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2020.
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Español
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"In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers--to 'analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them,' in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines...
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2015.
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Español
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Pequeñas cosas bellas es una recopilación de cartas y sus respuestas escritas por los lectores a "Dear Sugar", la columna de consejos que publicaba la revista digital The Rumpus. Su autora, en principio anónima pero que luego resultó ser Cheryl Strayed, contesta compartiendo experiencias propias, lo que confiere autenticidad y profundidad a los consejos que da, proporcionando una serenidad al lector que invita a seguir leyendo y a aprender de...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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A fresh perspective, an outdoor exploration, a new adventure about to begin: How to Be A Wildflower is the book to celebrate these and other wide-open occasions. Encouraging self-discovery through encounters with nature, beloved artist Katie Daisy brings her beautiful paintings and lettering to this collection of things to do and make, quotes, meditations, natural history, and more. " Maintains wonder and inspiration with a collection of peaceful...
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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and number-one best-selling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, David and Goliath, and What the Dog Saw, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers - and why they often go wrong. 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...
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