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(0)Malcolm Gladwell
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English
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"Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This 'Bomber Mafia' asked:...
Author
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English
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Brings together, for the first time, the best of Gladwell's writing from The New Yorker in the past decade, including: the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill; the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz; spotlighting Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen; and the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer." Gladwell also explores intelligence tests, ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias, " and...
3) Blink
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Utilizing case studies as diverse as speed dating, pop music, and the shooting of Amadou Diallo, Gladwell reveals that what we think of as decisions made in the blink of an eye are much more complicated than assumed. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, he shows how the difference between good decision-making and bad has nothing to do with how much information we can process quickly, but on the few particular details on which we focus....
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"The capacity to endure is the key trait that underlies great performance in virtually every field--from a 100-meter sprint to a 100-mile ultramarathon, from summiting Everest to acing final exams or completing any difficult project. But what if we all can go farther, push harder, and achieve more than we think we're capable of? Blending cutting-edge science and gripping storytelling in the spirit of Malcolm Gladwell--who contributes the book's foreword--award-winning...
6) Hablar con extraños: por qué es crucial (y tan difícil) leer las intenciones de los desconocidos
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
Español
Description
"[Looks at] . . . our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
Identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, including such topics as the secrets of software billionaires and why the Beatles earned their fame.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. These are social epidemics, and the moment when they take off, when they reach their critical mass, is the Tipping Point.
10) Do humankind's best days lie ahead?: Pinker and Ridley vs. de Botton and Gladwell : the Munk debates
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In the seventeenth semi-annual Munk Debate, which was held in Toronto on November 6, 2015, pioneering cognitive scientist Steven Pinker and influential author Matt Ridley squared off against noted philosopher Alain de Botton and bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell to debate whether humankind's best days lie ahead."--Page [4] of cover.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Bringing together reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism from The New Yorker to present a bold and complex portrait of black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision, and artistic inspiration throughout history.
Pub. Date
[released 2008]
Language
English
Description
Learn the keys to successful decision-making from the top decision-makers and the principles by which they live. You'll learn key lessons from the father of modern management, Peter Drucker, how to "think without thinking" from Malcolm Gladwell, and leadership principles from John Maxwell, Marshall Goldsmith and others.
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