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• Title:Outliers : the story of success / Malcolm Gladwell.
  
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• Author/Creator:Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
  
• Published/Created:London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2008.
  

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  • Location:DAVID LAM LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: BF637.S8 G533 2008
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:c.1 In Process 10-24-2023
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Success.
  
• Description:ix, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781846141218 (hbk.)
  1846141214 (hbk.)
  9780141036243 (pbk.)
  0141036249 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Introduction. Roseto Mystery: "These people were dying of old age. That's it"
  Pt. 1. Opportunity
  1. Matthew Effect: "For unto everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath." - Matthew 25:29
  2. 10,000-Hour Rule: "In Hamburg, we had to play for eight hours"
  3. Trouble with Geniuses, Part 1: "Knowledge of a boy's IQ is of little help if you are faced with a formful of clever boys"
  4. Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2: "After protracted negotiations, it was agreed that Robert would be put on probation"
  5. Three Lessons of Joe Flom: "Mary got a quarter."
  Pt. 2. Legacy
  6. Harlan, Kentucky: "Die like a man, like your brother did!"
  7. Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes: "Captain, the weather radar has helped us a lot"
  8. Rice Paddies and Math Tests: "No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich"
  9. Marita's Bargain: "All my friends now are from KIPP"
  Epilogue: A Jamaican Story: "If a progeny of young colored children is brought forth, these are emancipated"