{"product_id":"steve-jobs-9781451648539","title":"Steve Jobs","description":"\u003cb\u003eWalter Isaacson's \"enthralling\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 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. Isaacson's portrait touched millions of readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a time when America is seeking ways to 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough Jobs cooperated with the author, he asked for no control over what was written. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. He himself spoke candidly about the people he worked with and competed against. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis friends, foes, and colleagues offer 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Jobs \u003c\/i\u003eis the inspiration for the movie of the same name starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels, directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451648539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.41h x 6.45w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoder Hispanic\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/04\/2011 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2011 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/18\/2011 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2011 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/2011 pg. 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/12\/2012 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e148854 \/ Steve Jobs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.6 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Walter Isaacson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651382505628,"sku":"9781451648539","price":32.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_640b22be-8d6d-4a76-bd4a-4906cf61ac27.jpg?v=1603877534","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/steve-jobs-9781451648539","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}