Author : Noire
Publisher : Dafina Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 13,32 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 0758279396
When Mink LaRue realizes she resembles a missing oil heiress, she travels to Dallas, pretending to be the daughter to try to cash in.
Author : Noire
Publisher :
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 16,28 MB
Release : 2012
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9781617939815
When Mink LaRue realizes she resembles a missing oil heiress, she travels to Dallas, pretending to be the daughter to try to cash in.
Author : Ian Leslie
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 21,87 MB
Release : 2011-05-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1770890289
Lying is an intrinsic part of our social fabric, but it is also a deeply problematic and misunderstood aspect of what makes us human. Ian Leslie takes us on a fascinating journey that makes us question not only our own relationship to the truth, but also virtually every daily encounter we have. On the way he dissects the history of the lie detector, how parents affect their children’s attitude to lying (and vice versa), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, the philosophical ambiguity of telling the truth, Bill Clinton’s presentational prowess, Wonder Woman’s lasso of truth, and why we should be wary of anyone with more than 150 Facebook friends. Born Liars is thought-provoking, anecdotally driven narrative nonfiction at its best. Ian Leslie’s intoxicating blend of anthropology, biology, cultural history, philosophy, and popular psychology belies a serious central message: that humans have evolved and thrived in large part because of their ability to deceive.
Author : Noire
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 24,34 MB
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0758292406
What happens when beautiful, twenty-year-old petty thief and ex-stripper Mink LaRue finds out she's a dead ringer for the age-progressed photo of the missing oil heiress Sable Dominion? Harlem-born Mink LaRue makes a beeline to Dallas, Texas, pretending to be the Dominions' long-lost daughter, Sable. She knows she's hit the jackpot when she and her super ghetto partner in crime, Bowlegged Bunni, are admitted into the Dominions' 20-room mansion, complete with all the trimmings of a luxurious family estate. But it's not long before Mink's newfound siblings grow suspicious of the ghetto princess, who has a rap sheet a mile long. If Mink is to worm her way into their pockets and get her hands on their dough, she must tell enough lies to convince everyone that she really is the precious daughter who was stolen from their fold. But with a DNA test standing between her and a hefty inheritance, how long can Mink's bag of lies keep her rolling in the Dominions' riches? "Noire is a force to be reckoned with in the urban erotic genre." --Urban Reviews "Urban Erotica has never been hotter!" --Nikki Turner "Noire is Dickens for the age of dojah, donuts and dawgs." --Publishers Weekly
Author : Noire
Publisher : Dafina
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 39,82 MB
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1617734330
Mink LaRue decides she needs to treat herself, and to treat herself, she needs money. To get some, she and friend Dy-Nasty Jenkins decide to embezzle from a super-rich Dominican oil family, after all, what could possibly go wrong with that plan? When Mink is called home to her sickly mothers bedside, Dy-Nasty is left to complete the con on her own. Unfortunately, it would be fair to say that Dy-Nasty isn't the best mathematician. Will she manage to pull it off? Or will she land herself, and Mink, in a lot of trouble with people who have the resources to make a lone girl disappear.
Author : Noire
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 21,29 MB
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0758294166
"Urban erotica has never been hotter!" --Nikki Turner She seduced Texas's richest oil family out of a fortune. But now petty thief and ex-stripper Mink LaRue has a rival for the ultimate temptation. . . It didn't take long for Mink to blow all the money she conned pretending to be missing oil heiress Sable Dominion. And now that a sweet chunk of the huge Dominion family trust fund is up for grabs, nothing can stop her from going for even more. Trouble is, her drug-dealing ex-boyfriend and the Dominion's irresistible eldest son, Barron, as well as his scheming fiancée, want to take Mink down in as many ways as possible. But her most dangerous opposition is the new pretender who's come to town. . .and she looks--and lies--exactly like Mink! Now, if the sexy little liar is going to come out on top, she'll have to make friends out of enemies and click up with a few very powerful haters. And knowing the insatiable Mink, she'll gamble everything to keep her conniving house of cards from tumbling all the way down. . . "This is top-of-the-line street lit." --Library Journal on Natural Born Liar (starred review)
Author : David Livingstone Smith
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,24 MB
Release : 2007-08-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780312310400
Readers of Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker will find much to intrigue them in this fascinating book, which declares that our extraordinary ability to deceive others - and even our selves - 'lies' at the heart of our humanity.
Author : Noire
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 30,23 MB
Release : 2014-05-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1617738654
A former stripper turned oil dynasty heiress is hustling her way to the jackpot in this urban erotic novel by the #1 Essence bestselling author of G-Spot. Former Harlem stripper Mink LaRue seduced her way into a Dallas oil dynasty. Now, as an heiress to the Dominion family's billions, the expert con-mami is living a life of easy money, fine whips, and sparkling jewels. But she'll need to come out of a whole new trick bag in order to throw shade on her sizzling swerve with Suge, her uncle-by-marriage only. Meanwhile, Suge is going toe-to-toe with the Dominion's oldest adversary, whose shameless mudslinging could cast dirt on their family name and ruin their good fortune forever. His chosen ally is a gorgeous ex-girlfriend—a woman Mink will need her every conniving wile to out-score. But scandalous secrets that could change con-mami Mink's life forever are just about to boil over . . . “Urban erotica has never been hotter!” —Nikki Turner
Author : Aja Raden
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1250272033
Why do you believe what you believe? You’ve been lied to. Probably a lot. We’re always stunned when we realize we’ve been deceived. We can’t believe we were fooled: What was I thinking? How could I have believed that? We always wonder why we believed the lie. But have you ever wondered why you believe the truth? People tell you the truth all the time, and you believe them; and if, at some later point, you’re confronted with evidence that the story you believed was indeed true, you never wonder why you believed it in the first place. In this incisive and insightful taxonomy of lies and liars, New York Times bestselling author Aja Raden makes the surprising claim that maybe you should. Buttressed by history, psychology, and science, The Truth About Lies is both an eye-opening primer on con-artistry—from pyramid schemes to shell games, forgery to hoaxes—and also a telescopic view of society through the mechanics of belief: why we lie, why we believe, and how, if at all, the acts differ. Through wild tales of cons and marks, Raden examines not only how lies actually work, but also why they work, from the evolutionary function of deception to what it reveals about our own. In her previous book, Stoned, Raden asked, “What makes a thing valuable?” In The Truth About Lies, she asks “What makes a thing real?” With cutting wit and a deft touch, Raden untangles the relationship of truth to lie, belief to faith, and deception to propaganda. The Truth About Lies will change everything you thought you knew about what you know, and whether you ever really know it.
Author : Alice Feeney
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250144833
My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?
