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Zustand: Fine. Leichte Risse; Farbveränderung durch Alter/Sonne. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A parable written for the age of technological disruption . . . brilliantly told' Sunday Times The international bestselling author returns with an exploration of one of the grandest obsessions of the twentieth century 'The Bomber Mafia is a case study in how dreams go awry. When some shiny new idea drops from the heavens, it does not land softly in our laps. It lands hard, on the ground, and shatters.' In the years before the Second World War, in a sleepy air force base in central Alabama, a small group of renegade pilots put forth a radical idea. What if we made bombing so accurate that wars could be fought entirely from the air? What if we could make the brutal clashes between armies on the ground a thing of the past? This book tells the story of what happened when that dream was put to the test. The Bomber Mafia follows the stories of a reclusive Dutch genius and his homemade computer, Winston Churchill's forbidding best friend, a team of pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard, a brilliant pilot who sang vaudeville tunes to his crew, and the bomber commander, Curtis Emerson LeMay, who would order the bloodiest attack of the Second World War. In this tale of innovation and obsession, Gladwell asks: what happens when technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war? And what is the price of progress?

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Risse; Gebogener Buchrücken. Utilizing case studies as diverse as speed dating, pop music, and the shooting of Amadou Diallo, Gladwell reveals that what we think of as decisions made in the blink of an eye are much more complicated than assumed. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, he shows how the difference between good decision-making and bad has nothing to do with how much information we can process quickly, but on the few particular details on which we focus.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Risse. From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior.The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.

Softcover. Zustand: Fair. Spuren von Feuchtigkeit / Nässe; Leichte Risse; Gebogener Buchrücken. Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever.

Zustand: Fine. Leichte Risse. Malcolm Gladwell explores "minor geniuses" and idiosyncratic behavior to reveal how we organize our experiences in this engaging collection of writings from The New Yorker. He poses intriguing questions: What distinguishes choking from panicking? Why are there numerous mustard varieties but only one ketchup? What can football players teach us about hiring teachers? How does hair dye reflect 20th-century history? Over the past decade, Gladwell has authored three influential books--The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers--that reshaped our understanding of the world. In this compilation, he presents the best of his New Yorker pieces, featuring the bittersweet story of the birth control pill's inventor and the innovative pasta sauce creator Howard Moscowitz. He shares insights from Ron Popeil, the American kitchen king, and uncovers the techniques of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer." Gladwell delves into topics like intelligence tests, ethnic profiling, and "hindsight bias," examining why Silicon Valley once favored a particular college graduate. He asserts that "good writing" engages readers and offers a glimpse into others' minds. This collection exemplifies Gladwell's buoyant spirit and relentless curiosity, solidifying his reputation as a brilliant investigator of the extraordinary.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Risse. This landmark book revolutionizes our understanding of leadership and decision-making from bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell. Following his breakthrough bestseller, Gladwell delves into how we think without thinking, exploring choices made in an instant that are more complex than they appear. The book addresses why some individuals excel at decision-making while others falter, examining the role of instincts in success and failure. It investigates how our brains function across various settings--office, classroom, kitchen, and bedroom--and why the best decisions often defy explanation. Within its pages, we encounter a psychologist who can predict marriage longevity after observing a couple for mere minutes, a tennis coach who anticipates a player's double-fault before contact, and antiquities experts who identify fakes at a glance. The narrative also highlights notable failures of instinctive decision-making, such as the election of Warren Harding, the introduction of "New Coke," and the tragic shooting of Amadou Diallo. Ultimately, the book reveals that exceptional decision-makers are not those who analyze the most information but those who master "thin-slicing"--distilling the essential factors from a sea of variables.

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Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Risse; Gebogener Buchrücken; Farbveränderung durch Alter/Sonne. The Tipping Point is the biography of an idea, and the idea is quite simple: that many of the problems we face - from murder to teenage delinquency to traffic jams - behave like epidemics. They aren't linear phenomena in the sense that they steadily and predictably change according to the level of effort brought to bear against them. They are capable of sudden and dramatic changes in direction. Years of well-intentioned intervention may have no impact at all, yet the right intervention - at just the right time - can start a cascade of change.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Risse; Gebogener Buchrücken. Identifies the qualities of successful people, maintaining that culture, family, and idiosyncratic factors can have a decisive impact on shaping high achievers,

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Abnutzungen; Gebogener Buchrücken; Farbveränderung durch Alter/Sonne. THE TIPPING POINT is the biography of an idea, and the idea is quite simple. It is that many of the problems we face - from crime to teenage delinquency to traffic jams - behave like epidemics. They aren't linear phenomena in the sense that they steadily and predictably change according to the level of effort brought to bear against them. They are capable of sudden and dramatic changes in direction. Years of well-intentioned intervention may have no impact at all, yet the right intervention - at just the right time - can start a cascade of change. Many of the social ills that face us today, in other words, are as inherently volatile as the epidemics that periodically sweep through the human population: little things can cause them to 'tip' at any time and if we want to understand how to confront and solve them we have to understand what those 'Tipping Points' are. In this revolutionary new study, Malcolm Gladwell explores the ramifications of this. Not simply for politicians and policy-makers, his method provides a new way of viewing everyday experience and enables us to develop strategies for everything from raising a child to running a company.

Softcover. Zustand: As New. Leichte Abnutzungen. THE TIPPING POINT is the biography of an idea, and the idea is quite simple. It is that many of the problems we face - from crime to teenage delinquency to traffic jams - behave like epidemics. They aren't linear phenomena in the sense that they steadily and predictably change according to the level of effort brought to bear against them. They are capable of sudden and dramatic changes in direction. Years of well-intentioned intervention may have no impact at all, yet the right intervention - at just the right time - can start a cascade of change. Many of the social ills that face us today, in other words, are as inherently volatile as the epidemics that periodically sweep through the human population: little things can cause them to 'tip' at any time and if we want to understand how to confront and solve them we have to understand what those 'Tipping Points' are. In this revolutionary new study, Malcolm Gladwell explores the ramifications of this. Not simply for politicians and policy-makers, his method provides a new way of viewing everyday experience and enables us to develop strategies for everything from raising a child to running a company.

Softcover. Zustand: As New. Leichte Abnutzungen. Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.93.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.93.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Unterschrift / Widmung ohne Bezug; Leichte Abnutzungen. Podtitul knihy znie: Ako mysliet bez rozmyslania. Niekedy sa cele hodiny rozmyslame a dlho nam trva, kym dospejeme k nejakemu rozhodnutiu. A niekedy staci iba minutka, zablesk a spravne rozhodnutie je na svete.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Risse; Geknickte Ecken. V casoch pred druhou svetovou vojnou vacsina vojenskych myslitelov nepovazovala lietadla za dolezity prvok ozbrojenych sil. Vnimali ho len ako doplnok k pechote. Ale ista mala skupina idealistickych strategov, ktora si hovorila ,bombardovacia mafia", si polozila otazku: ,Co ak by sme dokazali paralyzovat nepriatela a zaroven vyrazne znizit pocty obeti presne cielenym bombardovanim?"V ostrom protiklade s touto strategiou stalo bombardovanie Tokia, najsmrtelnejsi nalet druhej svetovej vojny, ktoremu velil general Curtis LeMay. Jeho kruty pragmatizmus a taktika spalenej zeme si vyziadali tisice nevinnych obeti z radov civilneho obyvatelstva, na druhej strane odvratili planovanu invaziu americkych vojsk do Japonska, ktora by zrejme zanechala vacsiu spust. V Bombardovacej mafii sa Gladwell pyta: ,Stalo to za to?"Mozno by vsetko dopadlo inak, keby LeMayov predchodca general Haywood Hansell zotrval vo svojej funkcii velitela bombardovacieho letectva na Guame. Hansell bol presvedceny zastanca presneho bombardovania, ale z pomyselneho ringu o velitelsky post vysiel napokon ako vitaz Curtis LeMay, ktory sa kratko nato postaral o najtemnejsiu noc v dejinach druhej svetovej vojny. Bombardovacia mafia prinasa putavy pribeh o vytrvalosti, novatorstve a nevycislitelnej cene vojny.

Zustand: Good. 5th Print. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Zustand: Good. 5th Print. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Podtitul knihy znie: Ako mysliet bez rozmyslania. Niekedy sa cele hodiny rozmyslame a dlho nam trva, kym dospejeme k nejakemu rozhodnutiu. A niekedy staci iba minutka, zablesk a spravne rozhodnutie je na svete.

Softcover. Zustand: Fair. Spuren von Feuchtigkeit / Nasse; Leichte Abnutzungen. Warum sind manche Menschen Gewinnertypen - und andere nicht? Der Wissenschafts-Guru Malcom Gladwell untersucht, was einen Uberflieger ausmacht. Denn nicht das Wie spielt beim Erfolg die Hauptrolle, sondern das Woher. Nicht Fleiss und Begabung sind ausschlaggebend, sondern vielmehr Herkunft und kulturelle Pragung. Seine spannende Erkundung der Welt der Genies steckt voller Geschichten und Beispiele. So erklart Gladwell, warum Asiaten gut in Mathe sind, wie man ein herausragender Fussballer wird und welches Geheimnis die Beatles zur erfolgreichsten Band aller Zeiten machte.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Ohne Umschlag. Jak je mozne, ze se nektere zmeny ve spolecnosti odehravaji neuveritelne rychle? Proc v nejakem meste nahle klesne kriminalita? Jak se z nejakeho vyrobku nebo knihy stane modni hit? Americky novinar Malcolm Gladwell se na takove zmeny diva optikou epidemii. Nektere zmeny se siri spolecnosti jako virus, pokud k tomu najdou vhodne prostredi a nositele. V knize nabite pozoruhodnymi vysledky psychologickych a sociologickych vyzkumu autor vysvetluje, proc jsou nektere napady a myslenky nakazlive, a popisuje typy lidi, diky nimz se mohou rozsirit rychlosti socialni epidemie.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Leichte Abnutzungen; Gebogener Buchrucken; Deformation der Bindung. Jak je mozne, ze se nektere zmeny ve spolecnosti odehravaji neuveritelne rychle? Proc v nejakem meste nahle klesne kriminalita? Jak se z nejakeho vyrobku nebo knihy stane modni hit? Americky novinar Malcolm Gladwell se na takove zmeny diva optikou epidemii. Nektere zmeny se siri spolecnosti jako virus, pokud k tomu najdou vhodne prostredi a nositele. V knize nabite pozoruhodnymi vysledky psychologickych a sociologickych vyzkumu autor vysvetluje, proc jsou nektere napady a myslenky nakazlive, a popisuje typy lidi, diky nimz se mohou rozsirit rychlosti socialni epidemie.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Through a series of encounters and misunderstandings - from history, psychology and infamous legal cases - Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Spuren von Feuchtigkeit / Nasse; Leichte Risse; Farbveranderung durch Alter/Sonne. Jak je mozne, ze se nektere zmeny ve spolecnosti odehravaji neuveritelne rychle? Proc v nejakem meste nahle klesne kriminalita? Jak se z nejakeho vyrobku nebo knihy stane modni hit? Americky novinar Malcolm Gladwell se na takove zmeny diva optikou epidemii. Nektere zmeny se siri spolecnosti jako virus, pokud k tomu najdou vhodne prostredi a nositele. V knize nabite pozoruhodnymi vysledky psychologickych a sociologickych vyzkumu autor vysvetluje, proc jsou nektere napady a myslenky nakazlive, a popisuje typy lidi, diky nimz se mohou rozsirit rychlosti socialni epidemie.