{"title":"Jon Ronson","description":"Jon Ronson is a documentary filmmaker and author. He lives in London.","products":[{"product_id":"the-men-who-stare-at-goats-paperback","title":"The Men Who Stare at Goats - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow a major film, starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, and Jeff Bridges, this New York Times bestseller is a disturbing and often hilarious look at the US military's long flirtation with the paranormal--and the psy-op soldiers that are still fighting the battle.Bizarre military history: In 1979, a crack commando unit was established by the most gifted minds within the US Army. Defying all known laws of physics and accepted military practice, they believed that a soldier could adopt the cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls, and--perhaps most chillingly--kill goats just by staring at them. They were the First Earth Battalion, entrusted with defending America from all known adversaries. And they really weren't joking. What's more, they're back--and they're fighting the War on Terror. An uproarious exploration of American military paranoia: With investigations ranging from the mysterious \"Goat Lab,\" to Uri Geller's covert psychic work with the CIA, to the increasingly bizarre role played by a succession of US presidents, this might just be the funniest, most unsettling book you will ever read--if only because it is all true and is still happening today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367084064991,"sku":"9781439181775","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/TtsCg8jLCD9781439181775.webp?v=1789102345"},{"product_id":"so-youve-been-publicly-shamed-paperback","title":"So You've Been Publicly Shamed - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Psychopath Test\u003c\/i\u003e, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'It's about the terror, isn't it?' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The terror of what?' I said. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The terror of being found out.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world meeting recipients of high-profile public shamings. The shamed are people like us - people who, say, made a joke on social media that came out badly, or made a mistake at work. Once their transgression is revealed, collective outrage circles with the force of a hurricane and the next thing they know they're being torn apart by an angry mob, jeered at, demonized, sometimes even fired from their job. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA great renaissance of public shaming is sweeping our land. Justice has been democratized. The silent majority are getting a voice. But what are we doing with our voice? We are mercilessly finding people's faults. We are defining the boundaries of normality by ruining the lives of those outside it. We are using shame as a form of social control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimultaneously powerful and hilarious in the way only Jon Ronson can be, \u003ci\u003eSo You've Been Publicly Shamed\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply honest book about modern life, full of eye-opening truths about the escalating war on human flaws - and the very scary part we all play in it.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378978783455,"sku":"9781594634017","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/U6e_DDjwqA9781594634017.webp?v=1789264915"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jon-ronson.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}