Want to get more out of the basic search box? Read about Search Operators for some powerful new tools. Edition: 1st Back Bay trade pbk. 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 Pt.
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 Pt. Most likely to succeed : how do we hire when we can't tell who's right for the job. His first book The Tipping Point captured the world's attention with its theory that a curiously small change can have unforeseen effects. His other international bestselling books are Outliers, which looks at the stories of exceptional individuals and reveals the secrets of their success, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking and What The Dog Saw , a collection of his most provocative and entertaining New Yorker pieces.
Skip to main content. Gladwell, Malcolm. Recommended Price. June In the second part, Gladwell considers how we might think and see more clearly. In part three he looks at genius and the labor pool - how can we better predict how new hires will perform on the job among other things. If one has never read after Gladwell, this is a wonderful place to start.
It is Gladwell written, wonderfully read by the author, and well worth your time. This book contains a wide variety of topics ranging from how hair color ads meshed with womens' views of themselves to an investor who only makes money when the market drops more than expected,to how long it takes to formulate an opinion in an interview to why the Challenger Shuttle disaster occurred. Although, the author is a journalist and not a psychologist he makes astute observations and seems to do his homework to fill out his observations.
These stories have appeared in the New Yorker over the years and are re-presented here. However, there is no real cohesiveness or theme to the book - it is a collection of essentially unrelated observations and stories. Some of the chapters simply tell a story, like Ron Popiel of Ronco fame and others describe how people are promoted.
I also found it a bit frustrating at times because an issue was illuminated but then he moves on without any further discussion. For instance, he talks about how hard it is to hire good teachers but there is no discussion over how this situation could be improved. His observations often provide a different, not generally considered, perspective on the issue. However, mixed in with very interesting insights there are several chapters that are not as interesting.
For instance, there is a lengthy discussion over why there are many different kinds of mustards but only 2 ketchups. The authors other three books, Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers are all better reads than this. I love Gladwell, but this audiobook is NOT unabridged as they claim. Million Dollar Murray and part of the next story are not included.
My favorites are: David and Goliath, Blink, and Outliers. I suggest reading those first. Not everything he says is irrefutable fact. Some of his information is anecdotal. But he raises good questions. I think what he says is true, even though opposite or different views may be true. This book is a collection of articles he wrote for the New Yorker magazine in and later.
I like having them together as an audiobook. His manner and voice were good. Genre: psychology and sociology nonfiction. A pleasure from start to finish. Why: A Gladwell reads his essays, and Gladwell reads just about as well as he writes.
C If you gave up your New Yorker subscription or are just hopelessly behind here is your chance to read Gladwell's favorite essays from the magazine. D Gladwell basically invented at least in my lifetime the popularizing of social science research. As such, the world is a much better place.
In contrast with the outliers or the tipping point, this book does not have a general theme. It is a collection of a few New Yorker Articles. I don't see any point in republishing the articles as a book. The general ideas can be traced to the blink, the tipping point and the outliers. Add to Cart failed. Please try again later. Add to Wish List failed. Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think. Back to that warning. There is nothing new in this new book, but that is clear from the start. What is less clear is that all the pieces are available free of charge from Gladwell's own website. If you like, you can go there and read the original New Yorker articles, complete with beautiful layouts and cartoons.
You can even print them out and staple them together using an industrial stapler from the stationery cupboard at work. A trial run suggests that this could occupy an idle lunchtime. Gladwell's publisher no doubt paid a lot of money to repackage his free stories and sell them on for a tidy profit.
It is a scenario that has the makings of a Gladwellian dilemma. Why buy the book if the content is free? And what does that say about me? Is the feeling of being mugged by the publisher trumped by the virtue of convenience? The book is beautiful and brings together the writing that made Gladwell the extraordinary figure he is today. That alone is worth paying something for, but if you want to avoid mental anguish it might be safer to buy it for someone else.
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell's great strength is his ability to make his readers think.
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