Penguin Talking to Strangers Гладуэлл Малкольм

The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives? • 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 • No one challenges our shared assumptions like Malcolm Gladwell. Here he uses stories of deceit and fatal errors to cast doubt on our strategies for dealing with the unknown, inviting us to rethink our thinking in these troubled times

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online • Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content • The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers story comprehension and develop vocabulary

За годы до Второй мировой войны на военно-воздушной базе в центральной Алабаме небольшая группа пилотов-ренегатов выдвинула радикальную идею. Что, если бы мы сделали бомбардировки настолько точными, что войны можно было бы вести исключительно с воздуха? Что, если бы мы могли оставить жестокие столкновения между армиями на земле в прошлом? • Книга Малкольма Гладуэлла "Мафия подрывников. История об инновациях и одержимости" рассказывает истории голландского гения-затворника и его самодельного компьютера, лучшего друга Уинстона Черчилля, команды химиков-пироманов из Гарварда, блестящего пилота, который пел водевильные мелодии своему экипажу, и командира бомбардировщика Кертиса Эмерсона Лемея, который отдал приказ о самой кровавой атаке Второй мировой войны

Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling and provocative exploration of why everything we think we know about power is wrong • What if everything we thought about power was wrong? What if, in the ancient story of the shepherd boy who topples a giant, David actually had the advantage? This thought sets Malcolm Gladwell on an extraordinary journey that takes him from art to basketball, the brain to revolutions, along the way weaving unforgettable stories of misfits, outsiders, tricksters and underdogs who have faced outsized challenges and won. With his trademark warmth, humour and gift for showing us the world through new eyes, Gladwell lets us see why the powerful aren't always what we think they are - and that some of us have more strength and purpose than we could ever imagine

What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do football players teach us about how to hire teachers? What does hair dye tell us about the history of the 20th century? • In the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has written three books that have radically changed how we understand our world and ourselves: The Tipping Point; Blink; and Outliers. Now, in What the Dog Saw, he brings together, for the first time, the best of his writing from The New Yorker over the same period • Here is the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill, and the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz. Gladwell sits with Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen, as he sells rotisserie ovens, and divines the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer" who can calm savage animals with the touch of his hand

Жизнь несправедлива. Деньги, власть, слава и успех распределяются среди людей крайне неравномерно. Но почему одним все, а другим ничего? Правильно ли сводить причины успеха только лишь к личным качествам, дарованным природой? Малкольм Гладуэлл первый, кто обнаружил скрытые законы за тем, что всегда казалось исключительно волей случая... Эти законы объясняют, почему выдающиеся хоккеисты рождаются, как правило, в январе и практически никогда в октябре; почему азиатским школьникам математика дается легче, чем другим; почему, чтобы стать престижным нью-йоркским адвокатом, нужно быть евреем. Книга показывает, что есть общего у Билла Гейтса, "Битлз" и Моцарта и почему им удалось переплюнуть сверстников. "Гении и аутсайдеры" - не пособие "как стать успешным"

«Девять совсем незнакомых людей» — роман американской писательницы Лианы Мориарти • Девять совершенно незнакомых людей, у каждого из которых несовершенная жизнь • Роскошное убежище, отрезанное от внешнего мира • Десять дней, которые обещают изменить вашу жизнь • Но некоторые обещания - как и некоторые жизни - являются совершенной ложью… • Книга на английском языке • Nine perfect strangers, each hiding an imperfect life • A luxury retreat cut off from the outside world • Ten days that promise to change your life • But some promises - like some lives - are perfect lies…

In 2008, Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown, and Bobby Murphy made a photo app called Snapchat. Just two years later, Facebook wanted to buy Snapchat for $3 billion. This is the story of how Snapchat grew from a university student's idea into a multibillion-dollar company • Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills

'As you are well aware, we never loved each other in your lifetime. Both of us pretended.' • Simenon explores the complexity of parent child relationships and the bitterness of things left unsaid in this stark, confessional piece • Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space

The Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history. But while we know about the historical dramas of the times - most notably in the court of Henry VIII - what was life really like for a commoner like you or me? • To answer this question, the renowned "method historian" and historical advisor to the BBC Ruth Goodman has slept, washed and cooked as the Tudors did - so you don't have to! She is your expert guide to this fascinating era, drawing on years of practical historical study to show how our ancestors coped with everyday life, from how they slept to how they courted • Using a vast range of sources, she takes you back to the time when soot was used as toothpaste and the "upper crust" of bread was served to the wealthier members of the house

The definitive careers guide for starting out in today's working world • It's never been tougher to get started in your career. In a world where entry-level positions require years of experience, it can feel like you've fallen behind before you've even begun. Even when you finally manage to get yourself a job, how do you make sure you're standing out from the crowd and succeeding? • In How to Go to Work, careers experts Lucy Clayton and Steven Haines deliver the indispensable guide to surviving and thriving at work. Whether you've just begun working your first Saturday shift, you're about to start an apprenticeship, or you're already climbing the leadership ladder, it's chock-full of the vital advice you need to jump-start your professional life

It's 1936, war is brewing, tempers are running high, and by his thirteenth birthday, Sheldon Horowitz has been orphaned - twice. While a terrible accident took his mother, Sheldon is convinced that his father was murdered. But no-one else thinks so, least of all the police • Determined to track down the culprit, and leaving behind his only friend Lenny, Sheldon moves to Hartford, Connecticut to live with his uncle. He is told to keep his head down and forget the past. But that just isn't his style • Fired up by his politically-minded cousin Abe (and quite possibly in love with other cousin Mirabelle), he sets out on a quest to discover the truth that will take him from industrial Hartford to a ritzy hotel in the Catskills, back to his childhood home and finally on to New York