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Outliers

The Story of Success

Full Description

In this stunning new audiobook, 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. ... more

About Author

Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for The New Yorker. He was formerly a business and science reporter at the Washington Post.

Hachette Audio
Category:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, PSYCHOLOGY
Format:
AUDIO BOOK
Subformat:
CD (AUDIO)
Edition:
Unabridged
Publish Date:
11/18/2008
Price:
$39.98/$39.98
ISBN:
9781600243912
Pages:
0

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