Outliers: The Story of Success

In this stunning new 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.

Paperback: 336 pages

Publisher: Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (June 7 2011)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0316017930

ISBN-13: 978-0316017930

Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 1.2 x 8.2 inches

Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces