02296cam a2200325 i 4500 145627575 TxAuBib 20131009120000.0 130815s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013032014 9780316204361 hardcover 0316204366 hardcover TxAuBib rda Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants / Malcolm Gladwell. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2013] ix, 305 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty, and the powerful and the dispossessed. "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" -- from publisher's web site. 20131009. Motivation (Psychology.) Struggle Psychological aspects. Opportunity. Success.