Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives.
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...
As I read this book I felt so much less alone as a special needs parent. I would recommend this book to anyone, who cares about kids and about their education.
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Malcolm Gladwell is easily my favorite author-- quick witted, interesting, and incredibly thoughftul in his writing. If you have read anything from his previously, David & Goliath does not disappoint!
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Newly streaming on Netflix, the movie Radium Girls is based on the book of the same name. The novel chronicles the harrowing fight of the young working-class women who took on corporate America in the 1920s after being poisoned by working with radium paint in clock factories.