FREE/BARGAIN - Non-Fiction - 2016

[itisbomb]

Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
by Brent Schlender (Author), Rick Tetzeli (Author), Marc Andreessen (Foreword)

is $1.99 at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Stev...ing+steve+jobs

Below is the blurb:
#1 New York Times Bestseller

There have been many books—on a large and small scale—about Steve Jobs, one of the most famous CEOs in history. But this book is different from all the others.

Becoming Steve Jobs takes on and breaks down the existing myth and stereotypes about Steve Jobs. The conventional, one-dimensional view of Jobs is that he was half-genius, half-jerk from youth, an irascible and selfish leader who slighted friends and family alike. Becoming Steve Jobs answers the central question about the life and career of the Apple cofounder and CEO: How did a young man so reckless and arrogant that he was exiled from the company he founded become the most effective visionary business leader of our time, ultimately transforming the daily life of billions of people?

Drawing on incredible and sometimes exclusive access, Schlender and Tetzeli tell a different story of a real human being who wrestled with his failings and learned to maximize his strengths over time. Their rich, compelling narrative is filled with stories never told before from the people who knew Jobs best, and who decided to open up to the authors, including his family, former inner circle executives, and top people at Apple, Pixar and Disney, most notably Tim Cook, Jony Ive, Eddy Cue, Ed Catmull, John Lasseter, Robert Iger and many others. In addition, Brent knew Jobs personally for 25 years and draws upon his many interviews with him, on and off the record, in writing the book. He and Rick humanize the man and explain, rather than simply describe, his behavior. Along the way, the book provides rich context about the technology revolution we all have lived through, and the ways in which Jobs changed our world.

Schlender and Tetzeli make clear that Jobs's astounding success at Apple was far more complicated than simply picking the right products: he became more patient, he learned to trust his inner circle, and discovered the importance of growing the company incrementally rather than only shooting for dazzling game-changing products.

A rich and revealing account that will change the way we view Jobs, Becoming Steve Jobs shows us how one of the most colorful and compelling figures of our times was able to combine his unchanging, relentless passion with a more mature management style to create one of the most valuable and beloved companies on the planet.

[ekbell]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks for the web addy.


While I'm thinking of it, I find it sooooo annoying when publishers repeat over and over promotion of a particular title, though. It seems that religious publishers may be the worst about it. And these are usually publishers that have a huge numbers of titles in print. I have a Bachelor's degree in Marketing, and I still don't understand the rationale (but the B.S. was long prior to public access to the Internet, digital books, etc. and therein may lie the reason for my bewilderment).

What pleasantly bewilders me is when a publisher rotates it's freebies through all of a particular author's work. I've now acquired all of Molly Thynne's mysteries due to Dean Street Press having made them free over the last few weeks thus removing any need to buy for completeness sake.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by itisbomb

Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
by Brent Schlender (Author), Rick Tetzeli (Author), Marc Andreessen (Foreword)

is $1.99 at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Stev...ing+steve+jobs

Below is the blurb:
#1 New York Times Bestseller

There have been many books—on a large and small scale—about Steve Jobs, one of the most famous CEOs in history. But this book is different from all the others.

Becoming Steve Jobs takes on and breaks down the existing myth and stereotypes about Steve Jobs. The conventional, one-dimensional view of Jobs is that he was half-genius, half-jerk from youth, an irascible and selfish leader who slighted friends and family alike. Becoming Steve Jobs answers the central question about the life and career of the Apple cofounder and CEO: How did a young man so reckless and arrogant that he was exiled from the company he founded become the most effective visionary business leader of our time, ultimately transforming the daily life of billions of people?

Drawing on incredible and sometimes exclusive access, Schlender and Tetzeli tell a different story of a real human being who wrestled with his failings and learned to maximize his strengths over time. Their rich, compelling narrative is filled with stories never told before from the people who knew Jobs best, and who decided to open up to the authors, including his family, former inner circle executives, and top people at Apple, Pixar and Disney, most notably Tim Cook, Jony Ive, Eddy Cue, Ed Catmull, John Lasseter, Robert Iger and many others. In addition, Brent knew Jobs personally for 25 years and draws upon his many interviews with him, on and off the record, in writing the book. He and Rick humanize the man and explain, rather than simply describe, his behavior. Along the way, the book provides rich context about the technology revolution we all have lived through, and the ways in which Jobs changed our world.

Schlender and Tetzeli make clear that Jobs's astounding success at Apple was far more complicated than simply picking the right products: he became more patient, he learned to trust his inner circle, and discovered the importance of growing the company incrementally rather than only shooting for dazzling game-changing products.

A rich and revealing account that will change the way we view Jobs, Becoming Steve Jobs shows us how one of the most colorful and compelling figures of our times was able to combine his unchanging, relentless passion with a more mature management style to create one of the most valuable and beloved companies on the planet.

I wonder how this compares with Isaacson's tome, in content, opinion of Jobs, et al.

To me, it seems that Apple has lost its edge--especially the ability to innovate--since Jobs passed away. But, I suppose that that is what we are to expect given his acumen, creativity, and inventiveness.

[Little.Egret]

Endeavour Books, free

The Cause: A Short History of the Women's Movement in Great Britain by Ray Strachey and Barbara Strachey

First published 1978 by Virago Limited

In this famous work, Ray Strachey records in rich detail women's struggles for personal, legal, political and social liberties from the late eighteenth century until after the First World War.

It is a balanced and immensely readable record both of human character and collective determination - from the awakenings of individual women to their own uselessness, through the growth of Radicalism and philanthropy to the decade after the vote was won.

Considered one of the great historians of the women's movement, Ray Strachey draws remarkable portraits of the personalities involved - Harriet Taylor, John Stuart Mill, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Millicent Fawcett, Josephine Butler - and many, many others.

Today, for a new generation wondering how the struggle began, Ray Strachey's panoramic book provides the only complete account of a great cause - the emancipation of women.

Her daughter, Barbara Strachey, writer and former BBC producer, provides a new preface to this edition.

Ray Strachey (1887-1940) was born into a distinguished American Quaker family. Deeply committed to the Suffrage Movement, a close friend and colleague of the Suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett, she took part in the fight for the vote during the critical years.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LBGHNB0/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LBGHNB0/
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01LBGHNB0/

[ATDrake]

X-link to the DRM-free thread for the new Humble Bundle:

Humble Book Bundle Cosplay contains mostly advanced DIY titles for the home hobbyist costume maker, but also a few things on making wearable electronics, and a coffee table artbook about cosplay, with contributions from Make: Magazine and various small specialty imprints.

[avantman42]

O'Reilly have released a bunch of free ebooks. At least some of them are described as collections of chapters from other books, but O'Reilly has a very good reputation (at least in computing circles), so they're probably worth your time:

Programming

Web Development

There are links to other categories at the bottom of those pages.

[GtrsRGr8]

That's 88% off of the digital list price.

Why I'm posting this book: 1) I love Bob Dylan's songs; I even can enjoy listening to him sing, 2) The book's got great ratings, 3) The book's only 99 cents right now, 4) At 500 pages, this book has huge bang for the buck and punch for the pound!

Ironically/paradoxically, although the book is about a type of audio, there is no Whispersync audio narration option.

The Ballad of Bob Dylan. By Daniel Mark Epstein. Rated 4.1 stars, from 63 reviews at Amazon at the present moment; rated approximately 3.95, from 260 ratings at GoodReads. Print list price $14.99; digital list price $7.99; Kindle price now $0.99. Harper, publisher. 496 pages. https://www.amazon.com/Ballad-Dylan-.../dp/006180732X.

Book Description
Drawing on revelatory interviews, a rich analysis of lyrics, and a lifelong study of one of the greatest songwriters of our time,Daniel Mark Epstein delivers a singular, nuanced, and insightful examination of Bob Dylan—the poet, the musician, and the man. Interweaving in-depth conversations with Dylan collaborators and contemporaries, including Eric Andersen,Tom Paxton, Woody Guthrie’s daughter Nora Guthrie, Ramblin’Jack Elliott, Pete Seeger, Maria Muldaur, John P.Hammond, and many others, Epstein crafts a vivid and unforgettable portrait ofthe inimitable poet and performer. Readers of Christopher Ricks’ Dylan’s Visions of Sin, the Dylan autobiography, Chronicles, or Sean Wilentz’s Dylan in America, as well as fans enthralled by expository musician stories, such as Keith Richards’ Life and Patti Smith’s Just Kids, will be captivated by Epstein’s unprecedented and incisive look at Bob Dylan, music’s most ineffable creator.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I wonder how this compares with Isaacson's tome, in content, opinion of Jobs, et al.

To me, it seems that Apple has lost its edge--especially the ability to innovate--since Jobs passed away. But, I suppose that that is what we are to expect given his acumen, creativity, and inventiveness.

I left out the one word which probably best sums up Jobs' uniqueness: he was a visionary.

ADDENDUM: I just noticed that the word is in the subtitle of the book. D'oh!

[Little.Egret]

Free

Tail Gunner by R. C. Rivaz

First published in 1943, this is the gripping story of one man's involvement in the RAF Bomber Command's fledgling offensive between August 1940 and December 1941. Dick Rivaz was tail gunner to Leonard Cheshire, one of the most famous RAF pilots of the Second World War, flying in Whitleys with No. 102 Squadron and latterly in Halifaxes with No. 35 Squadron. Tail Gunner is unique among wartime memoirs, as it was written within months of the events Rivaz describes, and with all the immediacy of one who was in the very thick of the action.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MAU8E7B/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MAU8E7B/
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01MAU8E7B/

[Little.Egret]

Free

Tally-Ho! Yankee in a Spitfire by Arthur Donahue DFC

Flight Lieutenant Arthur Gerald "Art" Donahue DFC (29 January 1913 - 11 September 1942) was an American fighter pilot who volunteered to fly for the British Royal Air Force in World War II. He was one of 11 American pilots who flew with RAF Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940. He was killed in action in September 1942.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MF7U0WX/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MF7U0WX/
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01MF7U0WX/

[Little.Egret]

Free

One for the arm chair hikers ... A Thru-Hiking Trilogy - Three Book Box Set: Three Books - Three Trails - Three Adventures by Keith Foskett

Good if you enjoy reading travel books

Book #1 – The Journey in Between
El Camino de Santiago

Book #2 – The Last Englishman
The Pacific Crest Trail

Book #3 – Balancing on Blue
All 2180 miles of the Appalachian Trail


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LZFC841/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LZFC841/
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01LZFC841/

[Little.Egret]

Charles River Editors, free

The Rothschild Family: The History and Legacy of the International Banking Dynasty

The Mexican-American War and Spanish-American War: The History of the Major Conflicts that Resulted in America's Expansion across North America

Zanzibar: The History of the International Trade Center off the Coast of Africa

Roswell & Area 51: The History and Mystery of the Two Most Famous UFO Conspiracy Sites in America

See all

https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...ld-title=-kids

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=sear...ld-title=-kids
https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-...ld-title=-kids

[GtrsRGr8]

I keep thinking of the Internet Archive as just a place to get out-of-copyright books free. I need to disabuse myself of that notion. It's more than that. The Internet Archive has millions of free books written since 1923.

Case in point: Internet Archive's Open Source Textbook Collection. There are currently 2,176 open source textbooks available at the Internet Archive, here.

A then college student named Andrew Lekashman, with some friends, devoted an entire summer calling professors and researching free textbooks worldwide. This collection is the result of that work.

Hopefully, sympathic professors will learn of this resource and choose to require students to obtain one or more open source textbooks, rather than buy the commercially-published ones. In case you haven't noticed, commercially-published college textbooks can be outrageously expensive. For example, some studies have shown that textbooks may now account for 15% of attending a community college.

Another use that I can see for these free textbooks is for the individual, especially one on a tight budget, using these for self-study of a subject. I personally have preferred classroom instruction for some reason (I've got to admit that part of the reason may be a lack of enough self-discipline to do it on my own), but one or more of these textbooks may be of great help to the highly-motivated student who can teach himself or herself.

[Little.Egret]

Charles River Editors, FREE

Legendary Enemies of Rome: The History of the Carthaginians, Parthians, Goths, and Vandals

The Cambodian Campaign during the Vietnam War: The History of the Controversial Invasion of Cambodia and Laos

And still free

Zanzibar: The History of the International Trade Center off the Coast of Africa

The Rothschild Family: The History and Legacy of the International Banking Dynasty

The Mexican-American War and Spanish-American War: The History of the Major Conflicts that Resulted in America's Expansion across North America

Roswell & Area 51: The History and Mystery of the Two Most Famous UFO Conspiracy Sites in America


https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...ld-title=-kids

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=sear...ld-title=-kids
https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-...ld-title=-kids

[ATDrake]

X-link to the DRM-free thread for a new Humble Bundle:

Humble Book Bundle Hacking Capitalism presented by publisher Berrett-Koehler contains mostly titles which explore the intersection of economics and politics, but there are some leadership and social issues-oriented titles in there as well.