Walter Isaacson

33 books

American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane by Walter Isaacson

American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane

Walter Isaacson

nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced

285 pages | first published 2009

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Walter Isaacson

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

586 pages | first published 2003

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009 by Elizabeth Kolbert, Tim Folger

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009

Best American Science & Nature Writing #10

Elizabeth Kolbert, Tim Folger with Wendell Berry (Contributor), John Broome (Contributor), Nicholas Carr (Contributor), Chris Carroll (Contributor), Andrew Curry (Contributor), Keay Davidson (Contributor), Douglas Fox (Contributor), Adam Frank (Contributor), Atul Gawande (Contributor), David Grimm (Contributor), Stephen S. Hall (Contributor), Sue Halpern (Contributor), Walter Isaacson (Contributor), Frederick Kaufman (Contributor), Virginia Morell (Contributor), J. Madeleine Nash (Contributor), Michelle Nijhuis (Contributor), Benjamin Phelan (Contributor), Virginia Postrel (Contributor), David Quammen (Contributor), Joshua Roebke (Contributor), Oliver Sacks (Contributor), Mark A. Smith (Contributor), Michael Specter (Contributor), Patrick Symmes (Contributor), Gary Wolf (Contributor)

nonfiction essays nature science informative reflective medium-paced

328 pages | first published 2009

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

Walter Isaacson

nonfiction biography history science reflective medium-paced

536 pages | first published 2021

Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson

Einstein: His Life and Universe

Walter Isaacson

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

675 pages | first published 2007

The Inevitable City: The Resurgence of New Orleans and the Future of Urban America by Scott Cowen, Betsy Seifter

The Inevitable City: The Resurgence of New Orleans and the Future of Urban America

Scott Cowen, Betsy Seifter with Walter Isaacson (Contributor)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

256 pages | first published 2014

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

Walter Isaacson

nonfiction biography business technology informative inspiring fast-paced

542 pages | first published 2014

Kissinger: A Biography by Walter Isaacson

Kissinger: A Biography

Walter Isaacson

nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced

960 pages | first published 1992

Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

nonfiction art biography history informative inspiring medium-paced

624 pages | first published 2017

Madison Park: A Place of Hope by Eric L. Motley

Madison Park: A Place of Hope

Eric L. Motley with Walter Isaacson (Contributor)

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional reflective medium-paced

304 pages | first published 2017