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The confidence game : why we fall for it... every time / Maria Konnikova.
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Title:The confidence game : why we fall for it... every time / Maria Konnikova.
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Author/Creator:Konnikova, Maria, author.
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Published/Created:New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2017.
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Location:DAVID LAM LIBRARY Great ReadsWhere is this?
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Call Number: HV6691 .K66 2017
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Number of Items:1
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Status:c.1 Returned - 03-26-2024
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Location:DAVID LAM LIBRARY Great ReadsWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Swindlers and swindling.
Fraud.
Criminal psychology.
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Medical Subjects: Fraud
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Description:x, 340 pages ; 22 cm
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Summary:"A compelling investigation into the minds, motives, and methods of con artists--and the people who fall for their cons over and over again." --Amazon.
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Notes:Originally published in 2016 by Viking Penguin.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9780143109877 (pbk.)
0143109871 (pbk.)
9780525427414 (hc.)
0525427414 (hc.)
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Contents:The grifter and the mark
The put-up
The play
The rope
The tale
The convincer
The breakdown
The send and the touch
The blow-off and the fix
The (real) oldest profession.