Malcolm Gladwell

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Malcolm Gladwell, the #1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw, offers his most provocative---and dazzling---book yet.

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.

Gladwell begins with the real story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy those many years ago. From there, David and Goliath 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.

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.

About the Author

Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1996. He is the author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw. Prior to joining The New Yorker, he was a reporter at the Washington Post. Gladwell was born in England and grew up in rural Ontario. He now lives in New York.

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EVENT COMPLETELY SOLD OUT David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants Malcolm Gladwell One of the brightest stars in the media firmament” (Time), Malcolm Gladwell synthesizes academic research with critical analysis and delightfully fascinating writing to fashion astonishing and useful insights about our world and our place in it. His bestselling books travel avenues of science, reason, and anecdote, and include The Tipping Point, Outliers, Blink, and What the Dog Saw. A former business and science writer for the Washington Post, Gladwell has been a staff columnist at The New Yorker since 1996. In his new book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, Gladwell challenges conventional notions of obstacles and apparent setbacks, demonstrating that beauty and progress often arise from what looks like suffering and adversity. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a TICKETED event; SOLD OUT. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here

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Malcolm Gladwell

In Conversation with David Plotz
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM

In David and Goliath, Gladwell—the #1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw—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.

Three thousand years ago, 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?

David and Goliath examines Northern Ireland's Troubles, the minds of cancer researchers and civil rights leaders, 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.

Gladwell will be in conversation with David Plotz, Editor of Slate. Book signing to follow.


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Søren Mørch fortæller med udgangspunkt i sine bøger Store forandringer og Vældige ting hvordan det er gået til, at verden er blevet som den er nu. Vi hører om verdenshistoriske vendepunkter og berømte begivenheder.

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Ons. d. 27. februar 2013, kl. 19.30. (Entré: 50,-kr., studerende 25,-kr.)
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Join other readers in a lively discussion of this month's selection, no registration required. Title: Outliers: the Story of Success Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Leader: Ernie Orlando

Gladwell makes the democratic assertion that superstars don't arise out of nowhere, propelled by genius and talent: "they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot." Examining the lives of outliers from Mozart to Bill Gates, he builds a case for how successful people rise on a tide of advantages, "some deserved, some not, some earned, some just plain lucky."

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