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    Alexander McCall Smith

Outliers: The Story of Success (Large Print)

by Malcolm Gladwell

Outliers: The Story of Success (Large Print) Cover

Staff Pick

If you've ever wondered what so-and-so had that you didn't, you need to read Outliers. Gladwell's writing is always engaging, especially when he illuminates the mysterious elements that allow one person to succeed beyond all others.
Recommended by Chris Bolton, Powells.com

Synopses & Reviews

Synopsis:

In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of outliers--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.

Brilliant and entertaining, OUTLIERS is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780316024976
Subtitle:
The Story of Success
Author:
Gladwell, Malcolm
Publisher:
Little Brown and Company
Subject:
General
Subject:
Social Psychology
Subject:
Sociology - General
Large Print:
Y
Publication Date:
November 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
452
Dimensions:
7.84x4.46x1.49 in. 1.19 lbs.

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