America, the taliban and the war throughout and i feared nigel hamilton, the mental of command. Fbi award in 1940 to 1942. Walter isakson, the innovators. How group of inventors, hackers and eakes created the digital revolution. I wanted to look at how we people invented the computer and the internet and how innovation really happened in the digital age. In was something that came out of steve jobs and before that lj to say who made that type of person, how did they have not been successful . The book is not about singular people, but about the team. About collaboration. One of the things i discovered in doing this book is real innovation comes from great teams, not just great leaders. In the 2014 long list for nonfiction also include john mark, tennessee williams, not pilgrimage of the flash, age of ambition, chasing fortune commensurate than faith in the new china and matthew stewart, nation scott, the radical origins of the american republic. By the lame card sat on the table here.
review and a little while because i have been a little busy with things on the receiving end of the book reviews for the first time. but i started reviewing, 10 -ish years ago. and for me getting into book reviewing was part of how i broke into writing in general. this is something i talked to students about a lot. you know, that this is of book reviewing is not one that generally pays very well. and it s not one that a lot of people can do for a living. and particularly when it comes to science writing. there are not a lot of people out there who want to read the really fat physics book and review it for a paper and get paid $250 for the whole process. las. . it taught me a lot about writing and break into the world of getting myself published. barter that is because i had the specialization of a science background and i write nonfiction. there is not that many people that put those two things together and do book reviews. i could contact book review editors i ve avoided r