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02784aam a2200493 i 4500 001 1926CAC6720F11EDB6E4AA0447ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221202010048 008 220326t20222022meua d b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2022937862 020 $a 0884489124 020 $a 9780884489122 035 $a (OCoLC)1305911596 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d LIV $d IKG $d IUO $d RNL $d CLE $d ILC $d MNE $d RB0 $d UAP $d JIU $d SILO 100 1 $a Kurlansky, Mark. 245 10 $a Big lies : $b from Socrates to social media / $c Mark Kurlansky ; illustrated by Eric Zelz. 264 1 $a Thomaston, Maine : $b Tilbury House Publishers, $c [2022] 300 $a 309 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographic references (pages 305-309) and index. 505 00 $t The golden lasso of truth. $t Masked revelers in a carnival of lies -- $t The Enlightenment and the unenlightened -- $t Denial: the short way around science -- $t Favorite lies about women -- $t A snowball in France: the blame game -- $t Soviet mathematics: 2 + 2 = 5 -- $t The truth about American truth -- $t Big dictators and small lies -- $t Photographic lies -- $t Saving children: a best-loved lie -- $t The golden lasso of truth. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Truthfulness and falsehood $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Critical thinking $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Corruption $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Misinformation $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Disinformation $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Propaganda $x History $v Juvenile literature. 700 1 $a Zelz, Eric, $e illustrator. 941 $a 13 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611012729.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509013434.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20240202024043.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010031216.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20231010010925.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629015205.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20230214011557.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20230203011309.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230106011034.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20230104013605.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20221231010148.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20221208010324.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20221202011633.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1926CAC6720F11EDB6E4AA0447ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search