Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell$35.70
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Learn what sets high achievers apart -- from Bill Gates to the Beatles -- in this #1 bestseller from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review). In this stunning 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.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 11/01/2008
ISBN: 9780316024976
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.90w x 2.00d
Large Print
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2008 pg. 927
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/03/2008 pg. 29
Newsweek 11/10/2008 pg. 68
New York Times Book Review 12/07/2008 pg. 64
Publishers Weekly Best Books 03/23/2009 pg. 18
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 164990 / Outliers: The Story of Success
Reading Level: 7.8 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13
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.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 11/01/2008
ISBN: 9780316024976
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.90w x 2.00d
Large Print
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2008 pg. 927
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/03/2008 pg. 29
Newsweek 11/10/2008 pg. 68
New York Times Book Review 12/07/2008 pg. 64
Publishers Weekly Best Books 03/23/2009 pg. 18
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 164990 / Outliers: The Story of Success
Reading Level: 7.8 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13