Deceptions 21 fascinating stories of trickery and fraud : with exercises for developing reading comprehension and critical thinking skills
Nonfiction articles examining murder, plagiarism, bigamy, con games, secret identities, hoaxes, and psychic phenomena. Each is followed by reading comprehension and critical thinking exercises.
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| Language: | English |
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Lincolnwood, IL
Jamestown
1999
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| Series: | Critical reading series
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Deceptions |b 21 fascinating stories of trickery and fraud : with exercises for developing reading comprehension and critical thinking skills |c Henry Billings, Melissa Billings |
| 260 | |a Lincolnwood, IL |b Jamestown |c 1999 | ||
| 300 | |a vi, 198 p. |b ill. |c 21 cm. | ||
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| 505 | |a Deceptions Stories of Trickery and Fraud P.T. Barnum: The Prince of Humbug, Sarah Emma Edmonds: Union Spy, The Trojan Horse, New Era Rip-off, Ffyona Campbell, David Williams: Imposter, Marie Hilley: The Perfect Wife and Mother, Uri Geller: Is He for Real?, Janet Cooke: Disgraced Journalist, The King of Romance (and Deception), Aldrich Ames: Traitor, Rosie Ruiz: Marathon Fraud, The Hitler Diaries Hoax, Charles Stuart, Priceless Fakes, Katherine Ann Power: Life on the Run, Quiz Show Fix, Mara Hari: From Footlights to Firing Squad, The Tuskegee Experiment, The Psychic Who Wasn't, and The War of the Worlds | ||
| 520 | |a Nonfiction articles examining murder, plagiarism, bigamy, con games, secret identities, hoaxes, and psychic phenomena. Each is followed by reading comprehension and critical thinking exercises. | ||
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