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The Exclusive Biography

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Steve Jobs

By: Walter Isaacson
Narrated by: Dylan Baker, Walter Isaacson (introduction)
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From best-selling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

In Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography, Isaacson provides an extraordinary account of Jobs' professional and personal life. Drawn from three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews Isaacson has conducted with Jobs as well as extensive interviews with Jobs' family members and key colleagues from Apple and its competitors, Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography is the definitive portrait of the greatest innovator of his generation.

With an introduction read by the author.

2012, FT and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, Short-listed

©2011 Walter Isaacson (P)2011 Simon & Schuster Inc Business Professionals & Academics Biography Inspiring Thought-Provoking Funny

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The story of Steve Jobs live is extremely interesting and he was a highly important person to the modern world but the problem is the narration is bad and the style of writing is terrible. The author repeats things over and over and I found myself wanting to scream "I know that already..." on many occasions. On the plus side the author was given exclusive access to lots of people and information so you know you are getting as close to the trust as is possible. If you are interested in Steve, Apple and/or Pixar it is worth listening to, but be warned it will be hard going...

Interesting but hard going...

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Loved it! A great performance and level of details by Isaacson. Even though I didn't really like Steve Jobs, the book made me appreciate his genius ability to create great peoducts. Definitely recommended.

Great book!!

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Entertaining and revealing, a complex character. Brilliant and flawed at the same time, so much packed in a life.

Must read

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A "warts and all" look at one of the most interesting characters in modern society.

A truly deep insight.

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A really inspiring story. I thought it would just be about his life and not much else but it really dives into his history with Apple and his journey through the company including all the ups and downs. I have just finished the book and I can honestly say I feel a bit more fearless with what I say. I definitely would agree that stories about Steve that have recently come to light should be taken lightly because you can see why he may have acted this way. A truly inspiring book. Loved every second. A bit sad there is not much more to this.

Inspiring

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What a great listen and I will certainly be listening to this again at some point..... I highly recommend it 💯

Amazing!!

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I loved this biography about Jobs! There was so much more to this great visionary and trend setter than meets the eye. I had developed love hate relationship towards him throughout this book and many times wanted to tell him to behave. especially when there was moments of yelling at people and throwing tantrums. The interesting question would be, who would Steve Jobs become if he didn't have his traits? if he didn't have reality distortion field? Would Apple be even born? and what about Pixar?
Great story telling ability of Issacson make this book a real page turner and hard to put it down. Jobs minimalism view of design and products made me look at the world around me with a new view - how can we improve these products to be more user friendly? I feel this a book I will be returning to times and over again for creative inspiration and advice from greatest creative genius that ever lived.

Creative genius Steve Jobs

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Wow what a book. Great story. Well told. This is well worth a listen. Even though it’s a very long book, it felt really easy to listen to.

Well worth your credit!

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The best book on Steve Jobs ever written and the Audible version is absolutely ace!

Amazing!

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It took me a very long time to get round to reading this book. I was intimidated by the 27 hour commitment and thought I knew everything I needed to know about Steve Jobs having been one of my heroes for the last 15 years.
Water Isaacson has cinematically captured the stories of his life and immerses the Listner his world and personality; far better than the Hollywood films.
I love a guy even more after this and while he could Inflict pain on the people around him and his family (both intentionally or through neglect) what he stood for is one of the most amazing legacies of any person I’ve come across in all of modern history.

I’d be surprised if you didn’t take away some powerful new perspectives and ways of thinking from this book.

one of my favourite books ever

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