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David and Goliath: underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants
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Published:
New York : Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Back Bay paperback edition.
Physical Desc:
xix, 327 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Status:
Description

The author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to challenge how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, and to fundamentally reshape the way we think about suffering and adversity.

This book uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty and the powerful and the dispossessed. In it the author 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. He begins with the real story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy (David and Goliath) those many years ago. From there, the book examines Northern Ireland's Troubles, the minds of cancer researchers and civil rights leaders, murder and the high costs of revenge, and the dynamics of successful and unsuccessful classrooms, all to demonstrate how much of what is beautiful and important in the world arises from what looks like suffering and adversity. -- From book jacket.

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Last Check-In
Bemis Lower Level
155.24 GLADWELL
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CMC Steamboat Campus
BF 503 .G53 2015
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Jan 30, 2020
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780316204378, 0316204374

Notes

General Note
With a new afterword by the author. --Cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
The author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to challenge how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, and to fundamentally reshape the way we think about suffering and adversity.
Description
This book uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty and the powerful and the dispossessed. In it the author 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. He begins with the real story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy (David and Goliath) those many years ago. From there, the book examines Northern Ireland's Troubles, the minds of cancer researchers and civil rights leaders, murder and the high costs of revenge, and the dynamics of successful and unsuccessful classrooms, all to demonstrate how much of what is beautiful and important in the world arises from what looks like suffering and adversity. -- From book jacket.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Gladwell, M. (2015). David and Goliath: underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants. First Back Bay paperback edition. New York, Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-. 2015. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. New York, Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. New York, Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Gladwell, Malcolm. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. First Back Bay paperback edition. New York, Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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