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Trickery Treat (Charmed)

Author:
Publisher: Pocket
Keywords: charmed, treat, trickery
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 141693670X
ISBN-13: 9781416936701

Trickery TreatA portal opened -- as a means for amends,Leaves a vengeful spirit to roam.Helping him cross over is the only way,To restore peace within the home.It’s Halloween, and Piper is busy decorating the Manor, which has become the neighborhood hot spot on the most bewitching night of the year. Meanwhile, Paige decides to use the party as a chance to honor the dead. She casts a spell that creates a portal for a clan of leprechauns...and other wandering spirits.The guests are thrilled and impressed with the realistic effects, but Phoebe, Piper, and Paige soon realize that they have a

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Of Trouble and Trickery

Author: Haidan Dong
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Keywords: trickery, trouble
Number of Pages: 58
Published: 2004-03-02
List price: $8.94
ISBN-10: 0595311709
ISBN-13: 9780595311705

Written by a pre-teen author, Of Trouble and Trickery unfolds the story of Heather Doung, fifth-grade vulpine who, in her class, starts full-scale rivalry against a traitor and a mathematician.To make matters worse-and better-the rest of the class get into trouble of their own, shooting elastic bands and bribing each other to be spies.Heather never planned for it to become so large, but now that it is, she must to cling to one thought expect the unexpected and win the rivalry.

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Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science

Author: J. Patrick Lewis
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: science, riddles, trickery, scien
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-04-01
List price: $6.00
ISBN-10: 0152058494
ISBN-13: 9780152058494

These clever riddle-rhymes cover everything from dinosaurs to gravity. The illustrations incorporate clues about the riddles, and the answers themselves are subtly included for anyone who needs a little extra help. Endnotes expand on Albert Einstein, the solar system, and other fascinating scientific topics.

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Thought Manipulation: The Use and Abuse of Psychological Trickery

Author: Sapir Handelman
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: trickery, psychological, abuse, manipulation, thought
Number of Pages: 190
Published: 2009-07-23
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0313355320
ISBN-13: 9780313355325

From politics to sales, education, romance, and parenthood, everyone plays—wittingly or not—the roles of manipulator or manipulated. Thought Manipulation: The Use and Abuse of Psychological Trickery offers a thorough understanding of the art of manipulation, leading readers on a fascinating journey into the gray areas of ethics, politics, leadership, advertising, psychotherapy, and intimate relationships. The book explains how manipulation works, exploring morally questionable tricks, such as temptation, distraction, and misdirection and introducing manipulative strategies, both simple and

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The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception

Authors:H Keith Melton, Robert Wallace,
Publisher: William Morrow
Keywords: deception, trickery, manual, cia, official
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-11-01
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0061725897
ISBN-13: 9780061725890

Magic or spycraft? In 1953, against the backdrop of the Cold War, the CIA initiated a top-secret program, code-named MKULTRA, to counter Soviet mind-control and interrogation techniques. Realizing that clandestine officers might need to covertly deploy newly developed pills, potions, and powders against the adversary, the CIA hired America’s most famous magician, John Mulholland, to write two manuals on sleight of hand and undercover communication techniques. In 1973, virtually all documents related to MKULTRA were destroyed. Mulholland’s manuals were thought to be among them—