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by Malcolm Gladwell

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Cait86 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Cait86's Reading, Take 3 (Oct 10, 2009, 3:47pm)

... le Three Cups of Tea A Long Way Gone The World Without Us The Soloist The Hot Zone Gang Leader for a Day Blink I'm guessing that Into the Wild, A Long Way Gone, The Soloist, and Gang Leader for a Day are going to be the most popular. They all found Three Cups of Te ...

amaranthic in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : amaranthic is reading. (Sep 27, 2009, 6:09pm)

... with our families; kitchen (banana yoshimoto); the bluest eye; long day's journey into night; paradise of the blind; blink (malcolm gladwell); a bend in the river (naipaul); middlemarch; cheaper by the dozen; a wild sheep chase; my life and hard times (thurber); the sun also rises (hemin ...

sisaruus in What Are You Reading Now? : Book Brought Home - September 2009 (Sep 12, 2009, 3:12pm)

... Kingsolver America's Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

raidergirl3 in Dewey Decimal Challenge : raidergirl3's DD Challenge (Aug 30, 2009, 11:33am)

100 – Philosophy and psychology 153.4 Blink: the Power of Thinking without thinking - Malcom Gladwell 128.4 The Book of Calamities* 153 A Whack on the Side of the Head*

busy91 in Dewey Decimal Challenge : Liz K's DDC (Aug 18, 2009, 3:59pm)

... Mood by Halle Ephron • 100 Philosophy & psychology o 153 Mental processes & intelligence Blink by Malcolm Gladwell o 158 Applied psychology You can heal your life by Louise L. Hay o 170 Ethics A short guide to a happy life ...

LynnB in Non-Fiction Readers : August '09 Nonfiction (Aug 16, 2009, 6:14pm)

#21, I enjoyed Blink. You may want to try the opposite point of view in Think: Why Crucial Decisions Can't be Made in the Blink of an Eye by Michael R. LeGault.

studio1 in What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of August 15, 2009? (Aug 15, 2009, 5:18pm)

... which is part of the Gossip Girl series. I am 31 years old and I read Gossip Girl - I am not ashamed! ;) I have Blink by Malcolm Gladwell on hold at the library...

Sandydog1 in Non-Fiction Readers : August '09 Nonfiction (Aug 12, 2009, 11:30pm)

Finished Blink. 'Not the deepest book in the world, but hugely entertaining, as were Gladwell's others.

Sandydog1 in Audiobooks : What Are You Listening to Now? Part 5 (Aug 11, 2009, 9:54pm)

I just finished Blink and loved it as much as Outliers and The Tipping Point. It was read by the author. I'm now tackling Siddhartha. I must be a cowboy; I ain't gittin' all this here "Eastern" stuff.

Sandydog1 in 50 Book Challenge : 50 for Sandydog in 2009 (Aug 11, 2009, 9:47pm)

Well, to be painfully honest, I've read neither. 'Looks like I have some Forster TBR list work to do myself. 22. Blink Now, I can say I've read 3 of Mr. Gladwell's works, and I can also state I've loved them all. The stories, studies and illustrative examples are wonderful. It was as ...

busy91 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Liz K's 75 books for 2009 (Aug 11, 2009, 1:00pm)

... A Capitalist Romance - Ruth Brandon June 32. Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz 33. Called Out of Darkness - Anne Rice 34. Blink - Malcolm Gladwell 35. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt - Anne Rice July 36. The Roman Pronunciation of Latin why we use it and how to use it - Francis Lord 37. B ...

Sandydog1 in Audiobooks : What Are You Listening to Now? Part 5 (Aug 8, 2009, 10:11pm)

'All finished with A Passage to India and am now really enjoying Blink. Malcolm Gladwell is definitely a guilty pleasure to read.

crazybatcow in 50 Book Challenge : crazybatcow - what? only 50! (Aug 6, 2009, 7:39am)

... un Hit List Hit Parade In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto Life As We Knew It Ark Baby Child of God Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Geek Love No Dominion Neuropath That looks like a lot... but... my vacation location doesn't have a tv and I won't ...

Sandydog1 in 50 Book Challenge : 50 for Sandydog in 2009 (Aug 4, 2009, 5:39pm)

21. A Passage to India A beautifully written book that trails off towards the end... Next, I think I'll try Blink

muddy21 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : muddy21 -- books for 2009 (Jul 19, 2009, 6:16pm)

... Hyerle (ed.) 16. Peeking through the keyhole: the evolution of North American homes - Avi Friedman & David Krawitz 17. blink: the power of thinking without thinking - Malcolm Gladwell 18. Superparenting for ADD: an innovative approach to raising your distracted child - Edward Hallowell & ...

keren7 in Club Read 2009 : Keren7's Reads for 2009 (Jul 6, 2009, 5:51pm)

I finished reading Blink: The power of thinking without thinking and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I enjoyed The Tipping Point as well. I see that he has a new book, Outliers that I plan to read at some point. Blink was very thought provoking in that he gives examples of split ...

LynnB in Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 22 (Jun 21, 2009, 6:03pm)

... Can't be Made in the Blink of an Eye by Michael R. LeGault. Read shortly after reading Malcolm Gladwell's Blink.

nzurisana in Book talk : Choose a book that you haven't read yet. (4) (Jun 20, 2009, 4:54pm)

From Sandydog's library I would choose Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.

nzurisana in What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 6-12 June 2009 (Jun 10, 2009, 4:41pm)

I finished reading Austen's Northanger Abbey a few days back. I'm now reading The Mango Season by Amulya Malladi and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.

kswolff in Literary Snobs : a challenge (May 21, 2009, 11:04am)

... any Harry Potter book because I consider it "kiddie lit." Nor any pop bestsellers either. Just seeing a picture of Malcolm Gladwell makes me want to hurl the book with egregious force. How about pop trash mysticism, like Sylvia Browne and such? Surely that low-grade hucksterism ...

Nickelini in Club Read 2009 : fannyprice's 2009 reading (Apr 25, 2009, 7:48pm)

I think Blink was pretty drawn out--should have been a magazine article. Did you read his earlier Tipping Point? I think that one had more to say. And it was fun to read Freakonomics, which contradicted some of Tipping Point. I didn't know those books were pop sociology, but yeah, sometimes ...

fannyprice in Club Read 2009 : fannyprice's 2009 reading (Apr 25, 2009, 7:28pm)

... in the mood for that. I find, in general, those books tend to be very silly and sort of half sociology, half self-help. Blink's main message, in my recollection, was "people make snap judgments and sometimes that's not bad; trust your instincts". And for that, Gladwell become a sensation? I ...

fannyprice in Club Read 2009 : fannyprice's 2009 reading (Apr 25, 2009, 9:23am)

... but I think I was to clear my mind by reading a short, pop-ish work of smart non-fiction - something like Freakonomics or Blink, that doesn't require too much thinking but is based in reality. I feel like I've been in fantasy-land for my last couple of books. Any suggestions?

Fullmoonblue in Club Read 2009 : Fullmoonblue (Apr 18, 2009, 12:44pm)

... of Rain by Amelie Nothomb Working on: Uncensored: Views and (Re)views by Joyce Carol Oates Skimmed: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Girls for Sale: A Play from Colonial India by Gurajada Apparao

aharey in 50 Book Challenge : aharey 50 in 2009 (Apr 17, 2009, 12:18pm)

It was very good- the second book is even better. I'm also reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, which was recommended by my principal.

aharey in 50 Book Challenge : aharey 50 in 2009 (Mar 27, 2009, 3:23pm)

... Lerangis 12. Cypress Point by Diane Chamberlin 13. Snobbery with Violence by Marion Chesney 14. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 15. Hasty Death by Marion Chesney 16. Sick of Shadows by Marion Chesney 17. Camelot Caper by Elizabeth Peters 18. Down a Dark Hall by Loi ...

Moomin2009 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Best Reads of the Month - February (Mar 2, 2009, 11:29am)

Mine was definitely Temeraire, followed closely by Silent in the Sanctuary and Blink.

Moomin2009 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : My 75 books in 2009 challenge (Feb 27, 2009, 4:42pm)

... been away with work for most of this week so managed to get quite a bit of reading done, now finished Throne of Jade and Blink and made quite a bit of progress in The Historian, which is clearly going to take me longer to read than any other book ever has. Throne of Jade was fab, I ...

Moomin2009 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 21 February 2009 (Feb 25, 2009, 1:45pm)

Now reading The Throne of Jade as well as The Historian and Blink. I'm itching to get on with the Temeraire series but at the same time I don't want to finish it before I have access to the next one, and I'm in a hotel in the middle of nowhere...

cmt in What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in February (Feb 22, 2009, 8:08pm)

... Ashton-Warner, The Persimmon Tree by Marjorie Barnard and Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann. Also bought Blink by Malcolm Gladwell and Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks.

Moomin2009 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 21 February 2009 (Feb 21, 2009, 5:25pm)

Still reading The Historian (which I think is going to take a while, as it's kind of being read in the background) and Blink, both of which I'm enjoying. I've just finished Temeraire which I absolutely loved; I may have to purchase The Jade Throne tomorrow. I think next up will be Spell Hun ...

sjmccreary in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : She Who Wears Red Reads Books (Feb 19, 2009, 9:51pm)

#45 let us know what you think of Outliers - it looks interesting, but I tried to read his Blink (which also sounded interesting, I thought) and didn't make it past chapter 2. I just couldn't tolerate his writing, so I've been intentionally avoided Outliers.

Moomin2009 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : My 75 books in 2009 challenge (Feb 19, 2009, 5:48pm)

... it, if you see what I mean, but I have a whole load of library and new books I'm itching to get started on and I'm loving Blink so far. I suspect The Historian will be a background book for a while.

Moomin2009 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : My 75 books in 2009 challenge (Feb 19, 2009, 5:24am)

... clearly not very cultured! Definitely worth the read though. It's my first non-fiction book of the year and I've gone on to Blink which is really interesting so far. In fiction I'm still reading The Sword in the Stone and The Historian, neither of which have particularly grabbed me but I ...

Moomin2009 in What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in February (Feb 14, 2009, 11:27am)

... 3 in that series but didn't have 1), Q & A by Vikas Swarup (which I want to read before I see Slumdog Millionaire) and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.

walk2work in 50 Book Challenge : 2009 reading of walk2work (goal and actual) (Jan 31, 2009, 8:32pm)

I haven't read Blink, but Gladwell is on my list of authors to read. I liked his style, it's different from but reminds me of Barbara Erhenreich.

spacepotatoes in 50 Book Challenge : 2009 reading of walk2work (goal and actual) (Jan 30, 2009, 6:57pm)

Hi walk2work! Since you enjoyed Outliers, have you read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell? It's also really good, makes you think about how you make decisions.

theresak1975 in 50 Book Challenge : meganmorlok's 50 Book Challenge 2009-2010 (Jan 23, 2009, 1:08pm)

... Good luck with your challenge. I am trying to read about 15 nonfiction books on my challenge. A few I would recommend are Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (about how we make split decisions without even knowing it), A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah (the story of a boy solider in Sierra Leone), and M ...

callen610 in 50 Book Challenge : callen610's 50 Book Challenge -2009 (Jan 19, 2009, 7:02am)

... theresak1975 - this is my first attempt at a challenge here. I read Gladwell's other two books-The Tipping Point and Blink, and I liked this one the most! I think because I was able to connect to more information on a personal level.

theresak1975 in 50 Book Challenge : callen610's 50 Book Challenge -2009 (Jan 18, 2009, 6:10pm)

Thanks for the review of Outliers. Check out Blink if you haven't read it. It's another one that makes you stop and rethink how you make decisions. I've got Outliers on my TBR list. Maybe I should bump it up a few. Good luck with the challenge!

qebo in 999 Challenge : qebo's 999 (Jan 18, 2009, 10:12am)

... Art and Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orlando http://www.librarything.com/topic/53660#messagehead1 (message #1) 2. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell http://www.librarything.com/topic/53660#messagehead5 (message #5) 3. Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen http://www.librarythin ...

MelissaZD in Dewey Decimal Challenge : MelissaZDDDC (Jan 15, 2009, 2:28am)

... Seat of the Soul 153 Mental processes & intelligence How The Mind Works 153 Society of Mind 153 Blink 153 Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness 155 Differential & developmental psychology The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human N ...

cgaus in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : 75 reads in 09 (Jan 9, 2009, 8:09am)

... The Outliers:the story of success by Malcolm Gladwell 58. The girl who kicked the hornet's nest by Stieg Larsson 59. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell 60. Ransom by David Malouf November 61. Stone's Fall by Iain Pears

bruce_krafft in 999 Challenge : Di’s 999 list - books subject to change on her whim (Jan 7, 2009, 10:06pm)

... Experience d. ~~The Fifth Book of Peace, by Maxine Hong Kingston~~ couldn't finish calling it done e. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without thinking by Malcolm Gladwell f. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell g. ~~the H ...~~

~~qebo in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : qebo's 2009 books (Jan 4, 2009, 12:58pm)~~

2. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell This was kinda low hanging fruit, in that I actually began it on Christmas and was midway through when 2009 arrived. I bought it at the train station (yes, I already had a book in my coat pocket, but the book store was open and I had time to swing through) on my ...

~~qebo in 999 Challenge : qebo's 999 (Jan 1, 2009, 7:09pm)~~

... by Karen Armstrong * 4. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale * (completed 29 Mar 2009) mind 1. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell * (completed 4 Jan 2009) * spontaneously purchased for reading on the bus/train/plane 1. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell 2. The Zookeeper's W ...

~~muddy21 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : muddy21 -- books for 2009 (Dec 24, 2008, 6:02pm)~~

~~Cathcartes in Lectures des francophones : Le challenge de Grimm (Dec 21, 2008, 2:34am)~~

Blink m'intéresse, je me demande d'ailleurs si je ne l'ai pas déjà lu, il faudra que je vérifie auprès de la bibliothèque publique où je suis abonnée. Il faudra aussi que je me mette à lire du Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt au vu des critiques élogieuses dont il fait l'objet sur LT.

~~grimm in Lectures des francophones : Le challenge de Grimm (Dec 20, 2008, 4:50pm)~~

... de Jeanne D'Arc n'est probablement pas la vérité historique : instructif! Egalement très intéressant, j'ai lu Blink (en anglais), un best seller américain qui analyse nos intuitions et pourquoi parfois notre première impression est la bonne même avant d'y avoir mûrement réflé ...

~~Sandydog1 in 50 Book Challenge : Sandydog's Attempt at 50 (Dec 19, 2008, 8:49pm)~~

~~... write really, really entertaining books. I burned through his third effort. His first two were The Tipping Point and Blink. He makes the obvious, profound.~~

~~chani in List Five Books Parlour Game : Don't make me repeat myself! (Dec 18, 2008, 9:49pm)~~

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Evil for Evil by K. J. Parker The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles by Roger Zelanzy The Radical Reader: A Documentary History of the American Radical Tradition Wicked: The Life and Times ...

~~orangeena in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : orangeena's 75 for 2008 (Dec 17, 2008, 12:02am)~~

... logic and reasoning we already know but don't often consciously dwell upon -relying on first impression and judgment in Blink and the power of the small to shift the blance of events in The Tipping Point. This is his best, IMHO, -those whose achievements are beyond normal experience have ...

~~NatalieAsIs in 999 Challenge : Innovatoria's 999 Challenge (Nov 4, 2008, 11:15pm)~~

... by Robert Dilts 7. Strategies of Genius, Volume Three by Robert B Dilts 8. ... 9. ... MAYBE one of those -> Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell -> The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker -> The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by St ...

~~sgtbigg in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Sgt Big G's 75 for 2008 (Oct 8, 2008, 9:15am)~~

... ten: 1. The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century by Harry Turtledove 2. Beyond Time by Sandra Ley 3. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell 4. Citizen in Space by Robert Sheckley 5. Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich & William Forstchen 6. De ...

~~The_Kat_Cache in 50 Book Challenge : Kat's 50 Book Challenge for 2008 (Sep 7, 2008, 4:46am)~~

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell 1001: 10/20 Non-fiction: 7/20

~~jfetting in What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? August, 2008. Number 2. (Aug 23, 2008, 3:50pm)~~

~~... by Marie Phillips which I've wanted for awhile The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy Blink by Malcolm Gladwell~~

~~LynnB in Book talk : A Story in Titles (Yet ANOTHER Silly Book Game) (Aug 23, 2008, 11:21am)~~

... Without a Past" he replied, whereupon he was immediately Struck by Lightening. Before anyone could Think or even Blink, A Keen Soldier called for help. Or, so it seemed. In reality, he was only Mouthing the Words. And that's What Happened to Henry.

~~framboise in Non-Fiction Readers : All time favorite non-fiction reads (Jul 25, 2008, 4:50pm)~~

... although I don't think I'll need to read it again. 1. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner 2. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell 3. The Kid: What Happened When My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant by Dan Savage 4. ...

~~mint910 in ARC Junkies : Which ARC Are Your Reading Now? (Jul 19, 2008, 7:26am)~~

... the subject much so it's kind of bring it all together in one place. I was hoping it would be more like Freakonomics, Blink, or the Tipping Point where it is sort of build around chapter long examples, it's more interesting that way.

~~grimm in Lectures des francophones : Le challenge de Grimm (Jul 16, 2008, 4:44pm)~~

~~... par Richard-A Knaak~~

~~Mes amis Mes amours par Marc Levy~~

~~Company Man par Joseph Finder~~

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking par Malcolm Gladwell

~~Pampa par Pierre Kalfon~~

~~Atlantis par David Gibbins~~

La Vieille Anglaise et ...
nancyewhite in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - #1: JULY. 2008 (Jul 16, 2008, 9:39am)
From PBS: Hero by Perry Moore and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Then I went to Half Price Books with a 40% off coupon which I used to get Excellent Women by Barbara Pym due to the exclamations on LT. While there I could hardly avoid the Bargain Shelves where for less than $20 tot ...
Cerulean07 in Author Chat : Ori Brafman, author of Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior (June 30-July 11) (Jul 8, 2008, 1:07am)
... subject of social cognition, such as Dan Ariely's Predictably Irrational, Malcolm Gladwell's Tipping Point and Blink, as well as some earlier fare by Thomas Gilovich in How We Know What Isn't So, etc.? I might even add that some other science books have become fairly popular, ...
esthella in Christianity : Fiction with a Godly message (Jun 14, 2008, 3:52pm)
Some of my favorites: Blink by Ted Dekker (although it's now out as Blink of an Eye because they're making a movie or something. I dunno. I don't care for most the rest of his books, too weird... though if you like Frank Peretti you might like the rest of Dekker's books.) The Immortal ...
carlym in Houstonians : Friends of Houston Public Library Book Sale...so, what did you get? (May 17, 2008, 4:11pm)
... another 10 or so for my mom. My favorites: Jack Ruby's Kitchen Sink, because I've been looking for this for a while Blink, because I was NEVER going to get that on BookMooch The Camel Bookmobile Bring on the Girls! by P.G. Wodehouse Freddy and Fredericka, because I lent it to a ...
kaelirenee in 888 Challenge : Detailmuse ... 888 from TBRs (May 12, 2008, 11:03am)
... reading the book, so I've always watched them with an eye to their different styles since then. He does similar work for Blink that you might like, too.
psocoptera in Psychology : "Pop" psychology books (May 6, 2008, 12:22pm)
... about language development, and Emotions Revealed by Paul Ekman about facial expression. I am also currently reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. The some of the other suggestions up there are quite good also. I do wish this group would perk up a bit...
framboise in Non-Fiction Readers : Solid non-fiction (Mar 27, 2008, 7:26pm)
... no one recommended Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, or Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. I read those in the last couple of years and they were so well written, researched and interesting. Other recent nonfiction that I'd ...
wester in BookMooching : Is the wish list worth it? (Mar 26, 2008, 3:36pm)
... a similar number through checking my wishlist regularly. And that includes some highly wishlisted ones (The Kite Runner, Blink, Guns, Germs and Steel) which I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have gotten if I hadn't mooched immediately. And you don't really have to put time into it - everytime ...
Irisheyz77 in Reading Globally : Irish Travels Around the World (Mar 1, 2008, 2:16pm)
The states that I have been to and the books that I traveled through to get there: 1. California Blink of an Eye by Ted Dekker (Berkeley, 20th Century) Conquistador by S.M. Sterling (San Francisco, Oakland, & Los Angeles, 20th Century) The 6th Target by James Patterson ...
Irisheyz77 in Reading Globally : Irish Travels Around the World (Mar 1, 2008, 2:07pm)
... Life, Corruption, and Death in Putin's Russia by Anna Politkovskaya (Moscow, 21st Century) 11. Saudi Arabia Blink of an Eye by Ted Dekker (Riyadh, 20th Century) 12. Sudan The Translator by Daoud Hari (Darfur, 21st Century) 13. Syria In the Name of ...
aviddiva in The Green Dragon : So, just what are you reading there, Missy/Mister? [Part 4] (Jan 18, 2008, 1:41am)
Listening to: Blink: the power of thinking without thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. so far it's fascinating. Reading: The Land of the Blue Flower by Frances Hodgson Burnett (thanks, fyrefly!)
bookmark123 in What Are You Reading Now? : What books are next on your reading list? Part 2 (Dec 19, 2007, 9:29pm)
I've just started The Book Thief and I'm also reading Blink. On the pile is Atonement before the movie comes out, The Master, A Thousand Splendid Suns and How Proust Can Change Your Life. I'm also reading Silas Marner aloud to my partner.
kaelirenee in 50 Book Challenge : What the heck...kaelirenee's challenge (Nov 4, 2007, 7:28pm)
... is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens 41. Not in Our Classrooms, by Eugine Scott 42. Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell 43. The Know-it-All, by A.J. Hacobs 44. Teaching Information Literacy, by Joanna Burkhardt 45. Per ...
_Zoe_ in Dewey Decimal Challenge : Interesting Books with Boring Classifications (Oct 28, 2007, 8:43pm)
... Education 070 News media, journalism, publishing: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 153 Mental processes & intelligence: Blink or The Mismeasure of Man 200 Religion: The Battle for God 236 Eschatology: The Great Divorce 273 Heresies in church history: Out of the Flames 277 Christia ...
ABVR in Writer-readers : Writing Literary Nonfiction (Oct 25, 2007, 1:44pm)
... academics. Find advice on how to write it? I can't even find out what to *call* it! (Other than: "What would you call Blink and Plagues and Peoples and To Engineer is Human and Everything Bad Is Good for You? '______ '? OK, well, that's what I write . . . but Gladwell, McNeill, Petr ...
amysisson in Site talk : What are some REALLY good NF books? (Oct 4, 2007, 12:10am)
... the White City by Erik Larson Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Blink by Malcolm Gladwell A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr Who Murdered Chaucer? by Terry Jones et al. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, ...
shewhowearsred in List Five Books Parlour Game : One word says it all... (Oct 2, 2007, 8:46am)
Oops, missed the part about a proper noun. Blink Bleachers Brethren Choke Lullaby Deception Everyman Messenger Inferno Lucky Twilight Twisted Wanderlust
varielle in List Five Books Parlour Game : Short measure (Aug 30, 2007, 11:06am)
Cow March Swan Blink Salt
LynnB in List Five Books Parlour Game : Short measure (Aug 30, 2007, 9:47am)
... easy.... Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates Vox by Nicholson Baker Think by Michel R. Legault, which was a response to Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Cod by Mark Kurlansky Finn which is a novel about Huckleberry's dad, by Jon Clinch Snow by Orhan Pamuk Pearl by Mary Gordon Self ...
EvilTwin in 50 Book Challenge : here comes EvilTwin (Aug 27, 2007, 4:29pm)
It's been a while since I posted--here's a quick update! 4. Blink: the power of thinking without thinking 5. Harry Potter 6 6. Harry Potter 7 7. Half of a Yellow Sun 8. The Road--yuck! at least it was a fast read. I've just started The Corrections and am loving it! I've also been ...
torontoc in Non-Fiction Readers : What Non-Fiction Are You Reading Now - August 2007 (Aug 27, 2007, 9:46am)
Just finished Blink-The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. I liked The Tipping Point ( Gladwell's first book) much better. I also read The Irish Game-A True Story of Crime and Art by Matthew Hart. It was a very interesting read on stolen art and the eventual ...
torontoc in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 25 Aug (Aug 27, 2007, 9:35am)
I read The Irish Game-A True Story of Crime and Art by Matthew Hart and Blink-the Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell this past weekend. I liked Gladwell's first book The Tipping Point better. I always enjoy reading investigative books about art thefts and Hart's ...
sarahelliot in 50 Book Challenge : Sarah's 50 (Aug 26, 2007, 5:37pm)
20th book: Blink Malcolm Gladwell. Very interesting and very readable. About the value of one's gut instinct and reasons why it might go awry.
oxocerite in Taggers! : Tag ideas (Aug 25, 2007, 8:14pm)
I'd like to group the following books together and I can't think of a good tag to use: Blink, The Prince, The Peter Principal, Deep Survival, and Freakonomics. Those are the ones off the top of my head, though How the Mind Works would go in if I owned it. Any help would be appreciated. O ...
markmobley in Political Conservatives : Who can marry (Aug 24, 2007, 2:59pm)
... fire. Public opinion changed overnight. Societal attitudes are glacial. (Check out some of the stuff on race in Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.) But oppression sparks a knee-jerk reaction from Americans.
LynnB in Non-Fiction Readers : What Non-Fiction Are You Reading Now - August 2007 (Aug 4, 2007, 2:47pm)
... Think: Why Crucial Decisions Can't be Made in the Blink of an Eye by Michael R. LeGault. I want to compare it to Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.
LynnB in Canadian Bookworms : What are you reading in July? (Jul 26, 2007, 7:50am)
... with one club starting in September and another in October, so that dictates my reading a bit. I really liked Blink (see my message above) and have bought Think which explains why we shouldn't make crucial decisions quickly. I haven't read that one yet. Right now, I'm reading ...
LynnB in Canadian Bookworms : What are you reading in July? (Jul 21, 2007, 9:12am)
see_a_knight, I've read both. Let me know what you think of them. I liked The Time in Between a lot. And Blink was very controversial at my book club! Some people thought it was simply wrong, wrong, wrong to "think without thinking". There is a book called Think which refutes Glad ...
Jesse_wiedinmyer in Political Conservatives : Discrimination against women in Academia (Jul 18, 2007, 12:59am)
I've only read about the first 30 pages of Blink: The power of Thinking Without Thinking, but I wasn't very impressed. There were a few overstatements even within those pages and after reading The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, I'm not sure that I want to go back ...
rawREN in Political Conservatives : Discrimination against women in Academia (Jul 17, 2007, 7:16pm)
... how little evidence the author offered up for most of his conclusions) but I'm pretty sure it wasn't that book. In general, Blink is about prejudices on the level I was talking about... here, let me do a little research and I'll be right back.
EvilTwin in 50 Book Challenge : here comes EvilTwin (Jul 17, 2007, 4:20pm)
... keep me honest and get me to read these before buying more. (Yeah, right.) Harry Potter 6&7--hopefully borrowed :) Blink: by Malcolm Gladwell The Corrections Saturday The Road Slaughterhouse Five oooh, what's that one the library has waiting for me? Oh yeah, Half of a ...
rawREN in Political Conservatives : Discrimination against women in Academia (Jul 17, 2007, 2:16pm)
I think it was in the book Blink that Malcolm Gladwell talks about an almost unconscious prejudice that goes both ways on issues like these. It isn't just as simple as male and female, black and white, the issue raises its head in some funny places simply based upon preconceived notions of what a ...
Trinity in What did YOU buy today? : What did you buy today (July, 2007)? (Jul 7, 2007, 9:47pm)
... late last night at Borders Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory and blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
torontoc in Non-Fiction Readers : What nonfiction are you reading now? (May 30, 2007, 6:18pm)
>JustAGirl I have Blink in my TBR pile. I'm going to recommend The Tipping Point to friends who volunteer for charitable organizations!
JustAGirl in Non-Fiction Readers : What nonfiction are you reading now? (May 30, 2007, 4:14pm)
>torontoc Have you read Blink yet? It's Malcolm Gladwell's most recent paperback. It's a bit partchy but utterly fascinating in parts. The Tipping Point (weird, when I mis-spelled Tipping Point the Touchstone found the right book, when I corrected my typing it chose a different book ...
Enraptured in 50 Book Challenge : My book list (May 27, 2007, 8:46pm)
#102: The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell I had pretty much the same reaction to this book that I did to Blink. I think I liked this one slightly better than Blink, though, because of the different categorizations of people. #103: Save Halloween by Stephanie S. Tolan (touchstone not ...
Enraptured in 50 Book Challenge : My book list (May 15, 2007, 12:38pm)
... accessible to the largest amount of families possible, and most of them wouldn't see homeschooling as an option. #101: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell This book had some interesting ideas in it. I didn't really see anything groundbreaking in it - the subconscious mind is powerful, yes, but that's ...
LynnB in Canadian Bookworms : What Are You Reading in May? (May 5, 2007, 9:35am)
I read The Tipping Point and Blinkby the same author. Rudolph Guilliano's book about his time as mayor of New York suggests he also read The Tipping Point! I've just finished Three Day Road and Rare Birds; two Canadian novels. I am about to start The Inheritance of Loss which won the ...
pastakeith in 50 Book Challenge : PastaKeith's 50 Book Challenge (Apr 20, 2007, 11:38am)
13) blink: the power of thinking without thinking by malcolm gladwell 14) Amusing ourselves to death by Neil Postman
pastakeith in 50 Book Challenge : PastaKeith's 50 Book Challenge (Apr 5, 2007, 1:59pm)
10) Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell I think I might get there, at this rate.
streamsong in Non-Fiction Readers : When and where do you read...? (Jan 30, 2007, 11:20am)
... 15 minutes from work, I can usually get through one in a week or so. I just finished listening to the unabridged audio of Blink what an amazing book! And I also tend to have 4 or so books going at any time--one fiction and several other subjects. Why is it that 'the next book' on my to-be-re ...
Bill_Masom in Non-Fiction Readers : My non-fiction of 2006(some borrowed, not LT-listed) (Dec 22, 2006, 3:05pm)
... in North Africa 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson (own) Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos (own) Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (borrowed) The Road to Serfdom by F. A. von Hayek (borrowed) Nelson: A Biography by David W ...
MrsLee in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 25 Nov 2006 (Nov 26, 2006, 3:40am)
... finished The Edwardian Lady The Story of Edith Holden, easy, lots of pictures :) but still rather dull. Now I'm starting Blink (wrong touchstone came up for book) by Ted Dekker. It's one of those books you have to read because someone gives it to you and says, "You have to read this." I've ...
markmobley in Political Conservatives : Interesting Web Sites for Conservatives (Nov 10, 2006, 10:32pm)
... interesting take on the dismal science. Also: http://www.gladwell.com Malcolm Gladwell of Tipping Point and Blink fame.
markmobley in Political Conservatives : libertarian or Conservative (Nov 1, 2006, 8:00am)
... . In your quest for understanding about the essence of the mind/body connection, I would recommend two outstanding books. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is very popular and worth the adulation. Less well known, but probably superior, is Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales. It is a ...
syllabub in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 Oct 2006 (Oct 29, 2006, 3:44pm)
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell and On Art and Life by John Ruskin
montano in What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading Now? Message Board (Aug 1, 2006, 4:45pm)
I loved Freakanomics! Very fun. The names part was my favorite. It's in the same category as Blink and Tipping Point. On a tangent, try Cute, Quaint, Hungry and Romantic.

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