Outliers: The Story of Success (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316017930)

Explore what sets high achievers apart--from Bill Gates to the Beatles--in this seminal work from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review) Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author of Blink and The Bomber Mafia and host of the podcast Revisionist History

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.

Author: Malcolm Gladwell
ISBN-10: 0316017930
ISBN-13: 9780316017930
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 06/07/2011
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.8
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 164990 / Outliers: The Story of Success


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 07/24/2011 pg. 24
People Weekly 03/18/2013 pg. 53