David and Goliath
  • Published: 28 May 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241959596
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $30.00

David and Goliath

Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants

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28 May 2014
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3 Oct 2013
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Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling and provocative exploration of why everything we think we know about power is wrong

What if everything we thought about power was wrong? What if, in the ancient story of the shepherd boy who topples a giant, David actually had the advantage? This thought sets Malcolm Gladwell on an extraordinary journey that takes him from art to basketball, the brain to revolutions, along the way weaving unforgettable stories of misfits, outsiders, tricksters and underdogs who have faced outsized challenges and won. With his trademark warmth, humour and gift for showing us the world through new eyes, Gladwell lets us see why the powerful aren't always what we think they are - and that some of us have more strength and purpose than we could ever imagine.
  • Published: 28 May 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241959596
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $30.00
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Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five international bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath. He is the host of the podcast Revisionist History and is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He was named one of the 100 most influential people by Time magazine and one of the Foreign Policy's Top Global Thinkers. Previously, he was a reporter with the Washington Post, where he covered business and science, and then served as the newspaper's New York City bureau chief. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, with a degree in history. Gladwell was born in England and grew up in rural Ontario. He lives in New York.

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Praise for David and Goliath

Breath-taking and thought-provoking

The New York Times

Truly intriguing and inspiring

Los Angeles Times

Gladwell's most enjoyable book so far. It is a feel-good extravaganza, nourishing both heart and mind. Each of its stories ... has an ending that is both happy and surprising. What ostensibly unites the stories are the twin ideas that an advantage can sometimes be a disadvantage and that a disadvantage can sometimes be an advantage. Yet there is something more powerful and more uplifting that also links them. It is that good beats bad - just when you least expected it

Financial Times

When you read it, you feel like you can topple giants

Jon Ronson