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Truth

A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t
By Tom Phillips
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Truth by Tom Phillips explores the concept of truth, examining how humans have been both purveyors and victims of deception throughout history. The book delves into the various ways people have bent, twisted, and disregarded the truth to suit their purposes. It's an engaging look at how truth is often manipulated, interwoven with wit and insightful examples from different epochs.
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You might enjoy this book if you have an interest in exploring the fascinating ways humans have distorted, twisted, and misunderstood truths throughout history. With humour and engaging storytelling, it's an entertaining ride through historical missteps, revealing how truth has been bent across different cultures and times.

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Truth

TRUTH: A hilarious journey through the most bizarre and brilliant lies told by humans through the ages, from the author of HUMANS: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up

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'TOM PHILLIPS IS A VERY CLEVER, VERY FUNNY MAN' Greg Jenner

This is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, throughout history, that we've managed to avoid it.

We live in a 'post-truth' age, we're told. The US has a president who openly lies on a daily basis (or who doesn't even know what's true, and doesn't care). The internet has turned our everyday lives into a misinformation battleground. People don't trust experts any more.

But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? As the editor of the UK's leading independent fact-checker, Tom Phillips deals with complete bollocks every day. Here, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other - and ourselves - and asks an important question: how can humanity move towards a truthier future?

PRAISE FOR HUMANS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW WE F*CKED IT ALL UP:

'Fcking brilliant' Sarah Knight, The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fck

'Very funny' Mark Watson

'In dark times, it's reassuring to learn that we've always been a bunch of clueless f*cking nitwits' Stuart Heritage, Don't Be a Dick, Pete

'A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong... Both readable and entertaining' Telegraph

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472263209

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 August 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wildfire

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 213g

Pages: 304

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Education & Reference History & Military Humour Non-Fiction Tom Phillips

About the Author

Tom Phillips is an author and journalist. He's worked as the editor of Full Fact and editorial director of BuzzFeed UK. Books in Tom's internationally bestselling Brief History series have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World is his fourth book. Tom lives in Cornwall with an exponentially growing number of spider plants.

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