tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227068652441766192012-02-16T18:13:04.831-08:00Hugo Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167840188324339018noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622706865244176619.post-65023462295410808842009-10-17T09:17:00.001-07:002010-04-12T07:11:46.396-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tG8QEWaEL-o/St9lfrmsR7I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/WzsDZBW155Y/s1600-h/Outliers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395142473568503730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 208px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tG8QEWaEL-o/St9lfrmsR7I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/WzsDZBW155Y/s320/Outliers.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tG8QEWaEL-o/StnuIAbfxHI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/X_EKGOZCs9I/s1600-h/Slide15.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tG8QEWaEL-o/StnuDPNtWWI/AAAAAAAAAEI/zB96oWiF23M/s1600-h/Slide25.JPG"></a><strong>Reader:</strong> <em>Mr. Lowe</em></div><div></div><div><strong>People who have taken the challenge to read this book:</strong></div><div>Nick W.</div><div>Sara W.<br />Mrs. Martin<br />Daniel S.</div><div><br /></div></div><p><strong>Available:</strong> <em>I am available to meet anytime. Just stop by my office and we will chat.</em></p><p><strong>Why I like this book:</strong></p><p><em>It really challenged my thinking about why people are successful in this world. The author uses statistics to debunk the myth that we can "pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps."</em> </p><p></p><p><strong>Summary:</strong></p><p>In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band. Brilliant and entertaining, OUTLIERS is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.<br />(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:20 -0400)</p><p>Source: librarything.com</p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3622706865244176619-6502346229541080884?l=wnbook25.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hugo Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167840188324339018noreply@blogger.com1