Social commentator Malcolm Gladwell once again takes the pulse of contemporary experience and, in BLINK, comes up with this enlightening exploration of the role of rapid thinking in everyday life. Gladwell shows how what we call snap judgments, first impressions, or instinct are often right on target and get to the core truths. He reveals that experts call this process "thin-slicing"--the ability to dive for truth the way a basketball player grabs a loose ball on the court, cutting through layers and levels of knowledge that resist tortured analysis. He reports on current research in the fields of science and psychology, and their applications in marketing. Gladwell writes of the marriage therapist who can discern, by listening to three minutes of the parties talking to each other, whether their marriage will last, and how thin-slicing operates in a job interview or when an insurance company wants to identify which doctors are candidates for lawsuits. It might be a sense of structures and patterns, or a Sherlock Holmesian sensitivity to the messages we send out, or just the ability to filter out bad signals and bad information. Gladwell draws examples from the home, office, and school, and proceeds with care and caution through his material; his exposition is as engaging as it was in his previous book, THE TIPPING POINT. After reading Gladwell you will more likely trust your first impressions, but wonder what others are thinking, too.

Blink

Business & Money

Gladwell, Malcom

Management & Leadership

Little

School Spirit (Suddenly Supernatural)

Kimmel, Elizabeth

Barnet & Stubbs's Practical guide to writing

Sylvan and Stubbs Marcia Barnet

Barnet, Sylvan and Stubbs, Marcia

Reference

Goodnight Opus

Berkeley Breathed

<p>The Social Fabric : American Life from the Civil War to the Present</p>

The Social Fabric : American Life from the Civil War to the Present

History

Cary, John

Americas

Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

A powerful investigation into the chances for humanity's future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us.In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if relieved of humanity's constant pressures. Behind that groundbreaking thought experiment was his hope that we would be inspired to find a way to add humans back to this vision of a restored, healthy planet-only in harmony, not mortal combat, with the rest of nature.But with a million more of us every 4 1/2 days on a planet that's not getting any bigger, and with our exhaust overheating the atmosphere and altering the chemistry of the oceans, prospects for a sustainable human future seem ever more in doubt. For this long awaited follow-up book, Weisman traveled to more than 20 countries to ask what experts agreed were probably the most important questions on Earth--and also the hardest: How many humans can the planet hold without capsizing? How robust must the Earth's ecosystem be to assure our continued existence? Can we know which other species are essential to our survival? And, how might we actually arrive at a stable, optimum population, and design an economy to allow genuine prosperity without endless growth?Weisman visits an extraordinary range of the world's cultures, religions, nationalities, tribes, and political systems to learn what in their beliefs, histories, liturgies, or current circumstances might suggest that sometimes it's in their own best interest to limit their growth. The result is a landmark work of reporting: devastating, urgent, and, ultimately, deeply hopeful.By vividly detailing the burgeoning effects of our cumulative presence, Countdown reveals what may be the fastest, most acceptable, practical, and affordable way of returning our planet and our presence on it to balance. Weisman again shows that he is one of the most provocative journalists at work today, with a book whose message is so compelling that it will change how we see our lives and our destiny.

Alan Weisman

World

A grandmother explains to her listeners why in their village on the side of a volcano the men live in square houses and the women in round ones. Suggested level: junior, primary.

Village of Round and Square Houses

Grifalconi, Ann

Ninth Printing. No apparent markings throughout. Minor blemishes on the cover but the binding is still tight. No dust cover. General shelf wear. Ships out quickly.

Ordeal of the Young Hunter

Literature & Fiction

lauritzen, jonreed

Mythology & Folk Tales

<p>Book by Mauet, Thomas A.Wolfson, Warren D.</p>

Materials in Trial Advocacy: Problems and Cases

MAUET, Thomas A. and Warren D. Wolfson

Rules & Procedures

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