Truth : a brief history of total bull***t / Tom Phillips.
This is a book about TRUTH--and all the ways we try to avoid it--from the bestselling author of Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up. We live in a "post-truth" world, we're told. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? Or have people been lying, fibbing and just plain bullsh*tting since the beginning of time? Tom Phillips, editor of a leading independent fact-checking organization, deals with this question every day. In Truth, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other--and ourselves--about everything from business to politics to plain old geography. Along the way, he chronicles the world's oldest customer service complaint, the Great Moon Hoax of 1835 and the surprisingly dishonest career of Benjamin Franklin. Sharp, witty and with a clear-eyed view of humanity's checkered past, Truth reveals why people lie--and how we can cut through the bullsh*t.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781335983763 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in 2019 in the United Kingdom by Wildfire, an imprint of Headline Publishing Group"--Title page verso. The word bullshit in the subtitle is partially blacked out. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Truthfulness and falsehood. Disinformation. Fake news. Disclosure of information. |
Available copies
- 8 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Creston Public Library | 177.3 PHI (Text)
Acquisition Type: Donated |
35140001231490 | Adult Non-Fiction | Not holdable | Lost and Paid | 2021-04-06 |