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Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs is the authorized biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, grounded in more than forty interviews with Jobs over two years and interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues. Released by Simon & Schuster on October 24, 2011 — nineteen days after Jobs's death — it stands as the definitive record of a life that reshaped personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. The Guardian called it a "monumental book," and critics described it as "enthralling." It is a worldwide bestseller that does not shy away from Jobs's considerable personal failings, making it both a richly detailed portrait and a genuinely complex one.
Feb 13, 2026
David McCullough's The Wright Brothers is a narrative non-fiction account of Orville and Wilbur Wright — the bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio, who changed history on a winter day in 1903 at the Outer Banks of North Carolina — written by a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and praised by major literary critics, though some reviewers note that the book's admiring portrait of its subjects leaves certain dimensions of their inner lives unexplored.
Feb 11, 2026
Andy Murray's Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory is a sports memoir that chronicles his journey to becoming the first British man to win the Wimbledon title in 77 years, covering landmark victories at the 2012 Olympics, the 2012 US Open, and the 2013 Wimbledon Championship — a focused, personal record of one of British sport's most celebrated modern chapters.
Feb 14, 2026
H. W. Brands's The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin is a Pulitzer Prize finalist biography published by Doubleday that traces Benjamin Franklin's arc from penniless Boston runaway to one of the eighteenth century's most admired global figures — drawing on previously unpublished letters and earning praise from major outlets as the authoritative Franklin biography of its era.
Feb 15, 2026Search
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