What The Dog Saw

Version: Unabridged
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Narrator: Malcolm Gladwell
Genres: Non-Fiction
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Published In: October 2009
# of Units: 10 CDs
Length: 10 hours
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Overview

Over the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has become the most gifted and influential journalist in America. In "The New Yorker, "his writings are such must-reads that the magazine charges advertisers significantly more money for ads that run within his articles. With his #1 bestsellers, "The Tipping Point," "Blink" and" Outliers," he has reached millions of readers. And now the very best and most famous of his "New Yorker "pieces are collected in a brilliant and provocative anthology. Among the pieces: his investigation into why there are so many different kinds of mustard but only one kind of ketchup; a surprising assessment of what makes for a safer automobile; a look at how we hire when we can't tell who's right for the job; an examination of machine built to predict hit movies; the reasons why homelessness might be easier to solve than manage; his famous profile of inventor and entrepreneur Ron Popeil; a look at why employers love personality tests; a dissection of Ivy League admissions and who gets in; the saga of the quest to invent the perfect cookie; and a look at hair dye and the hidden history of postwar America.
For the millions of Malcolm Gladwell fans, this anthology is like a greatest hits compilation-a mix tape from America's alpha mind

Reviews (5)

Bored to tears

Written by Anonymous on March 24th, 2013

  • Book Rating: 1/5

It may not be fair for me to review this book because I didn't listen to the whole thing. I listened to the first 3 tracks, scanned through the next 15 and decided that this was going to be WAY too boring for me...

VERY GOOD

Written by Anonymous on October 20th, 2012

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Best ever introduction to Malcom Gladwell, who usually appears in the New Yorker, and also has written half a dozen very good books. If you don't learn something (perhaps alot of things) while listening to this very good series of short peices, I will refund your money. Fascinating. Read by the author which turns out to be very also very good in this case (it isn't always: are you hearing me Stephen King?)

Glad Its Over

Written by Wil on March 26th, 2012

  • Book Rating: 2/5

Sometimes cutesy, sometimes clever, but largely an excuse to insert little multicultural progressive agit-prop blurbs into a seemingly innocuous narrative. Insufferable arrogance and foolish conclusions abound.

A collection of articles

Written by Greg Waleke from Sugar Land, TX on November 16th, 2010

  • Book Rating: 2/5

A collection of previously written articles which bear no connection to each other. Some are interesting, some aren't.

Arcane but insightful

Written by CoolAisles on September 30th, 2010

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Not Gladwell at his best but a great collection of the "interesting". By that I mean really interesting examples of surprising back stories that illustrate just how perceptions are created to the benefit or detriment of a product that affect it's success and adoption.

Author Details

Author Details

Gladwell, Malcolm

Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for The New Yorker. He was formerly a business and science reporter at the Washington Post.