Popkultur

Inhaltsangabe zu "What the Dog Saw: and other adventures"

In What the Dog Saw Malcolm Gladwell covers everything from criminology to spaghetti sauce to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about ourselves and our world.

Looking under the surface of the seemingly mundane, he explores the underdogs, the overlooked, the curious, the miraculous and the disastrous, and reveals how everyone and everything contains an incredible story. What the Dog Saw is Gladwell at his very best - asking questions and finding surprising answers.

'A global phenomenon... there is, it seems, no subject over which he cannot scatter some magic dust'
  Observer

'Gladwell makes the world seem fresh and exciting again'
  Evening Standard

'Comes exuberantly close to ... what goes on inside other people's heads'
  Daily Telegraph

'A dizzying array ... his writing talks to all of us'
  Guardian

'Consistently absorbing ... captivating'
  Independent

'Gladwell's storytelling qualities and his eye for the human drama ... make this so compelling'
  Sunday Times

Author, journalist, cultural commentator and intellectual adventurer, Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine. 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.

Inhaltsangabe zu "What the Dog Saw: and other adventures"

In What the Dog Saw Malcolm Gladwell covers everything from criminology to spaghetti sauce to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about ourselves and our world.

Looking under the surface of the seemingly mundane, he explores the underdogs, the overlooked, the curious, the miraculous and the disastrous, and reveals how everyone and everything contains an incredible story. What the Dog Saw is Gladwell at his very best - asking questions and finding surprising answers.

'A global phenomenon... there is, it seems, no subject over which he cannot scatter some magic dust'
  Observer

'Gladwell makes the world seem fresh and exciting again'
  Evening Standard

'Comes exuberantly close to ... what goes on inside other people's heads'
  Daily Telegraph

'A dizzying array ... his writing talks to all of us'
  Guardian

'Consistently absorbing ... captivating'
  Independent

'Gladwell's storytelling qualities and his eye for the human drama ... make this so compelling'
  Sunday Times

Author, journalist, cultural commentator and intellectual adventurer, Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine. 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.

Inhaltsangabe zu "1001: Video Games You Must Play Before You Die"

Inhaltsangabe zu "Freakonomics"

Inhaltsangabe zu "Freakonomics"

Inhaltsangabe zu "Bad Feminist: Essays"

'Pink is my favourite colour. I used to say my favourite colour was black to be cool, but it is pink - all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once live-tweeted the September issue.' In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman (Sweet Valley High) of colour (The Help) while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years (Girls, Django in Chains) and commenting on the state of feminism today (abortion, Chris Brown). The portrait that emerges is not only one of an incredibly insightful woman continually growing to understand herself and our society, but also one of our culture. Bad Feminist is a sharp, funny and sincere look at the ways in which the culture we consume becomes who we are, and an inspiring call-to-arms of all the ways we still need to do better.