Mike Clelland author of the blog Hidden Experience, sat down and talked with Peter Robbins co-author of Left at East Gate about the famous UFO pioneer Budd Hopkins. Widely known as the father of the Alien Abduction movement, Budd Hopkins passed away in August, is an interesting person to discuss. The discussion, which is over two hours long, touches on Budd Hopkins’ life as an artist and researcher, Peter Robbins’ experience with UFOs, and the influence Hopkins’ had on the UFO community. Listen to the interview here.

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So there’s a lot to anticipate and prepare for with the upcoming holiday. It’s an American tradition and one that most celebrate the same way: cooking a huge feast, sharing it with family and friends, watching football or the parade, and ending the night with a good old turkey nap and some pumpkin pie. Maybe your thanksgiving is a little different than this, maybe not, either way we’re all preparing for the American Holiday. Cosimo has some books that might help you in your preparations.
If you’re the chef for the grand Thanksgiving meal, why not try a new cookbook, or rather a classic cookbook that’s new to you. Mrs. Beetons Cookery Book and Household Guide by Isabella Marie Beeton. As the 19th century Martha Stewart Mrs. Beeton can help you prepare your house and table for guests and instruct you with some different recipes.
If you’re attending a Thanksgiving feast, either at a friends house or with family, you’ll need to know a thing or two about etiquette. Cosimo offers several etiquette books that could help you learn what to bring your host, how to act while there, the proper fork to use, and the best time to excuse yourself from the table. The Book of Etiquette Vol. 1 or Vol. 2 by Lillian Eichler, offers many insights on how to act in different kinds of company and several other pointers for being a good guest.
Or maybe you’re just looking to learn a bit more about the history of Thanksgiving. You could try 400 years of America: Her Discovery, History, Achievements and Politics by Georgie D. Runyan. Maybe you’d prefer diving into the culture of the settler’s guests for the Thanksgiving Feast and reading Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa. Whatever your interest or circumstances for Thanksgiving, you’ll find something interesting to read among out selection. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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For years many have suspected the government of withholding information about UFOs from the general public. Conspirators say that our government has made contact with alien life, but continues to cover it up. An article on CBS’s website reports that two petitions posted on “We the People”, have garnered enough signatures to be delivered to White House Officials. The petition asked the Government once and for all to answer the question of whether they had made contact with or discovered evidence of alien life. UFO Conspirators were surely upset by the answer issued by Phil Larson from the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy. He claimed that no contact has ever been made, and no cover-ups were ever performed in an effort to keep the general public from discovering the truth. Larson did, however, acknowledge that there are government run programs that search for alien life, either by looking for planets that could possibly support life with a special telescope or trying to pick up alien radio signals via satellites. Larson also admitted that odds are there is alien life out there, but we just have yet to make contact and it’s possible we never will.
The question now is whether those who believed the government was withholding information, will still believe it, despite Larson’s statement. With the evidence that has been collected in books, including some written by Cosimo authors, it’s probably safe to say that there are still those who will choose to believe that contact has been made and the government is still trying to cover it all up. To check out the evidence against the government’s statement take a look at Flying Saucers Over the White House by Colin Bennett or The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt or go to the UFO Bookshelf and discover even more UFO titles.

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The News Dissector and Emmy award winning journalist, Danny Schechter offers a behind the scenes look at the Occupy Wall Street protesters in this video.

Danny Schechter’s journalistic work has often reported on the economy. His book Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity and the Subprime Scandal a well-received book about the crimes of Wall-Street which was published in 2008 and is still very relevant today. Soon, Danny will publish another book called Blogothon. The book will be a compilation of Danny’s blogs as well as a commentary on blogs in general and how other people can apply blogging to their own interests. The book is due to be released in March 2012.

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In celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Netherland-America Foundation, the 30th Peter Stuyvesant Ball will be held on Friday, November 18 at Pier Sixty. The patrons of the Netherland-America Foundation, Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven along with the Balls honorary Chairs from the Dutch diplomatic corps will all attend the ball.

The event is black tie and will begin at 7pm with cocktails. Dinner will be presented by the Hotel Okura Amsterdam at 8 pm. The former Grandmaster of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Floor Kist will then entertain the crowd with a satirical monologue. Afterwards it’ll be time to dance, starting with music by the orchestra of Gererd Carelli and ending with the “Rockin’ Rabobak” Nightclub featuring Dave Brown and Versatiles.

The night will also include a raffle which is being co-sponsored by Cosimo with a donation of books. Some of the books being raffled off are: History of the City of New York in the Seventeenth Century: Volume I: New Amsterdam by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, History of the City of New York in the Seventeenth Century: Volume II: New York Under the Stuarts by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, and Think Small, Grow Big: A Social Media Survival Guide for the Marketing Professional by Ab Kuijer

If you would like to attend the The Peter Stuyvesant Ball, a treasured annual black tie event, you can purchase tickets here. These tickets will include the Nightclub party, however you can choose to attend just the Nightclub party by purchasing tickets here.

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Business has always been about listening to your head, taking risks, and being ruthless. We’ve all heard the phrase: “It’s not personal; it’s business”, but now it’s being challenged by Louis Bohtlingk’s new book Dare to Care: A Love-Based Foundation for Money and Finance. Mindful of the current economic climate, Cosimo has chosen Dare to Care as its November Book of the Month.

In this book, Bohtlingk has developed a collection of ideas and initiatives to change business. According to Bohtlingk, changing from a money-first to a care-first attitude, as the book suggests, will stimulate thoughts about our current monetary system and economy making them more functional overall. By offering a different way to run businesses and the financial world with his book Dare to Care: A Love-Based Foundation for Money and Finance, Bohtlingk hopes to change the world of finance as we know it.

The book promotes a vision for a love-based economy and a care-first world. With examples of businesses who work with models similar to his own, Bohtlingk proves how and why this vision could become a reality. His workable method has been developed to help corporations and companies change from their current financial plans, which, for many focus purely on profit, to a new economic outlook that focuses more on supporting each other. Dare to Care encourages readers to approach finance and economics from a new perspective, one which urges them to reorganize their own attitude towards money and empowers them to act and achieve a care-first worldview.

Louis Bohtlingk is a visionary who has worked as a counselor for more than 30 years. With his wife Sandra, he has created multiple platforms with which to address the money issues that individuals and companies experience. Louis is also the creator of the “Meeting the Mystery of Money” workshop, which has been held throughout the U.S., the U.K., and the Netherlands and helps individuals to reorganize their finances and lives with a care-first approach. You can learn more about the work Louis and Sandra do on their website, www.carefirstworld.com.

Louis Bohtlingk, author of Cosimo’s new book Dare to Care: A Love-Based Foundation for Money and Finance, is holding a book signing at the Java Dragon Coffee House in Charlottesville, Virginia from 5:00pm – 7:30pm on Friday November 11, 2011.

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Louis Bohtlingk, author of Cosimo’s new book Dare to Care: A Love-Based Foundation for Money and Finance, is holding a book signing at the Java Dragon Coffee House in Charlottesville, Virginia on Friday November 11, from 5:00pm – 7:30pm.

Dare to Care: A Love-Based Foundation for Money and Finance gives its readers a new perspective on the economic crisis and where we go from here. By offering a whole new set of initiatives and guidelines for business, economics, and finance, Bohtlingk is trying to stimulate conversation about the current systems and how they’re failing. So if you’re in Charlottesville, VA and you’d like the chance to meet Louis Bohtlingk, author of a book with new financial values: Dare to Care, then go down to the Java Dragon Coffee House at 923 Preston Street, Suite F.

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Not everybody’s birthday can be celebrated with just a birthday cake. Sometimes the celebration calls for more than that and in the case of Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday, much much more is called for than just a birthday cake. Charles Dickens, best known for “A Christmas Carol”, “Oliver Twist”, “Great Expectations”, and “A Tale of Two Cities”, as well as many other novels and stories, is being honored by many on the occasion of his momentous 200th birthday.

Charles Dickens born February 7, 1812 in England. Dickens first novel was published in 1833 and after that he became known to the public as a writing machine, churning out stories faster than some people could read them. His works have been made into movies, his characters and phrases into commonly used slang, and his books have become timeless classics that people continue to read over and over again.

The Morgan Library, in New York City, is hosting an exhibit dedicated to Charles Dickens, from now until Feb 12, 2012. Through the weeks of this exhibit there will be several events, including Docent Tours, a lecture title “Endless fertility”: The Comic Art of Charles Dickens, and a Winter Family Day Celebration. These events are opportunities for people to celebrate the literary legend as well as become more acquainted with his legacy. The exhibit itself is an extensive collection of Dickens’ illustrations, original manuscripts, photographs, and personal effects, the like of which can be seen no where else. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn more about one of the greatest contributors to literature.

Cosimo offers the complete series of Charles Dickens’ books at a discounted price with free shipping if you order from our website.

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Join John Renesch and Dr. Judi Neal on Tuesday, November 1, and 11 am (EST) until 12 pm for a special work teleconference. With their Host Tom Anderson they will discuss the relationship of sustainability to faith and spirit at work. Judi works at the University of Arkansas as the Executive Director of the Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace. John, businessman-turned-futurist and author of Leadership in a New Era as well as 13 other books and several articles on social and organizational transformation. John and Judi are also acting as hosts at the International Faith and Spirit at Work Conference.

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Inspired by the Institute of Noetic sciences (IONS) FIONS (Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences) is a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to discovering more about the meaning of consciousness and they’re hosting a conference this weekend in New York City. The events will be informative and plentiful giving everyone with an interest in the paranormal, parapsychology, UFOs, and consciousness something to look forward to. The conference commences Friday October 21, 2011 with the world premiere of James Carmen’s new film “The Hidden Hand” which exposes the truth behind UFOs, government secrecy and alien abductions.The film will be shown in The Blood Center Auditorium at 310 East 67th Street. At 6pm there will be a press conference for the film and at 7 pm the show starts and it’s all free.

Saturday, October 22, from 1-5pm, there will be a series of talks at the Community Church of New York 40 East 35th Street $35 in advance and $40 at the door. The speakers are Whitley Strieber who brought the idea of alien abductions to the world with his best selling book Communion: A True Story, the story of his own abduction. Whitley will be discussing his latest book, “What Will Come”. Then the Emmy-Award winning investigative reporter Linda Moulton Howe, a frequent guest on Coast to Coast radio, and author of Alien Harvest: Further Evidence Linking Animal Mutilations and Human Abductions to Alien Life Forms will speak on “ETs, Time Travelers and Self-Activating Machines”. Last, but certainly not least, Historian and author of “UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Coverup, 1941-1973, Richard Dolan will speak about his latest book A.D. After Disclosure: The People’s Guide to Life After Contact and discuss what open acknowledgement of contact with extra terrestrials will mean to our civilization?

On Sunday, October 23, there will be a fundraising brunch for FIONS at which Anne Stieber will be speaking. This brunch can only be attended after advanced registration at which time they will disclose the location. It starts at 11am and ends at 1pm and it costs $95 to registers. You can register buy e-mailing lemily@earthlink.net or by calling 212-741-2207, just leave a message with YOUR phone number.

Cosimo has published many books pertaining to the different topics that will be discussed at this conference. Many of our titles explore the UFO phenomena and explain some of those mysterious happenings. Visit the UFO Book Shelf to discover more about the UFO books we offer.

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