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New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a few fare-beaters and graffiti artists fuel a subway crime wave, or a satisfied customer fill the empty tables of a new restaurant. These are social epidemics,...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Revisits the world of social epidemics first explored in Gladwell's 2000 book "The tipping point," this time taking a closer look at the dark side of social engineering. Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light. Why is Miami...Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell...
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Nutmeg Media
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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'Don't slam that old screen door!' implores a young girl when her dog runs outside. Set on a farm, this rhyming adventure examines the hilarious consequences that occur when that old screen door slams shut. Peace is eventually restored but not before Pa's socks turn lumpy, the bees start swarming, a bear runs amok, and the cows stampede! This zany tale demonstrating the concept of cause and effect ends just as the dog heads back out the door!
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Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Readers are invited to physically interact with the pages in this picture book of humorous before-and-after scenarios."--
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"In this riveting and informative book, renowned zoonotic disease expert Steven Phillips, MD, and his patient-turned Lyme warrior Dana Parish explode conventional wisdom as they reveal the alarming connection between Lyme disease and other autoimmune disorders and detail what readers need to know in order to heal from their pain"--
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Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"When Moose sees the inviting tree where Squirrel has built his nest, he rubs his itchy antlers against the trunk--and sets in motion a chain of comic catastrophes. The tree falls and wakes Bear, who stumbles into Moose, who causes a truck driver to swerve off the road. But then Squirrel jumps onto that truck and ends up in the city, all alone. Who will help him get home? And how will Squirrel thank them?"--Amazon.com.
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Debols!llo
Pub. Date
2020.
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Español
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En esta obra revolucionaria que ocupa desde hace años los primeros puestos en las listas de ventas de Estados Unidos, Gladwell, un auténtico gurú de los negocios, analiza la trayectoria de varios productos y tendencias de gran éxito hasta descubrir cómo y por qué se alcanza el punto de inflexión a partir del cual algo se convierte en un fenómeno de masas: el punto clave.
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Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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"From ancient times until the early nineteenth century, many medical practitioners believed that the body contained four humors: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. Humoral doctrine stated that balancing these humors was the key to health. Then in the mid-1800s, Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, and Robert Koch shattered these misconceptions and established our modern understanding of germs. These scientists were pioneers, and their legacy is...
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