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1	Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, & Marriage more books like this by Paul Ekman add to wishlist From breaking the law to breaking a promise, how do people lie and how can they be caught? Ekman study describes how lies vary in form and can differ from other types of misinformation, as well as how a person's body language, voice, and facial expressions can give away a lie but still escape detection. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
2	The Secret Between Us more books like this by Barbara Delinsky add to wishlist This "New York Times" bestseller tells an unforgettable story about making bad choices for the right reasons, and the terrible consequences of a lie gone wrong. Delinsky delivers a riveting study of family and a superbly crafted, thought-provoking, novel. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals; With, on a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic C more books like this by Immanuel Kant add to wishlist This expanded edition of James Ellington's preeminent translation of Grounding of the Metaphysics of Morals includes his new translation of Kant's essay 'On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns', in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory as presented in the main text: that it requires us to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.49! \| first editions
4	unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation more books like this by Brooks Jackson, Kathleen Hall Jamieson add to wishlist From the creators of FactCheck.org comes a practical guide to exposing the tricks of the disinformation trade and finding facts in a world of spin. see all copies from $3.70! new only from $6.18! \| SVS
5	On Bullshit more books like this by Harry G Frankfurt add to wishlist One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it. So the phenomenon has not aroused much deliberate concern ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	You Can Read Anyone: Never Be Fooled, Lied To, or Taken Advantage of Again more books like this by Dr. David J Lieberman, Ph.D. add to wishlist Have you ever wished you could peer into someone's mind to find out what he or she is really thinking? Now you can...really. This book is not a collection of recycled ideas about body language. It does not suggest that a woman's hairstyle will give us unprecedented access into her soul, neither does it draw wildly ambiguous generalities about ... see all copies from $6.60! new only from $8.24! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Never Be Lied to Again: How to Get the Truth in 5 Minutes or Less in Any Conversation or Situation more books like this by Dr. David J Lieberman, Ph.D. add to wishlist The author shows how a person's body language, word choice, sentence structure, and facial expression reveal whether they are lying or telling the truth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.17! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life more books like this by Sissela BOK add to wishlist A thoughtful addition to the growing debate over public and private morality. Looks at lying and deception in law, family, medicine, government. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.30! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships more books like this by Robert Feldman add to wishlist One of the nation's leading authorities on lying reveals the prevalence of deception, and examines how it has come to dominate the modern culture. see all copies from $12.45! new only from $13.55! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Telling Each Other the Truth more books like this by Dr. William Backus, PH.D. add to wishlist In his bestselling Telling Yourself the Truth, William Backus showed that biblical truth, properly believed and used, has power to bring emotional health to people. Now in Telling Each Other the Truth, he demonstrates that truth can also heal relationships. Truth heals the hurts between people as well as the hurts inside them. Developing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Accidental more books like this by Ali Smith add to wishlist Winner of the Whitbread Award for best novel and praised for her "style, ideas, and punch" (Jeanette Winterson), Smith has produced a novel at once profound, playful, and exhilaratingly inventive, as she transfixes readers with a portrait of a family unraveled by a mysterious visitor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir more books like this by Lauren Slater add to wishlist LYING is a memoir torn between honesty and aggrandizement in describing the slippery effects of epilepsy that Slater experienced (or didn't) during her adolescence and young adulthood. A unique spin on the memoir, it emphasizes the 'creative' part of creative nonfiction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Hopeless Romantic more books like this by Harriet Evans add to wishlist The author of "Going Home" presents an irresistibly engaging new novel about a romantic young woman who suffers severe heartbreak and swears off love--only to risk her chance at happiness with a truly amazing man. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	How to Spot a Liar: Why People Don't Tell the Truth ... and How You Can Catch Them (Easyread Large Edition) more books like this by Gregory Hartley add to wishlist Hartley, a decorated military interrogator for 16 years, shares the scientific process for getting the truth from others in this resource. The tips can be used in project management, contract negotiations, and to resolve conflict and prevail. see all copies from $3.55! new only from $6.99! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Dance of Deception: A Guide to Authenticity and Truth-Telling in Women's Relationships more books like this by Harriet Goldhor Lerner, PH.D. add to wishlist Pretending, says Harriet Lerner, is so closely associated with femininity that it is, quite simply, what the culture teaches women to do. Truth-telling is, on the other hand, closely linked to whatever is most essential in people's lives. It is the foundation of authenticity, self-regard, intimacy, integrity and joy. In this book, Dr Lerner first ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society more books like this by Farhad Manjoo add to wishlist Why has punditry lately overtaken news? Why do lies seem to linger so long in the cultural subconscious even after they've been thoroughly discredited? And why, when more people than ever before are documenting the truth with laptops and digital cameras, does fact-free spin and propaganda seem to work so well? "True Enough" explores leading ... see all copies from $9.44! new only from $15.06! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Why Kids Lie: How Parents Can Encourage Truthfulness more books like this by Paul Ekman add to wishlist Children tell a variety of lies, from little white lies to boasting and bragging, to the outright concealing of information, and they do so for a number of different reasons. Dr. Ekman explains what motivates children to lie, how lying changes at different ages, and how a child prepares a lie. Dr. Ekman tells parents how they can encourage ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	Lies more books like this by Al Franken add to wishlist Former Saturday Night Live writer and popular radio host Al Franken directs his satiric skills at two large targets: the George W. Bush administration and the right-wing media embodied by Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and others. While Franken is as outrageous here as he was in his previous RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS, he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Radical Honesty How to Transform Your Life by Telling the Truth more books like this by Brad Blanton, Ph.D. add to wishlist In this revolutionary guide, a renowned Gestalt therapist explains how the power of Radical Honesty can be used to reduce stress and anxiety, overcome depression, foster passionate and intimate relationships, and more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Book Against God more books like this by James Wood add to wishlist While his marriage breaks up and his career as a professor gets increasingly iffier, Thomas Bunting is supposedly working on his dissertation, but what he's really doing is writing a book about atheism called THE BOOK AGAINST GOD (or BAG). When he returns to the tiny village where he grew up to see his ailing father--a Christian priest--and maybe ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Two truths and a lie more books like this by Katrina Kittle add to wishlist Dair Canard, a zookeeper and amateur actress, becomes a sleuth after two members of her local Cincinnati theater community die suspiciously. As she searches for the truth, Dair must come to terms with some lies she has told in the past, one of which threatens her relationship with her husband. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Harmless more books like this by Dana Reinhardt add to wishlist Anna, Emma, and Mariah concoct a story about why they're late getting home one night--a RharmlessS little lie. Suddenly the police are involved, and a man is arrested and accused of a crime that never happened. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Fabulist more books like this by Stephen Glass add to wishlist A rollicking, riveting tour de force that does for the media business what "Primary Colors" did for politics, and promises to be one of the most talked about and controversial books of the year. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Truth about Lying: How to Spot a Lie and Protect Yourself from Deception more books like this by Stan Walters add to wishlist Based on the same methods used by law enforcement professionals but appropriate for everyday interactions, the skills and techniques promoted by Walters can be applied to spot a liar and get the truth. The author was a "Dateline NBC" consultant on the Jon-Benet Ramsey Case. see all copies from $6.99! new only from $14.15! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Varnished Truth more books like this by David Nyberg add to wishlist Everyone says that lying is wrong. But when we say that lying is bad and hurtful and that we would never intentionally tell a lie, are we really deceiving anyone? In this wise and insightful book, David Nyberg exposes the tacit truth underneath our collective pretense and reveals that an occasional lie can be helpful, healthy, creative, and, in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.93! \| first editions \| SVS

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