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by Malcolm Gladwell

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Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia.

Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn't have won.

Or should he have?

In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwellchallenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks.

Gladwell begins with the real story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy those many years ago. From there, David and Goliath examines Northern Ireland's Troubles, the minds of cancer researchers and civil rights leaders, murder and the high costs of revenge, and the dynamics of successful and unsuccessful classrooms--all to demonstrate how much of what is beautiful and important in the world arises from what looks like suffering and adversity.

In the tradition of Gladwell's previous bestsellers--The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers and What the Dog Saw--David and Goliath draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.

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  • Title David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
  • Author Malcolm Gladwell
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little Brown and Company, New York
  • Publication date 2013-10-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780316204361 / 0316204366
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.2 x 1.1 in (20.57 x 13.21 x 2.79 cm)
  • Category Psychology
  • Library of Congress subjects Success, Motivation (Psychology)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013032014
  • Dewey Decimal Code 155.24

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/01/2013, Page 8
  • Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2014, Page 9
  • Ebony, 12/01/2013, Page 39
  • Entertainment Weekly, 08/02/2013, Page 69
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2013, Page 55
  • Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview, 08/15/2013, Page 20
  • Library Journal, 11/15/2013, Page 105
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/15/2013, Page 54
  • New York Review of Books, 11/21/2013, Page 26
  • New York Times Book Review, 10/13/2013, Page 14
  • People Weekly, 09/23/2013, Page 71

About the author

Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath. He is also the co-founder of Pushkin Industries, an audio content company that produces the podcasts Revisionist History, which reconsiders things both overlooked and misunderstood, and Broken Record, where he, Rick Rubin, and Bruce Headlam interview musicians across a wide range of genres. Gladwell has been included in the Time 100 Most Influential People list and touted as one of Foreign Policy'sTop Global Thinkers.
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