Karen Blumenthal

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different (eBook, ePUB)

A Biography

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Discover the riveting story of Steve Jobs, the visionary who revolutionized the worlds of computing, music, filmmaking, and more in this award-winning biography.

"Your time is limited. . . . have the courage to follow your heart and intuition." -Steve Jobs

From his humble beginnings as an adopted child to his rise as a technological genius, Steve Jobs' path was never predictable. After dropping out of college, he created Apple in his parents' garage with friend Steve Wozniack at just twenty years old.

Jobs' exacting standards for perfection, counterculture approach, and uncompromising taste pushed boundaries and shaped his legacy. A devoted husband, father, and Buddhist, he battled cancer for over a decade while leading Apple to unprecedented heights with iconic products like the iMac, iPod, iTunes, and iPhone.

In Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, acclaimed author Karen Blumenthal explores the evolution of computers through Jobs' life and work. Illustrated with black and white photos and framed by his inspirational 2005 Stanford commencement speech, this biography is a must-read portrait of a modern genius who changed our world.

Praise for Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different:

"This is a smart book about a smart subject by a smart writer." -Booklist, starred review

"An engaging and intimate portrait. Few biographies for young readers feel as relevant and current as this one does." -The Horn Book Magazine

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Square Fish
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781250014610
• Artikelnr.: 39552851

Autorenporträt

Karen Blumenthal (1959-2020) was a financial journalist and editor whose career included five years with The Dallas Morning News and twenty-five with The Wall Street Journal-where her work helped earn the paper a Pulitzer Prize for its breaking news coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks-before becoming an award-winning children's non-fiction book writer.

Three of her books, Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, and Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition, were finalists for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award.

Karen was also the author of Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 (named a Sibert Honor Book), Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX (winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award), Tommy: The Gun That Changed America, Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend, and Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights.