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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: Social Thought
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
$39.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
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, Take Control and Master the Odds by Konnikova, Maria
$32.99 AUD
Category: Personal Development
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
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