Hoodwinking Churchill : Tito's great confidence trick / by Batty, Peter, 1931-

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The World's greatest rip-offs : the extraordinary inside story of the biggest, most inventive confidence tricks of recent times /

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The World's greatest rip-offs : the extraordinary inside story of the biggest, most inventive confidence tricks of recent times /

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Technical slip : collected stories by Wyndham, John, 1903-1969

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The Dublin helix : the life of language in Joyce's Ulysses by Knowles, Sebastian D. G. (Sebastian David Guy)

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The lady tasting tea : how statistics revolutionized science in the twentieth century by Salsburg, David, 1931-

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The lady tasting tea : how statistics revolutionized science in the twentieth century by Salsburg, David, 1931-

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In the American tree : language, realism, poetry

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Protecting yourself against criminals by Lock, Joan

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Personal property -- Predators and stalkers -- Home security -- Auto theft -- Guns, bombs, and terrorists -- Fraud, forgery, and confidence tricks.…”


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The big con : how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments, and warps our economies by Mazzucato, Mariana, 1968-, Collington, Rosie

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The big con--a confidence trick -- What is the consulting industry? -- Where consulting came from : a brief history -- The outsourcing turn : government by consultancy and the third way -- The big confidence trick : consultology and economic rents -- Evading the risks, reaping the rewards : the business model -- Infantilizing organizations : when learning is undermined across government and business -- Colliding interests : consultancies and democracy -- Climate consulting : an existential threat? …”


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The act of being : towards a theory of acting by Marowitz, Charles

Table of Contents: “…Stanislavsky and after -- Definition of an actor -- A simplified method -- The morality of real life -- Audience reaction -- The confidence trick -- Seven types of non-actors -- The actor-director two-step -- The rehearsal process -- Acting and being -- The actor's prayer.…”


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You can think yourself thin : transform your shape with hypnosis by James, Ursula

Table of Contents: “…-- Past times and how they still affect you -- Become aware of the present -- Moods and habits -- Living in the present -- Change what you can change, accept what you can't -- Confidence tricks -- Future positive -- Welcoming the new you.…”


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The Dublin helix : the life of language in Joyce's Ulysses by Knowles, Sebastian D. G. (Sebastian David Guy)

Table of Contents: “…Why I love the '34 -- The James Joyce puzzle book -- Appendix : Ulysses word search -- Ulysses chromosome -- Chinese boxes : Gottfried Keller, Othmar Schoeck, James Joyce, and Samuel Barber -- Appendix : Lebendig Begraben/living burial -- Proved by algebra : The search for equilibrium in Ulysses -- Appendix : Eleven Joycean equations -- Labyrinth fugue : a catalog of sirens -- Appendix : "Sirens" octet -- Spot the winner : Molly Bloom and Frankenstein -- Confidence tricks : Joyce and the Tichborne claimant -- Answers.…”


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Beginning teaching : stories from the classroom

Table of Contents: “…Telling tales out of school: Sharing the stories of beginning teachers -- The first months of teaching -- The kids today: Alphabet generations in transition -- The way we do things around here: School culture and socialisation -- Teacher identity: A confidence trick? -- Mentoring and induction: Nourishing or eating our young? …”


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Interview success : get the edge by Gray, Julie

Table of Contents: “…Practicalities ; What to wear ; Getting into the zone: confidence tricks ; How to appear/behave ; How to sound ; Stick to the plan ; Troubleshooting ; Conclusion.…”


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Interview success : get the edge by Gray, Julie

Table of Contents: “…Practicalities ; What to wear ; Getting into the zone: confidence tricks ; How to appear/behave ; How to sound ; Stick to the plan ; Troubleshooting ; Conclusion.…”


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Israel and South Africa : the many faces of Apartheid

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The many faces of apartheid / Ilan Pappé -- Birds of a feather: Israel and Apartheid South Africa: colonialism of a special type / Ronnie Kasrils -- The many faces of European colonialism: the Templers, the Basel Mission and the Zionist movement / Ilan Pappé -- Apartheid and the question of origin / Oren Ben-Dor -- 'Visible equality' as confidence trick / Jonathan Cook -- Apartheid, Israel and Palestinian statehood / Leila Farsakh -- Femicide in Apartheid: the parallel interplay between racism and sexism in South Africa and Palestine-Israel / Anthony Löwstedt -- The many faces of protest: a comparative analysis of protest groups in Israel and South Africa / Amneh Badran -- The inevitable impossible: South African experience and a single state / Steven Friedman -- Redefining the conflict in Israel-Palestine: the tricky question of sovereignty / Virginia Tilley -- Israel-Palestine and the apartheid analogy: critics, apologists and strategic lessons / Ran Greenstein.…”


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Singapore short stories

Table of Contents: “…Kon -- The effect of a good dinner ; None the wiser ; The story of a mask / Arthur Yap -- The chosen one ; Monster ; The jade pendant / Catherine Lim -- Leta ; A question of freedom ; Synopsis / Chandran Nair -- Vol. 2: The taximan's story / Catherine Lim -- The rose and the silver key / Gregory Nalpon -- By the well / Theresa Ng -- Welcome ; Confidence trick ; The interview / Gopal Baratham -- Checkmante ; The crooked shrine ; The glass cage / Ong Choo Suat -- Flowers don't last very long, do they? …”


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The art game. by Wraight, Robert, 1913-

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The big con : how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments, and warps our economies by Mazzucato, Mariana, 1968-, Collington, Rosie

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