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David and Goliath audiobook
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrator: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 7 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 01, 2013
- Language: English
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David and Goliath Audiobook Summary
Audie Award Winner, Nonfiction, 2014
Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell’s dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia.
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 Gladwellchallenges 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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David and Goliath Full Details
| Narrator | Malcolm Gladwell |
| Length | 7 hours 1 minutes |
| Author | Malcolm Gladwell |
| Publisher | Hachette Audio |
| Release date | October 01, 2013 |
| ISBN | 9781478978251 |
Subjects
The publisher of the David and Goliath is Hachette Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Self-Help, Personal Growth, Success
Additional info
The publisher of the David and Goliath is Hachette Audio. The imprint is Little, Brown & Company. It is supplied by Hachette Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781478978251.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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