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Poisonous People

Leanne ten Brinke
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781398535602
  • Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Mar 2026
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

You definitely know one.

This book is about the poisonous people who walk among us. The romantic partner who twists every conversation, the office bully who keeps being promoted, or the reckless relative who never takes responsibility for their actions. 

Award-winning researcher Leanne ten Brinke has studied dark personalities for decades, examining their behaviour in settings as varied as prisons, schools and financial boardrooms, even in the United States Senate.

Dr ten Brinke uses a mixture of new science and storytelling to:
 

  • help you identify dark personalities 
  • understand how they cause so much harm
  • take evasive action before you become their target
  • prevent bad behaviour 
  • decide if you should leave
  • get out of toxic situations unscathed


The latest research shows that a relatively small number of people are bringing the rest of us down. This insightful, humane, optimistic and empowering book gives you powerful, evidence-based tools to neutralise their poison and improve your life.
About Leanne ten Brinke
Leanne ten Brinke, PhD, serves as an associate professor at the University of British Columbia, where she directs the Truth and Trust Lab. She has published dozens of academic articles on deception, distrust and psychopathic personalities in the courtroom, boardroom and halls of government. Her work has been featured in media such as the New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, BBC, NPR and CBC. Prior to joining the University of British Columbia, Dr ten Brinke was an assistant professor at the University of Denver and held a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Haas School of Business and Department of Psychology at UC Berkeley. Dr ten Brinke was born and raised in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

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