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DAVID AND GOLIATH
Malcolm Gladwell
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Description for DAVID AND GOLIATH
Paperback. What if everything we thought about power was wrong? What if, in the ancient story of the shepherd boy who topples a giant, David actually had the advantage? This title takes you on journey from art to basketball, the brain to revolutions, along the way weaving unforgettable stories of misfits, outsiders, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
'A feel-good extravaganza, nourishing both heart and mind ... What unites the stories are the twin ideas that an advantage can sometimes be a disadvantage and that a disadvantage can sometimes be an advantage. Yet there is something more powerful and more uplifting that links them' Kate Kellaway, Financial Times
'I devoured in a single reading' Richard E. Grant
'When you read it, you feel like you can topple giants' Jon Ronson
'An energetic, counterintuitive exploration of why (and how) underdogs succeed' Lisa Appignanesi, Guardian, Books of the Year
'Breathtaking' The New ... Read more
'Truly intriguing and inspiring' Los Angeles Times
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241959596
SKU
9780241959596
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About Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of six international bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath and most recently, Talking to Strangers. He is the host of the podcast Revisionist History, a staff writer at The New Yorker, and co-founder of the audio company Pushkin Industries. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, ... Read more
Reviews for DAVID AND GOLIATH
Breath-taking and thought-provoking
The New York Times
Truly intriguing and inspiring
Los Angeles Times
Gladwell's most enjoyable book so far. It is a feel-good extravaganza, nourishing both heart and mind. Each of its stories ... has an ending that is both happy and surprising. What ostensibly unites the stories are the twin ideas that an advantage ... Read more
The New York Times
Truly intriguing and inspiring
Los Angeles Times
Gladwell's most enjoyable book so far. It is a feel-good extravaganza, nourishing both heart and mind. Each of its stories ... has an ending that is both happy and surprising. What ostensibly unites the stories are the twin ideas that an advantage ... Read more