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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
Malcolm Gladwell
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Description for What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
Paperback. Covering everything from criminology to spaghetti sauce to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about ourselves and our world. The author explores the underdogs, the overlooked, the curious, the miraculous and the disastrous, and reveals how everyone and everything contains an incredible story. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
In these breathtaking intellectual adventure stories, covering everything from criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell looks under the surface of everyday life to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about us and our world. 'Masterpieces in the art of the essay' Steven Pinker, The New York Times 'Beautiful ... brings together the writing that made Gladwell the extraordinary figure he is today ... one of the most imaginative non-fiction writers of his generation' Ian Sample, Guardian ... Read more
In these breathtaking intellectual adventure stories, covering everything from criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell looks under the surface of everyday life to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about us and our world. 'Masterpieces in the art of the essay' Steven Pinker, The New York Times 'Beautiful ... brings together the writing that made Gladwell the extraordinary figure he is today ... one of the most imaginative non-fiction writers of his generation' Ian Sample, Guardian ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141044804
SKU
V9780141044804
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-97
About Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five international bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath. He is the host of the podcast Revisionist History and is a staff writer atThe New Yorker. He was named one of the 100 most influential people byTime magazine and one of the Foreign Policy's Top Global Thinkers. ... Read more
Reviews for What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
Gladwell soars high
Spectator
Vibrant, colourful and packed with surprises
Guardian
He's able to examine what look like the most mundane aspects of our daily lives and to reveal the cleverness - and the strangeness - within
Sunday Telegraph
Make your social commentary sparkle with Malcolm Gladwell's latest
Sunday Times
The pieces ... Read more
Spectator
Vibrant, colourful and packed with surprises
Guardian
He's able to examine what look like the most mundane aspects of our daily lives and to reveal the cleverness - and the strangeness - within
Sunday Telegraph
Make your social commentary sparkle with Malcolm Gladwell's latest
Sunday Times
The pieces ... Read more