OUTLIERS

In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectualjourney through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, themost famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makeshigh-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention towhat successful people are like, and too little attention to where theyare from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and theidiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explainsthe secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccerplayer, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles thegreatest rock band.