{"product_id":"truth-a-brief-history-of-total-bullsh-t","title":"Tom Phillips: Truth [2019] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'TOM PHILLIPS IS A VERY CLEVER, VERY FUNNY MAN' Greg Jenner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethroughout history, that we've managed to avoid it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut was there ever \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003ea 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 hilarious 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eHUMANS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW WE F*CKED IT ALL UP:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant' \u003cb\u003eJeremy Clarkson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Clarkson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'F*cking brilliant' \u003cb\u003eSarah Knight, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Very funny' \u003cb\u003eMark Watson, author of \u003ci\u003eEleven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In dark times, it's reassuring to learn that we've always been a bunch of clueless f*cking nitwits' \u003cb\u003eStuart Heritage, author of \u003ci\u003eDon't Be a Dick, Pete\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong... Both readable and entertaining' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phillips, Tom","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44532771717410,"sku":"9781472263193","price":16.25,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/phillips-tom-tom-phillips-truth-2019-paperback-9781472263193-60366292648275.jpg?v=1733896393","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/truth-a-brief-history-of-total-bullsh-t","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}