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Additional Resources for Outliers
Tearing down the Gates: confronting the class divide in American education by Call Number: LC 213.2 .S23 2007ISBN: 9780520245884Publication Date: 2007-05-29
Why People Fail by Call Number: BF575.F14 R49 2012ISBN: 9781118163740Publication Date: 2011-10-01Temporarily shelved at Year of Myth and Reality
How Children Succeed by Call Number: LB1139.25 .T68 2012ISBN: 9780547564654Publication Date: 2012-09-04
The Road to Excellence by Call Number: BF378.E94 R63 1996ISBN: 9780805822328Publication Date: 1996-06-01Temporarily shelved at Year of Myth and Reality
Malcolm Gladwell mentions a number of studies, reports, interviews, and other information in his book. Here are a few of them.
Successful Intelligence by Call Number: BF431 .S73826 1996ISBN: 9780684814100Publication Date: 1996-10-14
Culture of Honor by Call Number: HN79.A13 V56 1996ISBN: 9780813319933Publication Date: 1996-03-15Temporarily shelved at Year of Myth and Reality
The Roseto Story by Call Number: RA 645 .H4 B78 1979ISBN: 9780806136134Publication Date: 2004-01-08
The Power of Clan by Call Number: RA 645 .H4 W65 1998ISBN: 0765804492Publication Date: 1998-02-01- Unequal Competition as an Impediment to Personal Development: A Review of the Relative Age Effect in Sport byPublication Date: 2001Available in PDF format
- The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance byPublication Date: 1993Available in PDF Format
If you are enjoying the book, check out some of his other titles:
What the Dog Saw by Call Number: PN 4874.G398 A25 2009ISBN: 9780316075848Publication Date: 2009-10-20
Malcolm Gladwell: Disadvantages Can Improve Your Chance of Success
Malcolm Gladwell discusses one of his ideas from the book, David and Goliath. His claim is that certain obstacles that may seem undesirable at first may ultimately help you get ahead. In the larger context of success as discussed in Outliers, would you agree with this statement or disagree?