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Investigative reporter Parry details how CW (conventional wisdom) regarding national and international issues is deliberately manipulated, and how journalists find themselves in trouble when they try to go beyond. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Self-deception occurs because we often see the world the way we would like it to be, rather than the way it is. Our brains so long for things the way we want them, we might not even be aware we are fooling ourselves, explains author Harry Triandis, a widely known Professor Emeritus of Psychology. Across cultures and around the world, self-deception is a phenomenon that has subtle and profound effects on everyday life, explains Triandis, also former president of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology. In this work, he not only explains how and why self-deceptions occur in three areas - politics, religion, and terrorism - but also how to recognize and reduce the frequency of fooling ourselves.Insights here include consideration of personal and societal self-deceptions, as well as extensive understanding of how politics, ideologies, and religions can frame reality for each of us in such a way that it is, in our minds, warped so the stage is well-set for self-deception. This text will be of special interest to general readers drawn to politics and religion, as well as scholars of psychology, anthropology, and sociology.

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A revealing look at Wall Street, the financial media, and financial regulators by David Einhorn, the President of Greenlight Capital Could 2008's credit crisis have been minimized or even avoided? In 2002, David Einhorn-one of the country's top investors-was asked at a charity investment conference to share his best investment advice. Short sell Allied Capital. At the time, Allied was a leader in the private financing industry. Einhorn claimed Allied was using questionable accounting practices to prop itself up. Sound familiar? At the time of the original version of Fooling Some of the People All of the Time: A Long Short Story the outcome of his advice was unknown. Now, the story is complete and we know Einhorn was right. In 2008, Einhorn advised the same conference to short sell Lehman Brothers. And had the market been more open to his warnings, yes, the market meltdown might have been avoided, or at least minimized. Details the gripping battle between Allied Capital and Einhorn's Greenlight Capital Illuminates how questionable company practices are maintained and, at times, even protected by Wall Street Describes the failings of investment banks, analysts, journalists, and government regulators Describes how many parts of the Allied Capital story were replayed in the debate over Lehman Brothers Fooling Some of the People All of the Time is an important call for effective government regulation, free speech, and fair play.

Fooling with Words is an intimate, inspirational celebration of language in its most exalted form and of the importance of poetry in our lives today. In dozens of poems and a series of fascinating conversations with poets of all stripes gathered for the acclaimed Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, Fooling with Words brings poetry to life for the reader. Bill Moyers has been covering the poetry beat for more than a decade, and in the fall of 1998 he returned to the Dodge Festival with his public television cameras, capturing the performances of the poets, and, in interviews with them, their dazzling array of images, metaphors, and emotions. Coleman Barks not only reads from his translations of Rumi, but also shares the poems that he wrote in tribute to his "most beautiful granddaughter." Mark Doty talks with Moyers about "poetry's great power to preserve, its ability to take a moment in time and hold it forever." Jane Hirshfield talks about the influence on her poetry of the eight years she studied Zen, including three years in a monastery when she didn't write at all. Moyers listens to these and other poets including Lorna Dee Cervantes, Deborah Garrison, Paul Muldoon, Marge Piercy, Kurtis Lamkin, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Stanley Kunitz, and Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, and weaves another invaluable and enjoyable tapestry of poems with the memorable voices of the poets themselves. Anyone who loves poetry or is seeking a special gift will cherish Fooling with Words.

From the back rooms of New York City’s age-old magic societies to cutting-edge psychology labs, three-card monte games on Canal Street to glossy Las Vegas casinos, Fooling Houdini recounts Alex Stone’s quest to join the ranks of master magicians.As he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture populated by brilliant eccentrics, Stone pulls back the curtain on a community shrouded in secrecy, fueled by obsession and brilliance, and organized around one overriding need: to prove one’s worth by deceiving others.But his journey is more than a tale of tricks, gigs, and geeks. By investing some of the lesser-known corners of psychology, neuroscience, physics, history, and even crime, all through the lens of trickery and illusion, Fooling Houdini arrives at a host of startling revelations about how the mind works--and why, sometimes, it doesn’t.

Self-deception occurs because we often see the world the way we would like it to be, rather than the way it is. Our brains so long for things the way we want them, we might not even be aware we are fooling ourselves, explains author Harry Triandis, a widely known Professor Emeritus of Psychology. Across cultures and around the world, self-deception is a phenomenon that has subtle and profound effects on everyday life, explains Triandis, also former president of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology. In this work, he not only explains how and why self-deceptions occur in three areas - politics, religion, and terrorism - but also how to recognize and reduce the frequency of fooling ourselves.Insights here include consideration of personal and societal self-deceptions, as well as extensive understanding of how politics, ideologies, and religions can frame reality for each of us in such a way that it is, in our minds, warped so the stage is well-set for self-deception. This text will be of special interest to general readers drawn to politics and religion, as well as scholars of psychology, anthropology, and sociology.

From the author of Never Eat Anything Bigger than Your Head, Whack Your Porcupine, Tiny Footprints, and, of course, the legendary Cat, here is a Kliban doubletake-over 100 line drawings, plus the illustrated serial thriller Cornish Game Clams. Brilliantly drawn and bitterly funny, these cartoons thoroughly demonstrate better living through plywood, reaffirm that what's good for business is good for America-even if Your Government in Action has taken to the streets-the Madonna is out of order and Yoga has been made silly. 122,000 copies in print.

There are books which claim to teach you how to write. This book is about the writing life: The business of writing. The day-to-day existence of a professional writer. The ways writers interact with other writers. The things writers do to help themselves out -- and the things they do to trip themselves up. Which is to say: This book is about what it's like to be a writer, right now. And what's it like to be a writer, right now? Well, it's fun. But it's also work. Coffee Shop shows the writing life as it is, from the perspective of novelist and writer John Scalzi, who in 15 years as a professional writer has written just about everything: critically acclaimed novels, best-selling humor books, nationally syndicated newspaper columns, magazine cover stories...and ad copy, corporate brochures and Web site headlines, too. His wide range of experience informs this collection of essays on writing and the writing life, taken from his popular personal Web site, The Whatever. Whether providing practical advice, discussing writing and writers or observing the state of the writing world, Scalzi lays it out in a sharp, no-nonsense way that assumes you want the lay of the land, without all the huggy-squeezy hand-holding. Notes on the writing life, unvarnished views of writers and books and (yes) even some practical advice: It's all here. Take this to the coffee shop instead of your laptop. You'll get more out of it -- and if you spill coffee on it, it'll be cheaper to replace. See? Practical.

Presents step-by-step instructions for a variety of magic tricks, explaining how the tricks work by affecting people's perceptions

There are books which claim to teach you how to write. This book is about the writing life: The business of writing. The day-to-day existence of a professional writer. The ways writers interact with other writers. The things writers do to help themselves out -- and the things they do to trip themselves up. Which is to say: This book is about what it's like to be a writer, right now. And what's it like to be a writer, right now? Well, it's fun. But it's also work. Coffee Shop shows the writing life as it is, from the perspective of novelist and writer John Scalzi, who in 15 years as a professional writer has written just about everything: critically acclaimed novels, best-selling humor books, nationally syndicated newspaper columns, magazine cover stories...and ad copy, corporate brochures and Web site headlines, too. His wide range of experience informs this collection of essays on writing and the writing life, taken from his popular personal Web site, The Whatever. Whether providing practical advice, discussing writing and writers or observing the state of the writing world, Scalzi lays it out in a sharp, no-nonsense way that assumes you want the lay of the land, without all the huggy-squeezy hand-holding. Notes on the writing life, unvarnished views of writers and books and (yes) even some practical advice: It's all here. Take this to the coffee shop instead of your laptop. You'll get more out of it -- and if you spill coffee on it, it'll be cheaper to replace. See? Practical.

Optical illusions are fun to look at and studyand when presented in a book like this one, they make great puzzles for readers to solve. The Big Book of Optical Illusions displays more than 200 eye-foolers, all of them guaranteed to confuse while they also entertain. Optical illusions take many different forms, and this book features the best of themambiguous and impossible depictions of spatial areas, hidden objects contained in an illustration, color and brightness effects, size and shape misperceptions, the illusion of moving patterns, and image paradoxes. Readers will also find a glossary and a gallery of classic illusions. Full color throughout, with illustrations on most pages.

You're at the beach. You emerge from the water. Someone asks, "Hey, where are your feet? I see you walking but no sign of your feet. Ohhh, never mind. You're just wearing Houston Astros Camo Water Shoes." You smile, brilliantly fooling yet another passer-by. Features All-over team-colored camouflage design (don't worry - it won't disguise your team spirit) Bold team logo display so there's no questioning where your allegiances lie Textured outsole so you won't get caught slippin' Closed, round-toe design that will have you looking as good as you feel Details Material: Polyester Officially licensed Imported

You're at the beach. You emerge from the water. Someone asks, "Hey, where are your feet? I see you walking but no sign of your feet. Ohhh, never mind. You're just wearing Tennessee Titans Camo Water Shoes." You smile, brilliantly fooling yet another passer-by. Features All-over team-colored camouflage design (don't worry - it won't disguise your team spirit) Bold team logo display so there's no questioning where your allegiances lie Textured outsole so you won't get caught slippin' Closed, round-toe design that will have you looking as good as you feel Details Material: Polyester Officially licensed Imported

You're at the beach. You emerge from the water. Someone asks, "Hey, where are your feet? I see you walking but no sign of your feet. Ohhh, never mind. You're just wearing Houston Astros Camo Water Shoes." You smile, brilliantly fooling yet another passer-by. Features All-over team-colored camouflage design (don't worry - it won't disguise your team spirit) Bold team logo display so there's no questioning where your allegiances lie Textured outsole so you won't get caught slippin' Closed, round-toe design that will have you looking as good as you feel Details Material: Polyester Officially licensed Imported

You're at the beach. You emerge from the water. Someone asks, "Hey, where are your feet? I see you walking but no sign of your feet. Ohhh, never mind. You're just wearing Tennessee Titans Camo Water Shoes." You smile, brilliantly fooling yet another passer-by. Features All-over team-colored camouflage design (don't worry - it won't disguise your team spirit) Bold team logo display so there's no questioning where your allegiances lie Textured outsole so you won't get caught slippin' Closed, round-toe design that will have you looking as good as you feel Details Material: Polyester Officially licensed Imported

You're at the beach. You emerge from the water. Someone asks, "Hey, where are your feet? I see you walking but no sign of your feet. Ohhh, never mind. You're just wearing Tennessee Titans Camo Water Shoes." You smile, brilliantly fooling yet another passer-by. Features All-over team-colored camouflage design (don't worry - it won't disguise your team spirit) Bold team logo display so there's no questioning where your allegiances lie Textured outsole so you won't get caught slippin' Closed, round-toe design that will have you looking as good as you feel Details Material: Polyester Officially licensed Imported

You're at the beach. You emerge from the water. Someone asks, "Hey, where are your feet? I see you walking but no sign of your feet. Ohhh, never mind. You're just wearing Tampa Bay Buccaneers Camo Water Shoes." You smile, brilliantly fooling yet another passer-by. Features All-over team-colored camouflage design (don't worry - it won't disguise your team spirit) Bold team logo display so there's no questioning where your allegiances lie Textured outsole so you won't get caught slippin' Closed, round-toe design that will have you looking as good as you feel Details Material: Polyester Officially licensed Imported

You're at the beach. You emerge from the water. Someone asks, "Hey, where are your feet? I see you walking but no sign of your feet. Ohhh, never mind. You're just wearing Houston Astros Camo Water Shoes." You smile, brilliantly fooling yet another passer-by. Features All-over team-colored camouflage design (don't worry - it won't disguise your team spirit) Bold team logo display so there's no questioning where your allegiances lie Textured outsole so you won't get caught slippin' Closed, round-toe design that will have you looking as good as you feel Details Material: Polyester Officially licensed Imported