David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the art of battling giants
Malcolm Gladwell
- Back Bay Books 2014
- 305tr. Pocket size
This book begins with the real story of the shepherd boy David and the giant Goliath, then 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. The author challenges 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.