The Confidence Game: How Con Artists Operate
“The Confidence Game” (2016) is a book about con artists, snake oil salesmen, and manipulators. Maria Konnikova, the author, seeks to go at the psychological …
Dark Triad
Handbook of Individual Differences in Social Behavior – Machiavellianism
Machiavellianism is a chapter of “Handbook of Individual Differences in Social Behavior” (2009), reviewing the literature of Machiavellianism and how their peculiar traits and predispositions …
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Machiavellianism: The Psychology of Manipulation
“Machiavellianism” (2017) is a book on Machiavellianism and the psychology of manipulation. The author defines the book as “the first comprehensive psychological book on Machiavellianism …
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Studies in Machiavellianism: 10 Traits of Machiavellians
“Studies in Machiavellianism” (1970) by Christie and Geis is the first book to empirically address, test, and explain, the personality trait of “Machiavellianism“.The authors first …
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Mafia Prince: 10 Lessons Learned From Philly’s Mafia
Mafia Prince (2014) is “Crazy Phil” first-person account of how the mafia came to conquer -and then lose- its stranglehold on Philadelphia, passing through one …
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Underboss: How to Thrive in The Mob
“Underboss” (1999) is the life history of mobster Sammy Gravano up until he turned government witness against his former boss John Gotti and (a good …