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Book Wilderness of Mirrors

    Book Details:
  • Author : David C. Martin
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2018-09-15
  • ISBN : 151072219X
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Wilderness of Mirrors written by David C. Martin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the dawn of the Cold War, the world’s most important intelligence agencies—the Soviet KGB, the American CIA, and the British MI6—appeared to have clear-cut roles and a sense of rising importance in their respective countries. But when Kim Philby, head of MI6’s Russian division and arguably the twenty-first century’s greatest spy, was revealed to be a Russian mole along with British government heavyweights Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, everything in the Western intelligence world turned upside down. Here is the true story of how the American James Bond—the colorful, foulmouthed, pistol-packing, alcoholic ex-FBI agent William “King” Harvey—put the finger on Philby; how James Jesus Angleton, the chain-smoking poet of Yale University and the CIA’s supposed “master spy” in charge of counterintelligence, began his descent into a paranoid wilderness of mirrors upon learning of family friend Kim Philby’s ultimate betrayal; and the devastating consequences of the loss of MI6 prestige and the CIA’s subsequent self-defeating witch hunts. Every revelation, every stranger-than-fiction twist and turn is all the more intriguing as truths become lies and unlikely scenarios are revealed as reality. With impeccable sourcing and the use of thousands of pages of declassified research, David C. Martin’s Wilderness of Mirrors is widely recognized as a masterpiece of intelligence literature.

Book The Mirror s Deception

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  • Author : Kole Collins
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2023-09-04
  • ISBN : 9789499593828
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Mirror s Deception written by Kole Collins and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Mirror's Deception," therapist Dr. Emily Harper and her patient Sarah embark on a captivating journey of psychological intrigue. Drawn together by dreams and illusions, they navigate a labyrinth of mirrors that reflect both their fears and their strengths. As they confront their own pasts, the mansion's mirrored maze becomes a metaphor for the complexities of the human mind. Illusions give way to introspection, fears evolve into empowerment, and the two women forge a bond that guides them toward healing, growth, and the pursuit of truth. The narrative weaves suspense and self-discovery into a mesmerizing psychological fiction that unravels the mirror's deception and embraces the transformative power of the human spirit.

Book Pseudoscience and Deception

Download or read book Pseudoscience and Deception written by Bryan Farha and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pseudoscience and Deception is a compilation of some of the most eye-opening skeptical articles pertaining to extraordinary claims and pseudoscience. The articles explore paranormal, extraordinary, or fringe-science claims and reveal logical explanations or outline the deceptive tactics involved in convincing the vulnerable. Topics include claims of astrology, psychic ability, alternative medicine, after-death communication, psychotherapy, and pseudoscience. The contributors to this book are among the most accomplished critical thinkers, scientists, and educators in the world and tackle their respective topics from a rational, logical, and skeptical perspective. Most students are seldom excited to study “critical thinking”—with the exception of allegedly paranormal phenomena as the subject matter. Educators must seize this golden opportunity to witness and experience students’ genuine engagement in studying critical thinking.

Book Mirrors of Deception

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  • Author : Kenneth Green
  • Publisher : AuthorHouse
  • Release : 2000-12
  • ISBN : 0759600686
  • Pages : 394 pages

Download or read book Mirrors of Deception written by Kenneth Green and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Mirror s Deception

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  • Author : Sharath Chandar
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2008-09-29
  • ISBN : 9781438913988
  • Pages : 152 pages

Download or read book A Mirror s Deception written by Sharath Chandar and published by . This book was released on 2008-09-29 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world ruled by one man and one moral code, a clone is brought to life and mysteriously discarded. He is captured by rebels who then send him through grueling hardships. He is hated by them because he was the reflection of the man who now ruled this world, because he was the mirror of the Emperor they reviled. Through, pain and suffering, he learns strength and begins to understand a war of ideals, the war between Logic and Emotion. In doing so, he discovers why he is so unique with respect to his clone brethren, why he was forced into exile from birth, and why he is coveted and yet feared by both sides.

Book Deception of a Mirror

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  • Author : Keshaun Lang
  • Publisher : AuthorHouse
  • Release : 2011-12-02
  • ISBN : 1467001392
  • Pages : 61 pages

Download or read book Deception of a Mirror written by Keshaun Lang and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-12-02 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Words of the mind, language of the heart, voice of the tears, this book holds the ingredients of the inner body, mind and soul. Hidden from the outside world through a shell of flesh, this body produces the communication between our world and the inner thoughts of the heart.

Book Masters of Deception

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  • Author : Al Seckel
  • Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9781402705779
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book Masters of Deception written by Al Seckel and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rings of seahorses seem to rotate and butterflies seems to transform into warriors right on the page. Astonishing creations of visual trickery by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Archimbolo make this breathtaking collection the definitive book of optical illusions. Includes an illuminating Foreword by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hofstadter.

Book An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors

Download or read book An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors written by Curtis Craddock and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors is Curtis Craddock's delightful and engrossing fantasy debut featuring a genius heroine and her guardian, a royal musketeer, which Brandon Sanderson calls, "A great read!" Born with a physical disability, no magical talent, and a precocious intellect, Princess Isabelle des Zephyrs has lived her life being underestimated by her family and her kingdom. The only person who appreciates her true self is Jean-Claude, the fatherly musketeer who had guarded her since birth. All shall change, however, when an unlikely marriage proposal is offered, to the second son of a dying king in an empire collapsing into civil war. But the last two women betrothed to this prince were murdered, and a sorcerer-assassin is bent on making Isabelle the third. Isabelle and Jean-Claude plunge into a great maze of prophecy, intrigue, and betrayal, where everyone wears masks of glamour and lies. Step by dangerous step, Isabelle must unravel the lies of her enemies and discovers a truth more perilous than any deception. “A setting fabulous and strange, heroes to cheer for, villains to detest, a twisty, tricky plot — I love this novel!” —Lawrence Watt Evans “A thrilling adventure full of palace intrigue, mysterious ancient mechanisms, and aerial sailing ships!” —David D. Levine At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book Strategic Military Deception

Download or read book Strategic Military Deception written by Donald C. Daniel and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic Military Deception explains the nature of deception, its processes, and the elements and conditions when a person used and succeeds at deception. The main focus of the book is the discussion of strategic military deceptions. The book is mainly a collection of research that seeks to develop a common idea of deception's basic elements and its relationships. The first part of the book contains such topics as the application of game, communication, organization, and systems theories. The second part of the book deals with the testing and validation of some of the theories of deception through a series of historical case studies. By analyzing a series of cases, the book identifies some recurring patterns in a group of deception cases. There are also chapters that focus on the use of deception during World War II. The book will be a useful tool for military agents, game theorists, and psychoanalysts.

Book There Once Was a Boy

Download or read book There Once Was a Boy written by Dee Remy and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youth and obsession lead to a world of wealth, glamour, and supernatural terror. Kurtis and Delia James have everything two teenage siblings could possibly desire. Kurtis soon becomes friends with their new neighbor Caleb, and their lives turn into a nightmare. Caleb is obsessed with Delia and will not rest until he possesses her.

Book Smoke in Mirrors

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  • Author : Jayne Ann Krentz
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2002-10-29
  • ISBN : 9780515133998
  • Pages : 390 pages

Download or read book Smoke in Mirrors written by Jayne Ann Krentz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A con artist and seductress, Meredith Spooner lived fast—and died young. But her final scam—embezzling more than a million dollars from a college endowment fund—is coming back to haunt Leonora Hutton. The tainted money is stashed away in an offshore account for Leonora. And while she wants nothing to do with the cash, she discovers two other items in the safe-deposit box: a book about Mirror House—the place where Meredith engineered her final deception and a set of newspaper stories about an unsolved murder that occurred there thirty years ago. Now Leonora has an offer for Thomas Walker, another victim of Meredith’s scams and seductions. She’ll hand over the money—if he helps her figure out what’s going on. Meredith had described Thomas as “a man you can trust.” But in a funhouse-mirror world of illusion and distortion, Leonora may be out of her league…

Book Photography  The Art of Deception

Download or read book Photography The Art of Deception written by and published by Amherst Media. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photography is a lie. Just think about it: photographers create two-dimensional images that sometimes even lack color and then expect everyone who views the image to believe that this is how the subject and scene appeared in front of the lens, in real life. What is truly amazing is that people fall for the visual trickery readily, almost as if they want to be deceived. It gets better: people still believe that one can photograph only what is really there. In this book, Irakly Shanidze reveals the smoke and mirrors that the best photographers use to surprise, entertain, and inspire viewers. He explains that the individual features of photographer’s perception and technical limitations of his equipment make him do things that may eventually make a picture look very different from how a viewer would see the same scene with a naked eye and can lead to a ruined picture. Conversely, photographers who understand these phenomena can use the aforementioned “constraints” to deliberately adjust the level of truthfulness in their pictures. In each beautifully illustrated chapter, Shanidze discloses the photographic tools that enterprising photographers can use to create visual deception (e.g., to create a sense of dimension, create day-for-night effects, establish mood, simulate candid photographs, and generally suspend disbelief—without the time-consuming post-processing!). In doing so, he describes the image objectives (in other words, defines the image concepts) and introduces the tools needed to achieve them—whether a lens of a certain focal length, a light of a specific wattage, or a given shutter speed. He also deconstructs some of his favorite images to show readers how he was able to create a chiseled deception of his own. Armed with this book, photographers will learn to truly take the reins in their photographic pursuits and deliver supercharged, iconic, storytelling images.

Book The Mutable Glass

Download or read book The Mutable Glass written by Herbert Grabes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive survey of mirror-imagery in English literature from the thirteenth to the end of the seventeenth century.

Book Leadership and Self deception

Download or read book Leadership and Self deception written by The Arbinger Institute and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains why self-deception is at the heart of many leadership problems, identifying destructive patterns that undermine the successes of potentially excellent professionals while revealing how to improve teamwork, communication, and motivation. Reprint.

Book House of Mirrors

Download or read book House of Mirrors written by Catherine Durham and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the shocking, life shattering realization that her husband was living a secret life, she is determined to get real answers. In her pursuit to understand how this seemingly strong, stable, committed thirty-three-year marriage had been anything but, she reaches out to the one person she knew would have answers. Through painful and heartbreaking discussions, she realized that her life with him was an astonishing manipulation and distortion by this master of deception.

Book Trick Mirror

Download or read book Trick Mirror written by Jia Tolentino and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “From The New Yorker’s beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television.”—Esquire Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times • “A whip-smart, challenging book.”—Zadie Smith • “Jia Tolentino could be the Joan Didion of our time.”—Vulture FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HARVARD CRIMSON AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Time • Chicago Tribune • The Washington Post • NPR • Variety • Esquire • Vox • Elle • Glamour • GQ • Good Housekeeping • The Paris Review • Paste • Town & Country • BookPage • Kirkus Reviews • BookRiot • Shelf Awareness Jia Tolentino is a peerless voice of her generation, tackling the conflicts, contradictions, and sea changes that define us and our time. Now, in this dazzling collection of nine entirely original essays, written with a rare combination of give and sharpness, wit and fearlessness, she delves into the forces that warp our vision, demonstrating an unparalleled stylistic potency and critical dexterity. Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly through a culture that revolves around the self. In each essay, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine’s journey from brave to blank to bitter; the punitive dream of optimization, which insists that everything, including our bodies, should become more efficient and beautiful until we die. Gleaming with Tolentino’s sense of humor and capacity to elucidate the impossibly complex in an instant, and marked by her desire to treat the reader with profound honesty, Trick Mirror is an instant classic of the worst decade yet. FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY

Book Intimate Deception

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dr. Sheri Keffer
  • Publisher : Baker Books
  • Release : 2018-03-20
  • ISBN : 1493412639
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Intimate Deception written by Dr. Sheri Keffer and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing destroys trust like sexual betrayal. Beyond broken vows, a woman who discovers that the man she loves has been viewing pornography or having an affair must deal with devastating blows to her self-image and self-worth. She must grapple with the fact that the man she thought she knew has lied and deceived her. She may even bear the brunt of shame and judgment when the people around her find out. Drawing from her experience both as a marriage and family therapist and a woman who personally experienced the devastation of sexual betrayal, Dr. Sheri Keffer walks women impacted by betrayal through the pain and toward recovery. She explains how the trauma of betrayal affects our minds, bodies, spirits, and sexuality. She offers practical tools for dealing with emotional triggers and helps women understand the realities of sexual addiction. And she shows women how to practice self-care, develop healthy boundaries, protect themselves from abuse or manipulation, and find freedom from the burden of shame and guilt.