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Confidence Game: The Psychology of the Con and Why We Fall for it ... Every Time by Maria Konnikova
29.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
True con artists - the Bernie Madoffs, the Clark Rockefellers, the Lance Armstrongs - are elegant, outsized personalities, artists of persuasion and exploiters of trust. They hold a deep, enigmatic fascination for us. But how do they do it? Why are they successful? And what keeps us falling for it, over ...Show more
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova
22.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit
No fictional character is more renowned for his extraordinary powers of mind than Sherlock Holmes. But what exactly is it that sets him apart as a detective of the highest order, and can we harness his genius? In Mastermind, psychologist Maria Konnikova shows us how we can all channel Holmes's famous po ...Show more
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova
29.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit
What is it that separates Sherlock Holmes from his long-suffering friend and side-kick Dr John Watson? What makes Holmes such a superior detective, able to piece together clues and solve problems that seem elementary to Watson only in hindsight? And can we - most of us Watsons ourselves - ever harness a ...Show more
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win by Maria Konnikova
24.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit
Maria Konnikova had never played poker before in her life when she approached Erik Seidel, Poker Hall of Fame inductee and winner of tens of millions of dollars. But armed with a PhD in psychology and a view of poker as the ultimate master class in dealing with uncertainty, she convinced him to become h ...Show more
The Confidence Game: The Psychology of the Con and Why We Fall for it Every Time by Maria Konnikova
22.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit
The con artist: from Bernie Madoff to Clark Rockefeller to Lance Armstrong. How do they get away with it? And what keeps us falling for them, over and over again? In The Confidence Game, Maria Konnikova investigates the psychological principles that underlie each stage of the swindle, from the put-up al ...Show more
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