Outliers
The Story of Success
Paperback
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Digital Audiobook (11/17/2008)
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Hardcover (11/18/2008)
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Paperback, Japanese (1/1/2014)
Paperback, Korean (1/1/2009)
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CD-Audio (11/18/2008)
Hardcover (5/1/2009)
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Paperback, Chinese (11/1/2009)
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Description
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.
Praise For Outliers: The Story of Success…
"The explosively entertaining Outliers might be Gladwell's best and most useful work yet...There are both brilliant yarns and life lessons here: Outliers is riveting science, self-help, and entertainment, all in one book."—Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly
"No other book I read this year combines such a distinctive prose style with truly thought-provoking content. Gladwell writes with a high degree of dazzle but at the same time remains as clear and direct as even Strunk or White could hope for."—Atlanta Journal Constitution
Back Bay Books, 9780316017930, 336pp.
Publication Date: June 7, 2011