{"product_id":"talking-to-strangers-malcolm-gladwell-9780316478526","title":"Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know","description":"\u003cb\u003eMalcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast \u003ci\u003eRevisionist History\u003c\/i\u003e and author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eOutliers\u003c\/i\u003e, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eand why they often go wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Detroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to one another that isn't true? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalking to Strangers \u003c\/i\u003eis a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland--throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomething is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. In his first book since his #1 bestseller \u003ci\u003eDavid and Goliath\u003c\/i\u003e, Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebook for troubled times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malcolm Gladwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316478520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316478526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.70w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2019 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/10\/2019","brand":"Malcolm Gladwell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054154936575,"sku":"9780316478526","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b62af02-0659-4f70-91ab-6ca5626908c1.jpg?v=1685028258","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/talking-to-strangers-malcolm-gladwell-9780316478526","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}