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Nearly everyone swears - whether it's over a few too many drinks, in reaction to a stubbed toe, or in flagrante delicto. And yet we sit idly by as words are banned from television and censored in books. We insist that people excise profanity from their vocabularies, and we punish children for yelling the very same dirty words that we'll mutter in relief seconds after they fall asleep. Swearing, it seems, is an intimate part of us that we have decided to selectively deny.

After the tremendous success of The Spy Chronicles, A.S. Dulat and Asad Durrani participated in a series of conversations on the psychology of war and peace; these have evolved into this fascinating book, written with psychiatrist Neil K. Aggarwal. Covert takes the reader right into the head of...

This isn’t about tricks or party games. It’s about survival in a world of masks. Colleagues promise confidence while their bodies leak doubt. Strangers smile even as their feet point toward the exit. Lovers say one thing while their eyes betray another. Politicians, bosses, friends, enemies—everyone reveals themselves in the cracks between words. And you can learn to read those cracks with precision.