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Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson
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Walter Isaacson

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 Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He lives in Washington, DC.

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The Wise Men will be released on June 04, 2013 in Trade Paperback
about 20 hours ago
Kissinger will be released on May 21, 2013 in eBook
May 21, 2013
Kissinger is now available in eBook
May 21, 2013
Audio Excerpt:
Einstein
Feb 23, 2013
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Steve Jobs
Jan 24, 2013
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Benjamin Franklin
Aug 30, 2012
The Wise Men will be released on May 08, 2012 in Hardcover
May 08, 2012
The Wise Men is now available in Hardcover
May 08, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
Mar 12, 2012
The Wise Men is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 28, 2012
The Wise Men will be released on February 28, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 28, 2012
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Einstein will be released on November 08, 2011 in Compact Disk
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Petoskey News, May 24, 2013
...my perception that biographies are boring. At the time, I was on chapter four of "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson, and the first biography I have ever read of my own doing. It was delivered to me via my daughter by a family friend who saw that I...
Florida Today, May 24, 2013
...your summer reading. Here are three technology-related books that I recommend. The first book is Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster, 2011). This book came out in October 2011, and Im ashamed to say that its been sitting on my shelf ever...
International Business Times, May 22, 2013
...the late Apple co-founder who died in October 2011, described his pitch to e-book publishers to his biographer, Walter Isaacson. "We told the publishers, 'We'll go to the agency model, where you set the price, and we get our 30 percent, and, yes, the...
NDTV, May 17, 2013
...girl there, so we started chatting a bit while I was waiting to be introduced," Jobs told Walter Isaacson, the author of the biography "Steve Jobs." They went out to dinner that evening, married two years later, and together had three children. Jobs...
Yahoo! Canada, May 17, 2013
...girl there, so we started chatting a bit while I was waiting to be introduced,” Mr. Jobs told Walter Isaacson, the author of the biography “Steve Jobs.” They went out to dinner that evening, married two years later, and together had three...
All Things D, May 15, 2013
...create a real mainstream e-books market at $12.99 and $14.99.” A comment Jobs made to biographer Walter Isaacson, explaining that Apple “told the publishers, ‘We’ll go the agency model, where you set the price, and we get our 30 percent, and...
Trentonian.com, May 15, 2013
...that it “solves Amazon issue,” Justice quoted him as saying. The company also quoted Jobs as telling biographer Walter Isaacson that Apple had “told the publishers, ‘We’ll go the agency model, where you set the price, and we get our 30...
AllVoices, May 25, 2013
...philanthropic causes...Jobs never addressed his philanthropic endeavors and refused to discuss the subject even with his biographer, Walter Isaacson. FULL ARTICLE AT Mail Online UK...
Mail Online UK, May 25, 2013
...to charity. Jobs never addressed his philanthropic endeavors and refused to discuss the subject even with his biographer, Walter Isaacson. But now, his widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, has publicly spoken out about her charitable work. Also, it has surfaced...
Mail Online UK, May 25, 2013
...s privacy, Jobs never addressed his philanthropic efforts and refused to discuss the subject even with his biographer, Walter Isaacson. Jobs also declined an invitation to join The Giving Pledge campaign spearheaded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and...
Mail Online UK, May 25, 2013
...s privacy, Jobs never addressed his philanthropic efforts and refused to discuss the subject even with his biographer, Walter Isaacson. Jobs also declined an invitation to join The Giving Pledge campaign spearheaded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and...
Mail Online UK, May 25, 2013
...s privacy, Jobs never addressed his philanthropic efforts and refused to discuss the subject even with his biographer, Walter Isaacson. Jobs also declined an invitation to join The Giving Pledge campaign spearheaded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and...
Mashable, May 24, 2013
...here. It was, more or less, hand-built in 1976 by Steve Wozniak. In the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, the duo introduced the new computer at a meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club, where Wozniak explained one of the key differences from...
Mashable, May 24, 2013
...here. It was, more or less, hand-built in 1976 by Steve Wozniak. In the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, the duo introduced the new computer at a meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club, where Wozniak explained one of the key differences from...