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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: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
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
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
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 Konnikova Maria
$24.95 AUD
Category: Science
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Take Control and Master the Odds by Konnikova, Maria
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Maria Konnikova had never actually played poker before and didn't even know the rules when she approached Erik Seidel - Poker Hall of Fame inductee, winner of tens of millions of dollars in earnings - and asked him to be her mentor. She had faced a stretch of personal bad luck, and her reflections on th ...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: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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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