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Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t

By: Publication details: UK Wildfire 2019Description: paperback 290 pagesISBN:
  • 9781472263209
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 901
Summary: We live in a "post-truth" world, we're told. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? Or have people been lying, fibbing, and just plain bullsh*tting since the beginning of time? Tom Phillips, editor of a leading independent fact-checking organization, deals with this question every day. In Truth, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other - and ourselves - about everything from business to politics to plain old geography. Along the way, he chronicles the world's oldest customer service complaint, the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, and the surprisingly dishonest career of Benjamin Franklin. Sharp, witty, and with a clear-eyed view of humanity's checkered past, Truth reveals why people lie - and how we can cut through the bullsh*t.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi History 901 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 31/03/2023 PKLL003703
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi History 901 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 08/04/2023 PKLL003181
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore History 901 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLL002532
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Society and Politics 901 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLL002019
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We live in a "post-truth" world, we're told. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? Or have people been lying, fibbing, and just plain bullsh*tting since the beginning of time? Tom Phillips, editor of a leading independent fact-checking organization, deals with this question every day. In Truth, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other - and ourselves - about everything from business to politics to plain old geography. Along the way, he chronicles the world's oldest customer service complaint, the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, and the surprisingly dishonest career of Benjamin Franklin. Sharp, witty, and with a clear-eyed view of humanity's checkered past, Truth reveals why people lie - and how we can cut through the bullsh*t.

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