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When Steve Jobs became the acting CEO of Apple Computers, it was hemorrhaging more than a billion dollars a year. His return after twelve years of exile to the company he cofounded completely revitalized Apple. With the revolutionary success of the iMac, it turned a profit of more than six hundred million dollars - one of the biggest turnarounds in business history. Based on interviews with scores of people - rivals, colleagues, friends - who have worked with Jobs over the years, The Second Coming of Steve Jobs presents the most revealing portrait yet of this extraordinarily complex man - How and why he almost gave up on his career; the details of his negotiations with Disney's Jeffrey Katzenberg and Michael Eisner, and the culture clash between Silicon Valley and Hollywood; his methods of leadership, management, creativity and innovation; his friendship and rivalry with Bill Gates - and much more. Now, as Jobs prepares to conquer Hollywood with his enormously successful animation film studio, Pixar, Alan Deutschman brings readers one of the most talked-about business biographies of modern times.

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Great Read. One of the keenest observers of the business and culture of Silicon Valley sets his sights on one of the most remarkable stories in the recent history of Silicon Valley. <br>-- Fast Company <br> A carefully sketched portrait of a paradoxical man...reads like a novel and has the scope of Ben Hur. And it's the strangest of high-tech industry books it's good. <br>-- Business 2.0<br> <br> Deutschman illuminates the attributes that have made Jobs not only a success but also an influential innovator in two major industries. THE SECOND COMING...includes fascinating details about Jobs...anyone interested in the culture of Silicon Valley should find it well worth a read. <br>-- San Francisco Chronicle <br> Deutschman, in a mere 301 pages, rips a hole in Jobs that can only be compared to the fatal tear in the Hindenburg, <br>-- Forbes.com <br> A fascinating portrait of the Apple Computer founder...A mesmerizing, outstanding read, this book crackles with energy. Some of the passages will make your mouth drop open. <br>-- Dallas Morning News <br> Alan Deutschman's delicious Steve Jobs biography is a psychological profile with a fruit-flavored iMac punch line. The book is a pleasure to read, but not surprisingly, Jobs wishes you wouldn't. <br>-- Chicago Sun Times

"""Great Read. One of the keenest observers of the business and culture of Silicon Valley sets his sights on one of the most remarkable stories in the recent history of Silicon Valley."" --Fast Company ""A carefully sketched portrait of a paradoxical man...reads like a novel and has the scope of Ben Hur. And it's the strangest of high-tech industry books it's good."" --Business 2.0 ""Deutschman illuminates the attributes that have made Jobs not only a success but also an influential innovator in two major industries. THE SECOND COMING...includes fascinating details about Jobs...anyone interested in the culture of Silicon Valley should find it well worth a read."" --San Francisco Chronicle ""Deutschman, in a mere 301 pages, rips a hole in Jobs that can only be compared to the fatal tear in the Hindenburg."" --Forbes.com ""A fascinating portrait of the Apple Computer founder...A mesmerizing, outstanding read, this book crackles with energy. Some of the passages will make your mouth drop open."" --Dallas Morning News ""Alan Deutschman's delicious Steve Jobs biography is a psychological profile with a fruit-flavored iMac punch line. The book is a pleasure to read, but not surprisingly, Jobs wishes you wouldn't."" --Chicago Sun Times"

Great Read. One of the keenest observers of the business and culture of Silicon Valley sets his sights on one of the most remarkable stories in the recent history of Silicon Valley. --Fast Company A carefully sketched portrait of a paradoxical man...reads like a novel and has the scope of Ben Hur. And it's the strangest of high-tech industry books it's good. --Business 2.0 Deutschman illuminates the attributes that have made Jobs not only a success but also an influential innovator in two major industries. THE SECOND COMING...includes fascinating details about Jobs...anyone interested in the culture of Silicon Valley should find it well worth a read. --San Francisco Chronicle Deutschman, in a mere 301 pages, rips a hole in Jobs that can only be compared to the fatal tear in the Hindenburg. --Forbes.com A fascinating portrait of the Apple Computer founder...A mesmerizing, outstanding read, this book crackles with energy. Some of the passages will make your mouth drop open. --Dallas Morning News Alan Deutschman's delicious Steve Jobs biography is a psychological profile with a fruit-flavored iMac punch line. The book is a pleasure to read, but not surprisingly, Jobs wishes you wouldn't. --Chicago Sun Times

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Alan Deutschman is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. For the past twelve years, he has covered business and technology. He was a correspondent for Fortune for seven years, a senior writer at GQ, and a contributing editor at New York magazine. His articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Premiere, and Fast Company. He lives in San Francisco.

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