This book delves into how organizations and interest groups lure us into solving the "wrong problems" with intricate, but inaccurate, solutions. Considering the media, healthcare, national security, academia, and organized religion, the authors argue that we can never be sure if…
"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. This provides readers with an easy-to-follow guide on applying lie detection skills to your everyday life. From bargaining, making a purcha…
"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. This provides readers with an easy-to-follow guide on applying lie detection skills to your everyday life. From bargaining, making a purcha…
"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. This provides readers with an easy-to-follow guide on applying lie detection skills to your everyday life. From bargaining, making a purcha…
No matter what your profession or life circumstances, you need the skills to take control of a situation, detect deception, and reveal the truth. This book will help you deal with that salesperson trying to rip you off, the kid bullying your child who claims innocence, a cheatin…
"Lena wrote You're Lying! because no matter what your profession or life circumstances, you need the skills to take control of a situation, detect deception, and reveal the truth. While you probably won't ever have to interrogate a detainee who doesn't want to tell you about an …
"Lena wrote You're Lying! because no matter what your profession or life circumstances, you need the skills to take control of a situation, detect deception, and reveal the truth. While you probably won't ever have to interrogate a detainee who doesn't want to tell you about an …
"The 36 Stratagems is a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics and in war, as well as in civilian life, often through unorthodox means. Approximately 300 years ago an unknown scholar compiled the stratagems, a strangely seductive meditation on d…
The Trickster Revisited: Deception as a Motif in the Pentateuch explores the use of deception in the Pentateuch and uncovers a new understanding of the trickster’s function in the Hebrew Bible. While traditional readings often «whitewash» the biblical characters, exonerating the…
An introduction to the problem of deception -- Introduction -- History of the problem -- Gunkel and the savage mind -- Comparative approach -- Source critical approach -- The trickster in anthropology -- The rise of anthropology and its use in biblical studies -- Cross-cultural …
The Trickster Revisited: Deception as a Motif in the Pentateuch explores the use of deception in the Pentateuch and uncovers a new understanding of the trickster's function in the Hebrew Bible. While traditional readings often "whitewash" the biblical characters, exonerating the…