The Italian Baker by Carol Field

The Italian Baker by Carol Field

Decoding how we behave, The Truth About Lies illuminates situations where we are better off lying―to ourselves and at times to others―and why it can be a healthy psychological mechanism.

Fibbing, prevaricating, stretching the truth, white lies, of omission, of commission. Lying is so pervasive that we have countless words for it. But have you ever considered why you believed a lie you were told?

The Truth About Lies is buttressed by a winning mixture of history, psychology, and science. Focusing on the many kinds of lies we see―The Lies We Tell Each Other, The Lies We Tell Ourselves, and The Lies We All Agree to Believe―Raden explores everything from swindles to cons to the long game to the big lie, including:

- Why anyone still plays a shell game and gambles when they know the house is stacked against them
- Goldbricking and the misleading nature of facts
- Why faith and fraud are so closely connected
- Hoaxes, hysteria and the madness of crowds
- Why we're all probably part of a pyramid scheme
- How the truth can sometimes sound like a lie

A penetrating, funny, and informed history that adds fresh detail even to well-known stories, Raden's book is an eye-opening primer that decodes how we behave and function, and reveals how lying shapes our experience of the world around us.

Carol Field has been writing about Italy and Italian food since 1972. She is the author of The Hill Towns of Italy, Celebrating Italy, Italy in Small Bites, and the best-selling The Italian Baker. She has also written articles on Italy for such magazines as Gourmet, Food and Wine, and Bon Appetit. She lives with her husband in San Francisco and continues to travel back and forth to Italy.
Joyce Oudkerk Pool is an award-winning photographer specializing in food. Her photographs appear in a number of cookbooks including James McNair's New Pizza (0-8118-2364-4).

SKU	GOR003907959
ISBN 13	9780061812668
ISBN 10	0061812668
Titel	The Italian Baker
Autor	Carol Field
Buchzustand	Sehr Gut
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	1995-09-01
Seitenanzahl	448
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