Talking to strangers : what we should know about the people we don't know
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-2020
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In July 2015, a young black woman named Sandra Bland was pulled over for a minor traffic violation in rural Texas. Minutes later she was arrested and jailed. Three days later, she committed suicide in her cell. What went wrong? 'Talking to Strangers' is all about what happens when we encounter people we don't know, why it often goes awry, and what it says about us. How do we make sense of the unfamiliar? Why are we so bad at judging someone, reading a face, or detecting a lie? Why do we so often fail to 'get' other people? Through a series of puzzles, encounters and misunderstandings, from little-known stories to infamous legal cases, Gladwell takes us on a journey through the unexpected. You will read about the spy who spent years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon, the man who saw through the fraudster Bernie Madoff, the suicide of the poet Sylvia Plath and the false conviction of Amanda Knox.
Main title:
Talking to strangers : what we should know about the people we don't know / Malcolm Gladwell.
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Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2020.UK : Penguin Books, 2020.
Collation:
386 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141988498 (pbk)
Dewey class:
302
Language:
English
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BRN:
2324392