Tom Phillips

"If Sapiens was a testament to human sophistication, this history of failure cheerfully reminds us that humans are mostly idiots." —Greg Jenner, author of A Million Years in a Day
Now an International Bestseller
A Toronto Star–Bestselling Book of the Year
Modern humans have come a long way in the seventy thousand years they've walked the earth. Art, science, culture, trade—on the evolutionary food chain,...

We live in a "post-truth" world, we're told. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? Or have people been lying, fibbing and just plain bullsh*tting since the beginning of time? Tom Phillips, editor of a leading independent fact-checking organization, deals with this question every day. In Truth, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other-and ourselves-about everything from business to politics to plain...

Everywhere has a story to tell. Every building, road, forest, or field. Some are true, some, not so. These stories have been passed down through the ages so as we do not forget them, and now they are being passed on to you. These stories will open your eyes to the wonders of what lies just around the corner. You will become the keeper of these local tales. A book to read on your own, together or out loud. Bring our folk tales to life and let them...

In Christian history, no phenomenon is clearer than the recurrence of revivals. A passion for repentance sweeps across a city, and those who had been unaware of the supernatural are now keenly aware of God's presence. Gripped by conviction of wrongdoing, they throw everything aside and desperately search for a way of salvation. Our spiritual instincts are often clouded by worthless pursuits, but God is working through His laws for the salvation of...

After twelve-year-old John Boarhog's mom dies, the last thing he wants is to be schlepped off to the Jersey Home for Boys, where kids are forced to make skinny jeans for hipsters and are fed nothing but kale. Instead, he makes himself a snug home in the ceiling of the New York Museum of Natural History, where he reads anything he get his hands on and explores the artifacts afterhours. But when a rare Egyptian ruby--the highlight of the museum's new...

Detective duo John Boarhog and Inspector Toadius McGee embark on a luxury airship to intercept an old adversary, but when the Society of Sleuths decides it is time for John's trial to gain full membership, there are no clear skies ahead. Fresh off recovering a billion-dollar ruby and losing the criminal who stole it, John Boarhog and Inspector Toadius McGee are soaring high on a new adventure. Hoping to intercept the Mauve Moth before they execute...

Part futuristic exhibition, part glittery strip mall, the 1965 New York World's Fair was planned amid the optimism of the late 1950s, but the Fair's two year run often mirrored the chaos of the 1960s. This film, set to a historical backdrop of world events, draws on the memories of fairgoers who found hope for the future in an understanding of other cultures presented at the Fair.

Examines the global phenomenon of vanishing frogs. Travels to Panama, where a facilty shelters fifty-eight of the rarest frog species on the planet, and where also a small patch of forest provides a thriving frog habitat.