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Steve Jobs

By: Walter Isaacson
Narrated by: Dylan Baker
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Featuring a new epilogue read by the author.

From the author of the best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive biography of Steve Jobs.

Based on more than 40 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 21st century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.

Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written. 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.

Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple's hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.

©2011 Walter Isaacson (P)2011 Simon & Schuster

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Enlightening!

I loved the fact that Steve Jobs did not want to interfere with the writing process. Very well written book that helped me humanize Steve Jobs and even made me shed a few tears at the end! Great biography!

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Incredible

An intimate story of a flawed but genius man. Inspiring, informational and thought provoking. Great author.

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Jobs…… ruthless….. asshole…… but he changed the world!

I am a huge fan of Walter Isaacson books. He so honestly and respectfully portrays transparent truth. This book is a must read as well as everything else Walter Isaacson has done. Rest in peace, Steve Jobs you change the world. 

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If you grew up in the Silicon Valley in the 80s….

Loved this book. Grew up in the Silicon Valley in the 80s and remember every reference they make. Loved hearing about the back story to all the events, ideas, and products that were the backdrop to that time. I feel like he was captured as perfectly unbalanced and perfectly impossible.

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Pixar

Who knew all that about Steve Jobs. I have a completely different perspective. A man of passion in a time we really needed it

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Interesting, well written book

Kept you interested the whole 20 hours plus. One of Walter's best books. I would highly recommend this book.

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Fantastic listen

The authenticity of the book and how it flowed are what strikes me the most. Great listen, and the world was better with him here.

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Beautiful Biography

This was absolutely wonderful to listen to. A story of a man that truly helped influence the way the word works right now. This was so informative and so well written and read. I absolutely loved it!!

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How many times is Steve gunna cry?

I wish I had a digital version of this book so I could Ctr + F and search for how many time Steve “Wept”, “cried” and “started bawling uncontrollably”. Was pretty good otherwise

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Captivating

This book sticks with you. It paints a captivating portrait of a complicated but brilliant person, it’s a bit long but it pays off as the threads of Steve’s life culminate in the golden age of Apple.

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