Author: Traveller BirdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Tell Them They Lie
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Author: Traveller BirdLies
Author: Al FrankenPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101219440
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The #1 New York Times bestseller by Senator Al Franken, author of Giant of the Senate Al Franken, one of our “savviest satirists” (People), has been studying the rhetoric of the Right. He has listened to their cries of “slander,” “bias,” and even “treason.” He has examined the GOP's policies of squandering our surplus, ravaging the environment, and alienating the rest of the world. He’s even watched Fox News. A lot. And, in this fair and balanced report, Al bravely and candidly exposes them all for what they are: liars. Lying, lying liars. Al destroys the liberal media bias myth by doing what his targets seem incapable of: getting his facts straight. Using the Right’s own words against them, he takes on the pundits, the politicians, and the issues, in the most talked about book of the year. Timely, provocative, unfailingly honest, and always funny, Lies sticks it to the most right-wing administration in memory, and to the right-wing media hacks who do its bidding.
Lies
Author: Al FrankenPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780452285217
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The #1 New York Times bestseller by Senator Al Franken, author of Giant of the Senate Al Franken, one of our “savviest satirists” (People), has been studying the rhetoric of the Right. He has listened to their cries of “slander,” “bias,” and even “treason.” He has examined the GOP's policies of squandering our surplus, ravaging the environment, and alienating the rest of the world. He’s even watched Fox News. A lot. And, in this fair and balanced report, Al bravely and candidly exposes them all for what they are: liars. Lying, lying liars. Al destroys the liberal media bias myth by doing what his targets seem incapable of: getting his facts straight. Using the Right’s own words against them, he takes on the pundits, the politicians, and the issues, in the most talked about book of the year. Timely, provocative, unfailingly honest, and always funny, Lies sticks it to the most right-wing administration in memory, and to the right-wing media hacks who do its bidding.
101 Lies Men Tell Women
Author: Dory HollanderPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Psychologist Dory Hollander explores relations and communications between men and women, focusing on the lies that men tell women, and offering advice on how to recognize deception and get at the truth.
Eli's Lie-O-Meter
Author: Sandra LevinsPublisher: American Psychological Association
ISBN: 1433839644
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Mom's Choice Award for Children's Picture Books (Gold) Gelett Burgess Children's Book Honor Winner Eli knows the difference between pretending and the real facts. Pretending is what he does when he orbits the earth with Duffy, and the real facts are what actually happen. Sometimes in REAL life, keeping to the facts is hard for Eli. Eli has a knack for telling fibs and an occasional whopper. But when Eli’s dog Duffy gets banished to the backyard, Eli learns at least one reason for telling the truth! While it can be common for kids to stretch the truth, toss out fibs, or tell big whoppers, why does this frustrate parents so much? It’s helpful for parents to understand how kids experience a lie. Kids don’t really believe they are lying. Instead, the fact-stretching can be a convenient way to get out of trouble or to protect someone else from being punished. Telling lies may be a way your child can safeguard friendships. Or stretching the truth might only be a bit of fun. Enjoy this story with your children. and as they see the consequence of Eli’s fibs, they might understand the benefits of sticking to the truth. And to help you get the facts straight on fibs, lies, big lies, and whoppers, included is a Note to Parents by Mary Lamia, PhD, a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who works with adults, adolescents, and preteens.
Lies (and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them)
Author: Al FrankenPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141924756
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Al Franken, one of America's savviest satirists has been studying the rhetoric of the Right. He has listened to their cries of 'slander', 'bias' and even 'treason'. He has examined the Bush administration's policies of squandering our surplus, ravaging the environment, and alienating the rest of the world. He's even watched Fox News. A lot. And in this fair and balanced report, Al bravely exposes them all for what they are: liars. Lying, lying, liars.
The Kurious Kid Presents™: Lying & Tell The Truth Part 1
Author: Brian CliettePublisher: Bull City Publishing
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
Lying is when you say something that isn't true, but convince people it is. For instance, you may tell your mom that your baby brother took the cookie from the cookie jar, when in fact it was you that really took the cookie from the cookie jar. You probably told your mom it was your baby brother (or in some cases baby sister). They took the cookie from the cookie jar so that you wouldn't get in trouble for stealing the cookie before dinnertime. You may not get in trouble for taking the cookie. But if your mom believes you than it will be your baby brother or sister, who gets in trouble for taking the cookie, this is why it is always important to tell the truth, because even though telling a lie may keep you from getting in trouble. It generally means someone else is going to get in trouble for the lie that you told not to mentions have their feelings hurt. Especially the person that the lie was about, and let's not forget the person that you lied to might believe you. The next time you have something to say, this could be bad if it is really important. Like maybe your baby brother fell down the driveway and skinned his knee and your mom won't believe you because you have been lying to her so she thinks you are making up to get some attention or avoid getting in trouble. This also means that your big brother is not getting the help he needs. This kurious kid book will teach your young reader. Why telling the truth and honesty is always the best policy in the human world. And then in several chapters of this 30 page book, they will learn how animals can lie to each other to protect themselves from danger is focused. Filled with unique and engaging information on how insects can make themselves look like butterflies or leaves on a tree. Or how the pattern on their skin or fur about them to hide in a specific environment from larger predators that might want to eat them, the book is divided up into easy-to-follow chapters, making the information on a specific type of lie very easy to find each chapter has an awesome full-color photo of a different type of lie. So that the young reader can make correlations between the information they are reading and a visual aid to help them retain the information even better. The Kurious kid has also included trivia questions so that the young reader can quit his friends and family on why telling the truth is so important as well as the various types of lies animals tell to protect themselves from danger. You can never go wrong with people from the curious kid education series library there will be a constant companion for your young readers’ educational inquiries for many years to come.
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Author: James W. LoewenPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595583262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.
Sometimes I Lie
Author: Alice FeeneyPublisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250144833
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?