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Author
Series
Publisher
Annick
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Recounts eight true tales that expose some of the most outrageous swindles and cons of all time, from the infamous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast to the Nazi plot to destroy the British economy by flooding the world with millions of counterfeit banknotes.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Offers an overview of some of the funniest, weirdest, and most influential cons, scams, and deceptions in history, looking at how the fakers do it, why people can be so easy to fool, and how readers can avoid becoming a sucker.
Author
Language
English
Description
Gideon and Ishmael Hofstadt, ages sixteen and seventeen, accidentally start a hoax that aliens have landed, turning their town of Lansburg, Pennsylvania, into a circus. Told through narrative, police interviews, text messages, blog posts, and more.-- Provided by Publisher.
9) Holy Ghost
Author
Series
Virgil Flowers novels volume 11
Language
English
Description
Virgil Flowers investigates a miracle ... and a murder ... in the wickedly entertaining new thriller from the master of pulse-pounding thrillers. Pinion, Minnesota: a huge city of all of seven hundred folks who define the phrase 'small town'. Nothing has ever happened in Pinion and nothing ever will ... until the mayor of sorts (campaign promise: `I'll Do What I Can') comes up with a scheme to put Pinion on the map. He's heard of a place where a floating...
10) Thirteen o'clock
Author
Publisher
Chronicle
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
As a mysterious old clock strikes thirteen, monsters and ghouls appear looking for a snack and a little mischief at the expense of the small girl who lives down the hall.
Author
Publisher
MoonDance, an imprint of The Quarto Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Discover the variety of ways our brains can trick us, from optical illusions to magicians' masterful use of misdirection to strategies used by con artists. Learn why you can't always trust your brain, so you'll be less likely to be swindled, hoodwinked, or bamboozled. Learn how your brain gets tricked by the world around you, and how you can train yourself to be a better, more critical thinker.
12) Sopa de piedras
Author
Publisher
Live Oak
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Este antiguo cuento francés cuenta la historia de tres soldados cansados que regresan a casa después de la guerra. Al pasar por un pueblo, los hombres hambrientos piden algo de comer. Cuando los egoístas aldeanos esconden toda su comida, encuentran una manera inteligente de conseguir comida.
This old French tale tells the story of three weary soldiers on their way home from war. While passing through a town, the hungry men ask for something...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a young black teen is murdered, his two best friends decide to keep his memory alive by promoting his music -- rhymes that could turn any hangout into a party -- with the help of his younger sister, Jasmine, who is out for justice. As the buzz builds, it forces Quadir, Jarrell, and Jasmine, to each confront the death in their own ways.
Brooklyn, 1998. When their best friend Steph is killed, Quadir and Jarrell don't want his tracks to lie forgotten....
16) Anansi time
Author
Publisher
August House Audio
Pub. Date
p1999.
Language
English
Description
On a recent visit to an obscure African village, he was invited to a community-wide afternoon break at which elders told traditional Anansi stories and everyone else listened intently. With material gleaned on that trip and from the tradition of African tellers in North America, Norfolk electrifies audiences with his energized retellings of Anansi, the mythic underdog who is never undone or outdone.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Max and Drew run a popular webcast that streams "live exorcisms" watched by millions across the globe. In reality, the exorcisms are just elaborately staged hoaxes performed by paid actors. But their fortunes take a turn when one of the actors becomes possessed by an actual demon and takes the crew hostage. In front of a rapidly growing audience, the demon subjects the crew to a series of violent challenges, threatening to expose the dark secrets...
18) Pinduli
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Stumbling across a long-lost treasure, single mother Jesse Braddock must figure out how to keep it out of the hands of villains, while Ken Bortle, to lure tourists to his failing store, invents the "Everglades Melon Monster," inspiring a horde of TikTokers to swarm the swamp, inciting mayhem and hilarity.
Author
Language
English
Description
Takes readers on a journey both of individual healing and society's response to the question of life after life, follows a single father just released from prison as he sets out to prove that the mysterious calls from beyond to the residents of Coldwater, Michigan are nothing but a hoax.
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