ISAACSON, WALTER (1952)
Steve Jobs





Simon and Schuster, New York. 2011. First US edition-first printing (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). White hardback with grey borders (black lettering to the spine) with dustjacket. Illustrated inside the front and back cover, b/w photos. XXI pp. + 630 pp. 16¼ x 24¼ x 4½ cm. 1000 gr. With list of characters, sources, notes, index. Designed by Joy O'Meara. Jacket photographs: front by Albert Watson; back by Norman Seeff. ISBN-13 978 1 4516 4853 9.





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 - Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story o 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 waysto sustain its innovative edge, 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 combined with remarkable feats of engineering.





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.





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.







Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition-first printing. Mint condition. New.



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