Steve Jobs

From a suburban garage to the products that reshaped music, phones and computing, Karen Blumenthal traces the career of Apple's co-founder in a compact biography. The narrative covers the early years in California, the founding of Apple, the departure that led to NeXT and Pixar, and the return that produced the company's best known devices. Blumenthal writes accessibly enough for younger readers while keeping the difficult material intact, including the temper, the clashes with colleagues and the decisions that cost him allies. The result is a portrait of ambition and its price rather than a tribute. What the biography covers: • The early life, the founding of Apple and the years spent away from the company • Product decisions behind the Macintosh, the iPod, the iPhone and the rise of Pixar • An honest account of a management style that divided the people around him • A clear narrative pitched at newcomers as well as business readers Suited to students, technology readers and anyone interested in how companies are built, available from Boipoka.