Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

Talking to Strangers

What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

By
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell
2019 • 304 pages

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115 books

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All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully
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How Starbucks Saved My Life
What Every Body is Saying

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6 books

Nonfiction

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Blink
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
Outliers: The Story of Success
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
Thinking, Fast and Slow

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22 books

Social Justice List

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A Brief History of Neoliberalism
Profit Over People
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Religious Resistance to Neoliberalism: Womanist and Black Feminist Perspectives
Democracy in Capitalist Times
Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism

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Recs

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Going Solo
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
The Opposite of Loneliness
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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Dissertation

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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
On the Genealogy of Morals
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
The Undiscovered Self
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
The Second Sex

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293 books

Home Library

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Humankind: A Hopeful History
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Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication

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Did Not Finish

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The Johnstown Flood
Snow Crash
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
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Once Were Warriors

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Ebook

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ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
First: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
The Enemy
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23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

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United States

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Ninefox Gambit
The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute
Shut Up and Run: How to Get Up, Lace Up, and Sweat with Swagger
A Book of Common Prayer
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Bookclub4m

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Palaces for the People
Terminal Alliance
The House Witch

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Non Fiction

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Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats

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11 books

Sociology

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Palaces for the People
Chop Suey Nation
Pressure Cooker
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

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Audiobook

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Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North
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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
A Good Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

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39 books

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How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew
Making Stuff and Doing Things: DIY Guides to Just About Everything
We're Not Broken
We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation
Sand Talk
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My Library

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Debate en torno a la etica del discurso de Apel: Diálogo filosófico Norte-Sur desde América Latina
Love and math : the heart of hidden reality
The Road to Reality
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind

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Nonfiction

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
H is for Hawk
The History of White People
Glass, Irony, and God
On Tyranny

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Books I Own

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Crying in H Mart
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The Sympathizer
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living
The Song of Achilles

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Adult

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Who Moved My Cheese?
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A Tale of Two Cities
First Rider's Call
The Fox
Poison Study

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Non Fiction

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The Cost of Winning: Coming in First Across the Wrong Finish Line
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
The Fred Factor

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Cognition

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Think!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye
Blink
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The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
How Sharp Is Your Pencil?
How we decide
Why We Make Mistakes

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186 books

Social Relationship

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Bonds That Make Us Free
Leadership and Self-Deception
Codependent No More & Beyond Codependency
Desperate Marriages: Moving Toward Hope and Healing in Your Relationship
The Fred Factor

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83 books

To Review

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My Word is My Bond
The Anubis Gates
Stardeath
Mimics of Dephene
The Genetic Buccaneer

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Non Fiction

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I am Ozzy

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Psychology

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The Shrink and the Sage: A Guide to Modern Dilemmas
The belief instinct the psychology of souls, destiny, and the meaning of life
I Am Legend
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics

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45 books

2019 Challenge

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Substance: Inside New Order
Masters of war
The Last Kingdom
Gideon's sword
Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
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