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All good recommendations, but if you want a textbook for skeptics (and it is a textbook), then pick up "How to Think About Weird Things" by Theodore Schick. It is the most comprehensive guide to skepticism I've read: he tackles everything from cryptozoology to free energy machines; from homeopathy to conspiracy theories. The author doesn't just identify bunk: he explains WHY it's bunk. More importantly, he explains how we arrive at these strange beliefs, and the philosophical justification of skepticism. Seriously, it's the most dog eared of my skeptic text that I have.
http://www.amazon.com/How-Think-About-Weird-Things/dp/007353577X
And I love Shermer's books -- especially "Why People Believe Weird Things." His two-chapter destruction of the Holocaust deniers is a thing of beauty.
This is a Coincidence! Am currently reading How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age (4th edition, borrowed from the local library). Quite good so far.
Have also bought The Art of Deception: An Introduction to Critical Thinking. Haven't got around to reading it yet.
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You need this book