Private Lies

Author : Frank Pittman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393307078
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Private Lies written by Frank Pittman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1990-11-06 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infidelity is the most common major crisis of marriage. In this wise book, a psychiatrist and family therapist discusses four kinds of infidelity, why they happen, and what they mean.

Author : Timur Kuran
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674248139
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Private Truths, Public Lies written by Timur Kuran and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-16 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preference falsification, according to the economist Timur Kuran, is the act of misrepresenting one's wants under perceived social pressures. It happens frequently in everyday life, such as when we tell the host of a dinner party that we are enjoying the food when we actually find it bland. In Private Truths, Public Lies Kuran argues convincingly that the phenomenon not only is ubiquitous but has huge social and political consequences. Drawing on diverse intellectual traditions, including those rooted in economics, psychology, sociology, and political science, Kuran provides a unified theory of how preference falsification shapes collective decisions, orients structural change, sustains social stability, distorts human knowledge, and conceals political possibilities. A common effect of preference falsification is the preservation of widely disliked structures. Another is the conferment of an aura of stability on structures vulnerable to sudden collapse. When the support of a policy, tradition, or regime is largely contrived, a minor event may activate a bandwagon that generates massive yet unanticipated change. In distorting public opinion, preference falsification also corrupts public discourse and, hence, human knowledge. So structures held in place by preference falsification may, if the condition lasts long enough, achieve increasingly genuine acceptance. The book demonstrates how human knowledge and social structures co-evolve in complex and imperfectly predictable ways, without any guarantee of social efficiency. Private Truths, Public Lies uses its theoretical argument to illuminate an array of puzzling social phenomena. They include the unexpected fall of communism, the paucity, until recently, of open opposition to affirmative action in the United States, and the durability of the beliefs that have sustained India's caste system.

Author : Wendy Etherington
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1460371941
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Private Lies written by Wendy Etherington and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Roxanne Lewis wants is a normal life with her perfectly ordinary, perfectly sexy fiancé, Gage Dabon. With her family full of cops, she has no desire for a husband who risks his neck every day. But when she discovers Gage is a Secret Service agent and not the subdued, buttoned-down banker she fell in love with, she's furious— and determined to show him that two can play at that game.… Donning a sexpot disguise of her own, Roxanne confronts Gage on the job but unwittingly becomes involved in his major counterfeit sting operation. Now she has to play Gage's hot-to-trot lover—or risk blowing his cover. Although it isn't long before she sees the benefits of all the undercover work!

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 1410355918
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Study Guide for Bobbie Ann Mason's "Private Lies" written by Gale, Cengage Learning and published by Gale, Cengage Learning . This book was released on 2016 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Study Guide for Bobbie Ann Mason's "Private Lies," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.

Author : T. E. Woods
Publisher : Alibi
ISBN 13 : 0399182004
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Private Lies written by T. E. Woods and published by Alibi. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All her life, Midwest restaurateur Sydney Richardson has been searching for answers about her past. Now, in this riveting thriller, the truth hits home—with a vengeance. Billy Tremble thought he had finally made it out of the skids. He was happy to share his good fortune with his less fortunate friends . . . and that’s why he ended up dead. Sydney Richardson’s enjoying a rare night out in her hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, when she learns that one of her friends has been shot. Rick Sheffield thought he was staking out a drug deal; turns out he had a front-row seat to a million-dollar cash drop gone wrong. Meanwhile, at a construction site across town, a young vagrant is killed execution-style after spreading some serious wealth among his street friends. Sydney sees no reason to link the shootings—until the money disappears from the evidence locker, resulting in the release of the suspect in the first shooting and the suspension of the detective investigating the second. Determined to connect the dots herself, Sydney uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy tying a respectable local family to the Chicago underworld. But what frightens her most is the fact that the trail of blood leads to the decades-old cold case that has haunted Sydney’s every move: her father’s murder. Don’t miss any of the gripping Hush Money mysteries from T. E. Woods: HUSH MONEY | BAD GIRL | PRIVATE LIES And look for the Justice series: THE FIXER | THE RED HOT FIX | THE UNFORGIVABLE FIX | FIXED IN BLOOD | FIXED IN FEAR | DEAD END FIX Praise for the first Sydney Richardson novel, Hush Money “A sleek, delicious new mystery novel . . . With a smorgasbord of suspects and friends, a main course of action and suspense, and a side order of hot romance, T. E. Woods has delivered the perfect menu for the most discerning mystery lovers. I can’t wait for a second helping. Bon appétit!”—Tom Savage, USA Today bestselling author of the Nora Baron series “Told with skill and gritty sympathy for its imperiled characters . . . Hush Money is a compelling look into a strong-willed woman looking out for her own in the face of evil. Woods is the real deal.”—Tom Shawver, author of the Rare Book Mystery series “Veteran crime writer and clinical psychologist T. E. Woods serves up a rich cast of characters, myriad motives, and a complex plot, making Hush Money deeply satisfying.”—Eve Karlin, author of City of Liars and Thieves

Author : L TAYLOR
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244997314
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NOT SO PRIVATE LIVES written by L TAYLOR and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Not So Private Lives' is the story of the players in a local Amateur Dramatic Society group.The cantankerous Eric has been acting for decades and Sheila has known him for as long. He just loves to stir up trouble and to criticise! Ann, married to stage electrician and handyman Geoff, is horrified to hear of her indiscretion played out over a loud speaker at the close of the performance of a Shakespearean play that she has been directing! Peter is producing two plays for their next show and John T-sets and props creator-has the task of building two sets of scenery for different eras.. This is just a taster of the fun to come!

Author : Frank S. Pittman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Private Lies written by Frank S. Pittman and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mae Klein Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780445045668
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Private Lies written by Mae Klein Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Kurlansky
Publisher : Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0884489140
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book BIG LIES: from Socrates to Social Media written by Mark Kurlansky and published by Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A KIRKUS' SELECTION FOR BEST TEEN & YA NONFICTION 2022 NAMED ONE OF KIRKUS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 PW HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2022 In his new book for young readers Mark Kurlansky’s lens is the art of the “BIG LIE”, a term coined by Adolf Hitler. Kurlansky has written Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media for the next stewards of our world. It is not only a history-of, but a how-to manual for seeing through Big Lies and thinking critically. Big lies are told by governments, politicians, and corporations to avoid responsibility, cast blame on the innocent, win elections, disguise intent, create chaos, and gain power and wealth. Big lies are as old as civilization. They corrupt public understanding and discourse, turn science upside down, and reinvent history. They prevent humanity from addressing critical challenges. They perpetuate injustices. They destabilize the world. The modern age has provided ever-more-effective ways of spreading lies, but it has also given us the scientific method, which is the most effective tool for finding what is true. In the book’s final chapter, Kurlansky reveals ways to deconstruct an allegation. A scientific theory has to be testable, and so does an allegation. BIG LIES soars across history: alighting on the “noble lies” of Socrates and Plato; Nero blaming Christians for the burning of Rome; the great injustices of the Middle Ages; the big lies of Stalin and Hitler and their terrible consequences; the reckless lies of contemporary demagogues, which are amplified through social media; lies against women and Jews are two examples in the long history of “othering” the vulnerable for personal gain; up to the equal-opportunity spotlight in America. “Belief is a choice,” Kurlansky writes, “and honesty begins in each of us. A lack of caring what is true or false is the undoing of democracy. The alternative to truth is a corrupt state in which the loudest voices and most seductive lies confer power and wealth on grifters and oligarchs. We cannot achieve a healthy planet for all the world’s people if we do not keep asking what is true.”

Author : L. Cliffe
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023059784X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Lying written by L. Cliffe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-03-17 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first attempt to synthesise what is a pervasive phenomenon, and one that is mentioned tangentially in many political analyses, but nowhere receives the systematic and theoretical treatment that its significance to the working of 'democratic' political practice deserves. It will thus be a volume that should interest a range of scholars in government and political theory, in comparative politics and communications.