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The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,149
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,091
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,070
Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail?
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4 out of 5 stars
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A History of the Ancient Geeks
- By Mark on 10-21-14
- The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
Well written, well performed
Reviewed: 08-14-19
I'm not anywhere near on the level of actually knowing who most of the people featured in this book are. I'm as early an adopter as my budget will allow, and have been since my teens and my dad bought me a Commodore Vic20. I know what Wired is, but have never subscribed to it, I'm very comfortable with computers and software, but I'm not a techie, nor a coder. I can tell you what the components of a computer are, but not how to fix them. This book is definitely on my level of familiarity. A reader doesn't need to know as much about computers as I do to find this book compelling, because it isn't filled with jargon, it's the why, not the how, computers came to be.
Fascinating character studies, well written, and quite compelling. The narration is well done, subtle character definition, and easy to listen to.
Easy to recommend.
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The Bourne Ultimatum
- A Novel
- By: Robert Ludlum
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 29 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,516
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,274
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,276
The world's two deadliest spies in the ultimate showdown. At a small-town carnival two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed Jason Bourne. Only they know Bourne's true identity and understand the telegram is really a message from Bourne's mortal enemy, Carlos, known also as the Jackal, the world's deadliest and most elusive terrorist. And furthermore, they know that the Jackal wants: a final confrontation with Bourne.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Was the Movie supposed to be based on this book?
- By Tim on 02-04-10
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- A Novel
- By: Robert Ludlum
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
so. much. better. than. the. movies.
Reviewed: 06-17-17
I'm beginning to wonder if there are any other readers at Audible... this is my third book (counting the series as a single book) read by him. No complaints, really. He's clear, and does a good job. I'm just amused by how often I see his name in my library.
Also, the book is good as well. I will never understand why they bothered to purchase the rights for the movies as they really have nothing to do with the books. Movies = mindless "CIA is bad" action flicks with some truly amazing fight choreography. Books = very involved and twisted plots of a brilliant man and his even more brilliant wife struggling to understand and overcome the twists and turns of covert affairs.
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