TY - BOOK AU - Sullivan,Evelin E. TI - The concise book of lying SN - 0312420471 AV - BF 637 S949c 2002 U1 - 177/.3 21 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Picador USA KW - Deception KW - Truthfulness and falsehood KW - Social aspects KW - Verdad y mentira KW - Aspectos sociales KW - Engaño N1 - Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2001; Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-320) and index; 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 Meterª -- The ordeal -- Generals, Greeks, and other liars -- The briar patch revisted -- Even educated flies do it N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol053/2002025154.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol031/2002025154.html ER -