Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? In his provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and more fascinating, than we could ever have imagined. He reveals that it's as much about where we're from and what we do, as who we are - and that no one, not even a genius, ever makes it alone. "Outliers" will change the way you think about your own life story, and about what makes us all unique. Like "Blink", this is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
| ISBN | 0141036257 | | Pages | 320 | | ISBN13 | 9780141036250
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 235 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 24 Jun 2009 | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | DEWEY | 158 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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You will never again think as you did before about [success] ... This book deserves the gold star that adorns its front cover The Times Malcolm Gladwell is a cerebral and jaunty writer, with an unusual gift for making the complex seem simple Observer Makes geniuses look a bit less special, and the rest of us a bit more so Time Gladwell deploys a wealth of fascinating data and information to illustrate his thesis ... Outliers challenges accepted wisdom FT
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