Outliers [sound recording] : the story of success / Malcolm Gladwell.
Material type:
SoundPublisher number: 2-72391 | Hachette AudioPublication details: New York, NY : Hachette Audio, p2008.Description: 7 sound discs (ca. 7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1600243916 :
- 9781600243912 :
- Produced and directed by John McElroy.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Audiobook | 302 G543 | Available | 33111006553800 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Learn what sets high achievers apart -- from Bill Gates to the Beatles -- in this #1 bestseller 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.
Compact discs.
Duration: 7:00:00.
Title from container.
Unabridged.
Produced and directed by John McElroy.
Read by the author.
The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.