Sullivan, Evelin E.,  1947- <br/><br/>
The concise book of lying / 
Evelin Sullivan. 
 - 1st Picador USA pbk. ed. 
 - New York :  Picador USA,  2002. 
 - xiv, 334 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2001. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-320) and index. 
<br/><br/>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 MeterŠ -- The ordeal -- Generals, Greeks, and other liars -- The briar patch revisted -- Even educated flies do it. 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0312420471 9780312420475 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002025154 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Deception.<br/>Truthfulness and falsehood.<br/>Deception--Social aspects.<br/>Truthfulness and falsehood--Social aspects.<br/>Verdad y mentira.<br/>Verdad y mentira.--Aspectos sociales.<br/>Engaņo
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF 637   / S949c 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>177/.3