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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

Written by: Malcolm Gladwell
Narrated 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.

(C) 2019 Malcolm Gladwell (P) 2019 Malcolm Gladwell

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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.
Fascinating . . . you should read the book . . . He's tackling the dark side of human nature - what do we ever know about other people? (Sathnam Sanghera)
Now that practically everybody seems to be spoiling for a fight, I have found Malcolm Gladwell's Talking to Strangers invaluable . . . His moral - to approach new people with caution and humility - has become my motto.
Taut, provocative, smart . . . Gladwell's cool, playful intelligence has made him one of our leading public thinkers
A book examining the ways we misinterpret or fail to communicate with one another could not feel more necessary . . . the page-turning urgency of a thriller (Chris Barton)
Superb writing. Masterful . . . bears all the marks that have made Gladwell one of the most successful non-fiction authors of his generation. (Pilita Clark)
A dazzling book . . . Gladwell is a rock star of nonfiction . . . ideas are slowly revealed until the reader arrives at a conclusion they didn't expect. Gladwell is advancing ideas and, sure, they are all open to challenge . . . but they are stimulating and convincing - and you won't regret a minute you spend mastering them
A wonderful provocation which Gladwell delivers like no other, an awakening to just one of the fascinations that lie in ordinary human experience . . . as ever, Gladwell's genius is in the telling.
Malcolm Gladwell made his name bringing intellectual sparkle to everyday subjects, and his new book - about how strangers talk to each other - is no exception. (Sean O’Hagan)
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Feels like I'm listening to podcast, Malcolm Gladwell is a genius. Enjoyed reading every bit of this book, very captivating and eye opening facts about ourselves.

Awesome book. Very well laid out chapters

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Malcolm gladwell is the master of breaking things down, especially the things that make a difference.
I don’t know about others, but this book surely made me look at lying, confronting strangers and crime, in a totally different light. Thank you Malcolm.

Mind blowing

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A good book but fails from becoming great as it meanders in many directions. A good book for lawyers, cops - all negotiators

Could have been great

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This book is very gripping and throws light on how easily one can judge strangers. The simplicity or the reality isn't visible since the person is a "stranger". Someone unfamiliar and therefore the uncertainty that comes with that. It does have some disturbing parts of child abuse stories, but again, overall, it's a great read!

Yes, that's how you should!

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narration was awesome, loved the voice clips, it's the best audiobook really unique and one of its kind, I also enjoyed the music :)

Such a gr8 review of human psychology

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