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David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants / Malcolm Gladwell.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316204361 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0316204366 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780316251785 (paperback)
- ISBN: 031625178X (paperback)
- Physical Description: ix, 305 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2013]
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Goliath: "Am I a dog that you should come to me with sticks?" -- Pt. 1: The advantages of disadvantages (and the disadvantages of advantages). Vivek Ranadivé: "It was really random. I mean, my father had never played basketball before" ; Teresa DeBrito: "My largest class was twenty-nine kids. Oh, it was fun" ; Caroline Sacks: "If I'd gone to the University of Maryland, I'd still be in science" -- Pt. 2: The theory of desirable difficulty. David Boies: "You wouldn't wish dyslexia on your child. Or would you?" ; Emil "]ay" Freireich: "How Jay did it, I don't know" ; Wyatt Walker: "De rabbit is de slickest o' all de animals de Lawd ever made" -- Pt. 3: The limits of power. Rosemary Lawlor: "I wasn't born that way. This was forced upon me" ; Wilma Derksen: "We have all done something dreadful in our lives, or have felt the urge to" ; André Trocmé: "We feel obliged to tell you that there are among us a certain number of Jews." |
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| Subject: | Motivation (Psychology) Struggle > Psychological aspects. Opportunity. Success. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Etna Library | 155.24 GLA | 31257000207803 | Adult collection | Available | - |
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