{"product_id":"talking-to-strangers-9780241449509","title":"Talking to Strangers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly anticipated new book from Malcom Gladwell, host of the chart-topping podcast \u003ci\u003eRevisionist History\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith original archival interviews and musical scoring, this enhanced audiobook edition of \u003ci\u003eTalking to Strangers \u003c\/i\u003ebrings Gladwell''s renowned storytelling to life in his unparalleled narrating style. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo one challenges our sh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI love this book . . . \u003cb\u003ereading it will actually change not just how you see strangers, but how you look at yourself, the news - the world\u003c\/b\u003e. Reading this book changed me. * Oprah Winfrey *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eyou should read the book\u003c\/b\u003e . . .\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHe's tackling the dark side of human nature - what do we ever know about other people? -- Sathnam Sanghera * The Times Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eNow that practically everybody seems to be spoiling for a fight, \u003cb\u003eI have found Malcolm Gladwell's \u003ci\u003eTalking to Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e invaluable \u003c\/b\u003e. . . His moral - to approach new people with caution and humility - has become my motto. * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaut, provocative, smart . . . \u003c\/b\u003eGladwell's \u003cb\u003ecool, playful intelligence \u003c\/b\u003ehas made him\u003cb\u003e one of our leading public thinkers\u003c\/b\u003e * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eA book examining the ways we misinterpret or fail to communicate with one another \u003cb\u003ecould not feel more necessary\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003ethe page-turning urgency of a thriller\u003c\/b\u003e -- Chris Barton * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuperb writing. Masterful . . . \u003c\/b\u003ebears all the marks that have made Gladwell \u003cb\u003eone of the most successful non-fiction authors of his generation\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Pilita Clark * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling book . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGladwell is a rock star of nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e . . .  ideas are slowly revealed until the reader arrives at a conclusion they didn't expect. Gladwell is advancing ideas and, sure, they are all open to challenge . . . but they are \u003cb\u003estimulating and convincing\u003c\/b\u003e - and \u003cb\u003eyou won't regret a minute\u003c\/b\u003e you spend mastering them * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wonderful provocation\u003c\/b\u003e which Gladwell delivers like no other, an awakening to just one of the fascinations that lie in ordinary human experience . . . as ever, \u003cb\u003eGladwell's genius is in the telling\u003c\/b\u003e. * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eMalcolm Gladwell made his name bringing intellectual sparkle to everyday subjects, and his new book - about how strangers talk to each other - is no exception. -- Sean O’Hagan * Observer *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733121511767,"sku":"9780241449509","price":18.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/talking-to-strangers-9780241449509","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}