{"title":"Malcolm Gladwell","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"what-the-dog-saw-and-other-adventures-malcolm-gladwell-paperback","title":"What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures -- Malcolm Gladwell, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bomber Mafia \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on \"minor geniuses\" and idiosyncratic behavior to illuminate the ways all of us organize experience in this \"delightful\" (\u003ci\u003eBloomberg News\u003c\/i\u003e) collection of writings from \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do football players teach us about how to hire teachers? What does hair dye tell us about the history of the 20th century? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has written three books that have radically changed how we understand our world and ourselves: \u003ci\u003e The Tipping Point\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBlink\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eOutliers.\u003c\/i\u003e Now, in \u003ci\u003eWhat the Dog Saw\u003c\/i\u003e, he brings together, for the first time, the best of his writing from \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e over the same period. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill, and the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz. Gladwell sits with Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen, as he sells rotisserie ovens, and divines the secrets of Cesar Millan, the \"dog whisperer\" who can calm savage animals with the touch of his hand. He explores intelligence tests and ethnic profiling and \"hindsight bias\" and why it was that everyone in Silicon Valley once tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Good writing,\" Gladwell says in his preface, \"does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head.\" \u003ci\u003eWhat the Dog Saw \u003c\/i\u003eis yet another example of the buoyant spirit and unflagging curiosity that have made Malcolm Gladwell our most brilliant investigator of the hidden extraordinary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malcolm Gladwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316076203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/26\/2010 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMalcolm Gladwell is the author of five \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers: \u003ci\u003eThe Tipping Point, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlink, Outliers, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat the Dog Saw, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDavid and Goliath.\u003c\/i\u003e He is also the co-founder of Pushkin Industries, an audio content company that produces the podcasts \u003ci\u003eRevisionist History\u003c\/i\u003e, which reconsiders things both overlooked and misunderstood, and \u003ci\u003eBroken Record, \u003c\/i\u003ewhere he, Rick Rubin, and Bruce Headlam interview musicians across a wide range of genres. Gladwell has been included in the \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Most Influential People list and touted as one of \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e's\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTop Global Thinke\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Malcolm Gladwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45568758317284,"sku":"9780316076203","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780316076203.jpg?v=1777653140"},{"product_id":"david-and-goliath-underdogs-misfits-and-the-art-of-battling-giants-malcolm-gladwell-hardcover","title":"David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants -- Malcolm Gladwell, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bomber Mafia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. He \u003ci\u003eshouldn't \u003c\/i\u003ehave won. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOr should he have? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDavid and Goliath\u003c\/i\u003e, Malcolm Gladwell\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003echallenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGladwell begins with the \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy those many years ago. 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