The Liars' Gospel

The Liars' Gospel
Author: Naomi Alderman
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2013-03-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316232807

An award-winning writer reimagines the life of Jesus, from the points of view of four people closest to him before his death. This is the story of Yehoshuah, who wandered Roman-occupied Judea giving sermons and healing the sick. Now, a year after his death, four people tell their stories. His mother grieves, his friend Iehuda loses his faith, the High Priest of the Temple tries to keep the peace, and a rebel named Bar-Avo strives to bring that peace tumbling down. It was a time of political power plays and brutal tyranny. Men and women took to the streets to protest. Dictators put them down with iron force. In the midst of it all, one inconsequential preacher died. And either something miraculous happened, or someone lied. Viscerally powerful in its depictions of the period -- massacres and riots, animal sacrifice and human betrayal -- The Liars' Gospel makes the oldest story entirely new.

The Liars

The Liars
Author: Henry Arthur Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1904
Genre: English drama
ISBN:

A comedy of manners concerning the Victorian moral codes of the day.

Born Liars

Born Liars
Author: Ian Leslie
Publisher: House of Anansi
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2011-05-21
Genre: 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.

Cherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liars' Club

Cherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liars' Club
Author: Christopher B. Teuton
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2012
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0807835846

Presents a collection of traditional Cherokee tales, teachings, and folklore, with four works presented in both English and Cherokee.

Jacob The Liar

Jacob The Liar
Author: Jurek Becker
Publisher: Skyhorse
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1996-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1628720506

Cut off from all news of the war along with thousands of fellow prisoners, Jacob Heym accidentally overhears a radio broadcast that reveals the Red Army's advancement and is forced to tell a series of lies in order to explain his knowledge. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The Liar

The Liar
Author: Carlo Goldoni
Publisher: London : Selwyn and Blount
Total Pages: 106
Release: 1922
Genre: Comedy
ISBN: