02324cam a22004814a 4500 94331 94331 76046 BJBSDDR 20230410142349.0 020228r20022001nyua b 001 0 eng 2002025154 0312420471 9780312420475 NLGGC 245392025 YDXCP 1940057 AU@ 000023430964 (OCoLC)ocm49327029 (OCoLC)49327029 DLC DLC PSM BAKER OCLCQ BTCTA YDXCP OCLCG pcc GRAL BF 637 S949c 2002 177/.3 21 Sullivan, Evelin E., 1947- 7718 The concise book of lying / Evelin Sullivan. 1st Picador USA pbk. ed. New York : Picador USA, 2002. xiv, 334 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2001. Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-320) and index. The Bible : a casebook -- Deception at first light -- Why liars lie -- How to weave, and sell, a tangled web -- The high cost of lying -- Liars, liars, liars! -- Deep down, I knew ... -- The APEX Truth Meterª -- The ordeal -- Generals, Greeks, and other liars -- The briar patch revisted -- Even educated flies do it. One bright morning in the third century B.C. the philosopher Diogenes set out with a lantern in search of an honest man. His doomed gesture makes the point clear: in some way or another, we are all liars. In The Concise Book of Lying, professor Sullivan tackles this most pervasive of sins, using history and mythology, anecdote and analysis to shed light#x14;pace the first cynic#x14;on our long relationship with Deception. Truthfulness and falsehood. Deception Social aspects. Truthfulness and falsehood Social aspects. Verdad y mentira. 7719 Verdad y mentira. Aspectos sociales. 7719 Engaño 7722 Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol053/2002025154.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol031/2002025154.html lcc BK PP 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 0 BF 637 S949c 2002 00000067825 2018-11-17 00:00:00 1 2023-04-10 BK