David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell, Read by the Author - Audiobook Excerpt by HachetteAudio published on 2013-10-03T16:11:11Z Malcolm Gladwell, the #1 bestselling author of THE TIPPING POINT, BLINK, OUTLIERS and WHAT THE DOG SAW, offers his most provocative-and dazzling-book yet. -------- 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 Gladwell 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. 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. -------- Available NOW from Hachette Audio as a CD or digital download, and in hardcover and ebook from Little, Brown & Company. Download: https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/david-goliath-underdogs-misfits/id694569065 http://www.downpour.com/david-and-goliath-1 http://www.emusic.com/book/malcolm-gladwell/david-and-goliath/10132301/ http://www.audible.com/pd/Science-Technology/David-and-Goliath-Audiobook/B00EKQO0AG/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1380816491&sr=1-1 http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/david-and-goliath-underdogs-misfits-and-the-art-of-battling-giants/196488 CD: http://www.bookish.com/books/david-and-goliath-malcolm-gladwell-9781611137521/b57ed2bc-c499-4d60-a774-43fdb2168141 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/david-and-goliath-malcolm-gladwell/1115837698?ean=9781611137521 http://www.amazon.com/David-Goliath-Underdogs-Misfits-Battling/dp/1611137527/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380816640&sr=8-1&keywords=david+and+goliath+audiobook Check out our other great titles and more at: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/features/audiocelebrities/index.html Genre audiobook Comment by Chouba Nabil Malcolm Gladwell 2013-10-23T13:36:54Z