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

Gladwell, Malcolm 1963- (author,, narrator.).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781478980469 (electronic audio bk.)
ISBN: 147898046X (electronic audio bk.)
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (1 sound file (07 hr., 32 sec.)) : digital.
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: [New York] : Hachette Audio, [2013]

Content descriptions

Participant or Performer Note:	Read by the author.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on vendor supplied image (EBSCO; viewed September 10, 2013)