David And Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, And The Art Of Battling Giants
- Author: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrator: Maxim Kireev
- Publisher: AB Publishing
- Duration: 8:48:44
Synopsis
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.
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chapter 41
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chapter 42
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chapter 43
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chapter 44
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chapter 45
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chapter 46
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chapter 47
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chapter 48
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chapter 49
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chapter 50
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chapter 51
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chapter 52
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chapter 53
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chapter 54
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chapter 55
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chapter 56
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chapter 57
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chapter 58
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chapter 59
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chapter 60
Duration: 08min