From the bestselling author of Blink and The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success overturns conventional wisdom about genius to show us what makes an ordinary person an extreme overachiever.

Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary?

In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and far more fascinating, than we could ever have imagined.

He reveals that it's as much about where we're from and what we do, as who we are - and that no one, not even a genius, ever makes it alone.

Outliers will change the way you think about your own life story, and about what makes us all unique.

'Gladwell is not only a brilliant storyteller; he can see what those stories tell us, the lessons they contain' Guardian

'Malcolm Gladwell is a global phenomenon ... he has a genius for making everything he writes seem like an impossible adventure' Observer

'He is the best kind of writer - the kind who makes you feel like you're a genius, rather than he's a genius' The Times

From the author of The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell's international bestseller Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking is a revolution in the understanding of the mind.

An art expert sees a ten-million-dollar sculpture and instantly spots it's a fake. A marriage analyst knows within minutes whether a couple will stay together. A fire-fighter suddenly senses he has to get out of a blazing building. A speed dater clicks with the right person...

This book is all about those moments when we 'know' something without knowing why. Here Malcolm Gladwell explores the phenomenon of 'blink', showing how a snap judgement can be far more effective than a cautious decision. By trusting your instincts, he reveals, you'll never think about thinking in the same way again.

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'Compelling, haunting, tragic stories . . . resonate long after you put the book down' James McConnachie, Sunday Times Book of the Year

The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives?

Using stories of deceit and fatal errors to cast doubt on our strategies for dealing with the unknown, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.

Why do underdogs succeed so much more than we expect? How do the weak outsmart the strong? In David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, no.1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers and What the Dog Saw, takes us on a scintillating and surprising journey through the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty.

From the conflicts in Northern Ireland, through the tactics of civil rights leaders and the problem of privilege, Gladwell demonstrates how we misunderstand the true meaning of advantage and disadvantage. When does a traumatic childhood work in someone's favour? How can a disability leave someone better off? And do you really want your child to go to the best school he or she can get into?

David and Goliath draws on the stories of remarkable underdogs, history, science, psychology and on Malcolm Gladwell's unparalleled ability to make the connections others miss. It's a brilliant, illuminating book that overturns conventional thinking about power and advantage.

'A global phenomenon... there is, it seems, no subject over which he cannot scatter some magic dust' Observer

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'A parable written for the age of technological disruption . . . brilliantly told' Sunday Times

The international bestselling author returns with an exploration of one of the grandest obsessions of the twentieth century

'The Bomber Mafia is a case study in how dreams go awry. When some shiny new idea drops from the heavens, it does not land softly in our laps. It lands hard, on the ground, and shatters.'

In the years before the Second World War, in a sleepy air force base in central Alabama, a small group of renegade pilots put forth a radical idea. What if we made bombing so accurate that wars could be fought entirely from the air? What if we could make the brutal clashes between armies on the ground a thing of the past?

This book tells the story of what happened when that dream was put to the test. The Bomber Mafia follows the stories of a reclusive Dutch genius and his homemade computer, Winston Churchill's forbidding best friend, a team of pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard, a brilliant pilot who sang vaudeville tunes to his crew, and the bomber commander, Curtis Emerson LeMay, who would order the bloodiest attack of the Second World War.

In this tale of innovation and obsession, Gladwell asks: what happens when technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war? And what is the price of progress?

In What the Dog Saw Malcolm Gladwell covers everything from criminology to spaghetti sauce to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about ourselves and our world.

Looking under the surface of the seemingly mundane, he explores the underdogs, the overlooked, the curious, the miraculous and the disastrous, and reveals how everyone and everything contains an incredible story. What the Dog Saw is Gladwell at his very best - asking questions and finding surprising answers.

'A global phenomenon... there is, it seems, no subject over which he cannot scatter some magic dust' Observer

'Gladwell makes the world seem fresh and exciting again' Evening Standard

'Comes exuberantly close to ... what goes on inside other people's heads' Daily Telegraph

'A dizzying array ... his writing talks to all of us' Guardian

'Consistently absorbing ... captivating' Independent

'Gladwell's storytelling qualities and his eye for the human drama ... make this so compelling' Sunday Times

VUELVE EL MEJOR GLADWELL, autor de El punto clave, Inteligencia intuitiva y Fuera de serie.

«Si puedo convencerte de una única cosa con este libro, que sea esta: los desconocidos no son simples.»

¿Cómo pudo un espía pasar años sin ser detectado en los más altos niveles del Pentágono? ¿Qué llevó a Neville Chamberlain a creer que podía confiar en Adolf Hitler? ¿Qué tienen en común esos casos con el engaño de Bernie Madoff, el juicio de Amanda Knox, el suicidio de Sylvia Plath o la comedia de televisión Friends? Cuando interactuamos con desconocidos, a menudo las cosas no salen bien, en parte porque creemos adivinar las intenciones de los demás basándonos en pistas terriblemente endebles.

En Hablar con extraños, Malcolm Gladwell, el autor que ha conquistado a una legión de admiradores con su particular manera de ver el mundo, entrevista a toda una serie de personas brillantes, ofrece un arsenal de ejemplos divertidos, contraintuitivos y convincentes, extrae de ellos ideas poderosas y las condimenta con abundantes datos inolvidables. Al mostrarnos por qué se nos da tan mal leer entre líneas, revela las claves para lidiar mejor con los desconocidos en nuestra vida.

En este nuevo viaje a lo inesperado, Gladwell nos ofrece nuevos y valiosos descubrimientos sobre nosotros mismos, pasados por el prisma de la historia, la psicología y la sociología.

La crítica ha dicho:
«Malcom Gadwell nos refresca las enseñanzas paternas y [...], a pesar de todo, nos reconcilia con el ser humano. Estamos hechos para confiar. Un libro fresco y atractivo.»
Laura Barrachina, Las mañanas de Radio Nacional

«Un profundo estudio sobre todo lo que puede salir mal en nuestra interpretación de los otros.»
Carlos Sala, La Razón

«Excelente escritura, estructura magistral, datos llamativos elegantemente reutilizados. La fórmula que hizo que sus libros anteriores fueran éxitos.»
Financial Times

«Irresistible, y dará que hablar. En un momento de máxima polarización, un libro que examina el modo en que fallamos a la hora de comunicarnos no podría ser más oportuno. Se devora como si fuera un thriller.»
Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times

«Hay un momento de la lectura en el que incluso el escéptico comienza a sentir que nos estamos equivocando en todo y que quizá este tal Gladwell ha dado con algo... Hablar con extraños es el más sólido de sus títulos.»
Amy Chozick, The New York Times

«Gladwell ofrece poderosos consejos para entender mejor a los otros. Defiende brillantemente que nadie es transparente y la necesidad de comprender que los comportamientos dependen de circunstancias invisibles.»
People

«Los casos que analiza Galdwell son sensacionales. Repleto de fascinantes anécdotas, de las cuales extrae pequeñas píldoras sobre cómo relacionarnos con los desconocidos.

O QUE DEVERÍAMOS SABER SOBRE AS PESSOAS QUE NÃO CONHECEMOS.

Ao apontar como nossas ideias preconcebidas afetam nossas interações com os outros,  Malcolm Gladwell, autor dos best-sellers Fora de série e O ponto da virada,  escreveu um guia valioso para tempos de intolerância e crise.

"Gladwell é um brilhante explicador do comportamento humano." –  The Week

Como Fidel Castro conseguiu enganar a CIA durante décadas? Por que Neville Chamberlain pensou que podia confiar em Hitler? Por que os casos de ataques sexuais nas universidades estão crescendo?

Neste livro, Malcolm Gladwell apresenta uma análise surpreendente da maneira como interagimos com as pessoas que não conhecemos – e questiona por que tantas vezes fazemos julgamentos equivocados em relação a elas.

Existe algo muito errado com as estratégias que usamos para interpretar os outros. Por não sabermos falar com estranhos, abrimos a porta para conflitos e mal-entendidos, às vezes com consequências catastróficas.

Em Falando com estranhos , você lerá sobre uma espiã que passou anos nos mais altos níveis do Pentágono sem ser detectada, sobre o homem que derrubou o gestor de fundos Bernie Madoff, sobre o suicídio da poeta Sylvia Plath e várias outras histórias intrigantes.