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

Gladwell, Malcolm 1963- (Author).

Summary: "Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn't have won. Or should he have? 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, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from 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 storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 0316204366 (hc.)
ISBN: 9780316204361
Physical Description: ix, 305 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm.
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-296) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Goliath : "Am I a dog that you should come to me with sticks?" -- Vivek Ranadivé : "It was really random. I mean, my father had never played basketball before." -- Teresa DeBrito : "My largest class was twenty-nine kids. Oh, it was fun." -- Caroline Sacks : "If I'd gone to the University of Maryland, I'd still be in science." -- David Boies : You wouldn't wish dyslexia on your child. Or would you? -- Emil "Jay" Freireich : "How Jay did it, I don't know." -- Wyatt Walker : "De rabbit is de slickest o' all de animals de Lawd ever made." -- Rosemary Lawlor : "I wasn't born that way. This was forced upon me." -- Wilma Derksen: "We have all done something dreadful in our lives, or have felt the urge to." -- André Trocmé : "We feel obliged to tell you that there are among us a certain number of Jews."