Read Ebook David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits

<b>Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives.</b><b> <br /> </b>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 <i>shouldn't </i>have won. <br /><br />Or should he have? <br /><br />In <i>David and Goliath</i>, Malcolm Gladwell<i></i>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.<br /><br />Gladwell begins with the <i>real</i> story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy those many years ago. From there