'A Malcolm Gladwell-style social psychologybehavioural economics primer' Evening Standard Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere in the form of exaggeration selective use of facts economy with the truth careful drafting
- from Trump & the Brexit debate to companies that tell us 'your call is important to us' How did we get to a place where bullshit is not just rife but apparently so effective that it's become the communications strategy of our times? This brilliantly insightful book steps inside the panoply of deception employed in all walks of life & assesses how it has come to this It sets out the surprising logic which explains why bullshit is both pervasive & persistent Why are company annual reports often nonsense? Why should you not trust estate agents? & above all why has political campaigning become the art of stretching the truth? Drawing on behavioural science economics psychology & of course his knowledge of the media Evan ends by providing readers with a tool-kit to handle the kinds of deceptions we encounter every day & charts a route through the muddy waters of the post-truth age
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Welcome to the Post-Truth era- a time in which the art of the lie is shaking the very foundations of democracy & the world as we know it The Brexit vote; Donald Trump's victory; the rejection of climate change science; the vilification of immigrants; all have been based on the power to evoke feelings & not facts So what does it all mean & how can we champion truth in in a time of lies & alternative facts'? In this eye-opening & timely book Post-Truth is distinguished from a long tradition of political lies exaggeration & spin What is new is not the mendacity of politicians but the public's response to it & the ability of new technologies & social media to manipulate polarise & entrench opinion Where trust has evaporated conspiracy theories thrive the authority of the media wilt & emotions matter more than facts Now one of the UK's most respected political journalists Matthew d' Ancona investigates how we got here why quiet resignation is not an option & how we can & must fight back ...

Does everyone deserve redemption? As the FBI tightens its noose around Eden Mark & his mother Laura must either choose to let one of their own suffer at the hands of revenge or help him take a stand against his enemiesthe Aryan Brotherhood Collects issues 13 through 16 ...

FBI Agent Chris Bremble comes face to face with Isaac Shiffron the sociopath who gave birth to Eden & to find the truth of the past Bremble will have to endure Isaac&s madness Laura puts Mark in charge of Eden to see if her son has the ability to lead a town full of criminals who don&t trust or believe in him His mother Maggie & Molly all have a vision for what Mark should bebut which path will he choose? Collects POSTAL 17-20 ...

Isaac Shiffron has found his tool of revenge against Laura & the town that betrayed him The FBI Agent Bremble is Isaac&s willing tool seeking to punish both Eden & the corrupt FBI agents that protect it In order to protect their town Laura Mark Maggie & Molly have to work togetherbecause Bremble&s strike team is headed their way & the end of Eden is coming with it Collects POSTAL issues 21-24 ...

The townsfolk of Eden Wyoming wake up to the first official murder the town has seen in 25 years Their reaction to this isn&t normal & there&s a reason for that Eden operates as a haven for fugitive criminals who remain here while new identities often including facial reconstruction are created for them There is zero tolerance for any illegal activity that might draw attention to the town & an "official murder" is the last thing they want A single tight-knit family runs Eden with the youngest oddball son Mark Shiffron overseeing the postal branch the only means of shipping in or out of the city THE FBI has repeatedly been foiled trying to insert an undercover here; they see Mark as the weak link to exploit This murder gives them a new opportunity by Isaac Goodheart Matt Hawkins Bryan Hill ...

Mark Shiffron can protect his innocence or he can protect the small town he’s always known He can’t do both When a seductive new resident uses brutal violence to bring Mark closer to her Mark may have to sacrifice his own goodness to protect the people & the place he loves He won’t have much time because a new FBI agent has come to Wyoming intent on understanding Eden’s secrets in order to bring the whole town to justice starting with Mark’s fugitive father Issac Shiffron…but Mark’s father as always has dark plans of his own plans that will push Mark beyond the threshold of good & evil changing him forever ...

Small town Big problems Mark Shiffron is more than the mailman of Eden Wyoming Now he&s the problem solver working with his mother the Mayor to keep a town full of criminals from tearing itself apart As ambition & desire grow within him Mark uses his unique perspective to try & keep Eden under his mother&s control But can the Mayor keep her son under her control? The second arc of the controversial & unflinching POSTAL once again journeys into the strange darkness of human nature making one thing clear every paradise comes at a price Collects POSTAL 5-8 ...

' The most important book about our economy & society to be published in my lifetime' Irvine Welsh From Paul Mason the award-winning Channel 4 presenter Postcapitalism is a guide to our era of seismic economic change & how we can build a more equal society Over the past two centuries or so capitalism has undergone continual change
- economic cycles that lurch from boom to bust
- & has always emerged transformed & strengthened Surveying this turbulent history Paul Mason wonders whether today we are on the brink of a change so big so profound that this time capitalism itself the immensely complex system by which entire societies function has reached its limits & is changing into something wholly new At the heart of this change is information technology a revolution that as Mason shows has the potential to reshape utterly our familiar notions of work production & value; & to destroy an economy based on markets & private ownership
- in fact he contends it is already doing so In this groundbreaking Sunday Times top ten book Mason shows how from the ashes of the recent financial crisis we have the chance to create a more socially just & sustainable global economy


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This is story of Loyal Blood a man who spends a lifetime on the run from a crime so terrible that it renders him forever incapable of touching a woman The odyssey begins on a freezing Vermont hillside in 1944 & propels Blood across the American West for forty years Denied love & unable to settle he lives a hundred different lives mining gold growing beans hunting fossils trapping prospecting for uranium & ranching His only contact with his past is through a series of postcards he sends home
- not realising that in his absence disaster has befallen his family & their deep-rooted connection with the land has been severed with devastating consequences Postcards' was Annie Proulx's first novel which received huge acclaim & marked the launch of an outstanding literary career Her works include short story collections Bad Dirt' Close Range' (featuring Brokeback Mountain') & novels such as The Shipping News' & Accordion Crimes'
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