Mr Christopher Booker: 4 books
The Great Deception
The Secret History of the European Union
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Now published with a new preface explaining why The Great Deception is of the utmost importance today as it was when it was first published and to coincide with Great Britain's EU referendum in 2016, this book suggests that the United States of Europe and its edict of 'ever closer union' have been...
The Seven Basic Plots
Why We Tell Stories
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2005
This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies...
The Real Global Warming Disaster
Is the obsession with 'climate change' turning out to be the most costly scientific blunder in history?
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
This original book considers one of the most extraordinary scientific and political stories of our time: how in the 1980s a handful of scientists came to believe that mankind faced catastrophe from runaway global warming, and how today this has persuaded politicians to land us with what promises to...
Scared to Death
From BSE to Global Warming: Why Scares are Costing Us the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Modern society has regularly, in recent years, been gripped by a series of headline making "scares" - from mad cow disease to SARS -- which have become one of the most conspicuous and damaging features of our modern world. This book is the first to tell the inside story of each of the major...