Inicio > Humanidades > Historia > Historia: acontecimientos y temas específicos > Historia social y cultural > Inside the Con
Inside the Con

Inside the Con

Sky Adler

24,14 €
IVA incluido
Consulta disponibilidad
Editorial:
Independently Published
Año de edición:
2025
Materia
Historia social y cultural
ISBN:
9781923593350

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)
¡Pregúntanos!
Sobre IBD

Confidence games are as old as human ambition and as modern as the latest online fraud. From the whispered promises of the Spanish Prisoner to the high-pressure theatrics of boiler rooms, from snake oil tonics to cryptocurrency hustles, swindlers have adapted their tricks to every age, exploiting the same psychological levers of greed, fear, trust, and hope.In Inside the Con: Anatomy of a Confidence Game, readers are taken on a sweeping journey across centuries of deception, exploring not only the mechanics of classic frauds but the timeless psychology that sustains them. Each chapter dissects a notorious con in vivid narrative detail, tracing how the setup is staged, the hook is baited, the payoff is secured, and the inevitable collapse arrives.Drawing on historical cases, court records, and investigative accounts, this book demonstrates how the con is less about money and more about human nature. It reveals why otherwise rational people suspend disbelief, how skilled swindlers build illusions of trust, and why every deception, no matter how elaborate, eventually unravels.Part history, part cautionary tale, Inside the Con is an anatomy of illusion-a reminder that while technologies change, human vulnerabilities do not.

Artículos relacionados

  • Arizal
    Raphael Afilalo
    The Ari overflowed with Torah. He was expert in Scripture, Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, Maaseh Bereishit and Maaseh Merkavah. About all the different levels of prophecy, their details and from which level the prophets had their revelations.  He understood the whistling of the trees, the grass and stones, the language of the birds and other animals, the conversations of angels, the...
  • Rose-tinted Memory
    Michael S Fryer
    “Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it”.  ~ Primo Levi, Holocaust survivor and author Seventy years after the mass murder of the Jews of Europe, Holocaust denial and Holocaust revisionism are creeping into our overall perception of what actually happened.Christendom has not ‘denied’ Holocaust, but it has attempted to create a memory of Holocaust which suggests th...
  • Pan Kapitan of Jordanow
    William Leibner
    Yeshayahu Drucker devoted a good part of his life to rescuing Jewish children from non-Jewish homes. Many parents had given their children to Polish neighbors for safekeeping during the war. Unfortunately most of the parents did not survive the Shoah. At the end of the war, there was no one to claim the children and they remained with the “adopted” Polish families. Following hi...
  • Holy Dissent
    Glenn Dynner
    BThe religious communities of early modern Eastern Europe—particularly those with a mystical bent—are typically studied in isolation. Yet the heavy Slavic imprint on Jewish popular mysticism and pervasive Judaizing tendencies among Christian dissenters call into question the presumed binary quality of Jewish-Christian interactions. In Holy Dissent: Jewish and Christian Mystics ...
  • AL-FARD
    Ali Mahdi Muhammad
    The Al-Fard, or the The Dawn, has captured the early rays of Our history. This history is essential if we are to be brought face to face with the One true and living God of the universe. The purpose of this writing is to bring the reader step by step, one degree at a time to the reality of God in person. The teachings of Our Father elevates the believer to the level of Godhood ...
  • Wild Things. Nature and the Social Imagination
    HISTORIES OF HUMAN CONSTRUCTIONS OF NATUREWild Things: Nature and the Social Imagination assembles eleven substantive and original essays on the cultural and social dimensions of environmental history. They address a global cornucopia of social and ecological systems, from Africa to Europe, North America and the Caribbean, and their temporal range extends from the 1830s into th...

Otros libros del autor

  • Is God Energy?
    Sky Adler
    What if one of humanity’s oldest ideas has an unexpected resemblance to one of physics’ most fundamental concepts? God has been described as eternal, invisible, present everywhere and fundamental to existence. Energy is found throughout the physical universe, cannot be treated as an ordinary material object, transforms from one form to another and is governed by some of nature’...
    Disponible

    16,20 €

  • The Strong Back Plan
    Sky Adler
    A stronger back is not built by thinking about the back alone. It is built through the hips, glutes, legs, core, upper back, feet, balance, walking, lifting habits, recovery, and the ordinary movements that shape daily life. The Strong Back Plan is a clear, practical, plain-English guide for adults who want to feel more capable when sitting, standing, walking, lifting, carrying...
    Disponible

    21,15 €

  • The Kettlebell Habit
    Sky Adler
    A kettlebell looks simple: one weight, one handle, one compact tool in the corner of a room. But used well, it can teach strength, control, conditioning, patience, and confidence in a practical way that fits real life. The Kettlebell Habit: Swings, Strength, Conditioning, and One Tool That Trains the Whole Body is a clear, plain-English guide for beginners, busy adults, home-wo...
    Disponible

    21,05 €

  • The Barbell Beginner
    Sky Adler
    The Barbell Beginner is a clear, practical, plain-English guide for adults who want to learn barbell training without intimidation, ego, or confusion. Covering squats, deadlifts, bench presses, overhead presses, rows, warm-ups, safety setup, bracing, breathing, progression, recovery, gym etiquette, coaching, training logs, home-gym caution, and realistic expectations, this book...
    Disponible

    21,08 €

  • The Sugar Habit Reset
    Sky Adler
    The Sugar Habit Reset is a practical, plain-English guide for anyone who wants to reduce excess sugar without fear, shame, extreme restriction, or perfection. From sweet coffee and breakfast cereals to snacks, supermarket labels, drinks, cravings, family routines, workday habits, emotional eating, and evening grazing, this book explains how sugar quietly becomes part of everyda...
    Disponible

    21,26 €

  • The Menopause Fitness Reset
    Sky Adler
    The Menopause Fitness Reset: Strength, Energy, Weight, and Confidence Through Change is a clear, practical, plain-English guide to staying active, strong, and confident through perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause. Instead of extreme diets, shame, miracle claims, or punishment workouts, this book focuses on realistic habits that ordinary women can actually use: strength ...
    Disponible

    21,10 €