The book sets out to explain nothing less than why human beings behave the way they do and astonishingly, malcolm gladwell has the smarts and panache to pull it off. Gladwells book is an interesting read but i believe that he could have gotten his point across with fewer examples and statistics. The tipping point, blink, outliers, what the dog saw, and david and goliath. Malcolm gladwell is the author of five new york times bestsellers. If you want the whole audio book its available on amazon. The tipping point is an intellectual adventure story with an infectious enthusiasm for the power and joy of new ideas. I read the book a couple of years ago and now listened to to the short audio version. Most of all, it is a road map to change, with a profoundly hopeful message. In this summary, we will give a synopsis of the 3 rules of epidemics to create your own tipping point. How an agent figures out her pitch to publishers steven. The first principle of the tipping point is that it is explains why and how ideas and products and movements and behaviors spread. Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android.
Audio nonfiction books best sellers the new york times. The tipping point is the moment of critical mass which creates the tipping of any outbreak or product to the point of an epidemic. The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. The tipping point audiobook malcolm gladwell audible. Im releasing the entire audio book for free via episodic podcast installments. He is a former writer at the washington post and served as the newspapers new york city bureau chief. How little things can make a big difference is a standalone nonfiction educational business book written by journalist malcolm gladwell. The tipping point by malcolm gladwell the th greatest. Chapters are already up on itunes, spotify and stitcher so you can see if you like it. Do get more details from our full 6page summary, or read the book for more details and examples. He is also the cofounder of pushkin industries, an audio content company that produces the podcasts revisionist history, which reconsiders things both overlooked and misunderstood. In outliers, gladwell examines the factors that contribute to high levels of success. Precis 4 in chapter three of his book, the tipping point, malcolm gladwell, a five time new york times best selling author, asserts the idea that the stickiness factor is important in getting people s attention and. Anyone interested in figuring out how things become incredibly popular, adopted almost magicallyunconsciously by millions and millions of people will want to read a book length version of the tipping point.
The tipping point audiobook, written by malcolm gladwell. He is also the cofounder of pushkin industries, an audio content company that produces the podcasts revisionist history, which reconsiders things both overlooked and misunderstood, and broken record, where he, rick rubin, and bruce headlam interview. The wisdom of psychopaths audiobook by kevin dutton duration. See more ideas about nonfiction, audio books and books to read. The writing style, the subject, and the quality of the narrators voice all contribute to the overall experience. Hip and hopeful, the tipping point is like the idea it describes. In his book, gladwell focuses on fads such as teenage smoking, but the principle of the tipping point applies to just about anything. May 4, 2020 the current nonfiction list of the new york times bestsellers. In the tipping point, new yorker writer malcolm gladwell looks at why major changes in society happen. The tipping point is an intellectual adventure story written with an infectious enthusiasm for the power and joy of new ideas. My tipping point for audio malcolm gladwells the tipping point was the first book i ever listened to, well at least completely. To support his thesis, he examines why the majority of canadian ice hockey players are born in the first few months of the calendar year, how microsoft co.
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The concept of the tipping point was written about in 1956 and it was written about over and over and over again. Bestsellers new releases recommended award winners coming soon free public domain. Malcolm gladwell author, narrator, hachette audio publisher get audible free. Im discussing the tipping point by malcolm gladwell in detail, published in 2000. The tipping point by malcolm gladwell, paperback barnes. This page contains details about the nonfiction book the tipping point by malcolm gladwell published in 2000. Gladwell defines a tipping point as the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a. Best nonfiction audio books i love listening to nonfiction audiobooks esp.
The tipping point by malcolm gladwell overdrive rakuten. Apr 03, 2007 the tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. The book seeks to explain and describe the mysterious sociological changes that mark everyday life. How little things can make a big difference is the debut book by malcolm gladwell, first published by little, brown in 2000. If youre thinking about buying this book and decide to buy it through my affiliate link, i would be so grateful. In the final chapter of the book, gladwell opens with a positive example of how tipping point ideas can be used to change society. He takes subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry, and particle physics, and aims to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. Simply by finding and reaching those few special people who hold so much social power, we can shape the course of social epidemics. The story of success is the third nonfiction book written by malcolm gladwell and published by little, brown and company on november 18, 2008. Now, in blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. There was public policy that was started based upon the idea of the tipping point in the 1970s.
The tipping point was malcolm gladwells first book, written in 2000, and has been followed up by three more books, all bestsellers. The tipping point lesson plan contains a variety of teaching materials that cater to all learning styles. My tipping pointfor audio malcolm gladwells the tipping point was the first book i ever listened to, well at least completely. Teach your students to analyze literature like litcharts does. Print paperback isbn 0316346624, isbn 0316316962 first edition by offering readers a groundbreaking analysis of how trends are sparked and take hold, malcolm gladwells book the tipping point became an exemplification of the very processes he was.
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He is one of my favorite authors of non fiction and read his books not only for the enlightenment factor, but he. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant, in the blink of an eye, that actually arent as simple as they seem. The book sets out to explain how certain events, both large and small, happen not necessarily by chance but by series of easily explainable smaller events that lead to a tipping point. Your favorite nonfiction audiobook recommendations biographies, philosophy, selfhelp, historical stuff, etc. Malcolm gladwell addresses some of these questions in his famous book, the tipping point. Gladwell 3 cd 5 out of 5 stars 6 product ratings 6 product ratings the tipping point. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which malcolm gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already. Get the key points from this book in less than 10 minutes. Like other books hes written, it analyzes social phenomena and tries to explain it in a different way. Author looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly.
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