The Encyclopaedia Of Liars And Deceivers

Author : Roelf Bolt
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780233123

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The Encyclopaedia of Liars and Deceivers by Roelf Bolt Pdf

George Washington may never have told a lie, but he may be the only person—our history is littered with liars, deceivers, fraudsters, counterfeiters, and unfaithful lovers. The Encyclopaedia of Liars and Deceivers gathers 150 of them, each entry telling the intriguing tale of the liar’s motives and the people who fell for the lies. To collect these stories of deceit, Roelf Bolt travels from ancient times to the present day, documenting a huge assortment of legerdemain: infamous quacks, fraudulent scientists, crooks who committed “pseudocides” by faking their own deaths, and forgers of artworks, design objects, archaeological finds, and documents. From false royal claims, fake dragon’s eggs, and bogus perpetual motion machines to rare books, mermaid skeletons, and Stradivari violins, Bolt reveals that almost everything has been forged or faked by someone at some point in history. His short, accessible narratives in each entry offer biographies and general observations on specific categories of deceit, and Bolt captures an impressive number of famous figures—including Albert Einstein, Cicero, Ptolemy, Ernest Hemingway, François Mitterand, and Marco Polo—as well as people who would have remained anonymous had their duplicity not come to light. Funny, shocking, and even awe-inspiring, the stories of deception in this catalog of shame make The Encyclopaedia of Liars and Deceivers the perfect gift for all those who enjoy a good tall tale—and those people who like to tell them.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 918 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : HARVARD:HN5VVI

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : NYPL:33433082033352

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The Encyclopædia Britannica by Anonim Pdf

Author : Timothy R. Levine
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1104 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483388984

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Encyclopedia of Deception by Timothy R. Levine Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Deception examines lying from multiple perspectives drawn from the disciplines of social psychology, sociology, history, business, political science, cultural anthropology, moral philosophy, theology, law, family studies, evolutionary biology, philosophy, and more. From the “little white lie,” to lying on a resume, to the grandiose lies of presidents, this two-volume reference explores the phenomenon of lying in a multidisciplinary context to elucidate this common aspect of our daily lives. Not only a cultural phenomenon historically, lying is a frequent occurrence in our everyday lives. Research shows that we are likely to lie or intentionally deceive others several times a day or in one out of every four conversations that lasts more than 10 minutes. Key Features: More than 360 authored by key figures in the field are organized A-to-Z in two volumes, which are available in both print and electronic formats. Entries are written in a clear and accessible style that invites readers to explore and reflect on the use of lying and self-deception. Each article concludes with cross references to related entries and further readings. This academic, multi-author reference work will serve as a general, non-technical resource for students and researchers within social and behavioral science programs who seek to better understand the historical role of lying and how it is employed in modern society.

Author : Andrew Hadfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780192506597

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Lying in Early Modern English Culture by Andrew Hadfield Pdf

Lying in Early Modern English Culture is a major study of ideas of truth and falsehood in early modern England from the advent of the Reformation to the aftermath of the failed Gunpowder Plot. The period is characterised by panic and chaos when few had any idea how religious, cultural, and social life would develop after the traumatic division of Christendom. While many saw the need for a secular power to define the truth others declared that their allegiances belonged elsewhere. Accordingly there was a constant battle between competing authorities for the right to declare what was the truth and so label opponents as liars. Issues of truth and lying were, therefore, a constant feature of everyday life and determined ideas of individual identity, politics, speech, sex, marriage, and social behaviour, as well as philosophy and religion. This book is a cultural history of truth and lying from the 1530s to the 1610s, showing how lying needs to be understood in action as well as in theory. Unlike most histories of lying, it concentrates on a series of particular events reading them in terms of academic theories and more popular notions of lying. The book covers a wide range of material such as the trials of Ann Boleyn and Thomas More, the divorce of Frances Howard, and the murder of Anthony James by Annis and George Dell; works of literature such as Othello, The Faerie Queene, A Mirror for Magistrates, and The Unfortunate Traveller; works of popular culture such as the herring pamphlet of 1597; and major writings by Castiglione, Montaigne, Erasmus, Luther, and Tyndale.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1393 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781851096039

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The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890 [3 volumes] by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

This encyclopedia provides a broad, in-depth, and multidisciplinary look at the causes and effects of warfare between whites and Native Americans, encompassing nearly three centuries of history. The Battle of the Wabash: the U.S. Army's single worst defeat at the hands of Native American forces. The Battle of Wounded Knee: an unfortunate, unplanned event that resulted in the deaths of more than 150 Lakota Sioux men, women, and children. These and other engagements between white settlers and Native Americans were events of profound historical significance, resulting in social, political, and cultural changes for both ethnic populations, the lasting effects of which are clearly seen today. The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890: A Political, Social, and Military History provides comprehensive coverage of almost 300 years of North American Indian Wars. Beginning with the first Indian-settler conflicts that arose in the early 1600s, this three-volume work covers all noteworthy battles between whites and Native Americans through the Battle of Wounded Knee in December 1890. The book provides detailed biographies of military, social, religious, and political leaders and covers the social and cultural aspects of the Indian wars. Also supplied are essays on every major tribe, as well as all significant battles, skirmishes, and treaties.

Author : Timothy R. Levine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Deception
ISBN : 1784025763

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Encyclopedia of Deception by Timothy R. Levine Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Deception examines lying from multiple perspectives drawn from the disciplines of social psychology, sociology, history, business, political science, cultural anthropology, moral philosophy, theology, law, family studies, evolutionary biology, philosophy, and more.

Author : Allan J. Lichtman
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781250244413

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Repeal the Second Amendment by Allan J. Lichtman Pdf

A radical case for the repeal of the 2nd Amendment as the only way to control gun violence in America There's an average of one mass shooting per day in the United States. Given the ineffectiveness of the gun control lobby, it's time for a strategy with spine. In Repeal the Second Amendment, Allan J. Lichtman has written the first book that uses history, legal theory and up-to-the-minute data to make a compelling case for the amendment’s repeal in order to create a clear road to sensible gun control in the US. Repeal the Second Amendment explores both the true history and current interpretation of the Second Amendment to expose the NRA’s blatant historical manipulations and irresponsible fake news releases. Lichtman looks at the history of firearms and gun regulations from colonial times to the present to explain how a historically forgotten sentence in the Constitution has become a flash point of recent politics that benefits only the gun industry, their lobbyists, and the politicians on their payroll. He probes court decisions and the effective lobbying and public relations strategies of the gun lobby as well as the ineffectiveness of the gun control movement for lessons in doing better. What emerges is a clear and cogent plan--repeal and replace the Second Amendment without taking guns away from anyone who has them now--to make the US a safer place. It's time to Repeal the Second Amendment, and Allan Lichtman is the man to bring this radical plan to America.

Author : Ian Tattersall,Peter Névraumont
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780316503709

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Hoax: A History of Deception by Ian Tattersall,Peter Névraumont Pdf

An entertaining collection of the most audacious and underhanded deceptions in the history of mankind, from sacred relics to financial schemes to fake art, music, and identities. World history is littered with tall tales and those who have fallen for them. Ian Tattersall, a curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, has teamed up with Peter Névraumont to tell this anti-history of the world, in which Michelangelo fakes a masterpiece; Arctic explorers seek an entrance into a hollow Earth; a Shakespeare tragedy is "rediscovered"; a financial scheme inspires Charles Ponzi; a spirit photographer snaps Abraham Lincoln's ghost; people can survive ingesting only air and sunshine; Edgar Allen Poe is the forefather of fake news; and the first human was not only British but played cricket. Told chronologically, HOAX begins with the first documented announcement of the end of the world in 2800 BC and winds its way through controversial tales such as the Loch Ness Monster and the Shroud of Turin, past proven fakes such as the Thomas Jefferson's ancient wine and the Davenport Tablets built by a lost race, and explores bald-faced lies in the worlds of art, science, literature, journalism, and finance.

Author : Richard Lansing
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2067 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136849718

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Dante Encyclopedia by Richard Lansing Pdf

Available for the first time in paperback, this essential resource presents a systematic introduction to Dante's life and works, his cultural context and intellectual legacy. The only such work available in English, this Encyclopedia: brings together contemporary theories on Dante, summarizing them in clear and vivid prose provides in-depth discussions of the Divine Comedy, looking at title and form, moral structure, allegory and realism, manuscript tradition, and also taking account of the various editions of the work over the centuries contains numerous entries on Dante's other important writings and on the major subjects covered within them addresses connections between Dante and philosophy, theology, poetics, art, psychology, science, and music as well as critical perspective across the ages, from Dante's first critics to the present.

Author : John Henry Augustus Bomberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Religion
ISBN : NYPL:33433068203243

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The Protestant Theological and Ecclesiastical Encyclopedia by John Henry Augustus Bomberger Pdf

Author : Bernie L. Calaway
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781387703142

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History and Mystery: The Complete Eschatological Encyclopedia of Prophecy, Apocalypticism, Mythos, and Worldwide Dynamic Theology Vol 3 by Bernie L. Calaway Pdf

Surely you've lain awake at night to ponder life beyond time? Or dreamed restlessly of those multi-honored beast of Revelation? Or became frustrated because you don't know how to properly use your athame? How about all those times you came across a theological word that battered your brain? No problem. History and Mystery: The Complete Eschatological Encyclopedia of Prophecy, Apocalypticism, Mythos, and Worldwide Dynamic Theology has arrived, Here, just for you, are four volumes of exhaustive information that every student, teacher and interested person everywhere needs to know. Over 8000 defined words and phrases, 60 exploratory essays, and mini-sections of relational materials await. Before you know it, you'll be the best informed reader in your neighborhood and most of the next state over.

Author : George R. Goethals,Georgia J. Sorenson,James MacGregor Burns
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 2120 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-02-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781452265308

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Encyclopedia of Leadership by George R. Goethals,Georgia J. Sorenson,James MacGregor Burns Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Leadership brings together for the first time everything that is known and truly matters about leadership as part of the human experience. Developed by the award-winning editorial team at Berkshire Publishing Group, the Encyclopedia includes hundreds of articles, written by 280 leading scholars and experts from 17 countries, exploring leadership theories and leadership practice. Entries and sidebars show leadership in action - in corporations and state houses, schools, churches, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations.

Author : Thomas Spencer Baynes,William Robertson Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : NYPL:33433000975130

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica by Thomas Spencer Baynes,William Robertson Smith Pdf

Author : Thomas Spencer Baynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : MSU:31293008243713

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The Encyclopedia Britannica by Thomas Spencer Baynes Pdf