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  • Written by: Walter Isaacson
  • Narrated by: Dylan Baker
  • Length: 25 hrs and 18 mins
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Steve Jobs

Written by: Walter Isaacson
Narrated by: Dylan Baker
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Publisher's Summary

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

Editorial Review

Go behind the curtain of one of the biggest companies in modern times to the man behind it all. The Steve Jobs biography will uncover secrets and take you into the world of Apple like never before.

This biography of Steve Jobs is an engaging and informative look at what it takes to be the founder of Apple and one of the most innovative and successful tech companies. You’ll learn more about the co-founder and see the human behind the groundbreaking personal computers and music players like the MacBook, iPad, iPod, iTunes and the iPhone. In addition, his desire to create the next computer and user interfaces smaller and better than ever before, led him to be the computer industry leader for so many years - and a true legend of the twenty-first century. Just as Apple Inc. and all its apple products have become household names, so too did Steve Jobs himself, due mainly to his unique and extreme personality. From impressive new product launches to keynote addresses and conflicts with Apple’s board, Jobs was a true character that was always true to himself.

From his beginnings with Macintosh to the failures, roadblocks, and eventual success of the Apple computer, its operating system, and all the company’s many later inventions, this book by Walter Isaacson leaves nothing out. He delivers an engaging and dynamic story that captures all the flair and individuality of Jobs, from becoming a massive influencer in the California tech world to his notorious arguments butting heads with the board of directors. Walter Isaacson highlights all sides of Steven Paul Jobs - from his desire to think different to his hard-headedness.

Isaacson’s biography was also the inspiration and source material for the Aaron Sorkin box office movie adaptation. This audiobook adaptation is narrated by Dylan Baker, who brings both the good and less agreeable sides of this iconic man to life. Discover the honest, open, and full way the CEO of Apple is described. The book highlights his ingenuity but does not shy away from his faults. Both are captured expertly in the narration. Whether you are an avid fan of Mac and iMac products or steadfastly support competitors like Microsoft, this book is a wonderful listen that will expand your understanding of the booming tech world in Silicon Valley’s heyday.

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don't hold this one off

I was never a big Apple Dan, and all I had heard about jobs growing up was how much of a dick he was.
this book made by Walter Isaacson had completely changed what little I thought I knew! do yourself a favor and check this one out. you won't regret it

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Inspirational.

Amazing book about one of the greatest Entrepenures of all time, highly recommend it.

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The story has been presented beautifully

This story about the life of Steve Jobs is so inspiring, hilarious , fun, saddening all at the same time. Some of the instances gave me goose bumps

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Visionary

I've never been a fan of Apple products, but I am a fan of creative genius. After this book, I have a new appreciation for what an Apple product stands for and what went into it.
Steve Jobs may not have been the nicest person, but talk about propelling a vision to change the world!
This was a compelling story, at 25 hours run time, I was surprised it never let me 'wander'. If it was a paper book, I would have considered it a page turner for sure.
At the end, even though I knew the outcome, I found myself choked up at the loss of such a force of nature.
Walter Isaacson impressed the heck out of me with the Elon Musk book, that I gave this a try. I will now go and find all he has written. He is a Very talented author, in his own right, a creative genius.

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The history is interesting. but that's it

The first half of the book was thoroughly interesting. The history of modern computing is something for everyone.

Unfortunately after about the half way point it becomes all about Jobs (Duh!) which I found less interesting. This part surely appeals to the Apple faithful, but it just isn't for me.

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What a journey

You can appreciate the kind of man he was he wasn’t perfect and he did some terrible things. He also did some great things you love him by the end of the book.

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Awesome

Excellent book about a man of our time who really did change the world and impacted almost everyone’s lives through his company’s products. Great to see it was read and true and not just painted over the negatives of his life.

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Awesome book.

Incredible what Steve created. I found the book to be very well written and a true account of his good and bad traits.

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Wow!!!

This book is amazing. Just read it!!!
From start to finish just overall perfection.

Thank you to all who worked on it.

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Unexpected pleasant

Positively surprised how dense the author described Jobs story. Lots of good stuff to be absorbed here.

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