OUTLIERS

GLADWELL, MALCOLM

malcolm gladwell, bestselling author of blink and the bomber mafia and host of the podcast revisionist history, explores what sets high achievers apart--from bill gates to the beatles--in this seminal work from a singular talent (new york times book review). in this stunning 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. brilliant and entertaining, outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.