{"product_id":"the-believer-alien-encounters-hard-science-and-the-passion-of-john-mack-9780826363954","title":"The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e is the weird and chilling true story of Dr. John Mack. This eminent Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer risked his career to investigate the phenomenon of human encounters with aliens and to give credibility to the stupefying tales shared by people who were utterly convinced they had happened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNothing in Mack's four decades of psychiatry had prepared him for the otherworldly accounts of a cross section of humanity including young children who reported being taken against their wills by alien beings. Over the course of his career his interest in alien abduction grew from curiosity to wonder, ultimately developing into a limitless, unwavering passion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on exclusive access to Mack's archives, journals, and psychiatric notes and interviews with his family and closest associates, \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the life and work of a man who explored the deepest of scientific conundrums and further leads us to the hidden dimensions and alternate realities that captivated Mack until the end of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlumenthal, Ralph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRalph Blumenthal\u003c\/b\u003e was an award-winning reporter for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eMiracle at Sing Sing: How One Man Transformed the Lives of America's Most Dangerous Prisoners\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack\u003c\/i\u003e (UNM Press). A distinguished lecturer at Baruch College, he lives in New York City.","brand":"High Road Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552921518354,"sku":"9780826363954","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_21e40e75-d0e9-4dfb-905c-550df743b156.jpg?v=1754912929","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-believer-alien-encounters-hard-science-and-the-passion-of-john-mack-9780826363954","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}