Walter Isaacson's 'The Code Breaker,' about Nobel Prize–winning CRISPR chemist Jennifer Doudna, is the #5 book in the country. Plus the heroine of Kate Quinn's latest historical cracks 'The Rose Code,' and Floret Farm's Erin Benzakein says it with dahlias. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
This week: Walter Isaacson's biography of Leonardo da Vinci, plus Amy Tan's wise and profound memoir. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster UK will publish a biography of Leonard da Vinci by Walter Isaacson, author of iSteve, The Book of Jobs, based on “new discoveries about his life and work”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Steve Jobs biopic based on Walter Isaacson's book depicts Apple as paranoid and closed — and quite the opposite of the publishing business. The post The Paranoia of Tech Doesn’t Translate to Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs—the only authorized biography of the Apple founder—went on sale in China at 10:05 a.m. Beijing Time on Oct. 24, 2011. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
This month, we’re balancing some quick reads---a Jonathan Franzen-blessed debut and a slim companion volume from one of our favorite new(-ish) fantasy writers---with Walter Isaacson’s latest blockbuster on the history of technological innovation, along with a few other selections. Attention,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, new Marilynne Robinson, new Walter Isaacson, and the incredible "Citizen." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Works that were nominated include 'The Innovators' by Walter Isaacson and 'Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?' by Roz Chast for the nonfiction prize as well as 'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr and 'Station Eleven' by Emily St. John Mandel for the fiction award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In his new book, The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hacker, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (S&S, Oct. 7), Walter Isaacson credits not one historical figure but teams of collaborative people that, over time, "made Steve Jobs possible." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ten years ago, after completing his critically acclaimed Ben Franklin biography, Walter Isaacson was struck by Franklin’s creation of the postal and publishing networks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Steve Jobs biography published again, this time as a manga comic...sans superpowers or one shred of lycra. Walter Isaacson's official Steve Jobs biography is a heck of a read, but if the idea of trawling through lots of dead-tree text galls your inner geek, then you'll love the fact it's now... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 07/10/2011 - 08:25 Little, Brown is to be bring forward publication of Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson, publishing now on 24th October. The biography was written by Isaacson based on conversations with Apple-founder... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]