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Book High Lie

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  • Author : A.J. Stewart
  • Publisher : Jacaranda Drive
  • Release : 2015-03-14
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 253 pages

Download or read book High Lie written by A.J. Stewart and published by Jacaranda Drive. This book was released on 2015-03-14 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s Darkness, Even in the Sunshine State Miami Jones knows that South Florida has its fair share of sharks, and not all of them live in the ocean. When a young boy is dumped in the water off the coast, Miami goes looking for answers. What he finds is a world of crooked bookmakers, slick Las Vegas Casino moguls and a desperate band of brothers playing a forgotten sport. Forgotten by everyone except the person who wants the players dead. Miami takes Florida sliding down a sinkhole rather personally, so now he’ll stop at nothing to prevent the circling sharks from consuming his beloved home. Series praise: "...strong, unstereotyped, and engaging..." Kirkus Reviews "a well-balanced mix of intrigue, dry humor, and wit..." Manhattan Book Review "Robert B. Parker meets Carl Hiaasen." - Bookbub “Stiff Arm Steal is a rollicking good read.” - San Francisco Book Review

Book High on a Lie

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  • Author : Danny Cox
  • Publisher : Victory Graphics & Media
  • Release : 2007-09-01
  • ISBN : 9780881442670
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book High on a Lie written by Danny Cox and published by Victory Graphics & Media. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you facing challenges in your life? Are you feeling overwhelmed? Do you believe you are powerless? There is One Who is larger than any crisis or situation you are tackling in your life. During my eighth year in prison I began to write a story-the story of my discovery of a better life. The decisions we make daily, good and bad, determine the path that we will walk. If you are not aware of the truth, then you are open to believe a lie and will eventually choose a path of imprisonment. I know I did. Travel with me along the journey I experienced: a path of abuse, addiction, imprisonment, and finally of freedom! There is hope for you too. Your faith and hope will be lifted to new heights as you read this compelling true story. God has worked miracles in my life and He can work miracles in your life as well. It is written: Nothing shall be impossible with God!

Book Thin Blue Lie

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  • Author : Matt Stroud
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Books
  • Release : 2019-03-19
  • ISBN : 1250108306
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book Thin Blue Lie written by Matt Stroud and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging investigation of how supposedly transformative technologies adopted by law enforcement have actually made policing worse—lazier, more reckless, and more discriminatory American law enforcement is a system in crisis. After explosive protests responding to police brutality and discrimination in Baltimore, Ferguson, and a long list of other cities, the vexing question of how to reform the police and curb misconduct stokes tempers and fears on both the right and left. In the midst of this fierce debate, however, most of us have taken for granted that innovative new technologies can only help. During the early 90s, in the wake of the infamous Rodney King beating, police leaders began looking to corporations and new technologies for help. In the decades since, these technologies have—in theory—given police powerful, previously unthinkable faculties: the ability to incapacitate a suspect without firing a bullet (Tasers); the capacity to more efficiently assign officers to high-crime areas using computers (Compstat); and, with body cameras, a means of defending against accusations of misconduct. But in this vivid, deeply-reported book, Matt Stroud shows that these tools are overhyped and, in many cases, ineffective. Instead of wrestling with tough fundamental questions about their work, police leaders have looked to technology as a silver bullet and stood by as corporate interests have insinuated themselves ever deeper into the public institution of law enforcement. With a sweeping history of these changes, Thin Blue Lie is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand how policing became what it is today.

Book H O  Pub

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  • Author : United States. Hydrographic Office
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1920
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 516 pages

Download or read book H O Pub written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Higher Loyalty

Download or read book A Higher Loyalty written by James Comey and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller now in paperback with new material The inspiration for The Comey Rule, the Showtime limited series starring Jeff Daniels premiering September 2020 In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. From prosecuting the Mafia and Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration's policies on torture and electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases and policies of recent history.

Book An Introduction to the Science of Deception and Lie Detection

Download or read book An Introduction to the Science of Deception and Lie Detection written by Chris N. H. Street and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible book provides a foundational understanding of the science of deception and lie detection. Focusing on core issues for the field, it discusses classic and current psychological research into lying as well as theoretical approaches to understanding human lie detection. This book explores engaging questions around how people lie, how people make decisions about believing others, and how we can detect deception. Each chapter is clearly structured to support students of all levels by summarising content, presenting key research, and systematically evaluating findings. Chapters explore topics including some of the most promising current lie detection techniques, how and why people lie, how lying develops in children, and whether unconscious thinking can boost lie detection accuracy. Providing an overview of key issues in deception, this book will be of great interest to students and lecturers in the field of deception and lie detection, as well as anyone generally interested in this fascinating field of research.

Book Lies My Teacher Told Me

Download or read book Lies My Teacher Told Me written by James W. Loewen and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.

Book Teaching What Really Happened

Download or read book Teaching What Really Happened written by James W. Loewen and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Should be in the hands of every history teacher in the country.”— Howard Zinn James Loewen has revised Teaching What Really Happened, the bestselling, go-to resource for social studies and history teachers wishing to break away from standard textbook retellings of the past. In addition to updating the scholarship and anecdotes throughout, the second edition features a timely new chapter entitled "Truth" that addresses how traditional and social media can distort current events and the historical record. Helping students understand what really happened in the past will empower them to use history as a tool to argue for better policies in the present. Our society needs engaged citizens now more than ever, and this book offers teachers concrete ideas for getting students excited about history while also teaching them to read critically. It will specifically help teachers and students tackle important content areas, including Eurocentrism, the American Indian experience, and slavery. Book Features: An up-to-date assessment of the potential and pitfalls of U.S. and world history education. Information to help teachers expect, and get, good performance from students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Strategies for incorporating project-oriented self-learning, having students conduct online historical research, and teaching historiography. Ideas from teachers across the country who are empowering students by teaching what really happened. Specific chapters dedicated to five content topics usually taught poorly in today’s schools.

Book The Man in the High Castle

Download or read book The Man in the High Castle written by Philip K. Dick and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slavery is back. America, 1962. Having lost a war, America finds itself under Nazi Germany and Japan occupation. A few Jews still live under assumed names. The 'I Ching' is prevalent in San Francisco. Science fiction meets serious ideas in this take on a possible alternate history.

Book LIE

    LIE

    Book Details:
  • Author : Caroline Bock
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
  • Release : 2011-08-30
  • ISBN : 1429984414
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book LIE written by Caroline Bock and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody knows, nobody's talking. . . . Seventeen-year-old Skylar Thompson is being questioned by the police. Her boyfriend, Jimmy, stands accused of brutally assaulting two young El Salvadoran immigrants from a neighboring town, and she's the prime witness. Skylar is keeping quiet about what she's seen, but how long can she keep it up? But Jimmy was her savior. . . . When her mother died, he was the only person who made her feel safe, protected from the world. But when she begins to appreciate the enormity of what has happened, especially when Carlos Cortez, one of the victims, steps up to demand justice, she starts to have second thoughts about protecting Jimmy. Jimmy's accomplice, Sean, is facing his own moral quandary. He's out on bail and has been offered a plea in exchange for testifying against Jimmy. The truth must be told. . . . Sean must decide whether or not to turn on his friend in order to save himself. But most important, both he and Skylar need to figure out why they would follow someone like Jimmy in the first place.

Book The Geophysical Magazine

Download or read book The Geophysical Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Structural Lie

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  • Author : Charles C. Lemert
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2015-12-22
  • ISBN : 1317251342
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book Structural Lie written by Charles C. Lemert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Structural Lie tackles one of social science's most mysterious problems. How is it possible to derive statements about the grand structures of social life from their effects in the small movements of everyday life? Prominent sociologist Charles Lemert shows how Marx and Freud provide some answers to this question. Marx derived from the commodity his picture of the capitalist system, Freud diagnosed the character of psyches from the details of dreams, slips and jokes. This wonderfully readable and engaging book lays the foundation for a new social science in an age where a microchip can convey a world of information.

Book  All Governments Lie

Download or read book All Governments Lie written by Myra MacPherson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boasting equal parts scholarship and style, "All Governments Lie" is a highly readable, groundbreaking, and timely look at I. F. Stone -- one of America's most independent and revered journalists, whose work carries the same immediacy it did almost a half century ago, highlighting the ever-present need for dissenting voices. In the world of Washington political journalism, notorious for trading independence for access, I. F. "Izzy" Stone was so unique as to be a genuine wonder. Always skeptical -- "All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out," he memorably quipped -- Stone was ahead of the pack on the most pivotal twentieth-century trends: the rise of Hitler and Fascism, disastrous Cold War foreign policies, covert actions of the FBI and CIA, the greatness of the Civil Rights movement, the horror of Vietnam, the strengths and weaknesses of the antiwar movement, the disgrace of Iran-contra, and the class greed of Reaganomics. His constant barrage against J. Edgar Hoover earned him close monitoring by the FBI from the Great Depression through the Vietnam War, and even an investigation for espionage during the fifties. After making his mark on feisty New York dailies and in The Nation -- scoring such scoops as the discovery of American cartels doing business with Nazi Germany -- Stone became unemployable during the dark days of McCarthyism. Out of desperation he started his four-page I. F. Stone's Weekly, which ran from 1953 to 1971. The first journalist to label the Gulf of Tonkin affair a sham excuse to escalate the Vietnam War, Stone garnered worldwide fans, was read in the corridors of power, and became wealthy. Later, the "world's oldest living freshman" learned Greek to write his bestseller The Trial of Socrates. Here, for the first time, acclaimed journalist and author Myra MacPherson brings the legendary Stone into sharp focus. Rooted in fifteen years of research, this monumental biography includes information from newly declassified international documents and Stone's unpublished five-thousand-page FBI file, as well as personal interviews with Stone and his wife, Esther; with famed modern thinkers; and with the best of today's journalists. It illuminates the vast sweep of turbulent twentieth-century history as well as Stone's complex and colorful life. The result is more than a masterful portrait of a remarkable character; it's a far-reaching assessment of journalism and its role in our culture.

Book Lie Hunter

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Craig
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2023-07-05
  • ISBN : 1923004018
  • Pages : 191 pages

Download or read book Lie Hunter written by David Craig and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-07-05 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever been lied to? Ever told a lie? Everybody lies. Lying is part of our every-day lives and it’s not all bad. But when lies are told with the intent to harm, recognising the deception is a crucial skill we can all use. Dr David Craig has written an easy-to-read and practical book that will help you kick-start your own ‘lie detecting’ ability and provide you with cutting-edge lie detection skills you can use straight away. From the common situations of bargaining, making a purchase, or dealing with children through to the more serious business of negotiating a contract or identifying infidelity, he delivers simple but effective tips and techniques to see behind the facade and get to the truth. This book provides you with valuable insights into lying that you can use immediately. Read it and benefit by applying your ‘Human Lie Detector’ skills to your day-to-day life. David Craig achieved his doctorate in law by completing an international comparative analysis of the world’s leading undercover programs – where detecting lies can be a matter of life and death. As a senior Australian Federal Police Agent (AFP), David led areas in Counter Terrorism, Intelligence and Covert Operations in Australia and overseas. With both academic and real-world experience in Hunting Lies, there’s no one better placed to assist everyday people and law enforcement professionals to rapidly become Human Lie detectors.

Book Lie Detecting 101

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Craig
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2015-01-06
  • ISBN : 1632200228
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book Lie Detecting 101 written by David Craig and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lying is a normal part of human communication and is sometimes necessary to protect someone’s feelings, but there are also malicious lies meant to deceive, cheat, and defraud. You can’t always rely on what comes out of someone’s mouth. It doesn’t take mind reading superpowers to be able to tell when someone is lying—but it does take special skills and a little practice. In Lie Detecting 101, international expert in undercover operations Dr. David Craig provides readers with an easy-to-follow guide on applying lie-detection skills to your everyday life. From the simple skills of bargaining, making a purchase, or dealing with children, to the more serious business of negotiating a contract or identifying infidelity, Craig delivers simple but effective tips and techniques we can all use to see behind the façade and get to the truth. Lie Detecting 101 is the culmination of over twenty years of practical criminology and hundreds of hours of academic research. Split into three parts, the book looks at understanding lies and how to detect lies, and includes an easy reference section that summarizes all the main points. With full-color photographs and practical examples, Lie Detecting 101 provides anyone with the tools to be a human lie detector. The mystery of what a person is really thinking is finally unlocked in this fascinating and informative book.

Book Lie Catcher

Download or read book Lie Catcher written by David Craig and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International undercover expert and criminologist Dr David Craig gives us an easy-to-read, light-hearted guide that demonstrates through practical examples how to apply lie detecting skills in our day-to-day lives. From bargaining, making a purchase, negotiating a business contract, dealing with children to identifying infidelity, he delivers simple but effective tips and techniques we can all use to see behind the facade and get to the truth.

Book Oriental Explorations and Studies

Download or read book Oriental Explorations and Studies written by American Geographical Society of New York and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: