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017016
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London, Penguin Books, 2006.
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296pOrange Spine
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"Blink" is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work - in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?
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9780141014593 Pb.
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| I01011 | 153.44/GLA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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017017
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London, Allen Lane, 2013.
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ix, 305pWhite Spine
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Why do underdogs succeed so much more than we expect? How do the weak outsmart the strong? In this book, the author takes us on a surprising journey through the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty.
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9781846145810 Hb.
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| I01019 | 158.1/GLA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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008290
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London, Allen Lane, 2008.
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309pWhite Spine
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This book examines everyone from business giants to scientific geniuses, sports stars to musicians, and reveals what they have in common. He looks behind the spectacular results, the myths and the legends to show what really explains exceptionally successful people.
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9780141036243 Pb.
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| 008639 | 302/GLA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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012804
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London, Abacus, 2001.
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279pWhite Spine
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This brilliant and original book by Malcolm Gladwell analyses the 'tipping' point , that crucial moment when ideas, trends and social behaviours cross a threshold, tip over and spread like wildfire. A study in fascinating social dynamics that cause rapid change.
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The three rules of epidemics
The law of the few:connectors, mavens and salesmen
The stickiness factor,:Sesame Street, Blue's clues and the educational virus
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9780349113463 Pb.
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| I00880 | 302/GLA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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009893
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London, Allen Lane, 2009.
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xvi, 414pWhite Spine
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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 why it was that everyone in Silicon Valley once tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate.
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Preface
Part 1
Obsessives, pioneers, and other varieties of minor genius
The pitchman: Ron Popeil and the conquest of the American kitchen
The ketchup conundrum: Mustard now comes in dozens of different varieties.
Why has ketchup stayed the same?
Blowing up : How Nassim Taleb turned the inevitability of disaster into an investment strategy.
True colors : Hair dye and the hidden history of postwar America
John Rock's error : What the inventor of the birth control pill didn't know about women's health
What the dog saw : Cesar Millan and the movements of mastery
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Theories, predictions and diagnoses.
Open secrets : Enron, intelligence and the perils of too much information
Million dollar Murray : Why problems like homelessness may be easier to solve than to manage
The picture problem : Mammography, air power, and the limits of looking
Something borrowed : Should a charge of plagiarism ruin your life?
Connecting the dots : The paradoxes of intelligence reform
The art of failure : Why some people choke and others panic
Blowup : Who can be blamed for a disaster like the Challenger explosion? No one, and we'd better get used to it
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Personality, character and intelligence.
Late bloomers : Why do we equate genius with precocity?
Most likely to succeed : How do we hire when we can't tell who's right for the job?
Dangerous minds : Criminal profiling made easy
The talent myth : Are smart people overrated?
The New-Boy Network : What do job interviews really tell us?
Troublemakers : What pit bulls can teach us about crime.
Acknowledgements
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9781846142949 Pb.
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| 010302 | 158/GLA | Main | Issued | General | | ENR00151 | 28-Aug-2024 |
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