Outliers: The Story of Success

From the publisher: "Malcolm Gladwell explores what sets high achievers apart—from Bill Gates to the Beatles. 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. Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate."