Catch-22 with radiation.Area 51 meets Dr. Strangelove.Except it really happened.THE ATOMIC TIMES is the absolutely insane, incredibly f*cked-up, but true, eyewitness story of what happened in 1956 on a tiny island in the South Pacific when over 1600 young soldiers (including me) were turned into atomic guinea pigs by the US Army.We...

In 1956, the United States detonated 17 H-bombs in the South Pacific, including the two deadliest explosions ever to occur anywhere on our planet—before or since.The 1,612 soldiers stationed at the headquarters island (including me, a draftee) were sent there to “observe” this nuclear test series, named Operation Redwing. Wearing only T-shirts and shorts and without Radsuits, high density goggles or other protective gear, we were exposed to radiation and fallout.NUKED: ...

A timely indictment of a prime minister determined to remake Canada.In Party of One, Investigative journalist Michael Harris gives us an intimate look at Stephen Harper, and draws a portrait of a Prime Minister whose policies and instincts, Harris believes, are a clear and present danger to Canada’s democracy. Fueled by the election victory of May 2011, unchecked by the opposition, the staggering gap between Stephen Harper’s stated political principles and his practices starkly drive Harri...

THE BEATLES AND THE BOMBThanks to my job as the CBS Press Rep on "The Ed Sullivan Show," I was the guy who welcomed John, Paul, George and Ringo to the United States on their first trip to America.Thanks to the US Army, I was turned into a human guinea pig and sent to the South Pacific to watch nukes explode.Here are two tell-alls--one about the glittering and gossipy back stage world of celebrities, television and show biz, the other abou...

In a world of constant noise and digital burnout, the search for meaning has moved from the cathedral to the circuit board. We are witnessing the birth of "Functional Faith"—a revolutionary shift where the existential question is no longer "What is true?" but "What works?"In The Future of Faith, Michael Harris explores how artificial intelligence and advanced technology are becoming our new spiritual intermediaries. This isn't a critique of the digital age; it's a manual f...

If our near future sometimes feels like a dystopian sci-fi movie, that’s because it is. In Come With Me If You Want to Live: The Future as Foretold in Classic Sci-Fi Films, Michael Harris reveals the hidden-in-plain-sight meanings of the greatest science fiction films of the past fifty years, the ways in which they predicted the future that we are increasingly living in, but how we can still avoid the worst of what they warned us about.The 1970s saw the start of a new wave of scienc...

The internet doesn't live in the cloud — it runs through glass threads on the ocean floor, through satellites controlled by a single billionaire, through cobalt mines in the Congo and lithium flats in the Atacama. The Shadow Cartographers maps the invisible infrastructure that actually powers the modern world: who owns it, who can shut it off, and why most governments don't yet understand what they've surrendered. A landmark work of geopolitical nonfiction for anyone who wants to see the w...

The First Philosophers: Evidence for the Superior Intelligence of Homo NeanderthalensisBy Michael Harris, M.S. Anthropology, University of MinnesotaThey had larger brains than we do. They were the first to make fire, create art, and bury their dead. And then, 23,000 years ago, they vanished.For a century and a half, science dismissed them as brutish evolutionary failures— stooped cave-dwellers swept aside by the arrival of smarter, more sop...

Discover the Mysteries of History's Most Coveted Lost Treasures!Dear lover of adventure and enigmas,Can you imagine following the clues of hidden treasures that have inspired legends for centuries? Now you have the opportunity to explore the most fascinating stories of humanity in " The Most Sought−After Lost Treasures", a book that will take you on an exciting journey through time, cultures, and mysteries.What will you find in this book?32 Legendary Treasur...

Brighten your day with a memory and a smile!Retired educator and jack-of-all-trades, Dr. Michael Harris offers short, entertaining stories that will evoke memories of your childhood and remind you of a simpler, less politically correct time in life.From clothes shopping to picking out a birthday present; from the uselessness of grits to surviving a road trip in the backseat of the family car in the 1970s, there are few subjects Dr. Harris is not willing to tackle in this co...

The First Philosophers: Evidence for the Superior Intelligence of Homo NeanderthalensisBy Michael Harris, M.S. Anthropology, University of MinnesotaThey had larger brains than we do. They were the first to make fire, create art, and bury their dead. And then, 23,000 years ago, they vanished.For a century and a half, science dismissed them as brutish evolutionary failures— stooped cave-dwellers swept aside by the arrival of smarter, more sop...

The First Philosophers: Evidence for the Superior Intelligence of Homo NeanderthalensisBy Michael Harris, M.S. Anthropology, University of MinnesotaThey had larger brains than we do. They were the first to make fire, create art, and bury their dead. And then, 23,000 years ago, they vanished.For a century and a half, science dismissed them as brutish evolutionary failures— stooped cave-dwellers swept aside by the arrival of smarter, more sop...