Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions
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The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
$35.00 Read moreA charismatic doctor claimed to have rediscovered the ancestral roots of “toad medicine,” becoming the face of a global psychedelic movement. But in his wake, he left a trail of destruction that embod… [more below]
- Author: de Greef, Kimon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 0385550243
- Language: English
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The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and the World’s Most Dangerous Spirit
$19.99 Add to cartNow in paperback: an astonishing true crime story about an eccentric grifter who blew up the lucrative black market for vintage bottles of the legendary drink of artistic renegades, absinthe . . .
Tho- Author: Rail, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1685892248
- Language: English
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Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder and Deception on the Gulf Coast
$34.00 Read moreThe gripping true story of a serial con man and the innocent man he sent to death row by award-winning New York Times Magazine writer Pamela Colloff
For more than three decades, Paul Skalnik roamed th- Author: Colloff, Pamela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217346998
- Language: English
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Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
$32.00 Add to cartThe riveting, true story of an audacious con man who helped send another man to death row for a murder he did not commit
“Incendiary, emotionally devastating. [This] is a feat of dogged reporting, bra- Author: Colloff, Pamela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 0593230868
- Language: English
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The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the gilded halls of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, a tale of stolen treasures and the battle to reclaim a nation’s soul.
Amidst the chaos of Cambodia’s b- Author: Campbell, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 0593716000
- Language: English
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American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda
$29.95 Read more“A project of epic proportions, pulled off with remarkable ?lan.”
–Kirkus ReviewsA gripping expos? of deception, cult power, and the long shadow of Carlos Castaneda, the man behind the biggest literar
- Author: Marshall, Ru
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 670
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1682194612
- Language: English
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When You See It: How I Outsmarted & Outlasted Dirty John
$19.99 Add to cartWhen a wife uncovers her husband’s sinister past and terrifying present, she wages a fierce battle to ensure the safety of her family and the integrity of her profession.
Tonia Bales married a handsom- Author: Bales, Tonia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 9798888459409
- Language: English
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Boss Brooks: A True Story of Fraud, Family, and Forgiveness from Tennessee to Texas
$24.95 Add to cart- Author: Turner, Kathy Bingham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 9798895270363
- Language: English
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The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and the World’s Most Dangerous Spirit
$19.99 Add to cartNow in paperback: an astonishing true crime story about an eccentric grifter who blew up the lucrative black market for vintage bottles of the legendary drink of artistic renegades, absinthe . . .
Tho- Author: Rail, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1685892248
- Language: English
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Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
$30.00 Add to cartA cautionary tale of sex and salvation for the wellness generation: how orgasmic meditation turned into a cult.
OneTaste hoped orgasm would change the world. Emerging in the midst of the late-aughts f- Author: Huet, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0374604193
- Language: English
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Charlatans: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Hucksters Bamboozle the Media, the Markets, and the Masses
$30.00 Add to cartFrom snake-oil salesmen to crypto grifters, the “fascinating” (Fareed Zakaria) story of charlatans–and why we fall for them
For centuries charlatans have been bamboozling victims. But today, charlat- Author: Naim, Moises
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1541606515
- Language: English
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There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America’s Biggest Catfish
$30.00 Add to cartPart memoir, part explosive window into the mind of a catfisher, a thrilling personal account of three women coming face-to-face with an internet predator and teaming up to expose them.
In 2011, thre- Author: Akbari, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1538742195
- Language: English
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The Devil Wears Rothko: Inside the Art Scandal That Rocked the World
$30.00 Read moreThe Devil Wears Rothko charts the explosive demise of Knoedler Gallery, one of New York’s oldest and most prestigious art galleries, with detailed and salacious insight into the art fraud scandal of t… [more below]
- Author: Avrich, Barry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 9798888454527
- Language: English
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Anansi’s Gold: The Man Who Swindled the World
$19.99 Add to cart“Catch Me if You Can meets Coming to America in this epic tale of one of the greatest scammers of all time.”-NPR
Shortlisted for the Mark Lynton History Prize * A New York Times Notable Book of the Ye- Author: Yeebo, Yepoka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1639735291
- Language: English
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The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy
$30.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that investigates Munchausen by Proxy from the host and creator of the award-winning true crime podcast Nobody Should Believe Me.
“I devoured this chilling- Author: Dunlop, Andrea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1250284279
- Language: English
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Anatomy of a Con Artist: The 14 Red Flags to Spot Scammers, Grifters, and Thieves
$28.00 Add to cartThese are the 14 red flags to identify the scammer in your life before they con you–from a victim-turned-vigilante and host of the hit podcast Queen of the Con.
“Johnathan Walton has written a master… [more below]- Author: Walton, Johnathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 0593797167
- Language: English
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Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: A Ponzi Scheme Victim’s Story
$15.99 Add to cartObtain an inside look at a real-life Ponzi scheme from the vantage point of one of its victims.
We’ve all heard of Ponzi schemes, but what happens when you’re the victim of one?
After a 30-year career w
- Author: Dougherty, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 9798822963870
- Language: English
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False Claims: One Insider’s Impossible Battle Against Big Pharma Corruption
$30.00 Add to cart- Author: Pratta, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 63371103
- Language: English
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The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking
$21.00 Add to cartThe true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history.
In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of ’60s idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over- Author: Koerner, Brendan I.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 17 2014
- ISBN10: 0307886115
- Language: English
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The Woman Who Fooled the World: The True Story of Fake Wellness Guru Belle Gibson
$19.95 Add to cartA jaw-dropping story of extraordinary deceit that left many victims in its wake and travelled around the world.
Entrepreneur. Inspiration. Guru. Belle Gibson shot to fame after she convinced the world
- Author: Donelly, Beau
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 17 2018
- ISBN10: 1947534068
- Language: English
