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David and Goliath
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 7 hrs
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Publisher's Summary
David and Goliath is the dazzling and provocative new book from Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers and What the Dog Saw.
Why do underdogs succeed so much more than we expect? How do the weak outsmart the strong? In David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell takes us on a scintillating and surprising journey through the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty. From the conflicts in Northern Ireland and Vietnam, through the tactics of civil rights leaders and the problem of privilege, Gladwell demonstrates how we misunderstand the true meaning of advantage and disadvantage.
When does a traumatic childhood work in someone's favour? How can a disability leave someone better off? And do you really want your child to go to the best school he or she can get into? David and Goliath draws on the stories of remarkable underdogs, history, science, psychology and on Malcolm Gladwell's unparalleled ability to make the connections others miss. It's a brilliant, illuminating book that overturns conventional thinking about power and advantage.
Author, journalist, cultural commentator, and intellectual adventurer, Malcolm Gladwell was born in 1963 in England to a Jamaican mother and an English mathematician father. He grew up in Canada and graduated with a degree in history from the University of Toronto in 1984. From 1987 to 1996, he was a reporter for The Washington Post, first as a science writer and then as New York City bureau chief. Since 1996, he has been a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine.
His curiosity and breadth of interests are shown in New Yorker articles ranging over a wide array of subjects including early childhood development and the flu, not to mention hair dye, shopping and what it takes to be cool. His first book, The Tipping Point, captured the world's attention with its theory that a curiously small change can have unforeseen effects, and the phrase has become part of our language, used by writers, politicians and business people everywhere to describe cultural trends and strange phenomena. His other international best-selling books are Blink, which explores how a snap judgment can be far more effective than a cautious decision, and What the Dog Saw, a collection of his most provocative and entertaining New Yorker pieces.
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- Nithesh
- 12-04-20
Worth listening
The reading and the writing was engaging. As always, case studies picked by Gladwell were relevant and interesting.
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- Sumit D.
- 30-09-19
Gripping at the start ....
I liked the book as well as the narrator (he is always the best) but as like Malcolm's other books (e.g. The Outlines) he loses the point at the end ....maybe not from his own perspective but the reader may find him getting diverted from the topic at hand too often . But nevertheless it's worth reading/listening to. Good job Mr.Malcolm
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- Vijay SR
- 14-03-19
Okayish
Struggled a bit to finish the book. Had started well but beyond the first few chapters, I started to lose interest.
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- Srijoy Kanjilal
- 12-10-23
Fantastic premise.. but seems to lose the plot
Fantastic premise.. but it seems to lose the plot towards the end.
Most MG books work the same way.. he comes up with either a fact or a notion and goes about dissecting it to reveal underlying aspects of it previously unseen or unknown.
This was no different, but around the 6th and the 7th chapters.. one could see him diverging further and further off centre to make the point and one started to get the feeling that he won't be able to reel it in adequately.
Sadly, one got it right
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- Manaal
- 19-07-22
Too much fluff
There were a lot of stories in this book. I felt it could have been brief. Anyways, the author is amazing.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-06-22
A Priceless Work by Malcolm Gladwell
Lustening to this book was a delight. Our weakness can be our greatest advantages.
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- Gaurab Mukherjee
- 03-06-22
Inconclusive
The start is great and I love the way he has build up the stories... but what learning we take from them should be more clear. There should be a summary that what is the thread that binds all the stories and what we take out of this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-05-22
Great as any other Malcom Book
i think Malcom narration make the book captivating. Great to know advantages of a disadvantage.
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- Prashant kumar
- 02-05-22
Brilliant and must read
I have always been a big fan of Malcom gladwell ..but listening to him has been an amazing experience...surreal and mesmerising. it's a must read book for everyone.
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- Mauz A.
- 13-04-22
ok , not bad
its ok, not bad, could have been more fun or better.
too many case studies.
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