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The Tipping Point : How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference / Malcolm Gladwell. - Wydanie 25. - London : Abacus, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2013. - [4], 279 stron ; 20 cm.

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Gladwell, Malcolm (1963- ).

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Publikacje popularnonaukowe

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Literatura angielska

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Język angielski Psychologia społeczna Psychotechnika Manipulacja (psychologia) Przyczynowość Zachowanie

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Gospodarka, ekonomia, finanse Psychologia

Index na stronach 273-279.

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. 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 new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas. Gladwell introduces us to the particular personality types who are natural pollinators of new ideas and trends, the people who create the phenomenon of word of mouth. He analyzes fashion trends, smoking, children's television, direct mail, and the early days of the American Revolution for clues about making ideas infectious, and visits a religious commune, a successful high-tech company, and one of the world's greatest salesmen to show how to start and sustain social epidemics.

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Small Mercies / Dennis Lehane. - London : Abacus, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2023. - [10], 299 stron ; 24 cm.

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Lehane, Dennis (1966- ).

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Upał Matki i córki Osoby zaginione Wypadki Poszukiwania zaginionych Zabójstwo Dzielnice (części miast) Rasizm Przestępczość zorganizowana Mniejszości narodowe Boston (Stany Zjednoczone, stan Massachusetts)

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Powieść Kryminał Thriller

In the summer of 1974 a heatwave blankets Boston and Mary Pat Fennessey is trying to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors. Mary Pat has lived her entire life in the housing projects of "Southie", the Irish American enclave that stubbornly adheres to old tradition and stands proudly apart. One night Mary Pat's teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn't come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances. The two events seem unconnected. But Mary Pat, propelled by a desperate search for her missing daughter, begins turning over stones best left untouched – asking questions that bother Marty Butler, chieftain of the Irish mob, and the men who work for him, men who don't take kindly to any threat to their business. Set against the hot, tumultuous months when the city's desegregation of its public schools exploded in violence, this book is a superb thriller, a brutal depiction of criminality and power, and an unflinching portrait of the dark heart of American racism.

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My Italian Bulldozer / Alexander McCall Smith. - Wydanie 2. - London : Abacus, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2017. - [2], 246 stron ; 20 cm.

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McCall Smith, Alexander (1948- ).

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When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he discovers his hired car is nowhere to be found. With no record of any reservation and no other cars available it looks like Paul is stuck at the airport. That is, until an enterprising stranger offers him an unexpected alternative. While there may be no cars available there is something else on offer: a bulldozer. With little choice in the matter, Paul accepts and so begins a series of laugh out loud adventures through the Italian countryside, following in the wake of Paul and his Italian Bulldozer. A story of unexpected circumstance and lesson in making the best of what you have, My Italian Bulldozer is a warm holiday read guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

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Spies : The Epic Intelligence War between East and West / Calder Walton. - London : Abacus, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2023. - 625 stron ; 24 cm.

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Walton, Calder.

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Szpiegostwo Zimna wojna Walka informacyjna Polityka międzynarodowa Stosunki międzynarodowe Służby specjalne Wschód i Zachód Wybory prezydenckie w Stanach Zjednoczonych (2016) ZSRR Rosja Stany Zjednoczone (USA) Europa Chiny

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Historia Polityka, politologia, administracja publiczna Bezpieczeństwo i wojskowość

Zawiera indeks (s. 589-625).

Espionage, election meddling, disinformation, assassinations, subversion, and sabotage - all atract headlines today about Putin's dictatorship. But they are far from new. The West has a long-term Russia problem, not a Putin problem. "Spies" mines hitherto secret archives and exclusive interviews with former agents to tell the history of the war that Russia and the West have been waging for a century. Espionage dark arts were the Kremlin's means to equalise the imbalance of arms between East and West before, during and after the Cold War. There was nothing 'unprecedented' about Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. It was business as usual, new means for old ends. The Cold War started long before 1945. Western powers gradually fought back after the Second World War, mounting their own shadow war, deploying propaganda, recruiting intelligence networks and pioneering new spy technologies against the Soviet Union. This book offers an inspiring, engrossing story of the best and worst of mankind: bravery and honour, treachery and betrayal. The narrative shifts across continents and decades, from the freezing streets of St. Petersburg in 1917 to the bloody beaches of Normandy; from coups in faraway lands to present-day Moscow, where troll farms weaponise social media against Western democracies. This fresh reading of history makes this volume a unique and essential addition to the story of the unrolling conflict between Russia, China and the West that will dominate the twenty-first century.

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Horse / Geraldine Brooks. - Wydanie 3. - London : Abacus an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2023. - 401 stron ; 20 cm.

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Brooks, Geraldine (1955- ).

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Na okładce: Winner of The Pulitzer Prize.

Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a 19th-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse—one studying the stallion’s bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became America’s greatest stud sire, Horse is a gripping, multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America.

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