Biography Books
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
THE THRILLING ADVENTURES OF LOVELACE AND BABBAGE . . . in which Sydney Padua transforms one of the most compelling scientific collaborations into …
The Wright Brothers
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic st…
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, sold one of his internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashle…
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and …
Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
Twitter seems like a perfect start-up success story. In barely six years, a small group of young, ambitious programmers in Silicon Valley built an…
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson's worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted ove…
Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points that Challenge Every Company and Career
Under Andy Grove’s leadership, Intel became the world’s largest chip maker and one of the most admired companies in the world. In Only the Paranoi…
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high-stakes quest to dominate the skies Skunk Works…
Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
In this fascinating exposé, two investigative reporters trace the hugely successful career of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Part entrepreneur, par…