The Concise Book of Lying,9780374128685

The Concise Book of Lying

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ISBN13: 9780374128685
ISBN10: 0374128685
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-08-01
Publisher(s): Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Summary

Sullivan tackles this most pervasive of sins, using history and mythology, anecdote and analysis, to shed light on our long relationship with deception. Touching on philosophy, literature, history, and psychology, this is an exquisitely stylish tour of the realm of trickery.

Author Biography

Evelin Sullivan is the author of four novels, including The Dead Magician and The Correspondence. Born and raised in Munich, she lives in Redwood City and teaches technical writing at Stanford University

Table of Contents

Prologue xi
In the Beginning
The Bible: A Casebook
3(26)
Deception at First Light
29(26)
The Anatomy of Lying
Why Liars Lie
55(31)
How to Weave, and Sell, a Tangled Web
86(32)
The High Cost of Lying
118(33)
The Lying Mind
Liars, Liars, Liars!
151(11)
Deep Down, I Knew...
162(27)
Lie Detection Modern and Ancient
The APEX Truth Meter®
189(22)
The Ordeal
211(18)
Lying to the Enemy
Generals, Greeks, and Other Liars
229(25)
The Briar Patch Revisited
254(19)
Even Educated Flies Do It
273(20)
Epilogue 293(2)
Notes 295(18)
Bibliography 313(8)
Acknowledgments 321(2)
Index 323

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