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Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and of Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and daughter.

Walter Isaacson's Books

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A Benjamin Franklin Reader
A Benjamin Franklin Reader By: Walter Isaacson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
Publication date: May 31, 2005
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S GREATEST WRITINGSEdited and Annotated by Walter IsaacsonSelected and annotated by the author of the acclaimed Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, this collection of Franklin's writings shows why he was the...
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Other Formats: eBook
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American Sketches
American Sketches Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane By: Walter Isaacson
This edition: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publication date: November 24, 2009
What are the roots of creativity? What makes for great leadership? How do influential people end up rippling the surface of history?In this collection of essays, Walter Isaacson reflects on the lessons to be learned from...
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Other Formats: Compact Disk, eAudio, eBook
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin An American Life By: Walter Isaacson
This edition: Hardcover, 608 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2003
Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson shows how the most fascinating of...
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Einstein Browse Inside Einstein
Einstein His Life and Universe By: Walter Isaacson
This edition: Hardcover, 704 pages
Publication date: April 10, 2007
How did Einstein's mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection...
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Kissinger Browse Inside Kissinger
Kissinger By: Walter Isaacson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 896 pages
Publication date: September 27, 2005
By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to the Gallup Poll, the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the world's imagination....
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The Wise Men
The Wise Men By: Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas
This edition: Trade Paperback, 864 pages
Publication date: June 4, 1997
A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to postwar chaos: Averell Harriman, the...
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