Outliers (Unabridged) (Compact Disc) product details page

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. Simultaneous.

Cultural critic Malcolm Gladwell applies his best trend watching insights and peripatetic methodology to the big question of why some people achieve success and others do not. These Outliers, as he calls them--successful people who stand out from the rest of the crowd--may be business people, artists, athletes, entertainers, scientists, or work in other fields. In a variation of the nature versus nurture debates, Gladwell seeks answers in culture, environment, and upbringing. Without seeking simple formulas, he examines a range of artifacts--IQ tests, for example, and birth-date data--as he digs for answers in a book that draws on psychology, business, and sociology, and which explains difficult concepts in an accessible manner. THE OUTLIERS confirms that Malcolm Gladwell, here a public intellectual, is himself an Outlier.



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• Genre: Self Improvement, Social Science, Psychology, Business + Money Management
• Subgenre: Personal Growth / Success, General, Social Psychology
• Publisher: Hachette Audio
• Edition: Unabridged
• Language: English
• Format: audioCD
• Release Date: November 18, 2008
• Date Published: November 18, 2008
• Author: Malcolm Gladwell

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