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Walter Isaacson
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s … notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He…
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From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era-a rule-breaking visionary who helped…
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The best-selling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns.
In 2012, Nobel Prize winning scientist Jennifer Doudna hit upon an invention that will transform the future of the…
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The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, and Steve Jobs delivers an engrossing biography of Leonardo da Vinci, the world’s most creative genius.
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El aclamado autor de los best sellers Steve Jobs y Einstein nos vuelve a cautivar con la vida del genio mas creativo de la historia en esta fascinante biografia.
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The new biography from Walter Isaacson, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Steve Jobs.
By the time Henry Kissinger became secretary of state in 1973, he was the most admired person in America. Yet he was also reviled by many.Kissingerexplores the relationship between this…
A gripping account of how the pioneering scientist Jennifer Doudna, along with her colleagues and rivals, launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and…
Walter Isaacson,Dylan Baker
An extraordinary book which gives us a unique insight into the life and thinking of the man who has single-handedly transformed the way we live today
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The Innovators by Walter Isaacson: Conversation Starters
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EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world…
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Even the youngest science enthusiasts know the name Einstein. To them, it represents intelligence and ingenuity. But they may not know much about Albert Einstein as a man and why…
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Draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues, to offer a look at the co-founder and leading creative…
La biografia definitiva de Steve Jobs, el fundador de Apple, escrita con su colaboracion.La muerte de Steve Jobs ha conmocionado al mundo. Tras entrevistarlo en mas de cuarenta ocasiones en…
From bestselling writer Isaacson comes a selective collection of great leaders, creative thinkers, and heroes of a hurricane that illustrates his passage from school to journalist to illustrious biographer.
The first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available – a fully realised portrait of this extraordinary human being, and great genius.
This exclusive boxed set from beloved New York Times bestselling author Walter Isaacson features his definitive biographies: Steve Jobs, Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Leonardo da Vinci. If anybody in America…
1 New York Times bestseller From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our…
1 New York Times non-fiction bestseller
2 Sunday Times non-fiction bestseller
SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY…
From Isaacson, the bestselling author of Benjamin Franklin, comes the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all his papers have become available–a fully realized portrait of a premier icon…
The best historians in the land consider examples of great leadership, well-known and surprising, from Washington to Willkie, and others.
* An extraordinary book which gives us a unique insight into the life and thinking of the man who has single-handedly transformed the way we live today
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What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others…
Vietnamese edition of the brilliant historical biography of a rare genius who excelled in both the arts and science. Vietnamese translation by Nguyen Thi Phuong Lan, and edited by Pham…
Simplified Chinese edition of Leonardo Da Vinci
Certain scientists are so esteemed that their names have become nearly synonymous with their fields. They may actually be more famous than their considerable contributions to science. Albert Einstein, Charles…
Written in a direct, down-to-earth style, Invent and Wander offers listeners a master class in business values, strategy, and execution.
— Tras su extraordinaria biografia de Steve Jobs, el nuevo libro de Walter Isaacson cuenta la fascinante historia de las personas que inventaron el ordenador e internet; Los innovadores esta…
R. Bruno
This presentation of the neighborhoods of New Orleans offers an expert’s perspective on the city’s architectural diversity and details, one block at a time. New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist Stephanie Bruno…
Al Kilborne
In 1801, on a ridge that overlooked the incipient national capital, Philip Barton Key, uncle and mentor of Francis Scott Key, built a Federal-style house and named it Woodley. Its…
Walter Isaacson’s #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for…
Lori Garver
Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver recounts how she took on the greed and corrupt politics of the US space program, inciting the expansion of space exploration into the private…
Walter Isaacson’s #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself-a race made ever more…
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Alexandra Kennon
Every New Orleanian knows Leah Chase’s gumbo, but few realize that the Freedom Fighters gathered and strategized over bowls of that very dish. Or that Parkway’s roast beef po-boy originated…
Eric L. Motley
Welcome to Madison Park, a place of self-determination, hope, and the American dream. And meet Eric Motley, raised in this remarkable Alabama community founded by freed slaves, a place that…
