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WHY WE LIE: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind. By David Livingstone Smith. St. Martin’s Press. 238 pp. $24.95
DECEPTION AT WORK: Investigating and Countering Lies and Fraud Strategies. By Michael J. Comer and Timothy E. Stephens. Gower Publishing. 459 pp. $185
BIG COTTON: How a Humble Fiber Created Fortunes, Wrecked Civilizations, and Put America on the Map. By Stephen Yafa. Viking. 398 pp. $25.95
BORN LOSERS: A History of Failure in America. By Scott A. Sandage. Harvard Univ. Press. 362 pp. $35
JEFFERSON’S SECRETS: Death and Desire at Monticello. By Andrew Burstein. Basic Books. 351 pp. $25
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH: His Life, His Politics, His Economics. By Richard Parker. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 820 pp. $35
SACRED AND SECULAR: Religion and Politics Worldwide. By Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart. Cambridge Univ. Press. 329 pp. $24.99
WITH BILLIE.By Julia Blackburn.Pantheon Books. 368 pp. $25
WE ARE ALL THE SAME: A Story of a Boy’s Courage and a Mother’s Love. By Jim Wooten. Penguin Press. 243 pp. $19.95