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Hype

How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following

By: Gabrielle Bluestone

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Hype

How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following

By: Gabrielle Bluestone

Hype is the best kind of nonfiction: juicy, sharp, savage and wildly entertaining, with a celebrity behaving badly on every page. What more could you want?” -Cat Marnell, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Murder Your Life From former Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil salesmen of the digital age—and why we can’t stop falling for them. We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic entrepreneur sells thousands of tickets to a festival that never happened. Respected investors pour millions into a start-up centered around fake blood tests. Reviewers and celebrities flock to London’s top-rated restaurant that’s little more than a backyard shed. These unsettling stories of today’s viral grifters have risen to fame and hit the front-page headlines, yet the curious conundrum remains: Why do these scams happen? Drawing from scientific research, marketing campaigns, and exclusive documents and interviews, former Vice reporter Gabrielle Bluestone delves into the irresistible hype that fuels our social media ecosystem, whether it’s from the trusted influencers that peddled Fyre or the consumer reviews that sold Juicero. A cultural examination that is as revelatory as it is relevant, Hype pulls back the curtain on the manipulation game behind the never-ending scam season—and how we as consumers can stop getting played.

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How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following

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How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following

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American Autopia

An Intellectual History of the American Roadside at Midcentury

By: Gabrielle Esperdy

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American Autopia

An Intellectual History of the American Roadside at Midcentury

By: Gabrielle Esperdy

Early to mid-twentieth-century America was the heyday of a car culture that has been called an "automobile utopia." In American Autopia, Gabrielle Esperdy examines how the automobile influenced architectural and urban discourse in the United States from the earliest days of the auto industry to the aftermath of the 1970s oil crisis. Paying particular attention to developments after World War II, Esperdy creates a narrative that extends from U.S. Routes 1 and 66 to the Las Vegas Strip to California freeways, with stops at gas stations, diners, main drags, shopping centers, and parking lots along the way. While it addresses the development of auto-oriented landscapes and infrastructures, American Autopia is not a conventional history, offering instead an exploration of the wide-ranging evolution of car-centric territories and drive-in typologies, looking at how they were scrutinized by diverse cultural observers in the middle of the twentieth century. Drawing on work published in the popular and professional press, and generously illustrated with evocative images, the book shows how figures as diverse as designer Victor Gruen, geographer Jean Gottmann, theorist Denise Scott Brown, critic J.B. Jackson, and historian Reyner Banham constructed "autopia" as a place and an idea. The result is an intellectual history and interpretive roadmap to the United States of the Automobile.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813943108

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The 50 States

Explore the U.S.A. with 50 Fact-filled Maps!

By: Gabrielle Balkan

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The 50 States

Explore the U.S.A. with 50 Fact-filled Maps!

By: Gabrielle Balkan

The 50 States is a state-by-state guide to the USA featuring historical timelines, famous trailblazers, natural wonders and much more, all bursting from colourful, infographic maps and fact boxes.

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0711291772

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Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, Con Artists and Influencers Are Taking Over the Internet – and Why We're Following

By: Gabrielle Bluestone

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Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, Con Artists and Influencers Are Taking Over the Internet – and Why We're Following

By: Gabrielle Bluestone

From Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil salesmen of the digital age—and why we can’t stop falling for them. "Scams are hot right now, and Bluestone covers the hottest here." – Booklist

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0008382662

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Hype

Inside the Golden Age of Grift

By: Gabrielle Bluestone

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Inside the Golden Age of Grift

By: Gabrielle Bluestone

From former Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil salesmen of the digital age--and why we can't stop falling for them. We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic entrepreneur sells thousands of tickets to a festival that never happened. Respected investors pour millions into a start-up centered around fake blood tests. Reviewers and celebrities flock to London's top-rated restaurant that's little more than a backyard shed. These unsettling stories of today's viral grifters have risen to fame and hit the front-page headlines, yet the curious conundrum remains: Why do these scams happen? Drawing from scientific research, marketing campaigns, and exclusive documents and interviews, former Vice reporter Gabrielle Bluestone delves into the irresistible hype that fuels our social media ecosystem, whether it's from the trusted influencers that peddled Fyre or the consumer reviews that sold Juicero. A cultural examination that is as revelatory as it is relevant, Hype pulls back the curtain on the manipulation game behind the never-ending scam season--and how we as consumers can stop getting played.

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