Download or read book Born Liars written by Ian Leslie and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2011-05-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lying is an intrinsic part of our social fabric, but it is also a deeply problematic and misunderstood aspect of what makes us human. Ian Leslie takes us on a fascinating journey that makes us question not only our own relationship to the truth, but also virtually every daily encounter we have. On the way he dissects the history of the lie detector, how parents affect their children’s attitude to lying (and vice versa), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, the philosophical ambiguity of telling the truth, Bill Clinton’s presentational prowess, Wonder Woman’s lasso of truth, and why we should be wary of anyone with more than 150 Facebook friends. Born Liars is thought-provoking, anecdotally driven narrative nonfiction at its best. Ian Leslie’s intoxicating blend of anthropology, biology, cultural history, philosophy, and popular psychology belies a serious central message: that humans have evolved and thrived in large part because of their ability to deceive.

Download or read book Dirty Rotten Liar written by Noire and published by Dafina. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mink LaRue decides she needs to treat herself, and to treat herself, she needs money. To get some, she and friend Dy-Nasty Jenkins decide to embezzle from a super-rich Dominican oil family, after all, what could possibly go wrong with that plan? When Mink is called home to her sickly mothers bedside, Dy-Nasty is left to complete the con on her own. Unfortunately, it would be fair to say that Dy-Nasty isn't the best mathematician. Will she manage to pull it off? Or will she land herself, and Mink, in a lot of trouble with people who have the resources to make a lone girl disappear.

Download or read book Sexy Little Liar written by Noire and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Urban erotica has never been hotter!" --Nikki Turner She seduced Texas's richest oil family out of a fortune. But now petty thief and ex-stripper Mink LaRue has a rival for the ultimate temptation. . . It didn't take long for Mink to blow all the money she conned pretending to be missing oil heiress Sable Dominion. And now that a sweet chunk of the huge Dominion family trust fund is up for grabs, nothing can stop her from going for even more. Trouble is, her drug-dealing ex-boyfriend and the Dominion's irresistible eldest son, Barron, as well as his scheming fiancée, want to take Mink down in as many ways as possible. But her most dangerous opposition is the new pretender who's come to town. . .and she looks--and lies--exactly like Mink! Now, if the sexy little liar is going to come out on top, she'll have to make friends out of enemies and click up with a few very powerful haters. And knowing the insatiable Mink, she'll gamble everything to keep her conniving house of cards from tumbling all the way down. . . "This is top-of-the-line street lit." --Library Journal on Natural Born Liar (starred review)

Download or read book Natural Born Liar written by Noire and published by Dafina Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mink LaRue realizes she resembles a missing oil heiress, she travels to Dallas, pretending to be the daughter to try to cash in.

Download or read book The Truth About Lies written by Aja Raden and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do you believe what you believe? You’ve been lied to. Probably a lot. We’re always stunned when we realize we’ve been deceived. We can’t believe we were fooled: What was I thinking? How could I have believed that? We always wonder why we believed the lie. But have you ever wondered why you believe the truth? People tell you the truth all the time, and you believe them; and if, at some later point, you’re confronted with evidence that the story you believed was indeed true, you never wonder why you believed it in the first place. In this incisive and insightful taxonomy of lies and liars, New York Times bestselling author Aja Raden makes the surprising claim that maybe you should. Buttressed by history, psychology, and science, The Truth About Lies is both an eye-opening primer on con-artistry—from pyramid schemes to shell games, forgery to hoaxes—and also a telescopic view of society through the mechanics of belief: why we lie, why we believe, and how, if at all, the acts differ. Through wild tales of cons and marks, Raden examines not only how lies actually work, but also why they work, from the evolutionary function of deception to what it reveals about our own. In her previous book, Stoned, Raden asked, “What makes a thing valuable?” In The Truth About Lies, she asks “What makes a thing real?” With cutting wit and a deft touch, Raden untangles the relationship of truth to lie, belief to faith, and deception to propaganda. The Truth About Lies will change everything you thought you knew about what you know, and whether you ever really know it.

Download or read book The Business written by Martina Cole and published by Headline. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this life, you fight dirty to survive. THE BUSINESS by the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole is an unflinching novel that exposes a world that many would rather ignore... Imelda Dooley has made a big mistake. Pregnant, alone and scared, she starts down a trail of lies and destruction that will wreck the lives of all who try to love her. As Imelda brings her daughter Jordanna into the world, followed by her son Kenny, she takes them with her into the dark underworld of drugs, prostitution and violence. But all actions have consequences. The only question is, who will face them? For more novels that will take you deep into the dark and dangerous criminal underworld, check out Martina Cole's THE GRAFT, THE LIFE and REVENGE

Download or read book Sometimes I Lie written by Alice Feeney and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALICE FEENEYS NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Boldly plotted, tightly knotted—a provocative true-or-false thriller that deepens and darkens to its ink-black finale. Marvelous.” —AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

Download or read book Red Hot Liar written by Noire and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former stripper turned oil dynasty heiress is hustling her way to the jackpot in this urban erotic novel by the #1 Essence bestselling author of G-Spot. Former Harlem stripper Mink LaRue seduced her way into a Dallas oil dynasty. Now, as an heiress to the Dominion family's billions, the expert con-mami is living a life of easy money, fine whips, and sparkling jewels. But she'll need to come out of a whole new trick bag in order to throw shade on her sizzling swerve with Suge, her uncle-by-marriage only. Meanwhile, Suge is going toe-to-toe with the Dominion's oldest adversary, whose shameless mudslinging could cast dirt on their family name and ruin their good fortune forever. His chosen ally is a gorgeous ex-girlfriend—a woman Mink will need her every conniving wile to out-score. But scandalous secrets that could change con-mami Mink's life forever are just about to boil over . . . “Urban erotica has never been hotter!” —Nikki Turner

Download or read book I m a Born Liar written by Federico Fellini and published by . This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published on the 10th anniversary of Federico Fellini's death and in conjunction with the release of Pettigrew's film of the same name, "I'm a Born Liar" provides rare insight into one of the world's most innovative and influential directors.

Download or read book The Just and the Unjust written by Vaughan Kester and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Just and the Unjust' is a tale of friendship, betrayal, and justice in a small town in Ohio. John North, the charming and impulsive protagonist, must navigate treacherous waters as he gambles away his inheritance and sets out to make a fortune to win the heart of his true love. But when his best friend, the drunken lawyer Marshall Langham, becomes embroiled in a deadly scheme to pay off his debts, John must choose between loyalty and the greater good.

Download or read book Almost Starring Skinnybones written by Barbara Park and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you thought Junie B. Jones was funny—catch more laughs from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Park with the hilarious sequel to Skinnybones—just right for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and I Funny! And the award goes to…Alex Frankovitch! Roll out the red carpet! Alex “Skinnybones” Frankovitch is about to become a HUGE star—in his very own TV commercial! But Alex’s plans for stardom go HORRIBLY wrong. Forget fame and fortune—his friends think he’s a FLOP! And his fan club only has two members—a cat and a drooling toddler. Can Alex figure out another way to get his name in lights? Or is this star going to crash and burn? “Skinnybones equals tickled funny bones.” —Booklist “Young Alex ‘Skinnybones’ Frankovitch finally gets his chance to become a Big Celebrity…in this amusing follow-up to Skinnybones.” —Publishers Weekly “Once again demonstrating her remarkable ear for dialogue, [Barbara Park] also shows a good sense of timing in this fast-paced outing.” —School Library Journal

Download or read book Places written by Setouchi Jakuchō and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Few authors have led as storied a life as Setouchi Jakuchō. Writer, translator, feminist, peace activist, Buddhist nun . . . even this list cannot contain the impressive sweep of her career. Along the way she has also been daughter, wife, mother, mistress, lover, role model, and femme fatale. Through each twist and turn, she has reacted with both feisty verve and self-reproving reflection. Basho (Places), superbly translated here by Liza Dalby, enjoins readers to accompany the author as she travels again over the familiar terrain of her life story, journeying through the places where she once lived, loved, suffered, and learned.” —from the Foreword by Rebecca L. Copeland In this scintillating work of autobiographical fiction, Setouchi Jakuchō recalls with almost photographic clarity scenes from her past: growing up in the Tokushima countryside in the 1920s, the daughter of a craftsman, and in Tokyo as a young student experiencing the heady freedom of college life; escaping to Kyoto at the end of a disastrous arranged marriage and an ill-starred love affair before returning to Tokyo, with its lively community of artists and writers, to establish herself as a novelist. Throughout, Jakuchō is propelled by a burning desire to write and to make a living as a writer. Her memories, sharp and clear, also provide a fascinating picture of everyday life in Japan in the years surrounding World War II.

Download or read book The Night Life of the Gods written by Thorne Smith and published by eNet Press. This book was released on 1942 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We meet this affluent bachelor, the epitome of a 'mad' scientist, as he adventures to delights with his leprechaun girlfriend. After transforming statues into people (and vice versa) in his home town, he moves to the Greek gods in the Metropolitan Museum. You'll have quite a few laughs mixed in with social commentary. Read it.

Download or read book Serial Killers Up Close and Personal written by Christopher Berry-Dee and published by Ulysses Press. This book was released on 2007-07-28 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides statements and quotes from a number of convicted serial killers in an effort to understand the homicidal mind.

Download or read book Discovering Body Language written by Alan Elangovan and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2024-05-01 with total page 1177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Discovering Body Language (DBL): For Your EYES Only” is a classic; it gives a timeless message about the use of body language in different circumstances. The book surmises both the positive and negative messages that people portray through the course of conversation. The aim of this book is to sharpen your eyes to see the hidden. A lot of people do not know the signs of deception even if they are glaring and that is why such individuals fall prey of unwanted circumstances. If you make this book your companion, then it becomes your inner sight to have a thorough understanding of people’s thoughts and intents towards you. This book only discusses an aspect of the areas covered in The Encyclopedia of Body Language, a best-seller by the author. In the latter, the author holistically x-rayed all aspects of body language and readers can convert body language knowledge to profit. It is a book that sets captives of communication free. The greatest giveaway of this book is that you will know how to read body language effectively. The author does not offer limited knowledge here. Rather, he gives every reader the master key to make informed decisions by listening to the body language of their co-interlocutors.

Download or read book Other Voices Other Rooms written by Truman Capote and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truman Capote’s first novel is a story of almost supernatural intensity and inventiveness, an audacious foray into the mind of a sensitive boy as he seeks out the grown-up enigmas of love and death in the ghostly landscape of the deep South. “Intense, brilliant . . . . Capote has an astonishing command . . . a magic all his own.” —The Atlantic At the age of twelve, Joel Knox is summoned to meet the father who abandoned him at birth. But when Joel arrives at the decaying mansion in Skully’s Landing, his father is nowhere in sight. What he finds instead is a sullen stepmother who delights in killing birds; an uncle with the face—and heart—of a debauched child; and a fearsome little girl named Idabel who may offer him the closest thing he has ever known to love.

Download or read book The Just and the Unjust EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition written by Vaughan Kester and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: