Outliers

#1 Bestseller: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Publisher's Weekly, Barnes & Noble

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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.

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Penguin; Re-issue edition (24 Jun 2009)

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Allen Lane (18 Nov 2008)

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Videos

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Tagged! – Barnes & Noble

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Outliers: The Story of Success — Amazon video

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Reviews

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The road to success — The Economist

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Chance and Circumstance — The New York Times

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Stating the obvious, but oh so cleverly – The Guardian

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The Elements of Success – The Wall Street Journal

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The Secret of Success – The Washington Post

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Timing is Almost Everything – Bloomberg Businessweek

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The Sociology of Success – The New York Times