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Outliers

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141036250

  • Length: 320  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 236g

  • RRP: £9.99

Outliers

  • The Story of Success

Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to scientific geniuses to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and inspiring, than we ever imagined.

'Malcolm Gladwell ... has a genius for making everything he writes seem like an impossible adventure' Tim Adams, Observer

'The best kind of writer - the kind who makes you feel like you're a genius, rather than he's a genius' Dominic Maxwell, The Times

'I wanted to cheer or clap' William Leith, Evening Standard

'Fizzingly entertaining and enlightening' Harry Ritchie, Daily Mail

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141036250

  • Length: 320  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 236g

  • RRP: £9.99

Reviews

  • You will never again think as you did before about [success] ... This book deserves the gold star that adorns its front cover

    The Times

  • Malcolm Gladwell is a cerebral and jaunty writer, with an unusual gift for making the complex seem simple

    Observer

  • Makes geniuses look a bit less special, and the rest of us a bit more so

    Time

  • Gladwell deploys a wealth of fascinating data and information to illustrate his thesis ... Outliers challenges accepted wisdom

    FT

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About the Author

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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Audiobooks to enrich your mind and better understand others

From Malcolm Gladwell’s Talking to Strangers to David Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow, these books offer valuable insights into the complex workings of the human mind... including your own.
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Events

Malcolm Gladwell: Talking to Strangers, 25th - 28th November 2019
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Podcasts

Underdogs feat. Malcolm Gladwell, Matthew Frank and Elizabeth Fremantle

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