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在《The Tipping Point》中，Malcolm Gladwell探討社會變化的關鍵時刻——那個使觀念、潮流或行為「臨界轉折」的瞬間。當影響力跨越某個閾值，就能像野火般迅速蔓延。作者以簡潔有力的筆調，結合心理學與社會學觀點，解釋為何某些現象能在短時間內擴散開來，無論是流行文化、疾病傳播，或社會運動。本書啟發讀者重新理解「改變」的運作機制，也思考如何善用這股力量。'A wonderful page-turner about a fascinating idea that should affect the way every thinking person thinks about the world around him' Michael LewisIn this brilliant and original book, Malcolm Gladwell explains and analyses the 'tipping point', that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behaviour cross a threshold, tip and spread like wildfire. Taking a look behind the surface of many familiar occurrences in our everyday world, Gladwell explains the fascinating social dynamics that cause rapid change. 'Hip and hopeful, THE TIPPING POINT is like the idea it describes: concise, elegant but packed with social power.A book for anyone who cares about how society works and how we can make it better' George Stephanopoulos

Jonathan Smith takes us a his personal journey from his first days as a pupil through to the challenges of his professional and private life on the other side of the desk. He explains what it's like t

Behind the great polar explorers of the early twentieth century—Amundsen, Shackleton, Scott in the South, and Peary in the North—looms the spirit of Fridtjof Nansen, the mentor of them all. He was the

Bill Drummond is known variously as wayward genius, art terrorist, a hoaxer with integrity, and the ex-pop star who broke up his band, the KLF, at the height of its success to wage an idiosyncratic w

At the beginning of the 1950s, the interior of West and Central Africa was still known to most of the outside world as the "White Man's Grave," and consisted of vast expanses of mysterious and threat

The biography of an idea: that many of the problems we face - from teenage delinquency to traffic jams - behave like epidemics and are capable of sudden and dramatic change due to their inherent volat

Martin Fletcher presents a portrait of a Northern Ireland of lakes, rivers, and mountains, where customs, traditions, and old-world charm survive. He reveals an incredibly resourceful province which h

Sean and Cory are cousins with very different attitudes about life. Sean is always studying while Cory, involved in drug dealing, has stabbed a man who was meant to take part in an armed robbery with

This novel offers a welcome return to the Greenside Estate, backdrop to The Scholar. New characters rub shoulders with some more familiar faces, and weaving through them all is Elisha, recently arrive

This is the story of two remarkable men, one of whom conquered empires with apparent ease and one of whom struggled with the day-to-day problems of a small provincial town. The first was Alexander the

In May 1997, the Conservatives were ejected from British office after 18 years in power, and the Labour Party which replaced them had itself changed irrevocably. Blair's majority was the culmination

Thisnarrative reveals the author's experiences on three expeditions to the Mongolian and Chinese Gobi Deserts, in search of the mysterious wild Bactrian camel. They include a 30-day walk in the

* 'Ambitious, accomplished, deeply humorous, brilliant and witty and moving. A literary sensation' INDEPENDENT * With a new foreword by Dave Eggers

This collection brings together past and present, probing many and varied lives. The title story examines Jane Austen's love life, while others introduce a trio of mean-spirited and middle-aged Kensi

Nick Cave has repeatedly succeeded in creating idiosyncratic, obsessive lyrical visions which make no concession to prevailing musical fads. His personal life has been equally turbulent and this

While making a speech attacking modern art, Sir Alfred Munnings is taken back 40 years to a special time and place. Major Evans, listening to him on the radio, is also flooded with memories, and wonde

A book in which Wilf Mannion rubs shoulders with The Sunderland Skinhead, recollections of Len Shakleton blight the lives of village shoppers, and the appointment of Kevin Keegan as manager of Newcas

In the Morland Dynasty series, the majestic sweep of English history is richly and movingly portrayed through the fictional lives of the Morland family. It is 1820, and the landscape of England is un

This is the autobiography of Danny Sugerman, Jim Morrison's protege and one-time manager of The Doors and then Iggy Pop. It is also an account of heroin addiction and the madness of life in the LA ro

One day, the man in front of Luke at the post office drops down dead in line. Instinctively, Luke's hand snakes out and slips the corpse's unposted letter into his pocket. With this impulsive act, he

From his vantage point as a "Saddam favourite", Ala Bashir, Saddam's personal physician, observed and tracked political events in Baghdad. He witnessed and recorded in detail the hidden life of Saddam

It is 1947, one year before the Israeli War of Independence, and Palestine is still under the British Mandate. However, young Israelis are flocking to the leadership of Menachim Begin and his Irgun te

Aiping Mu was born to parents prominent in the Communist hierarchy?her father was Political Commissar for the Beijing region and her mother ran one of the city's universities?and in her early years li

Revised and updated, Robert Kee's book is an introduction to the fascinating history that has made modern Ireland, and a thought-provoking examination of how past facts have bred present myths.