Steve Jobs

Publisher Marketing: Walter Isaacson's "enthralling" ("The New Yorker") worldwide bestselling biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs--the inspiration for the movie "Steve Jobs" starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels, directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. Based 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. At 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. Although 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. His 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. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. Contributor Bio:  Isaacson, Walter 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 "The Innovators: ""How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution"; "Steve Jobs"; "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. Follow him on Twitter @WalterIsaacson. Contributor Bio:  Baker, Dylan Dylan Baker's first audiobook recording was for "The Grapes of Wrath", which subsequently won both Audie and Earphones Awards. He has since narrated several audio books, including Tom Wolfe's "I Am Charlotte Simmons, "Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, and Michael Lewis's "Flash Boys". In 2002, he won an Audie Award for Abridged Fiction for Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections". He has appeared in numerous films including "Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, Kinsey, Head of State, Thirteen Days", and "Happiness". Baker was nominated for a Tony Award for his Broadway performance in "La Bete", and he won an Obie Award for his performance in the 1986 play "Not About Heroes". His television credits include guest appearances on "The Practice, Law & Order", and "The West Wing". Baker earned his B. F. A. from Southern Methodist University and a Masters in Fine Arts from Yale's School of Drama.