The book is partially inspired by an article Gladwell wrote for The New Yorker in 2009 titled "How David Beats Goliath". [33][34] The book was a bestseller but received mixed reviews. [35][36][37][38]

Raised in the Presbyterian Church, Kirk was a member of the Boy Scouts of America and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. [8][9] He experienced a political awakening in middle school, during which he …

Drucker attended every board meeting, interviewed employees, and analyzed production and decision-making processes. The resulting book, Concept of the Corporation, popularized GM's multidivisional …

At the urging of Mary Scott Skinker, her undergraduate biology mentor, Carson secured a temporary position with the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, where she wrote radio copy for a series of weekly …

She is arguably best known for her non-fiction reportage, book reviews and social commentary. Her reviews have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Atlantic …

Member of Parliament (1998–2007) Rudd in November 2005 Rudd made his maiden speech to the House of Representatives as the new Member for the Division of Griffith on 11 November 1998. [28] …

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Keynes spearheaded a revolution in economic thinking, challenging the ideas of neoclassical economics that held that free markets would, in the short to …

Elon was an enthusiastic reader of books, and had attributed his success in part to having read The Lord of the Rings, the Foundation series, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. [11][28] At age ten, he …