Hoax: A History of Deception

2018-03-20 True Crime

Author : Ian Tattersall
Release : 2018-03-20
Genre : True Crime
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Book Rating : 703/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Hoax: A History of Deception written by Ian Tattersall. This book was released on 2018-03-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

A Treasury of Deception

2005-05-31 History

Author : Michael Farquhar
Release : 2005-05-31
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 442/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A Treasury of Deception written by Michael Farquhar. This book was released on 2005-05-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We may say that honesty is the best policy, but history—to say nothing of business, politics, and the media—suggests otherwise. In this infinitely citable book, the author of two bestselling treasuries of scandal recounts some of the greatest deceptions of all time. With what forged document did the Vatican lay claim to much of Europe? Who wrote Hitler’s diaries? Why do millions still believe the vague doggerel that Nostradamus passed off as prophecy? Organizing his material by theme (con artists, the press, military trickery, scientific fraud, imposters, great escapes, and more), Michael Farquhar takes in everything from the hoodwinking of Hitler to Vincent “the Chin” Gigante’s thirty-year crazy act. A Treasury of Deception is a zestful, gossipy exposé—and celebration—of mendacity. A Treasury of Deception also includes: Ten tricksters from scripture Ten great liars in literature Ten egregious examples of modern American doublespeak Ten classic deceptions from Greek mythology

CENTURY OF DECEPTION

2020

Author : IAN. KEABLE
Release : 2020
Genre :
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Book Rating : 441/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book CENTURY OF DECEPTION written by IAN. KEABLE. This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes (History in 50)

2016-09-06 Young Adult Nonfiction

Author : Gale Eaton
Release : 2016-09-06
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 939/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes (History in 50) written by Gale Eaton. This book was released on 2016-09-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence. The con artists in this book pursued a variety of ambitions—making money, winning wars, mocking authority, finding fame, trading an ordinary life for a glamorous one—but they all chose the lowest, fastest road to get there. Every hoax is a curtain, and behind it is a deceiver operating levers and smoke machines to make us see what is not there and miss what is. As P.T. Barnum knew, you can short-circuit critical thinking in any century by telling people what they want to hear. Most scams operate on a personal scale, but some have shaped the balance of world power, inspired explorers to sail uncharted seas, derailed scientific progress, or caused terrible massacres. A HISTORY OF AMBITION IN 50 HOAXES guides us through a rogue’s gallery of hustlers, liars, swindlers, imposters, scammers, pretenders, and cheats. In Gale Eaton’s wide-ranging synthesis, the history of deception is a colorful tour, with surprising insights behind every curtain. Fountas & Pinnell Level Z+

Fakes!?

2014 Alchemy

Author : Marco Beretta
Release : 2014
Genre : Alchemy
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Book Rating : 959/5 ( reviews)

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