Malcolm Gladwell
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.
44) Autonomy
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed author, Malcolm Gladwell, leads this feature documentary about the emerging technology of self-driving vehicles and the big questions they raise: what is control and who do we become as we relinquish it to machines? Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival** and **Mill Valley Film Festival**.
45) 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
[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.
47) Bomber
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bomber is a novel about the realities of war. There are no victors, no vanquished. There are simply those who remain alive, and those who die.
Bomber follows the progress of an Allied air raid through a period of 24 hours in the summer of 1943, portraying all the participants in a terrifying drama, both in the air and on the ground, in Britain and in Germany. In its documentary style, it is unique. In its emotional power, it is
...48) 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.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Progress. It is one of the animating concepts of the modern era. From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving. This process is supposedly accelerating as new technologies, individual freedoms, and the spread of global norms empower individuals and societies around the world. But is progress inevitable? Its critics argue that...
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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