From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior. 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...

Draws on new research to challenge conventional beliefs about fitting in to offer advice on the skills required to achieve actual belonging while being true to oneself.

In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through 85 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and lays out an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances - a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that...

Living with her parents in a nearly abandoned counterculture commune, fourteen-year-old Linda finds her perspectives and desires changed by the arrest of a teacher and the secrets of a new neighbor family.

A squirrel sees nothing but trouble in a bear newcomer who has big teeth, knife-like claws, and an oversized appetite, while her pet mouse perceives a new neighbor who is just trying to be friendly.

A whimsical analysis of the ingrained culture of waiting in line includes stories about how boot camp recruits are first taught the skill of standing rigidly in formation, how London riot thugs were observed taking turns to loot and how China trained citizens to wait in line to accommodate Western visitors to the 2008 Olympics.

Presents a cultural critique of the backlash against the #MeToo movement and discusses how the deceptions at the heart of the white male mythos have led to today's open practices of misogyny and prejudice.

Set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air residents live together, the story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted, and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in.