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The Resource Lost at sea : the Jon Ronson mysteries, Jon Ronson

Lost at sea : the Jon Ronson mysteries, Jon Ronson

Label
Lost at sea : the Jon Ronson mysteries
Title
Lost at sea
Title remainder
the Jon Ronson mysteries
Statement of responsibility
Jon Ronson
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Jon Ronson has been on patrol with America's real-life superheroes and to a UFO convention in the Nevada desert with Robbie Williams. He's interviewed a robot and asked her if she has a soul. He's travelled to the Alaskan theme town of North Pole (where every day is Christmas Day) to investigate a high school mass-murder plot. He's met a man who tried to split the atom in his kitchen and another who's preparing to welcome the aliens to earth. Jon Ronson is fascinated by madness, strange behaviour and the human mind, and he has spent his life exploring mysterious events and meeting extraordinary people. Collected here from various sources (including the Guardian and GQ) are the best of his adventures. Frequently hilarious, sometimes disturbing, always entertaining, these compelling stories of the chaos that lies on the fringe of our daily lives will have you wondering just what we're capable of
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1967-
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Ronson, Jon
Dewey number
306.1
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Subculture
  • Eccentrics and eccentricities
  • Counterculture
Target audience
adult
Label
Lost at sea : the Jon Ronson mysteries, Jon Ronson
Instantiates
Publication
Contents
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. One `What does electricity taste like?' `Like a planet around a star.' - The Things We're Willing To Believe -- Thinking Inside the Box -- Doesn't Everyone Have a Solar? -- The Chosen Ones -- A Message from God -- pt. Two `Have you ever stood next to an elephant, my friend?' - Rebellious Lives -- I looked into that camera. And I just said it -- `Have you ever stood next to an elephant, my friend?' -- pt. Three `Their eyes met and exchanged a flurry of masculine/feminine master/slave signals.' - High-Flying Lives -- The Name's Ronson, Jon Ronson -- I'm Loving Aliens Instead -- First Contact -- Citizen Kubrick -- pt. Four `I've thought about doing myself in loads of times.' - Everyday Difficulty -- Santa's Little Conspirators -- Phoning a Friend -- Who Killed Richard Cullen? -- The Sociopath Mind Guru and the TV Hypnotist -- Death at the Chateau -- `I've Thought About Doing Myself in Loads of Times ...' --
  • Contents note continued: pt. Five `I know it's bitter. Just keep drinking. Put your finger over your nose and chugalug it all down.' - Stepping Over the Line -- Blood Sacrifice -- `I make it look like they died in their sleep' -- Is She for Real? -- The Fall of a Pop Impresario -- pt. Six `The police stole my super suit.' - Justice -- Amber Waves of Green -- The Man Who Tried to Split the Atom in his Kitchen -- Lost at Sea
Control code
000050077069
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
439 p.
Isbn
9781447222576
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Label
Lost at sea : the Jon Ronson mysteries, Jon Ronson
Publication
Contents
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. One `What does electricity taste like?' `Like a planet around a star.' - The Things We're Willing To Believe -- Thinking Inside the Box -- Doesn't Everyone Have a Solar? -- The Chosen Ones -- A Message from God -- pt. Two `Have you ever stood next to an elephant, my friend?' - Rebellious Lives -- I looked into that camera. And I just said it -- `Have you ever stood next to an elephant, my friend?' -- pt. Three `Their eyes met and exchanged a flurry of masculine/feminine master/slave signals.' - High-Flying Lives -- The Name's Ronson, Jon Ronson -- I'm Loving Aliens Instead -- First Contact -- Citizen Kubrick -- pt. Four `I've thought about doing myself in loads of times.' - Everyday Difficulty -- Santa's Little Conspirators -- Phoning a Friend -- Who Killed Richard Cullen? -- The Sociopath Mind Guru and the TV Hypnotist -- Death at the Chateau -- `I've Thought About Doing Myself in Loads of Times ...' --
  • Contents note continued: pt. Five `I know it's bitter. Just keep drinking. Put your finger over your nose and chugalug it all down.' - Stepping Over the Line -- Blood Sacrifice -- `I make it look like they died in their sleep' -- Is She for Real? -- The Fall of a Pop Impresario -- pt. Six `The police stole my super suit.' - Justice -- Amber Waves of Green -- The Man Who Tried to Split the Atom in his Kitchen -- Lost at Sea
Control code
000050077069
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
439 p.
Isbn
9781447222576
Isbn Type
(hbk.)

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