David & Goliath
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‘A feel-good extravaganza, nourishing both heart and mind …What unites the stories are the twin ideas that an advantage can sometimes be a disadvantage and that a disadvantage can sometimes be an advantage. Yet there is something more powerful and more uplifting that links them’ Kate Kellaway, Financial Times ‘I devoured in a single reading’ Richard E. Grant ‘When you read it, you feel like you can topple giants’ Jon Ronson ‘An energetic, counterintuitive exploration of why (and how) underdogs succeed’ Lisa Appignanesi, Guardian, Books of the Year ‘Breathtaking’ The New York Times ‘Truly intriguing and inspiring’ Los Angeles Times
Author(s): Malcolm Gladwell
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