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Hardcover

320 Pages, 5.62 x 8.25 x 1 in

November 18, 2008

Little, Brown and Company US


0316017922
9780316017923

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In this stunning new 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.

About the Author

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

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"...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.-A."

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  • Mary Weedmark

    Mary Weedmark

    Don't waste your time. 1

    2 weeks ago

    There are no woman in this book!! Dude - you've left out half the population! I can think of many female outliers: ROSALIND FRANKLIN discovered DNA Vandana shiva - Physicist Arundati roy Hilary Clinton, Amelia Earhart bell hooks MARIE CURIE Coco Chanel Malcolm, could you not think of even one???? VERY DISAPPOINTED.

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    • This is a great point! We have done many great things! Kudos on the review and pointing out something I think few would even realize.

      2 weeks ago

  • David Cavaco

    David Cavaco

    Loved It! 5

    2 months ago

    Another great book by Canadian Malcolm Gladwell. His account on airplane crashes and why Asian goods excel in math are amazing. From start to finish, the book gets you within its hooks on the issue of why some people become successful and others do not. A fun well researched book.

  • John Rose

    John Rose

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    Thin thinking 2

    3 months ago

    The shallow character of this book is refelected in the notes or lack there of. It could be better documented with respect to sources. It is a very entertaining read that actually demonstrates very little that we didn't already know from better sources.

  • D Araiche

    D Araiche

    That's why I'm not a star hockey player!!! 4

    5 months ago

    I'm disappointed I wasn't born in January - otherwise, I would be the 1st female Wayne Gretzky!! I enjoyed the book and the statistics --- Malcolm makes the book interesting (although a bit repetitive). I would definitely pick up his other books.

  • Julie S.

    Julie S.

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    Revolutionary perspective. 5

    6 months ago

    THIS is a cool book. I have never quite looked at the environment surrounding successful people as they progressed through life, nor considered the amount of time people put into their craft as a direct indication of success. Yet when I look at the very successful people around me, those exact factors are present. VERY interesting, I think Gladwell is one of the most unique and gifted minds of our time.

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