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Temporarily out of stock
Title: Blink
Author: GLADWELL MALCOLM
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 14/02/2006
Imprint: PENGUIN BOOKS
Price: $25.00
Publishing status: Active
An art expert sees a ten-million-dollar sculpture and instantly spots it’s a fake. A marriage analyst knows within minutes whether a couple will stay together. A fire-fighter suddenly senses he has to get out of a blazing building. A speed dater clicks with the right person…
This international bestselling book is all about those moments when we ‘know’ something without knowing why. Here Malcolm Gladwell explores the phenomenon of ‘blink’, showing how a snap judgement can be far more effective than a cautious decision. By trusting your instincts, he reveals, you’ll never think about thinking in the same way again.
‘Trust my snap judgement, buy this book- you’ll be delighted’ The New York Times
‘Compelling, fiendishly clever’ Evening Standard
‘Brilliant … the implications for business, let alone love, are vast’ Observer
‘Superb … this wonderful book should be compulsory reading’ New Statesman
‘Blink might just change your life’ Esquire
‘Should you buy this book? You already know the answer to that’ Independent on Sunday
%%%From the author of The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell’s international bestseller Blink- The Power of Thinking Without Thinking is a revolution in the understanding of the mind.
An art expert sees a ten-million-dollar sculpture and instantly spots it’s a fake. A marriage analyst knows within minutes whether a couple will stay together. A fire-fighter suddenly senses he has to get out of a blazing building. A speed dater clicks with the right person…
This book is all about those moments when we ‘know’ something without knowing why. Here Malcolm Gladwell explores the phenomenon of ‘blink’, showing how a snap judgement can be far more effective than a cautious decision. By trusting your instincts, he reveals, you’ll never think about thinking in the same way again.
‘Trust my snap judgement, buy this book- you’ll be delighted’ The New York Times
‘Compelling, fiendishly clever’ Evening Standard
‘Brilliant … the implications for business, let alone love, are vast’ Observer
‘Superb … this wonderful book should be compulsory reading’ New Statesman
‘Blink might just change your life’ Esquire
‘Should you buy this book? You already know the answer to that’ Independent on Sunday
ISBN: 9780141014593
Weight: 228gr
Dimension: 198mm X 131mm
Pages: 304