David and Goliath Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants

includes index and biblioraphy

Am i a dog that you should come to me with sticks ...3 Part one : The advantages of disadvantages (And disadvantages of advantages) One : It was really random. Imean my father had never played basketball before ...19 Two : My largest class was twenty -nine kids . oh, it was fun ...39 Three : If i`d gone to the iniversity of Mary land, I`d still be in science ..63 Part two : The theory of desirable difficulty Four : You wouldn`t wish dyslexia on your child. or would you? ...99 Five : Emil jay freireich How jay did it, i don`t know ...125 Six : De rabbit is de slickest o all de anilmalis de lawd ever made ... 165 Part three : The limits of power Seven : I wasn`t born that way, this was forced upon me ...197 Eight : We have all done something dreadful in our lives, or have felt the urge to ...232 Nine : We feel obliged to tell you that ther are among us a certain number of ...263