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Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage » (Revised Edition)

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Authors: Paul Ekman
ISBN-13: 9780393337457, ISBN-10: 0393337456
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Date Published: January 2009
Edition: Revised Edition

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Author Biography: Paul Ekman

Paul Ekman, director of Paul Ekman Group, is the author of Emotions Revealed, Emotional Awareness (coauthored with the Dalai Lama), and twelve other books. The FOX series Lie to Me is based on his research. A professor emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco, he lives in the Bay area.

Book Synopsis

Paul Ekman’s classic book on reading faces and body language provides the science for highly anticipated Fox TV series Lie to Me.

Carol Z. Malatesta

Ekman [is] a pioneer in emotions research and nonverbal communication. . . . Accurate, intelligent, informative, and thoughtful. —New York Times Book Review

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition7
Acknowledgments11
1Introduction15
2Lying, Leakage, and Clues to Deceit25
3Why Lies Fail43
4Detecting Deceit From Words, Voice, or Body80
5Facial Clues to Deceit123
6Dangers and Precautions162
7The Polygraph as Lie Catcher190
8Lie Checking240
9Lie Catching in the 1990s279
10Lies in Public Life299
11New Findings and Ideas About Lying and Lie Catching325
Epilogue347
Appendix353
Reference Notes363
Index375

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