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Talking to Strangers

What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

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Talking to Strangers

By: Malcolm Gladwell
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Brought to you by Penguin.

The highly anticipated new book from Malcom Gladwell, host of the chart-topping podcast Revisionist History.

With original archival interviews and musical scoring, this enhanced audiobook edition of Talking to Strangers brings Gladwell’s renowned storytelling to life in his unparalleled narrating style.

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.

©2019 Malcolm Gladwell (P)2019 Malcolm Gladwell Popular Culture Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Sciences
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Critic reviews

"I love this book...reading it will actually change not just how you see strangers, but how you look at yourself, the news - the world. Reading this book changed me." (Oprah Winfrey)
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Great audio book! Provides insights into issues we take for granted whenever we engage with strangers.

Great read

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This is one of the most important books ever. I fear not enough people will read it and take it to heart.

Important

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One of the few books that both the content and performance are outstanding! Did not want to stop listening!

Absolutely phenomenal!

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enjoyable experience.. filled with interesting examples and insights. thoroughly researched. I highly recommend this for anyone curious!

excellent read of an unusual topic!

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Malcolm never disappoints!! This book is life changing, this is thought provoking, it is honest and will keep you intrigued up to the exact last letter!!!

Wow wow wow

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I really enjoyed listening to Malcolm Gladwell. I am an African born in Africa so the concept of racism is very foreign to me. Reading this book has guided me empathetically into the plight that encompasses Africans living in America. I have educated my prejudices as a result

Beautiful

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The actual book was very interesting bit definitely an incredibly slow start- i initially abandoned it and then went back and powered through the first few chapters and found I loved it!

Slow start but amazing once you get into it

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This title is an excellent read. It’s deeply moving and thought provoking. I throughly enjoyed the narration and different voice clips featured!

Brilliant

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Narrator was perfect. The use of interviews and recordings of people involved/mentioned in the book gave a really good variety. In my opinion it made the book really easy to read.

Very interesting subject matter, as usual by M Gladwell.

loved the cadence. easy read

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A fresh spin on an already fantastic piece of writing. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. Very engaging and gripping style.

Even if you’ve read the book, listen to this.

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