Steve Jobs by Waater Isaacson: The Exclusive Biography
Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years – as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues – this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies,music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against.His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.
Amazon.co.uk Price: £10.99 (as of 09/04/2023 11:03 PST- Details)
Primarily based on greater than forty interviews with Steve Jobs carried out over two years – in addition to interviews with greater than 100 members of the family, associates, adversaries, rivals, and colleagues – that is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the last word icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense persona of inventive entrepreneur whose ardour for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: private computer systems, animated motion pictures,music, telephones, pill computing, and digital publishing.Though Jobs cooperated with this e book, he requested for no management over what was written, nor even the precise to learn it earlier than it was revealed. He put nothing off limits. He inspired the individuals he knew to talk truthfully. And Jobs speaks candidly, generally brutally so, concerning the individuals he labored with and competed towards.His associates, foes, and colleagues present an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for management that formed his strategy to enterprise and the revolutionary merchandise that resulted.
Based on 0 reviews
Be the first to review “Steve Jobs by Waater Isaacson: The Exclusive Biography”
Related products
-
Business Biographies & Histories
First Man In: Leading from the Front
NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNo one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life’s challenges, Ant Middleton has come to know the meaning of true leadership. In First Man In, he shares the core lessons he’s learned over the course of his fascinating, exhilarating life.Special forces training is no walk in the park. The rules are strict and they make sure you learn the hard way, pushing you beyond the limits of what is physically possible. There is no mercy. Even when you are bleeding and broken, to admit defeat is failure.To survive the gruelling selection process to become a member of the elite you need toughness, aggression, meticulous attention to detail and unrelenting self-discipline, all traits that make for the best leaders.After 13 years service in the military, with 4 years as a Special Boat Service (SBS) sniper, Ant Middleton is the epitome of what it takes to excel. He served in the SBS, the naval wing of the special forces, the Royal Marines and 9 Parachute Squadron Royal, achieving what is known as the ‘Holy Trinity’ of the UK’s Elite Forces. As a point man in the SBS, Ant was always the first man through the door, the first man into the dark, and the first man in harm’s way.In this fascinating, exhilarating and revealing book, Ant speaks about the highs and gut-wrenching lows of his life – from the thrill of passing Special Forces Selection to dealing with the early death of his father and ending up in prison on leaving the military – and draws valuable lessons that we can all use in our daily lives.
SKU: n/a -
Business Biographies & Histories
Break Point: SAS: Who Dares Wins: SAS: Who Dares Wins Host’s Incredible True Story
Business Biographies & HistoriesBreak Point: SAS: Who Dares Wins: SAS: Who Dares Wins Host’s Incredible True Story
THE No. 1 BESTSELLEROLLIE OLLERTON CO-HOSTS SAS: WHO DARES WINS ALONGSIDE ANT MIDDLETON, JASON FOX and MARK BILLINGHAM. THIS IS HIS INCREDIBLE TRUE STORYWhere is your break point?Is it here? Facing the gruelling SAS selection process on one leg, with a busted ankle and the finish line nowhere in sight?Or here? Under heavy fire from armed kidnappers while protecting journalists en route to Baghdad.Or is it here? At the bottom of a bottle, with a family in pieces, unable to adapt to a civilian lifestyle, yearning for a warzone?Ex-Special Forces soldier and star of TV’s SAS: Who Dares Wins, Ollie Ollerton has faced many break points in his life and now he tells us the vital lessons he has learnt. His incredible story features hardened criminals, high-speed car chases, counter-terrorism and humanitarian heroics – freeing children from a trafficking ring in Thailand.Ollie has faced break points in his personal life too, surviving a freak childhood attack, run-ins with the law as a teenager rebelling against a broken home, his self-destructive battles with alcohol and drug addiction, and his struggles with anxiety and depression. His final redemption as an entrepreneur and mental health charity ambassador has seen him overcome adversity to build a new and better life.’Everyone has the capacity for incredible achievement, because it’s only when it’s crunch time, when you’re down to your last bullet – when you’re at break point – that you find out who you really are.’
SKU: n/a -
Business Biographies & Histories
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Business Biographies & HistoriesTalking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
The #1 New York Times and top ten Sunday Times bestsellerThe routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger’s motives?Using stories of deceit and fatal errors to cast doubt on our strategies for dealing with the unknown, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.
SKU: n/a -
Business Biographies & Histories
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
‘A wonderful page-turner about a fascinating idea that should affect the way every thinking person thinks about the world around him’ Michael LewisIn this brilliant and original book, Malcolm Gladwell explains and analyses the ‘tipping point’, that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behaviour cross a threshold, tip and spread like wildfire. Taking a look behind the surface of many familiar occurrences in our everyday world, Gladwell explains the fascinating social dynamics that cause rapid change.’Hip and hopeful, THE TIPPING POINT is like the idea it describes: concise, elegant but packed with social power. A book for anyone who cares about how society works and how we can make it better’ George Stephanopoulos
SKU: n/a
There are no reviews yet.