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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
In a flash In a flash Eric Walters The first flash mob Ian puts together himself is a sixty-plus person, four-minute pillow fight in a department store. His friend Oswald is thrilled with the event, but Julia, the one Ian really wants… OL14960598W
The report The report Jessica Francis Kane "London, 1943 : Tube stations across London have been converted into bomb shelters. Night after night, while sirens wail in Bethnal Green, immigrants and East Enders alike sleep on the tracks and wai… OL16116263W
Radical happiness Radical happiness Lynne Segal "In an age of increasing individualism, we have never been more alone and miserable. But what if the true nature of happiness can only be found in others? In Radical Happiness, leading feminist think… OL19725932W
Crowd Simulation Crowd Simulation Daniel Thalmann <p>Research into the methods and techniques used in simulating crowds has developed extensively within the last few years, particularly in the areas of video games and film. Despite recent impressive… OL19838785W
Great teams Great teams Don Yaeger After interviewing some of the most successful sports teams and organizations in the country, the author has collected sixteen habits which drove their success. OL20054779W
Micromotives and Macrobehavior Micromotives and Macrobehavior Thomas C. Schelling An examination of how decisions made by individuals combine to form unexpected and often counter-intuitive aggregate results. OL2259853W
The lure of the arena The lure of the arena Garrett G. Fagan "Why did the Romans turn out in their tens of thousands to watch brutal gladiatorial games? Previous studies have tried to explain the attraction of the arena by theorizing about its cultural functio… OL23291150W
Blind spots, biases and other pathologies in the boardroom Blind spots, biases and other pathologies in the boardroom Kenneth A. Merchant Corporate governance is one of the hottest topics in the business world now, as it always is in times of stress. Some of the recently discovered scandals and corporate failures can be traced back to … OL24684760W
Dancing in the Streets Dancing in the Streets Barbara Ehrenreich "Cultural historian Ehrenreich explores a human impulse that has been so effectively suppressed that we lack even a term for it: the desire for collective joy, historically expressed in ecstatic reve… OL2520830W
Contentious performances Contentious performances Charles Tilly "The book accomplishes three main objectives. First, it presents a logic and method for describing contentious events, occasions on which people publicly make consequential claims on each other. Seco… OL2680226W
Les macroeffets de nos microdécisions Les macroeffets de nos microdécisions Thomas C. Schelling Les conséquences des décisions individuelles sur les comportements collectifs. Une étude à partir de la théorie des jeux et des exemples concrets. L'auteur montre notamment comment nos prises de déci… OL27694387W
The latest craze The latest craze Jeff Fleischer "Human history is full of examples of irrational mass behavior, from 1600s Tulip Mania to the Tickle Me Elmo rush of the 1990s. Greed, whimsy, fear, and madness have driven us to lose our minds over … OL28169596W
Disclosing new worlds Disclosing new worlds Charles Spinosa Disclosing new worlds is an unusual venture, Few books yoke together entrepreneurship, citizen Action and solidarity, and few books written in a philosophical temper have three authors whose backgrou… OL3286447W
The psychology of social movements The psychology of social movements Hadley Cantril "Hadley Cantril looked beyond the surface of social movements to examine the psychology behind them. What motivates people to follow an untried leader? What does the social environment do to make peo… OL4969986W
E-preneur E-preneur Richard J. Goossen By getting direct involvement from their customers, you can generate ideas, market test new products and create brand advocates more effectively and efficiently than by using traditional methods, e-p… OL5032792W
Markets, Mobs, and Mayhem Markets, Mobs, and Mayhem Robert Menschel In this fascinating tour through cultural, global, economic, and business history, icon of the financial world Robert Menschel explores the phenomenon of crowd psychology and its effects on business … OL8226970W