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Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over twoyears- as well as interviews with more than a hundred familymembers,friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - WalterIsaacsonhas written a riveting story of the roller-coaster lifeandsearingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneurwhosepassion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionizedsixindustries: personal computers, animated movies, music,phones,tablet computing, and digital publishing. Even if you havenointerest at all in the lives of businessmen, this is worthreading,and no surprise it's the number one bestseller in the US.It's a -literally - epic story, superbly told by Isaacson with noneof thebreathlessness of the usual boring hatchet-faced ChiefExecutive'sTale. Jobs approved; when, as he was dying, he said hehadn't readit yet but would there be stuff he didn't like, Isaacsonsaid yes."Good", said Jobs, "then it won't read like an in-housebook." Nor,despite Jobs's triumph, does it seem a particularlyhappy life. Butthe man left his mark. Reviews: "Quality from startto finish. Howa biography should be and even turned me into anApple convert. Thestory of a driven man who probably did manage toput a dent in theuniverse (time will tell)." "The content is great,I'm reallyenjoying it and getting through quite quickly even thoughit's along book. But the gutter is really small so it's hard toreadclose to the edges and the binding is very hard to it'squiteuncomfortable to read. They could easily have made the gutter5 mmbigger and it'd be much easier to read."