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Author:

Kurlansky, Mark.

Title:

Big lies : from Socrates to social media / Mark Kurlansky ; illustrated by Eric Zelz.

Publisher:

Tilbury House Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

309 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Truthfulness and falsehood--Juvenile literature.
Critical thinking--Juvenile literature.
Corruption--Juvenile literature.
Misinformation--Juvenile literature.
Disinformation--Juvenile literature.
Propaganda--History--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Zelz, Eric, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (pages 305-309) and index.

Contents:

The golden lasso of truth. Masked revelers in a carnival of lies -- The Enlightenment and the unenlightened -- Denial: the short way around science -- Favorite lies about women -- A snowball in France: the blame game -- Soviet mathematics: 2 + 2 = 5 -- The truth about American truth -- Big dictators and small lies -- Photographic lies -- Saving children: a best-loved lie -- The golden lasso of truth.

Summary:

Big lies are told by governments, politicians, and corporations to avoid responsibility, cast blame on the innocent, win elections, disguise intent, create chaos, and gain power and wealth. Big lies are as old as civilization; they corrupt public understanding and discourse, turn science upside down, and reinvent history. The future stewards of our world require a how-to manual for seeing through big lies and thinking critically, because big lies require believers, and democracy depends on independent thought.

ISBN:

0884489124
9780884489122

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1305911596

LCCN:

2022937862

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)