David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants / Malcolm Gladwell

By:

Gladwell, Malcolm [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Back Bay Books, c2013Description: 305 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmISBN:

9780316285254

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LOC classification:

BF 503 .G53 2013

Contents:

Introduction -- Goliath -- "Am I a dog that you should come to me with sticks?" -- Part One: The advantages of disadvantages (and the disadvantages) -- Part Two: The theory of desirable difficulty -- Part Three: The limits of power -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Summary: "In DAVID AND GOLIATH, Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, suffer from a disability, lose a parent, attend a mediocre school, or endure any number of other apparent setbacks. 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 story-telling to reshape the way we think of the world around us."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Circulation	Non-fiction	GC BF 503 .G53 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000002936

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Includes index.

"In DAVID AND GOLIATH, Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, suffer from a disability, lose a parent, attend a mediocre school, or endure any number of other apparent setbacks. 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 story-telling to reshape the way we think of the world around us."

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