Author: Thomas Streissguth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781881508137
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Describes the lives and schemes of noted con artists, including Lord Gordon-Gordon, Charles Ponzi, and Clifford Irving.
Hoaxers and Hustlers
American Countercultures: An Encyclopedia of Nonconformists, Alternative Lifestyles, and Radical Ideas in U.S. History
Author: Gina Misiroglu
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317477286
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2300
Book Description
Counterculture, while commonly used to describe youth-oriented movements during the 1960s, refers to any attempt to challenge or change conventional values and practices or the dominant lifestyles of the day. This fascinating three-volume set explores these movements in America from colonial times to the present in colorful detail. "American Countercultures" is the first reference work to examine the impact of countercultural movements on American social history. It highlights the writings, recordings, and visual works produced by these movements to educate, inspire, and incite action in all eras of the nation's history. A-Z entries provide a wealth of information on personalities, places, events, concepts, beliefs, groups, and practices. The set includes numerous illustrations, a topic finder, primary source documents, a bibliography and a filmography, and an index.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317477286
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2300
Book Description
Counterculture, while commonly used to describe youth-oriented movements during the 1960s, refers to any attempt to challenge or change conventional values and practices or the dominant lifestyles of the day. This fascinating three-volume set explores these movements in America from colonial times to the present in colorful detail. "American Countercultures" is the first reference work to examine the impact of countercultural movements on American social history. It highlights the writings, recordings, and visual works produced by these movements to educate, inspire, and incite action in all eras of the nation's history. A-Z entries provide a wealth of information on personalities, places, events, concepts, beliefs, groups, and practices. The set includes numerous illustrations, a topic finder, primary source documents, a bibliography and a filmography, and an index.
Fooled You!
Author: Elaine Pascoe
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805075281
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Discusses nearly a dozen infamous hoaxes and how they came about and why people were fooled.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805075281
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Discusses nearly a dozen infamous hoaxes and how they came about and why people were fooled.
Utopian Visionaries
Author: Thomas Streissguth
Publisher: The Oliver Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781881508472
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Discusses efforts to create perfect societies by such individuals as: Ann Lee and Joseph Meacham and the Shakers, Christian Metz and the Amana Colonies, George Rapp and the Harmony Society, Robert Owen and New Harmony, George Ripley and Brook Farm, John Humphrey Noyes and Oneida, and Katherine Tingley and the Point Loma community.
Publisher: The Oliver Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781881508472
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Discusses efforts to create perfect societies by such individuals as: Ann Lee and Joseph Meacham and the Shakers, Christian Metz and the Amana Colonies, George Rapp and the Harmony Society, Robert Owen and New Harmony, George Ripley and Brook Farm, John Humphrey Noyes and Oneida, and Katherine Tingley and the Point Loma community.
Handbook of Frauds, Scams, and Swindles
Author: Serge Matulich
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420072862
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
It has been said that scammers and swindlers often display characteristics commonly attributed to good leadership. These include setting a vision, communicating it clearly, and motivating others to follow their lead. But when these skills are used by unconscionable people to satisfy greed, how can the average person recognize that foul play is afoo
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420072862
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
It has been said that scammers and swindlers often display characteristics commonly attributed to good leadership. These include setting a vision, communicating it clearly, and motivating others to follow their lead. But when these skills are used by unconscionable people to satisfy greed, how can the average person recognize that foul play is afoo
A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes (History in 50)
Author: Gale Eaton
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN: 0884484939
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence. The con artists in this book pursued a variety of ambitions—making money, winning wars, mocking authority, finding fame, trading an ordinary life for a glamorous one—but they all chose the lowest, fastest road to get there. Every hoax is a curtain, and behind it is a deceiver operating levers and smoke machines to make us see what is not there and miss what is. As P.T. Barnum knew, you can short-circuit critical thinking in any century by telling people what they want to hear. Most scams operate on a personal scale, but some have shaped the balance of world power, inspired explorers to sail uncharted seas, derailed scientific progress, or caused terrible massacres. A HISTORY OF AMBITION IN 50 HOAXES guides us through a rogue’s gallery of hustlers, liars, swindlers, imposters, scammers, pretenders, and cheats. In Gale Eaton’s wide-ranging synthesis, the history of deception is a colorful tour, with surprising insights behind every curtain. Fountas & Pinnell Level Z+
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN: 0884484939
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence. The con artists in this book pursued a variety of ambitions—making money, winning wars, mocking authority, finding fame, trading an ordinary life for a glamorous one—but they all chose the lowest, fastest road to get there. Every hoax is a curtain, and behind it is a deceiver operating levers and smoke machines to make us see what is not there and miss what is. As P.T. Barnum knew, you can short-circuit critical thinking in any century by telling people what they want to hear. Most scams operate on a personal scale, but some have shaped the balance of world power, inspired explorers to sail uncharted seas, derailed scientific progress, or caused terrible massacres. A HISTORY OF AMBITION IN 50 HOAXES guides us through a rogue’s gallery of hustlers, liars, swindlers, imposters, scammers, pretenders, and cheats. In Gale Eaton’s wide-ranging synthesis, the history of deception is a colorful tour, with surprising insights behind every curtain. Fountas & Pinnell Level Z+
The World's Greatest Explorers
Author: William Scheller
Publisher: The Oliver Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781881508038
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Relates the enterprises and discoveries of twelve explorers, including Vasco da Gama, Captain James Cook, and Roald Amundsen.
Publisher: The Oliver Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781881508038
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Relates the enterprises and discoveries of twelve explorers, including Vasco da Gama, Captain James Cook, and Roald Amundsen.
Amazing Archaeologists and Their Finds
Author: William Scheller
Publisher: The Oliver Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781881508175
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Each chapter discusses a major archaeological find, such as King Tut's tomb, the walls of Troy, and the city of Jericho, and profiles the key individuals involved
Publisher: The Oliver Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781881508175
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Each chapter discusses a major archaeological find, such as King Tut's tomb, the walls of Troy, and the city of Jericho, and profiles the key individuals involved
Great Justices of the Supreme Court
Author: Nathan Aaseng
Publisher: Oliver PressInc
ISBN: 9781881508014
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Profiles eight notable justices of the United States Supreme Court and landmark cases in which each was involved: John Marshall, Roger Taney, John Harlan, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Charles Evans Hughes, Hugo Black, Earl Warren.
Publisher: Oliver PressInc
ISBN: 9781881508014
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Profiles eight notable justices of the United States Supreme Court and landmark cases in which each was involved: John Marshall, Roger Taney, John Harlan, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Charles Evans Hughes, Hugo Black, Earl Warren.
International Terrorists
Author: Thomas Streissguth
Publisher: The Oliver Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781881508076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Examines the lives of various contemporary terrorist leaders and the violent tactics of such groups as the Irish Republican Army, the Baader Meinhof gang, and the Hezbollah.
Publisher: The Oliver Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781881508076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Examines the lives of various contemporary terrorist leaders and the violent tactics of such groups as the Irish Republican Army, the Baader Meinhof gang, and the Hezbollah.