What the dog saw and other adventures /

What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard but only one variety of ketchup? What can we learn from football players about how to hire teachers? What does hair dye tell us about the history of the twentieth century? In the past decade, Malcolm G...

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Main Author: Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Back Bay Books/Little Brown and Company, 2010.
Edition:First Back Bay trade paperback edition.
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