: the idea of the thing, and the thing itself. And how far afield his curiosities take us fellow pilgrims one and all for whom the dead may be more than the sum of parts."-Thomas Lynch, author ofThe Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade "The dead may tell no tales, but the relics they leave behind do, if only we will listen to what they have to say. Happily, one of America's best young writers has his ear to the ground at reliquaries from San Francisco to Sri Lanka. The result is an intriguing tour of the world's most holy hairs, hearts, and h, "Adroit, worldly … Transports readers around the globe to check out places accessible and remote where fabric, wood, sinew and other materials are venerated…. An amusing romp."-Kirkus Reviews "A thoughtful invitation to explore locations, myths, legends, and truths of relics…. InRag and Bone, Manseau brings bare bones to life, and he has composed an intriguing … travelogue that takes the reader around the world, exploring truth and legend, but more importantly on a journey of understanding why they matter."-Beliefnet "Dry bones dance inRag and Bone, as Peter Manseau brings death to life through his fascinating exploration of religious relics: the skull fragments, detached digits, and ashes of the holy. This is a book that might have been written in the 15th century just as easily as now, but we're lucky to have here the unique 21st century voice of Manseau--a Yiddish-speaking, Buddha-curious son of a Catholic priest and a nun--and one of the most peculiar and most entertaining travelogues in years."-Jeff Sharlet,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power "Peter Manseau'sRag and Bonereads like a novel, entertains like a television docudrama, and educates like the best college professor you ever had. It is at once informative, quirky, and funny. Do people really think that the leathery tongue of a 12th century saint can bless them with good fortune? They do. Why do people believe in such weird things as the holy relics of religion? Read this book to find out. WARNING: you may very well discover that you also hold beliefs in holy relics and not even know it!"-Michael Shermer, Publisher ofSkepticmagazine, monthly columnist forScientific American, author ofWhy People Believe Weird ThingsandWhy Darwin Matters "A text for the devoted and devoutly lapsed,Rag and Boneis part religious study and part travelogue. Peter Manseau proves a reliable guide, getting both the concepts and the corpses right: the idea of the thing, and the thing itself. And how far afield his curiosities take us fellow pilgrims one and all for whom the dead may be more than the sum of parts."-Thomas Lynch, author ofThe Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade "The dead may tell no tales, but the relics they leave behind do, if only we will listen to what they have to say. Happily, one of America's best young writers has his ear to the ground at reliquaries from San Francisco to Sri Lanka. The result is an intriguing tour of the world's most holy hairs, hearts, and hands that refuses to lapse into the sort of confessional cant that deadens much writing on religion today. Rag and Boneis alive with both humorous and heartbreaking observations about the chicanery and mystery of things seen and unseen."-Stephen Prothero, Professor of Religion at Boston University and author of theNew York TimesbestsellerReligious Literacy "A dead saint's bones, an ancient prophet's whisker, the Buddha's tooth: As Peter Manseau traces the trail of religious relics, he merges the holy and the human with keen insight. The language shines and the humor delights, but even more, we come away having learned something profound about the making of religious meaning."-Barbara J. King, author ofEvolving God, "An entertaining… affecting inquiry into man's yearning for spiritual transcendence."-The New York Times Book Review "A globe-traveling tale of the one thing all humanity shares: the body."-USAToday "Manseau … lavishly scatters gems … as he travels the world in search of the bones, teeth, hair and other scraps from the religiously renowned…. A lively lope among fragments from famous faith figures."-Publishers Weekly "Adroit, worldly … Transports readers around the globe to check out places accessible and remote where fabric, wood, sinew and other materials are venerated…. An amusing romp."-Kirkus Reviews "Talk about a long, strange trip…. There's proper respect for believers and a nod and a wink for the others."-Billy Heller,The New York Post "Manseau brings the same expansive perspective on belief to "Rag and Bone" that fueled his ... memoir, "Vows" -- the understanding that every leap of faith can benefit from a little push." -WashingtonPost "A beautiful, and at times very funny and insightful journey of faith, culture, religious history, and exotic locales…. A truly great book."-Sacramento Book Review "Manseau's unerring eye for detail makes for a fascinating travelogue. ButRag and Boneis more than that. Drawing on history, spiritual traditions, legend and contemporary reports, this book is a totally exuberant compendium of human beliefs, certain to satisfy devotees of all stripes."-Barnes & Noble Review "A thoughtful invitation to explore locations, myths, legends, and truths of relics…. InRag and Bone, Manseau brings bare bones to life, and he has composed an intriguing … travelogue that takes the reader around the world, exploring truth and legend, but more importantly on a journey of understanding why they matter."-Beliefnet "Dry bones dance inRag and Bone, as Peter Manseau brings death to life through his fascinating exploration of religious relics: the skull fragments, detached digits, and ashes of the holy. This is a book that might have been written in the 15th century just as easily as now, but we're lucky to have here the unique 21st century voice of Manseau--a Yiddish-speaking, Buddha-curious son of a Catholic priest and a nun--and one of the most peculiar and most entertaining travelogues in years."-Jeff Sharlet,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power "Peter Manseau'sRag and Bonereads like a novel, entertains like a television docudrama, and educates like the best college professor you ever had. It is at once informative, quirky, and funny. Do people really think that the leathery tongue of a 12th century saint can bless them with good fortune? They do. Why do people believe in such weird things as the holy relics of religion? Read this book to find out. WARNING: you may very well discover that you also hold beliefs in holy relics and not even know it!"-Michael Shermer, Publisher ofSkepticmagazine, monthly columnist forScientific American, author ofWhy People Believe Weird ThingsandWhy Darwin Matters "A text for the devoted and devoutly lapsed,Rag and Boneis part religious study and part travelogue. Peter Manseau proves a reliable guide, getting both the concepts and the corpses right: the idea of the thing, and the thing itself. And how far afield his curiosities take us fellow pilgrims one and all &, "Adroit, worldly … Transports readers around the globe to check out places accessible and remote where fabric, wood, sinew and other materials are venerated…. An amusing romp."-Kirkus Reviews "Dry bones dance inRag and Bone, as Peter Manseau brings death to life through his fascinating exploration of religious relics: the skull fragments, detached digits, and ashes of the holy. This is a book that might have been written in the 15th century just as easily as now, but we're lucky to have here the unique 21st century voice of Manseau--a Yiddish-speaking, Buddha-curious son of a Catholic priest and a nun--and one of the most peculiar and most entertaining travelogues in years."-Jeff Sharlet,New YorkTimesbestselling author ofThe Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power"Peter Manseau'sRag and Bonereads like a novel, entertains like a television docudrama, and educates like the best college professor you ever had. It is at once informative, quirky, and funny. Do people really think that the leathery tongue of a 12th century saint can bless them with good fortune? They do. Why do people believe in such weird things as the holy relics of religion? Read this book to find out. WARNING: you may very well discover that you also hold beliefs in holy relics and not even know it!"-Michael Shermer, Publisher ofSkepticmagazine, monthly columnist forScientific American, author ofWhy People Believe Weird ThingsandWhy Darwin Matters"A text for the devoted and devoutly lapsed,Rag and Boneis part religious study and part travelogue. Peter Manseau proves a reliable guide, getting both the concepts and the corpses right:the idea of the thing, and the thing itself. And how far afield his curiosities take us fellow pilgrims one and all for whom the dead may be more than the sum of parts."-Thomas Lynch,author ofThe Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade"The dead may tell no tales, but the relics they leave behind do, if only we will listen to what they have to say. Happily, one of America's best young writers has his ear to the ground at reliquaries from San Francisco to Sri Lanka. The result is an intriguing tour of the world's most holy hairs, hearts, and hands that refuses to lapse into the sort of confessional cant that deadens much writing on religion today. Rag and Bone is alive with both humorous and heartbreaking observations about the chicanery and mystery of things seen and unseen."-Stephen Prothero, Professor of Religion at Boston University and author of theNew York TimesbestsellerReligious Literacy "A dead saint's bones, an ancient prophet's whisker, the Buddha's tooth: As Peter Manseau traces the trail of religious relics, he merges the holy and the human with keen insight. The language shines and the humor delights, but even more, we come away having learned something profound about the making of religious meaning."-Barbara J. King, author ofEvolving God, "An entertaining… affecting inquiry into man's yearning for spiritual transcendence."-The New York Times Book Review "Manseau … lavishly scatters gems … as he travels the world in search of the bones, teeth, hair and other scraps from the religiously renowned…. A lively lope among fragments from famous faith figures."-Publishers Weekly "Adroit, worldly … Transports readers around the globe to check out places accessible and remote where fabric, wood, sinew and other materials are venerated…. An amusing romp."-Kirkus Reviews "Talk about a long, strange trip…. There's proper respect for believers and a nod and a wink for the others."-Billy Heller,The New York Post "Manseau brings the same expansive perspective on belief to "Rag and Bone" that fueled his ... memoir, "Vows" -- the understanding that every leap of faith can benefit from a little push." -WashingtonPost "A beautiful, and at times very funny and insightful journey of faith, culture, religious history, and exotic locales…. A truly great book."-Sacramento Book Review "Manseau's unerring eye for detail makes for a fascinating travelogue. ButRag and Boneis more than that. Drawing on history, spiritual traditions, legend and contemporary reports, this book is a totally exuberant compendium of human beliefs, certain to satisfy devotees of all stripes."-Barnes & Noble Review "A thoughtful invitation to explore locations, myths, legends, and truths of relics…. InRag and Bone, Manseau brings bare bones to life, and he has composed an intriguing … travelogue that takes the reader around the world, exploring truth and legend, but more importantly on a journey of understanding why they matter."-Beliefnet "Dry bones dance inRag and Bone, as Peter Manseau brings death to life through his fascinating exploration of religious relics: the skull fragments, detached digits, and ashes of the holy. This is a book that might have been written in the 15th century just as easily as now, but we're lucky to have here the unique 21st century voice of Manseau--a Yiddish-speaking, Buddha-curious son of a Catholic priest and a nun--and one of the most peculiar and most entertaining travelogues in years."-Jeff Sharlet,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power "Peter Manseau'sRag and Bonereads like a novel, entertains like a television docudrama, and educates like the best college professor you ever had. It is at once informative, quirky, and funny. Do people really think that the leathery tongue of a 12th century saint can bless them with good fortune? They do. Why do people believe in such weird things as the holy relics of religion? Read this book to find out. WARNING: you may very well discover that you also hold beliefs in holy relics and not even know it!"-Michael Shermer, Publisher ofSkepticmagazine, monthly columnist forScientific American, author ofWhy People Believe Weird ThingsandWhy Darwin Matters "A text for the devoted and devoutly lapsed,Rag and Boneis part religious study and part travelogue. Peter Manseau proves a reliable guide, getting both the concepts and the corpses right: the idea of the thing, and the thing itself. And how far afield his curiosities take us fellow pilgrims one and all for whom the dead may be more than the sum of parts."-Thomas Lynch, author ofTh, "Manseau … lavishly scatters gems … as he travels the world in search of the bones, teeth, hair and other scraps from the religiously renowned…. A lively lope among fragments from famous faith figures."-Publishers Weekly "Adroit, worldly … Transports readers around the globe to check out places accessible and remote where fabric, wood, sinew and other materials are venerated…. An amusing romp."-Kirkus Reviews "A thoughtful invitation to explore locations, myths, legends, and truths of relics…. InRag and Bone, Manseau brings bare bones to life, and he has composed an intriguing … travelogue that takes the reader around the world, exploring truth and legend, but more importantly on a journey of understanding why they matter."-Beliefnet "Dry bones dance inRag and Bone, as Peter Manseau brings death to life through his fascinating exploration of religious relics: the skull fragments, detached digits, and ashes of the holy. This is a book that might have been written in the 15th century just as easily as now, but we're lucky to have here the unique 21st century voice of Manseau--a Yiddish-speaking, Buddha-curious son of a Catholic priest and a nun--and one of the most peculiar and most entertaining travelogues in years."-Jeff Sharlet,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power "Peter Manseau'sRag and Bonereads like a novel, entertains like a television docudrama, and educates like the best college professor you ever had. It is at once informative, quirky, and funny. Do people really think that the leathery tongue of a 12th century saint can bless them with good fortune? They do. Why do people believe in such weird things as the holy relics of religion? Read this book to find out. WARNING: you may very well discover that you also hold beliefs in holy relics and not even know it!"-Michael Shermer, Publisher ofSkepticmagazine, monthly columnist forScientific American, author ofWhy People Believe Weird ThingsandWhy Darwin Matters "A text for the devoted and devoutly lapsed,Rag and Boneis part religious study and part travelogue. Peter Manseau proves a reliable guide, getting both the concepts and the corpses right: the idea of the thing, and the thing itself. And how far afield his curiosities take us fellow pilgrims one and all for whom the dead may be more than the sum of parts."-Thomas Lynch, author ofThe Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade "The dead may tell no tales, but the relics they leave behind do, if only we will listen to what they have to say. Happily, one of America's best young writers has his ear to the ground at reliquaries from San Francisco to Sri Lanka. The result is an intriguing tour of the world's most holy hairs, hearts, and hands that refuses to lapse into the sort of confessional cant that deadens much writing on religion today. Rag and Boneis alive with both humorous and heartbreaking observations about the chicanery and mystery of things seen and unseen."-Stephen Prothero, Professor of Religion at Boston University and author of theNew York TimesbestsellerReligious Literacy "A dead saint's bones, an ancient prophet's whisker, the Buddha's tooth: As Peter Manseau traces the trail of religious relics, he merges the holy and the human with keen insight. The language shines and the humor delights, but even more, we come away having learned something profound about the making of religious meani, "Manseau … lavishly scatters gems … as he travels the world in search of the bones, teeth, hair and other scraps from the religiously renowned…. A lively lope among fragments from famous faith figures."-Publishers Weekly "Adroit, worldly … Transports readers around the globe to check out places accessible and remote where fabric, wood, sinew and other materials are venerated…. An amusing romp."-Kirkus Reviews "Talk about a long, strange trip…. There's proper respect for believers and a nod and a wink for the others."-Billy Heller,The New York Post "Manseau brings the same expansive perspective on belief to "Rag and Bone" that fueled his ... memoir, "Vows" -- the understanding that every leap of faith can benefit from a little push." -WashingtonPost "A beautiful, and at times very funny and insightful journey of faith, culture, religious history, and exotic locales…. A truly great book."-Sacramento Book Review "Manseau's unerring eye for detail makes for a fascinating travelogue. ButRag and Boneis more than that. Drawing on history, spiritual traditions, legend and contemporary reports, this book is a totally exuberant compendium of human beliefs, certain to satisfy devotees of all stripes."-Barnes & Noble Review "A thoughtful invitation to explore locations, myths, legends, and truths of relics…. InRag and Bone, Manseau brings bare bones to life, and he has composed an intriguing … travelogue that takes the reader around the world, exploring truth and legend, but more importantly on a journey of understanding why they matter."-Beliefnet "Dry bones dance inRag and Bone, as Peter Manseau brings death to life through his fascinating exploration of religious relics: the skull fragments, detached digits, and ashes of the holy. This is a book that might have been written in the 15th century just as easily as now, but we're lucky to have here the unique 21st century voice of Manseau--a Yiddish-speaking, Buddha-curious son of a Catholic priest and a nun--and one of the most peculiar and most entertaining travelogues in years."-Jeff Sharlet,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power "Peter Manseau'sRag and Bonereads like a novel, entertains like a television docudrama, and educates like the best college professor you ever had. It is at once informative, quirky, and funny. Do people really think that the leathery tongue of a 12th century saint can bless them with good fortune? They do. Why do people believe in such weird things as the holy relics of religion? Read this book to find out. WARNING: you may very well discover that you also hold beliefs in holy relics and not even know it!"-Michael Shermer, Publisher ofSkepticmagazine, monthly columnist forScientific American, author ofWhy People Believe Weird ThingsandWhy Darwin Matters "A text for the devoted and devoutly lapsed,Rag and Boneis part religious study and part travelogue. Peter Manseau proves a reliable guide, getting both the concepts and the corpses right: the idea of the thing, and the thing itself. And how far afield his curiosities take us fellow pilgrims one and all for whom the dead may be more than the sum of parts."-Thomas Lynch, author ofThe Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade "The dead may tell no tales, but the relics they leave behind do, if only we will listen to what they have t, "An entertaining… affecting inquiry into man's yearning for spiritual transcendence."-The New York Times Book Review "A globe-traveling tale of the one thing all humanity shares: the body."-USAToday "Reveal[s] the enduring power of faith, regardless of ideology, and the obsessive nature of religious belief -- which, as this entertaining book amply proves, is all too capable of taking peculiar turns."-Los AngelesTimes "Manseau … lavishly scatters gems … as he travels the world in search of the bones, teeth, hair and other scraps from the religiously renowned…. A lively lope among fragments from famous faith figures."-Publishers Weekly "Adroit, worldly … Transports readers around the globe to check out places accessible and remote where fabric, wood, sinew and other materials are venerated…. An amusing romp."-Kirkus Reviews "Talk about a long, strange trip…. There's proper respect for believers and a nod and a wink for the others."-Billy Heller,The New York Post "Manseau brings the same expansive perspective on belief to "Rag and Bone" that fueled his ... memoir, "Vows" -- the understanding that every leap of faith can benefit from a little push." -WashingtonPost "A beautiful, and at times very funny and insightful journey of faith, culture, religious history, and exotic locales…. A truly great book."-Sacramento Book Review "Manseau's unerring eye for detail makes for a fascinating travelogue. ButRag and Boneis more than that. Drawing on history, spiritual traditions, legend and contemporary reports, this book is a totally exuberant compendium of human beliefs, certain to satisfy devotees of all stripes."-Barnes & Noble Review "A thoughtful invitation to explore locations, myths, legends, and truths of relics…. InRag and Bone, Manseau brings bare bones to life, and he has composed an intriguing … travelogue that takes the reader around the world, exploring truth and legend, but more importantly on a journey of understanding why they matter."-Beliefnet "Dry bones dance inRag and Bone, as Peter Manseau brings death to life through his fascinating exploration of religious relics: the skull fragments, detached digits, and ashes of the holy. This is a book that might have been written in the 15th century just as easily as now, but we're lucky to have here the unique 21st century voice of Manseau--a Yiddish-speaking, Buddha-curious son of a Catholic priest and a nun--and one of the most peculiar and most entertaining travelogues in years."-Jeff Sharlet,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power "Peter Manseau'sRag and Bonereads like a novel, entertains like a television docudrama, and educates like the best college professor you ever had. It is at once informative, quirky, and funny. Do people really think that the leathery tongue of a 12th century saint can bless them with good fortune? They do. Why do people believe in such weird things as the holy relics of religion? Read this book to find out. WARNING: you may very well discover that you also hold beliefs in holy relics and not even know it!"-Michael Shermer, Publisher ofSkepticmagazine, monthly columnist forScientific American, author ofWhy People Believe Weird ThingsandWhy Darwin Matters "A text for the devoted and devoutly lapsed,Rag and Boneis par
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