From the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin andAlbertEinstein,this is theexclusive biography ofSteveJobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were com
The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is the exhilarating story of an epic a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader. 'Burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope and dignity ...Unforgettable' Andre Brink 'Enthralling ...Mandela emulates the few great political leaders such as Lincoln and Gandhi, who go beyond mere consensus and move out ahead of their followers to break new ground' Donald Woods in the SUNDAY TIMES
From the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin andAlbertEinstein,this is theexclusive biography ofSteveJobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were com
AnAmericanclassicrediscoveredbyeachgeneration,TheStoryofMyLifeisHelenKeller'saccountofhertriumphoverdeafnessandblindness.PopularizedbythestageplayandmovieTheMiracleWorker,Keller'sstoryhasbecomeasymbolofhopeforpeopleallovertheworld. Thisbook–publishedwhenKellerwasonlytwenty-two–portraysthewildchildwhoislockedinthedarkandsilentprisonofherownbody.Withanextraordinaryimmediacy,Kellerrevealsherfrustrationsandrage,andtakesthereaderontheunforgettablejourneyofhereducationandbreakthroughsintotheworldofcommunication.FromthemomentKellerrecognizestheword"water"whenherteacherfinger-spellstheletters,wesharehertriumphas"thatlivingwordawakenedmysoul,gaveitlight,hope,joy,setitfree!"Anunparalleledchronicleofcourage,TheStoryofMyLiferemainsstartlinglyfreshandvitalmorethanacenturyafteritsfirstpublication,atimelesstestamenttoanindomitablewill.
