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Peter Huston is the author of six books. His writing has been translated into six languages and appeared in a variety of forums including the Loompanics Unlimited Catalog, Skeptic, the Skeptical Inquirer, Icon Thoughtstyle, and Hustler magazine.

He currently writes the weekly substack email publication, "Mostly Asian History," available at https://peterhuston.substack.com/

He has worked as a reporter with The Altamont Enterprise, The Recorder in Amsterdam, New York, been a frequent contributor to the Op-Ed page of the Daily Gazette in Schenectady, and hosted a regular show on WRPI non-commercial radio.

Aside from journalism, he has worked as an EMT, large event security, and taught in schools and colleges in the US, Taiwan, and China. He has ...more

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	Beyond The Picket Fence: Life Outside the Middle-Class Bubble by Marc MacYoung, Eric Plume (Goodreads Author), Anna Valdiserri 4.08 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scams from the Great Beyond: How to Make Easy Money Off of ESP . . . 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tongs, Gangs, and Triads: Chinese Crime Groups in North America 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Scams from the Great Beyond!: How to Make Even More Money Off of Creationism, Evolution, Environmentalism, Fringe Politics, Weird Science, the Occult, and Other Strange Beliefs 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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