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Set of two national bestsellers by Malcolm Gladwell.Titles include The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference ~ Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking. ... Read more

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"The best way to understand the dramatic transformation of unknown books into bestsellers, or the rise of teenage smoking, or the phenomena of word of mouth or any number of the other mysterious changes that mark everyday life," writes Malcolm Gladwell, "is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do." Although anyone familiar with the theory of memetics will recognize this concept, Gladwell's The Tipping Point has quite a few interesting twists on the subject.Gladwell develops these and other concepts (such as the "stickiness" of ideas or the effect of population size on information dispersal) through simple, clear explanations and entertainingly illustrative anecdotes, such as comparing the pedagogical methods of Sesame Street and Blue's Clues, or explaining why it would be even easier to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon with the actor Rod Steiger. Although some readers may find the transitional passages between chapters hold their hands a little too tightly, and Gladwell's closing invocation of the possibilities of social engineering sketchy, even chilling, The Tipping Point is one of the most effective books on science for a general audience in ages. It seems inevitable that "tipping point," like "future shock" or "chaos theory," will soon become one of those ideas that everybody knows--or at least knows by name. --Ron Hogan --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. ... Read more

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First published in 1950, this book was concerned with the exposition, criticism, and appreciation of the theory of economic welfare as it had been developed to that date. Now reissued, Little has added a new retrospective preface in which he assesses the contribution the book made in the light of subsequent literature in the area. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Black Issues Book Review, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1999 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: In the twinkling of an eye: Malcolm Gladwell tops best-seller lists with a stealth approach to race. His books probe the way fads catch fire and the mind's ability to process fact and prejudice quickly.(The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference)(Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking)(Book Review)
Author: Angela Ards
Publication: Black Issues Book Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 7Issue: 4Page: 20(4)

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“West's Encyclopedia of American Law” is 13 volumes and 5,000 entries of comprehensive information on the fascinating American Legal System and its components. Covering historical and current terms, concepts, events, movements, cases, and persons significant to U.S law, West’s has been written, updated, and reviewed by lawyers and professors with the everyday user in mind.Everyone from the layperson hooked on the weekly TV courtroom procedural to the serious student can find such valuable information as brief definitions of legal jargon, exhaustive examinations of courtroom procedure, explanations of complex topics such as civil rights, biographies of standout attorneys, analyses of controversial issues, and transcripts of crucial Supreme Court decisions.

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This digital document is an article from Business Economics, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2006. The length of the article is 455 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.(Audiobook review)
Author: Edmund A. Mennis
Publication: Business Economics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 41Issue: 4Page: 63(1)

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