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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (PB) by Walter Isaacson
$35.99 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
During his 84-year life Benjamin Franklin was America's best scientist, inventor, publisher, business strategist, diplomat, and writer. He was also one of its most practical political thinkers. America's first great publicist, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public and polished it ...Show more
Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (HB) by Walter Isaacson
$59.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she cam ...Show more
Einstein by Walter Isaacson
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
By the author of the acclaimed bestseller "Benjamin Franklin," this is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of ...Show more
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
$29.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Einstein is the great icon of our age: the kindly refugee from oppression whose wild halo of hair, twinkling eyes, engaging humanity and extraordinary brilliance made his face a symbol and his name a synonym for genius. He was a rebel and nonconformist from boyhood days. His character, creativity and im ...Show more
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
$69.99 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: near fine
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and art ...Show more
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
$69.99 NZD
Category: General Biography
#1 New York Times non-fiction bestseller #2 Sunday Times non-fiction bestseller SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY APPLE, AMAZON, THE TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES Epic feats. Epic failures. An epic story. Walter Isaacson charts Elo ...Show more
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, and Steve Jobs delivers an engrossing biography of Leonardo da Vinci, the world's most creative genius. Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was ...Show more
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
$60.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: near fine
The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, and Steve Jobs delivers an engrossing biography of Leonardo da Vinci, the world's most creative genius. Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was ...Show more
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
An extraordinary book which gives us a unique insight into the life and thinking of the man who has single-handedly transformed the world - now with new cover and epilogue.
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
$60.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. In Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography, Isaacson provides an extraordinary account of Jobs' professional and personal life. Drawn from three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews Isaacson has c ...Show more
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson
$28.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a compelling account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she c ...Show more
The Innovators - How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and a guide to how innovation really works. What talents allowed certain inventors and ...Show more