Talking to Strangers de Malcolm Gladwell
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Date de parution : 05.2020
Format : Broché
Nombre de pages : 400
Résumé : How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation?Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trustAdolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on therise? Do television sitcoms teach us something aboutthe way we relate to each other that isn't true?Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellianintellectual adventure! a challenging and controversialexcursion through history! psychology! and scandalstaken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptionsof Bernie Madoff! the trial of Amanda Knox! thesuicide of Sylvia Plath! the Jerry Sandusky pedophiliascandal at Penn State University! and the death ofSandra Bland---throwing our understanding of theseand other stories into doubt. Something is very wrong!Gladwell argues! with the tools and strategies we use tomake sense of people we don't know. And because wedon't know how to talk to strangers! we are invitingconflict and misunderstanding in ways that have aprofound effect on our lives and our world. In his firstbook since his #1 bestseller! David and Goliath!Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebookfor troubled times.
Format : Broché
Nombre de pages : 400
Résumé : How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation?Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trustAdolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on therise? Do television sitcoms teach us something aboutthe way we relate to each other that isn't true?Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellianintellectual adventure! a challenging and controversialexcursion through history! psychology! and scandalstaken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptionsof Bernie Madoff! the trial of Amanda Knox! thesuicide of Sylvia Plath! the Jerry Sandusky pedophiliascandal at Penn State University! and the death ofSandra Bland---throwing our understanding of theseand other stories into doubt. Something is very wrong!Gladwell argues! with the tools and strategies we use tomake sense of people we don't know. And because wedon't know how to talk to strangers! we are invitingconflict and misunderstanding in ways that have aprofound effect on our lives and our world. In his firstbook since his #1 bestseller! David and Goliath!Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebookfor troubled times.
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| EAN | 9780316462914 |
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