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Clay Lomakayu
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John A. Keel
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The first book by the author of The Mothman Prophecies.
Someone, we know not who, once called Jadoo "the greatest book ever written on the black magic of the Orient." But we do not know if there will again be another book like it. Jadoo, a Hindi word meaning "black magic", captures a world that is now lost to us - the strange, dark, mysterious world that was once called the "Orient".
This story of a real-life Indiana Jones of the 1950s named John Keel contains everything but a trip to Venus in a flying saucer - a subject our newsman/explorer would become famous for a decade later. In Egypt, the fearless Keel was cursed by a mummy and befriended members of a strange snake-charming cult. In Iraq, he played Russian roulette with a notorious desert bandit and lived among the Yezidi devil-worshippers. Later, in India, he was buried alive and discovered the secret of the Indian rope trick, which he then performed for incredulous reporters in New Delhi. And in a riveting finale, he chased the Abominable Snowman through the little known Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim before being unceremoniously booted out of Singapore for being "an undesirable alien".
"One of the most traveled and imaginative raconteurs since Baron Munchausen." (San Francisco Examiner)
"Here is a fireside adventure with a chill in it." (Buffalo Evening News)
“A fabulous tour of Egypt, the Middle East, India, and Tibet." (Hartford Times)
"A combination of cliff-hanging experiences with serious probing for the bizarre, the secretive, and the enigmatic." (Kirkus)
Born on March 25, 1930, in Hornell, New York, John A. Keel was keenly interested in magic and writing from an early age. After serving in the US Army during the Korean War on the staff of the American Forces Network in Frankfurt, Germany, he worked as a foreign radio correspondent in Paris, Berlin, Rome, and Egypt. Then, in 1954, he gave up his day job and set off on a life of travel and adventure, attempting to support himself with his writing. The travels and encounters he relates in this book, which ranged from Egypt to Singapore, cover about one year. Using articles he had written for the men’s magazines, Keel strung together a manuscript, which he originally entitled Pattern for Adventure, while living in Barcelona. The book appeared as Jadoo from a New York publisher in 1957, and he promoted it by performing a snake-charming act in a pet store window in New York City. Keel kept on writing for newspapers and magazines, as well as radio and television outlets, and ended up publishing a dozen books in his lifetime. He popularized the term “men in black” and coined the term “ultraterrestrials” to describe UFO occupants. Keel’s best known work is The Mothman Prophecies, an account of his investigation into sightings in West Virginia of a huge, winged creature called the "Mothman".
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good effort!
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In Dimensions, Dr. Jacques Vallee reexamines the historical record that led to the modern UFO phenomenon and to the belief in alien contact. He then tackles the enigma of abduction reports, which come from various times and various countries, as well as the psychic and spiritual components of the contact experience. In the last portion of the book, he notes the factors that inhibit research into the phenomenon - the triple coverup and political motivations - and concludes that the extraterrestrial theory is simply not strange enough to explain the facts.
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It's a stretch
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I Never Would Have Slept with You If I Had Known You Were a Giant Birdman from Outer Space
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Using a wide array of evidence, coming from several different angles, Keel deftly explains why the winged, birdlike "ancient aliens" are bent on controlling the human race and how they do it. Surprisingly, Keel's research into Mothman could play a key role in deciphering the mystery of ancient aliens - whether or not the human race was actually created, genetically, by giant birdmen mating with earth women, and whether or not there was once a worldwide religion that worshiped Mothman-like gods.
By: John A. Keel
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The Eighth Tower
- On Ultraterrestrials and the Superspectrum
- By: John A. Keel
- Narrated by: Michael Hacker
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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OK, BUT ALL OVER THE PLACE!
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The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings
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The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings is a comprehensive encyclopedia of the unexplained, with incredible eyewitness accounts of strange creatures from around the globe.
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Glad to have it read to me
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The Book of Mothman
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Our Haunted Planet
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In the classic Our Haunted Planet, John A. Keel brings into chilling focus strange truths about the Earth and its mysterious inhabitants. Could an unseen, prehuman race have taken careful measures to remain hidden from surface dwellers? Are they still watching us from their secret hiding places, manipulating and misleading us, using us for their own entertainment, and controlling our actions?
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Keel's 2nd best work
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Searching for the String: Selected Writings of John A. Keel
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In this audiobook, John Keel displays the keen observational skills and investigative tenacity that long made him the enfant terrible of ufology.
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Third in an excellent trilogy on UFOs & humanity
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The Outer Limits of the Twilight Zone
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New Saucerian Press proudly presents The Outer Limits of the Twilight Zone, a collection of magazine articles and lectures by John A. Keel, the man many consider to have been not only the premiere investigator of all things unusual and "Fortean", but who was also our very own, 20th-century "Mark Twain". Many of the articles in this anthology and its companion volumes, Flying Saucer to the Center of Your Mind and Searching for the String, were revolutionary.
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volume 2 of 3
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Strange Creatures From Time and Space
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John Keel's Strange Creatures From Time and Space, originally published in 1970 with artwork by Frank Frazetta, is a comprehensive encyclopedia of monsters from around the world, including: Fantastic flying saucer occupants; True psychic phenomena; Phantom killers of people and livestock; The full story of West Virginia's man-bird, "Mothman"; The elusive "Bigfoot", Sasquatch, and Yeti; Giants of Minnesota and the Appalachians; Sea serpents and lake creatures; Vampires and werewolves.
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READ THIS BEFORE YOU BUY IT
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Strange Mutants of the Twenty First Century
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Strange Mutants of the Twenty-First Century contains Keel's very first ruminations on Mothman, as well as a variety of strange reports on black "demon" dogs, phantom cats, Bigfoot and other North American giants, flying humanoids, flying saucers, flying snakes, and even stranger mutants that Keel believed reside with us on Earth.
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Sasquatch lovers unite!
- By erobbins33 on 07-20-15
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Flying Saucer to the Center of Your Mind
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Flying Saucer to the Center of Your Mind is a collection of magazine articles and lectures by the man many consider to be not only the 20th century’s premiere investigator of all things unusual and “Fortean,” but also our very own 20th-century “Mark Twain”: John A. Keel. Many of the articles in this anthology and its companion volumes, "The Outer Limits of the Twilight Zone" and "Searching for the String," were revolutionary, and explored ideas popularized in Keel’s classic books.
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Historical overview w/ rare details plus analysis
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The Rampa Story
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Clairvoyant, astral traveler, telepathist, mystic, psychic healer - Dr. T. Lobsang Rampa is all of these things and more. In this famous book, he explains how he acquired his great knowledge and experience. He clarifies many of the mysteries of the hidden world. Rampa also describes his own inner torments and struggles, his daily confrontations with life, and his ultimate vision of death.
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3rd book - follows Doctor From Lhasa, 2nd book
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Them
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Them is the first book ever to examine the intent of the presence known as "aliens" or "visitors" from the perspective of what both civilian and military close encounter witnesses report happening to them.
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Constructive feedback
- By Alex on 09-12-23
By: Whitley Strieber
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- Brent F.
- 01-24-24
Such a unique topic
Great book with a fascinating and unique topic. It’s like Indiana Jones meets a magician and the combo works beautifully.
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- Richard M
- 11-05-21
Keel was already a master storyteller!
Keel was only un gis mid 20s when he wrore Jadoo but his storytelling, pacing, and prose were mature beyond his years.
the narrator left something to be desired but I was able to look past it.
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- Todd Livingstone
- 03-09-24
better than I expected
I was expecting a John keel mothman thing.
180° turn of awesomeness.
find me more books like this please
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- Lynn K.
- 06-08-21
ok John Keel
Good narration, interesting read. However, animal cruelty to a rat and to snakes -- I had to return it.
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- Dr. Gonzo
- 02-17-24
Real Life Indiana Jones
This book isn't like Keel's later works about the paranormal but about his adventures in his younger years. However, it was still great and definitely worth the listen!
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- TrueLeo
- 07-10-24
Good read. I recommend it
Interesting journey through the mysterious and mystic world of the Middle East, India and Tibet.
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