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Arthur Goldwag is the author of Isms and Ologies. A freelance writer and editor for more than twenty years, he has worked at Book-of-the-Month Club (where he created Traditions, a club devoted to Jewish interests), as well as at Random House and The New York Review of Books.
The kind of reference manual that the Internet cannot supplant . . . Goldwag keeps the facts straight and gives the rumors -- no matter how lurid and entertaining -- about as much respect as they deserve. The Washington Post Marvelous. Scientific American Arthur Goldwag is a shrewd, fair minded, learned and entertaining tour guide through a world that s simultaneously funny and frightening. Not a page goes by without some I-didn t-know-that! nugget. Given what s going on this ever-more-paranoid society, a book like this becomes not only titillating but crucially important. Steven Waldman, Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Beliefnet.com The answer to your burning questions about subjects from Area 51 to the Yakuza. Details Delightful. The Weekly Standard Goldwag is a colorful writer who makes good use of his material as he aims to explain, rather than debunk or expose, a fascinating diversity of beliefs. Boston Globe The author s delivery is engaging and entertaining. The amount of research done in this book is astounding. . . . An incredibly insightful, thoroughly enjoyable look at society s shadow. Armchair Interviews Goldwag navigates his way through the wilder reaches of human belief with great urbanity. Mark Booth, author of The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down by the Secret Societies As entertainingly written as it is enlightening. Phillip Lopate The kind of reference manual that the Internet cannot supplant . . . Goldwag keeps the facts straight and gives the rumors -- no matter how lurid and entertaining -- about as much respect as they deserve. -- The Washington Post Marvelous. --Scie ntific American Arthur Goldwag is a shrewd, fair minded, learned and entertaining tour guide through a world that's simultaneously funny and frightening. Not a page goes by without some I-didn't-know-that! nugget. Given what's going on this ever-more-paranoid society, a book like this becomes not only titillating but crucially important. --Steven Waldman, Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Beliefnet.com The answer to your burning questions about subjects from Area 51 to the Yakuza. -- Details Delightful. - The Weekly Standard Goldwag is a colorful writer who makes good use of his material as he aims to explain, rather than debunk or expose, a fascinating diversity of beliefs. -- Boston Globe The author's delivery is engaging and entertaining. The amount of research done in this book is astounding. . . . An incredibly insightful, thoroughly enjoyable look at society's shadow. -- Armchair Interviews Goldwag navigates his way through the wilder reaches of human belief with great urbanity. --Mark Booth, author of The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down by the Secret Societies As entertainingly written as it is enlightening. --Phillip Lopate
