power saws
what the dog saw and other adventures
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 cant tell whos 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 . br for the millions of malcolm gladwell fans this anthology is like a greatest hits compilation a mix tape from americas alpha mind