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📝 Hoaxes And Forgeries

Stories of counterfeit masterpieces and audacious frauds, where the line between genius and con artistry blurs in fascinating ways.
Bunk
by Kevin Young • 2017
America's real tradition is the hoax, and its most reliable lever is race.
3.18
1k+
🎭 Hoaxes And Deception📝 Cultural Criticism🎪 Racial Appropriation📚 Literary Hoaxes✍️ Plagiarism
Bunk Summary
Bunk 91%
America's real tradition is the hoax, and its most reliable lever is race.
by Kevin Young 2017
3.18
1k+ ratings
🎭 Hoaxes And Deception📝 Cultural Criticism🎪 Racial Appropriation📚 Literary Hoaxes✍️ Plagiarism
Provenance
by Laney Salisbury • 2009
A painter forged the art. A con man forged the archives. The art world bought both.
3.93
7k+
🎨 Art Forgery💰 Art Market🃏 Confidence Games📋 Fakes And Frauds🕵️ True Crime Narrative
Provenance Summary
Provenance 90%
A painter forged the art. A con man forged the archives. The art world bought both.
by Laney Salisbury 2009
3.93
7k+ ratings
🎨 Art Forgery💰 Art Market🃏 Confidence Games📋 Fakes And Frauds🕵️ True Crime Narrative
Linguistic Fingerprints
by Roger J. Kreuz • 2023
The hidden patterns in your words identify you better than fingerprints: stylometry reads them.
3.50
20
🗣️ Linguistic Identity📊 Stylometry🔍 Forensic Linguistics📚 Literary Hoaxes🕵️ Anonymous Authorship
Linguistic Fingerprints Summary
Linguistic Fingerprints 89%
The hidden patterns in your words identify you better than fingerprints: stylometry reads them.
by Roger J. Kreuz 2023
3.50
20 ratings
🗣️ Linguistic Identity📊 Stylometry🔍 Forensic Linguistics📚 Literary Hoaxes🕵️ Anonymous Authorship
The Art of the Con
by Anthony M. Amore • 2015
A master forger fooled the experts for decades. Then they checked the paint.
3.54
1k+
🖼️ Art Fraud🕵️ Art Theft💰 Art Market🎭 Con Artistry🔍 Investigative Journalism
The Art of the Con Summary
The Art of the Con 89%
A master forger fooled the experts for decades. Then they checked the paint.
by Anthony M. Amore 2015
3.54
1k+ ratings
🖼️ Art Fraud🕵️ Art Theft💰 Art Market🎭 Con Artistry🔍 Investigative Journalism
Three Cups of Deceit
by Jon Krakauer • 2011
The humanitarian's origin story was fiction, and his charity paid for chartered jets, not schools.
3.72
12k+
🔍 Investigative Journalism🦸 Manufactured Heroism📺 Media Manipulation📝 Fabricated Memoirs📊 Nonprofit Accountability
Three Cups of Deceit Summary
Three Cups of Deceit 88%
The humanitarian's origin story was fiction, and his charity paid for chartered jets, not schools.
by Jon Krakauer 2011
3.72
12k+ ratings
🔍 Investigative Journalism🦸 Manufactured Heroism📺 Media Manipulation📝 Fabricated Memoirs📊 Nonprofit Accountability
The International Jew
by Anonymous • 2009
The claim that a single race secretly directs all world finance, politics, and revolution.
3.84
49
⚠️ Antisemitic Literature🕵️ Conspiracy Theories📜 Pseudohistory🚩 Anti-Communist Thought👁️ Secret Societies
The International Jew Summary
The International Jew 88%
The claim that a single race secretly directs all world finance, politics, and revolution.
by Anonymous 2009
3.84
49 ratings
⚠️ Antisemitic Literature🕵️ Conspiracy Theories📜 Pseudohistory🚩 Anti-Communist Thought👁️ Secret Societies
Catch Me If You Can
by Frank W. Abagnale • 1980
Fake Pan Am pilot, fake doctor, fake lawyer. Real FBI manhunt. He was 19.
4.04
63k+
🎭 Con Artists🪪 Impersonation🖋️ Forgery🗣️ Social Engineering⛓️ Prison Survival
Catch Me If You Can Summary
Catch Me If You Can 88%
Fake Pan Am pilot, fake doctor, fake lawyer. Real FBI manhunt. He was 19.
by Frank W. Abagnale 1980
4.04
63k+ ratings
🎭 Con Artists🪪 Impersonation🖋️ Forgery🗣️ Social Engineering⛓️ Prison Survival
Confident Women
by Tori Telfer • 2021
The fake heiresses, false survivors, and phantom psychics who built empires on other people's hope.
3.72
4k+
🎭 Con Artists👩‍⚖️ Female Criminals🕰️ Historical Crime🧠 Deception Psychology🪪 Impostors
Confident Women Summary
Confident Women 88%
The fake heiresses, false survivors, and phantom psychics who built empires on other people's hope.
by Tori Telfer 2021
3.72
4k+ ratings
🎭 Con Artists👩‍⚖️ Female Criminals🕰️ Historical Crime🧠 Deception Psychology🪪 Impostors
The Art of the Con
by R. Paul Wilson • 2014
Step inside the con artist's mind: the universal scam structure and how to shut it down.
3.89
128
🎭 Confidence Games🖥️ Social Engineering🛡️ Scam Prevention💰 Financial Scams🧠 Psychological Manipulation
The Art of the Con Summary
The Art of the Con 88%
Step inside the con artist's mind: the universal scam structure and how to shut it down.
by R. Paul Wilson 2014
3.89
128 ratings
🎭 Confidence Games🖥️ Social Engineering🛡️ Scam Prevention💰 Financial Scams🧠 Psychological Manipulation
The Art of Making Money
by Jason Kersten • 2009
His counterfeits were nearly flawless. The people in his life were not.
4.01
2k+
💵 Counterfeiting🕴️ Organized Crime🧑‍🏫 Criminal Mentorship🏚️ Poverty And Crime🔬 Technical Obsession
The Art of Making Money Summary
The Art of Making Money 88%
His counterfeits were nearly flawless. The people in his life were not.
by Jason Kersten 2009
4.01
2k+ ratings
💵 Counterfeiting🕴️ Organized Crime🧑‍🏫 Criminal Mentorship🏚️ Poverty And Crime🔬 Technical Obsession
Hype
by Gabrielle Bluestone • 2021
Fyre was not a glitch: the internet is built to reward hype and punish skepticism.
3.32
1k+
🎣 Internet Scams📱 Influencer Culture🚀 Startup Hype🧠 Psychology Of Scams🤳 Social Media Manipulation
Hype Summary
Hype 87%
Fyre was not a glitch: the internet is built to reward hype and punish skepticism.
by Gabrielle Bluestone 2021
3.32
1k+ ratings
🎣 Internet Scams📱 Influencer Culture🚀 Startup Hype🧠 Psychology Of Scams🤳 Social Media Manipulation
The Missing Cryptoqueen
by Jamie Bartlett • 2022
A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.
4.20
2k+
🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams💸 Financial Fraud🔺 Multi-Level Marketing🃏 Ponzi Schemes🔍 Investigative Journalism
The Missing Cryptoqueen Summary
The Missing Cryptoqueen 87%
A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.
by Jamie Bartlett 2022
4.20
2k+ ratings
🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams💸 Financial Fraud🔺 Multi-Level Marketing🃏 Ponzi Schemes🔍 Investigative Journalism
How to Cheat at Everything
by Simon Lovell • 2006
The one move every con relies on: making you think you've found a sure thing.
3.63
390
🎭 Con Artistry🃏 Card Cheating🎲 Street Hustles🧠 Social Engineering🎯 Odds And Probability
How to Cheat at Everything Summary
How to Cheat at Everything 87%
The one move every con relies on: making you think you've found a sure thing.
by Simon Lovell 2006
3.63
390 ratings
🎭 Con Artistry🃏 Card Cheating🎲 Street Hustles🧠 Social Engineering🎯 Odds And Probability
The Big Con
by David W. Maurer • 1940
The con man's only real partner is the mark's greed. A 1940 study of American swindlers.
3.82
1k+
🎭 Con Artistry🔍 Criminal Subcultures🗣️ Criminal Language🧠 Social Engineering🎪 Psychology Of Deception
The Big Con Summary
The Big Con 87%
The con man's only real partner is the mark's greed. A 1940 study of American swindlers.
by David W. Maurer 1940
3.82
1k+ ratings
🎭 Con Artistry🔍 Criminal Subcultures🗣️ Criminal Language🧠 Social Engineering🎪 Psychology Of Deception
The Confidence Game
by Maria Konnikova • 2015
Anyone can be conned. The con artist's real genius is finding what you already want to believe.
3.65
6k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎭 Social Engineering📊 Behavioral Economics🎯 Victim Psychology🃏 Con Artistry
The Confidence Game Summary
The Confidence Game 87%
Anyone can be conned. The con artist's real genius is finding what you already want to believe.
by Maria Konnikova 2015
3.65
6k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎭 Social Engineering📊 Behavioral Economics🎯 Victim Psychology🃏 Con Artistry
Operation Mincemeat
by Ben Macintyre • 2010
How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.
4.03
24k+
🕵️ World War Ii Espionage🪖 Military Deception🎩 Eccentric Spies🧠 Strategic Deception🎲 Chance In Warfare
Operation Mincemeat Summary
Operation Mincemeat 87%
How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.
by Ben Macintyre 2010
4.03
24k+ ratings
🕵️ World War Ii Espionage🪖 Military Deception🎩 Eccentric Spies🧠 Strategic Deception🎲 Chance In Warfare
The Doctor Who Fooled the World
by Brian Deer • 2020
The vaccine study that scared the world was a lie. Twelve children's medical records held the proof.
4.04
2k+
🩺 Medical Fraud💉 Vaccine Misinformation🔍 Investigative Journalism🧪 Scientific Misconduct⚖️ Conflict Of Interest
The Doctor Who Fooled the World Summary
The Doctor Who Fooled the World 87%
The vaccine study that scared the world was a lie. Twelve children's medical records held the proof.
by Brian Deer 2020
4.04
2k+ ratings
🩺 Medical Fraud💉 Vaccine Misinformation🔍 Investigative Journalism🧪 Scientific Misconduct⚖️ Conflict Of Interest
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies
by Natasha Tidd • 2023
A forged document, a faked war, an imaginary country: the lies that changed history.
3.60
2k+
🗺️ World History🏛️ Political History📢 Propaganda📰 Media Manipulation🤥 Historical Falsehoods
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies Summary
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies 87%
A forged document, a faked war, an imaginary country: the lies that changed history.
by Natasha Tidd 2023
3.60
2k+ ratings
🗺️ World History🏛️ Political History📢 Propaganda📰 Media Manipulation🤥 Historical Falsehoods
Passport to Magonia
by Jacques F. Vallée • 1969
UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.
4.21
2k+
🛸 Ufology🧚 Fairy Lore🃏 Trickster Archetype📚 Comparative Mythology👁️ Hidden Intelligences
Passport to Magonia Summary
Passport to Magonia 87%
UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.
by Jacques F. Vallée 1969
4.21
2k+ ratings
🛸 Ufology🧚 Fairy Lore🃏 Trickster Archetype📚 Comparative Mythology👁️ Hidden Intelligences
L'Avversario
by Emmanuel Carrère • 2013
Eighteen years as a fake doctor. His office: a parking lot. Then he killed his family.
3.99
51k+
🧠 Criminal Psychology🎭 Pathological Lying📖 Literary True Crime🎪 Imposture🪞 Self-Deception
L'Avversario Summary
L'Avversario 87%
Eighteen years as a fake doctor. His office: a parking lot. Then he killed his family.
by Emmanuel Carrère 2013
3.99
51k+ ratings
🧠 Criminal Psychology🎭 Pathological Lying📖 Literary True Crime🎪 Imposture🪞 Self-Deception
The Smear
by Sharyl Attkisson • 2017
Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.
4.22
1k+
🎯 Character Assassination📰 Media Manipulation🤥 Fake News💰 Dark Money📢 Propaganda Techniques
The Smear Summary
The Smear 87%
Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.
by Sharyl Attkisson 2017
4.22
1k+ ratings
🎯 Character Assassination📰 Media Manipulation🤥 Fake News💰 Dark Money📢 Propaganda Techniques
Exploding the Phone
by Phil Lapsley • 2013
The phone system had a hidden language. The teenagers who mastered it invented the modern hacker.
4.20
2k+
📞 Phone Phreaking📡 Telecom History💾 Early Hacking🕹️ Hacking Culture🎭 Social Engineering
Exploding the Phone Summary
Exploding the Phone 87%
The phone system had a hidden language. The teenagers who mastered it invented the modern hacker.
by Phil Lapsley 2013
4.20
2k+ ratings
📞 Phone Phreaking📡 Telecom History💾 Early Hacking🕹️ Hacking Culture🎭 Social Engineering
Verified
by Mike Caulfield • 2023
The fact-checker method: four moves that verify anything online in under a minute.
4.24
239
📱 Digital Literacy🔍 Fact-Checking🧠 Cognitive Biases🎯 Attention Management📋 Evaluating Sources
Verified Summary
Verified 87%
The fact-checker method: four moves that verify anything online in under a minute.
by Mike Caulfield 2023
4.24
239 ratings
📱 Digital Literacy🔍 Fact-Checking🧠 Cognitive Biases🎯 Attention Management📋 Evaluating Sources
Ghost in the Wires
by Kevin D. Mitnick • 2011
He never cracked a password. He cracked people, and the FBI chased him for years.
3.97
28k+
🖥️ Computer Hacking🎭 Social Engineering🏃 Life On The Run🔒 Cybercrime💾 Early Hacker Culture
Ghost in the Wires Summary
Ghost in the Wires 87%
He never cracked a password. He cracked people, and the FBI chased him for years.
by Kevin D. Mitnick 2011
3.97
28k+ ratings
🖥️ Computer Hacking🎭 Social Engineering🏃 Life On The Run🔒 Cybercrime💾 Early Hacker Culture
Stealing Your Life
by Frank W. Abagnale • 2007
A former forger on how thieves pick targets, and the habits that make them move on.
3.67
293
🪪 Identity Theft🔒 Personal Data Security🎭 Social Engineering💻 Digital Security🛡️ Fraud Prevention
Stealing Your Life Summary
Stealing Your Life 87%
A former forger on how thieves pick targets, and the habits that make them move on.
by Frank W. Abagnale 2007
3.67
293 ratings
🪪 Identity Theft🔒 Personal Data Security🎭 Social Engineering💻 Digital Security🛡️ Fraud Prevention
Stamped
by Jason Reynolds • 2020
A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.
4.46
55k+
🕵️ Corporate Fraud💻 Tech Scandal🗞️ Investigative Reporting👤 Whistleblowers🩺 Medical Technology
Stamped Summary
Stamped 87%
A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.
by Jason Reynolds 2020
4.46
55k+ ratings
🕵️ Corporate Fraud💻 Tech Scandal🗞️ Investigative Reporting👤 Whistleblowers🩺 Medical Technology
Merchants of Doubt
by Erik M Conway Naomi Oreskes • 2010
Tobacco, acid rain, ozone, climate change: one network fought the science on all of them.
4.17
8k+
🧪 Science Denial🏭 Manufactured Controversy📰 Disinformation Campaigns💼 Corporate Malfeasance🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Merchants of Doubt Summary
Merchants of Doubt 87%
Tobacco, acid rain, ozone, climate change: one network fought the science on all of them.
by Erik M Conway Naomi Oreskes 2010
4.17
8k+ ratings
🧪 Science Denial🏭 Manufactured Controversy📰 Disinformation Campaigns💼 Corporate Malfeasance🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Money Men
by Dan McCrum • 2022
When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.
4.03
3k+
🏦 Corporate Fraud🔍 Investigative Journalism📢 Whistleblowers⚖️ Regulatory Failure📉 Short Sellers
Money Men Summary
Money Men 86%
When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.
by Dan McCrum 2022
4.03
3k+ ratings
🏦 Corporate Fraud🔍 Investigative Journalism📢 Whistleblowers⚖️ Regulatory Failure📉 Short Sellers
You are Being Lied To
by Russ Kick • 2001
The institutions you trust most are filtering what you know. Here is how, and why.
3.87
1k+
📰 Media Criticism📜 Hidden Histories📢 Propaganda Studies🌐 Media Ecology🏛️ Institutional Power
You are Being Lied To Summary
You are Being Lied To 86%
The institutions you trust most are filtering what you know. Here is how, and why.
by Russ Kick 2001
3.87
1k+ ratings
📰 Media Criticism📜 Hidden Histories📢 Propaganda Studies🌐 Media Ecology🏛️ Institutional Power
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her
by Malaclypse the Younger • 1965
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
4.25
6k+
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset🌀 Chaos Magic🎲 Sacred Play
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Summary
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her 86%
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
by Malaclypse the Younger 1965
4.25
6k+ ratings
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset🌀 Chaos Magic🎲 Sacred Play
The Anarchist Cookbook
by William Powell • 1971
Steal credit cards, make bombs from bleach, vanish: the most dangerous manual of 1971.
3.51
3k+
🧨 Counter-Culture Manuals🏴 Insurrectionary Anarchism💣 Improvised Explosives🔓 Lockpicking Guides📞 Phone Phreaking
The Anarchist Cookbook Summary
The Anarchist Cookbook 86%
Steal credit cards, make bombs from bleach, vanish: the most dangerous manual of 1971.
by William Powell 1971
3.51
3k+ ratings
🧨 Counter-Culture Manuals🏴 Insurrectionary Anarchism💣 Improvised Explosives🔓 Lockpicking Guides📞 Phone Phreaking
The Psychology of Fraud, Persuasion and Scam Techniques
by Martina Dove • 2020
Scammers weaponize your own psychology. Learn their playbook and the one skill that defeats them.
3.31
16
🧠 Fraud Psychology🗣️ Persuasion Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases⚠️ Scam Awareness📊 Behavioral Economics
The Psychology of Fraud, Persuasion and Scam Techniques Summary
The Psychology of Fraud, Persuasion and Scam Techniques 86%
Scammers weaponize your own psychology. Learn their playbook and the one skill that defeats them.
by Martina Dove 2020
3.31
16 ratings
🧠 Fraud Psychology🗣️ Persuasion Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases⚠️ Scam Awareness📊 Behavioral Economics
The Key Man
by Simon Clark • 2021
Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.
4.18
3k+
🏢 Private Equity🌍 Emerging Markets💸 Financial Fraud🌱 Impact Investing🤝 Elite Networks
The Key Man Summary
The Key Man 86%
Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.
by Simon Clark 2021
4.18
3k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity🌍 Emerging Markets💸 Financial Fraud🌱 Impact Investing🤝 Elite Networks
Do You Believe in Magic?
by Paul A. Offit • 2013
A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.
4.11
3k+
🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine🦆 Medical Quackery🔬 Scientific Skepticism💊 Supplement Industry
Do You Believe in Magic? Summary
Do You Believe in Magic? 86%
A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.
by Paul A. Offit 2013
4.11
3k+ ratings
🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine🦆 Medical Quackery🔬 Scientific Skepticism💊 Supplement Industry
Voodoo Histories
by David Aaronovitch • 2009
From Stalin's show trials to 9/11 truthers: why conspiracy theories work, and why debunking fails.
3.54
2k+
🕵️ Conspiracy Theories🏛️ Political Paranoia🧐 Skeptical Inquiry🧠 Cognitive Biases📰 Disinformation
Voodoo Histories Summary
Voodoo Histories 86%
From Stalin's show trials to 9/11 truthers: why conspiracy theories work, and why debunking fails.
by David Aaronovitch 2009
3.54
2k+ ratings
🕵️ Conspiracy Theories🏛️ Political Paranoia🧐 Skeptical Inquiry🧠 Cognitive Biases📰 Disinformation
Surrounded by Liars
by Thomas Erikson • 2024
Four personality types, four ways to lie, and the single question that corners a habitual deceiver.
3.38
865
🤥 Deception And Trust🕵️ Detecting Lies💻 Online Disinformation🛡️ Spotting Manipulation😤 Difficult People
Surrounded by Liars Summary
Surrounded by Liars 86%
Four personality types, four ways to lie, and the single question that corners a habitual deceiver.
by Thomas Erikson 2024
3.38
865 ratings
🤥 Deception And Trust🕵️ Detecting Lies💻 Online Disinformation🛡️ Spotting Manipulation😤 Difficult People
We Are Anonymous
by Parmy Olson • 2012
The internet's most notorious hacker collective was run by an FBI informant for eight months.
3.97
3k+
🏴 Hacktivist History🌐 Digital Insurgency🎭 Online Anonymity✊ Networked Protest🕵️ Undercover Operations
We Are Anonymous Summary
We Are Anonymous 86%
The internet's most notorious hacker collective was run by an FBI informant for eight months.
by Parmy Olson 2012
3.97
3k+ ratings
🏴 Hacktivist History🌐 Digital Insurgency🎭 Online Anonymity✊ Networked Protest🕵️ Undercover Operations
I Think, Therefore I Lie
by Warren Archer • 2019
Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.
3.44
9
🤥 Self-Deception🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology📢 Misinformation💭 Memory Fallibility
I Think, Therefore I Lie Summary
I Think, Therefore I Lie 86%
Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.
by Warren Archer 2019
3.44
9 ratings
🤥 Self-Deception🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology📢 Misinformation💭 Memory Fallibility
How to Think About Weird Things
by Theodore Schick Jr. • 1994
A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.
3.97
633
🔬 Scientific Skepticism👻 Paranormal Claims🪤 Logical Fallacies🧠 Cognitive Biases📚 Epistemology
How to Think About Weird Things Summary
How to Think About Weird Things 86%
A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.
by Theodore Schick Jr. 1994
3.97
633 ratings
🔬 Scientific Skepticism👻 Paranormal Claims🪤 Logical Fallacies🧠 Cognitive Biases📚 Epistemology
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
by Daniel Silva • 2022
A retired spy traces a forged painting to a billion-dollar fraud built on murder.
4.23
34k+
🎨 Art Forgery🕵️ Reluctant Spy✍️ Master Forger😔 World-Weary Hero⏳ Slowburn Suspense
Portrait of an Unknown Woman Summary
Portrait of an Unknown Woman 86%
A retired spy traces a forged painting to a billion-dollar fraud built on murder.
by Daniel Silva 2022
4.23
34k+ ratings
🎨 Art Forgery🕵️ Reluctant Spy✍️ Master Forger😔 World-Weary Hero⏳ Slowburn Suspense
Hitler e le teorie del complotto
by Richard J. Evans • 2020
Five Hitler conspiracy theories, dissected: they all share a logic that makes facts irrelevant.
3.84
660
🧠 Conspiratorial Thinking📜 Antisemitic Myths🔍 Historical Debunking📰 Disinformation🏛️ Political Conspiracy
Hitler e le teorie del complotto Summary
Hitler e le teorie del complotto 86%
Five Hitler conspiracy theories, dissected: they all share a logic that makes facts irrelevant.
by Richard J. Evans 2020
3.84
660 ratings
🧠 Conspiratorial Thinking📜 Antisemitic Myths🔍 Historical Debunking📰 Disinformation🏛️ Political Conspiracy
Trick or Treatment
by Simon Singh • 2008
Acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine: held to the evidence, most unravel.
4.11
5k+
💊 Alternative Medicine🔍 Medical Skepticism🧪 Clinical Trials💭 Placebo Effect🚫 Quackery
Trick or Treatment Summary
Trick or Treatment 86%
Acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine: held to the evidence, most unravel.
by Simon Singh 2008
4.11
5k+ ratings
💊 Alternative Medicine🔍 Medical Skepticism🧪 Clinical Trials💭 Placebo Effect🚫 Quackery
Nonsense on Stilts
by Massimo Pigliucci • 2008
Science isn't one method but many. Learn how they actually work, and the impostors can't hide.
3.89
1k+
🧠 Philosophy Of Science🚧 Demarcation Problem🔮 Pseudoscience🔬 Scientific Method🏛️ Science And Society
Nonsense on Stilts Summary
Nonsense on Stilts 86%
Science isn't one method but many. Learn how they actually work, and the impostors can't hide.
by Massimo Pigliucci 2008
3.89
1k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Science🚧 Demarcation Problem🔮 Pseudoscience🔬 Scientific Method🏛️ Science And Society
On Rumors
by Cass R. Sunstein • 2009
Debunking a rumor often makes more people believe it. The cognitive traps that cause this.
3.28
299
🗣️ Rumor Propagation📉 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases❌ Misinformation💬 Echo Chambers
On Rumors Summary
On Rumors 86%
Debunking a rumor often makes more people believe it. The cognitive traps that cause this.
by Cass R. Sunstein 2009
3.28
299 ratings
🗣️ Rumor Propagation📉 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases❌ Misinformation💬 Echo Chambers
The Heist
by Daniel Silva • 2014
A dead smuggler and a missing Caravaggio pull a reluctant Israeli spy back into the shadows.
4.19
31k+
🎨 Art Heist Thriller🖼️ Stolen Art Recovery🕵️ Reluctant Spy🤝 Criminal Alliances🐈 Cat And Mouse
The Heist Summary
The Heist 86%
A dead smuggler and a missing Caravaggio pull a reluctant Israeli spy back into the shadows.
by Daniel Silva 2014
4.19
31k+ ratings
🎨 Art Heist Thriller🖼️ Stolen Art Recovery🕵️ Reluctant Spy🤝 Criminal Alliances🐈 Cat And Mouse
Honour Among Thieves
by Jeffrey Archer • 1993
Two rival spies must steal back the Declaration of Independence before Saddam Hussein burns it.
3.88
18k+
🌍 International Thriller💰 Heist Thriller💔 Star-Crossed Lovers🎨 Forgery Plot⏳ Race Against Time
Honour Among Thieves Summary
Honour Among Thieves 86%
Two rival spies must steal back the Declaration of Independence before Saddam Hussein burns it.
by Jeffrey Archer 1993
3.88
18k+ ratings
🌍 International Thriller💰 Heist Thriller💔 Star-Crossed Lovers🎨 Forgery Plot⏳ Race Against Time
Lying for Money
by Dan Davies • 2018
Fraud is the price of trust: a predictable equilibrium with its own rules, not a system glitch.
3.99
1k+
🕵️ White Collar Crime🤝 Systems Of Trust🪤 Perverse Incentives📉 Regulatory Failure🏢 Toxic Organizations
Lying for Money Summary
Lying for Money 86%
Fraud is the price of trust: a predictable equilibrium with its own rules, not a system glitch.
by Dan Davies 2018
3.99
1k+ ratings
🕵️ White Collar Crime🤝 Systems Of Trust🪤 Perverse Incentives📉 Regulatory Failure🏢 Toxic Organizations
How Spies Think
by David Omand • 2020
From a former GCHQ chief: how spies structure their thinking to outsmart lies and cognitive traps.
3.62
832
🕵️ Intelligence Analysis🧠 Cognitive Biases📢 Disinformation🌀 Conspiracy Thinking📈 Bayesian Reasoning
How Spies Think Summary
How Spies Think 86%
From a former GCHQ chief: how spies structure their thinking to outsmart lies and cognitive traps.
by David Omand 2020
3.62
832 ratings
🕵️ Intelligence Analysis🧠 Cognitive Biases📢 Disinformation🌀 Conspiracy Thinking📈 Bayesian Reasoning
Post-Truth
by Matthew d'Ancona • 2017
Truth is everywhere and irrelevant. How emotion replaced fact in public life, and the way back.
3.75
921
📺 Media Criticism🦠 Misinformation🕵️ Conspiracy Theories🔄 Echo Chambers👁️ Attention Economy
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth 86%
Truth is everywhere and irrelevant. How emotion replaced fact in public life, and the way back.
by Matthew d'Ancona 2017
3.75
921 ratings
📺 Media Criticism🦠 Misinformation🕵️ Conspiracy Theories🔄 Echo Chambers👁️ Attention Economy
1066 and all that
by W.C. Sellar • 1930
English history, misremembered: every event is a malapropism, every king is Good or Bad.
3.91
4k+
📜 Satirical History📚 Parody Textbook🇬🇧 British Humour🎓 Oxbridge Satire🎭 Interwar Satire
1066 and all that Summary
1066 and all that 86%
English history, misremembered: every event is a malapropism, every king is Good or Bad.
by W.C. Sellar 1930
3.91
4k+ ratings
📜 Satirical History📚 Parody Textbook🇬🇧 British Humour🎓 Oxbridge Satire🎭 Interwar Satire
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