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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Find Your Voice: Communication
Read-Alikes for How to Know a Person
Read-Alikes for Talking to Strangers
Read-Alikes for How to Know a Person
Read-Alikes for Talking to Strangers
Description
Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.
How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that...
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Language
English
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An illuminating look at the way the thoughts we have and the decisions we make are influenced by forces that aren't always in our control
Why are people named Kim, Kelly, and Ken more likely to donate to Hurricane Katrina victims than to Hurricane Rita victims? Are you really more likely to solve puzzles if you watch a light bulb illuminate? How did installing blue lights along a Japanese railway line halt rising crime and suicide rates?...
Why are people named Kim, Kelly, and Ken more likely to donate to Hurricane Katrina victims than to Hurricane Rita victims? Are you really more likely to solve puzzles if you watch a light bulb illuminate? How did installing blue lights along a Japanese railway line halt rising crime and suicide rates?...
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
See how psychology can be applied to real-life situations from the workplace to the sports field. Tap into the workings of the human mind, find out what can go wrong with it, and learn about the many therapies and treatments now available. With clear, easy-to-understand graphics.
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Publisher
Amplify Publishing, an imprint of Amplify Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Having spent the past two decades helping Fortune 500 brands and leaders embrace the changes they'd rather fight or ignore, Michael McQueen understands what it takes to change even the most stubborn minds. But persuading others is getting harder and harder. In our ideology-driven and polarized age, certainty has taken the place of curiosity and open-mindedness has given way to obstinance. Drawing on the latest discoveries in disciplines ranging from...
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Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Napoleon Hill wrote this book in 1938, just after publication of his all-time bestseller, "Think and Grow Rich." This powerful tale has never been published, considered too controversial by his family and friends. Annotated and edited for a contemporary audience, this book is profound, powerful, resonant, and rich with insight.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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Español
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In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines...
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