{"product_id":"how-to-spot-a-liar","title":"How to Spot a Liar","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeople lie more than they think they do. The average adult tells about a lie a day. Sometimes more, sometimes serious ones, sometimes the small social ones that grease conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cost of missing the serious ones can be enormous. Bad partners. Bad hires. Bad business deals. Marriages built on a story that wasn't true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book teaches what to look for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot pop science. Not \"if they touch their nose they're lying.\" The real cluster of signals - the ones investigators, profilers, and high-stakes negotiators learn to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The seven categories of deception cues. Verbal, physical, vocal. Each with specifics.\u003cbr\u003e- Microexpressions - Paul Ekman's research, distilled. Seven universal faces. Each lasts a fifth of a second. Each tells you what's actually going on.\u003cbr\u003e- Speech patterns of liars. Specific tics. Real examples.\u003cbr\u003e- The questioning technique that makes deception harder to maintain. Used by police, useful in any conversation where the truth matters.\u003cbr\u003e- Why \"shifty eyes\" is a myth. The actual gaze pattern that signals fabrication.\u003cbr\u003e- How body language differs in spontaneous lies vs. rehearsed ones. Most beginners conflate them.\u003cbr\u003e- Cognitive load methods - how to push someone's brain to the point where the lie cracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome readers learn this and start spotting it everywhere - in family, at work, in interviews, in the news. The shift can be uncomfortable. It's also permanent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead it carefully. Practice in low-stakes conversations. The skill builds over months.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alakai Publishing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50021795234042,"sku":"9781953036674","price":28.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50021795266810,"sku":"9781953036667","price":19.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/1253\/1962\/files\/imageloader_c864866c-f8c9-4142-918c-138ffe969e44.jpg?v=1786139258","url":"https:\/\/mindsourcebooks.com\/products\/how-to-spot-a-liar","provider":"Mind Source Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}