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STEVE WOZNIAK INVENTOR OF THE APPLE COMPUTER

In September 2000, along with Walt Disney and others, Woz was elected to the "inventor's innkeeper" (Akron, Ohio) founded in 1973 by the US Patent & Trademark Office. The role of Woz played in the development of personal computer seems to be evaluated again in the United States. Although this book is issued in 1999, according to the imprint, it is the second edition, and the first edition was issued from another publisher in 1994. The contents of the book which describes the birth of Woz, Apple’s founding, retirement and afterwards are common, but the final chapter seems to have been reworked in the second edition publication, and the recent state of Woz has also been introduced, it is fun to be inserted figures he played Cinderella's father at the son’s high school party and looked contented to hold Game Boy in his arms.

Steve Wozniak, Inventor of the Apple Computer, Martha E. Hendall, 2000, Highland Publishing Group, 112 pages, 210 mm × 140 mm.


THE SECOND COMING OF STEVE JOBS
The second coming of Steve Jobs (Japanese Version)

Author Alan Deutschman is a journalist living in San Francisco. He seems to be a popular journalist because he has columns on Fortune, GQ, The New York Times Magazine and Wired. In this book, it is divided into several chapters such as Next, Pixar, returning to Apple company and subsequent restoration and introduction, Jobs is introduced his personality with many interviews. In addition to the familiar movement in Silicon Valley, it is a unique point that it is described the acquisition of Pixar Inc. which was a division of Lucas Film Company, the involvement in Hollywood and its stakeholders leading to the completion of Disney movie "Toy Story", and the relationship between the main character Tom Owens of Monna Simpson's third book "A Regular Guy" and Jobs.
According to this book, Jobs told an episode that "Tom Owens, the main character of the" Regular Guy (bottom photo) is about 25% applicable to me” for the interview of New York Times.

Furthermore, "Regular Guy " is described not only the main character but also characters and scenes of girlfriend Christina (Olivia), daughter Lisa (Jane), Sculley (Rooney), Apple (Genesis), Macintosh (Exodus)

The photo on the left is the Japanese version. The translation of Mr. Kazutoshi Otani is polite and familiar as usual. In translated versions, there are many cases where INDEX at the end of the book is omitted, but in this book, it is also wonderful that the index is faithfully attached to the original and neatly in accordance with the Japanese version. The Cover page design and Japanese subtitle are rated separately compared to the original book, but I wish to have used the recent picture of Jobs for the cover design of the book.

 The Second Coming of STEVE JOBS, Alan Deutschman, published in 2000, Broadway Books, 321 pages, B5 edition.
The second coming of Steve Jobs, by Alan Deutschmann, Kazutoshi Otani, published in 2001, Mainichi Communications, 432 pages, B5 version.
A Regular Guy
A Regular Guy, Mona Simpson, 1996, Random House, 376 pages, B5 edition.


REAL-LIFE READER BIOGRAPHY
STEVE JOBS

Looking at the back of the cover, there are about 50 names such as Schwarzenegger and McGuire, which shows that this book is one of the biography series of superheroes active in contemporary times. About 30 page books targeted to readers of primary school higher grade students, this book introduced from the birth of Jobs, the success in Apple, the background to the acquisition of Pixar, the next company, the return to Apple and family matters and so on is in plain English, and is compactly summarized properly. Author Ann Gaines is a housewife who lives in Texas and has a husband and four children.
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or some reason the photo on the front cover is exactly the same as the cover of The Second Coming of Steve Jobs. About 10 pictures are used mainly in recent pictures used in the book. According to photo credit, which is accurately described to the photographer, the photo on the front cover is taken by a photographer named Alan Levenson. Even with coincidence, it doesn’t appeal that the same photo will be the cover of the two books published at almost the same time. If the original plate was borrowed through the Apple public relations department, I feel that there is a problem with Apple's response, but I would like to know the facts.

Real-Life Reader Biography Steve Jobs, by Ann Gaines, published in 2000, Mitcell Lane Publications, Inc., 32 pages, B5 variant version.


STEVE JOBS WIZARD OF APPLE COMPUTER

Looking at publisher Enslow Publishers, .Inc .'s homepage http://www.enslow.com, it is introduced "publish quality, educational nonfiction books for children and young adults, who will access these materials in school and public libraries.", it seems to be a publisher of books for schools and public facilities libraries. Author Suzan Wilson is mathematics, a national language teacher of sixth grade of primary school.
This book subtitled “The People to Know Series” is one of the series that introduced about 50 American celebrity biographies in recent years. This book is 128 pages and a book worth reading, and I have an impression that it is a little difficult for elementary school student. In the 2001 publication, it is divided 11 chapters such as the story of childhood, the company's founding, the return to Apple, iMac and Cube's announcement are summarized. The author seems to be a methodical person, all the text quoted in the book is marked, the Chapter Notes at the end of the book shows the quotations, I understand that extensive collections of related books and magazines to summarize this book. There are about 20 pieces of black-and-white photographs, and some photos are rare, such as a picture of the apartment facing Central Park and Hudson River that Jobs bought as a residence in New York.

Steve Jobs Wizard of apple Computer, by Suzan Wilson, published in 2001, Enslow Publishers, Inc., 128 pages, B5version.


STEVE JOBS
THINKS DIFFERENT

Although inside the front cover is “Printed in Hong Kong”, it seems to be planned by a publisher headquartered in New York. Compared to Real-Life Reader Biography, detailed description is given and it is intended for readers of junior high school level. The source and bibliography at the end of the book such as Jim Carlton's Apple and other familiar books are lined up, so the content is ordinary, but there are several small column pages called “Tech Talk” that is characterized several keywords related to personal computer are explained such as “interpreted Language vs Compiled Language etc.”

Illustration of the cover drawn by the illustrator Joe Morse, is a distinctive touch but is not similar to Jobs himself.

Steve Jobs Thinks Different, Ann Brashares, published in 2001, Twenty - First Century Books, 80 pages, B5 Modified version.


STEPHEN WOZNIAK AND THE STORY OF APPLE COMPUTER

This book is one of the series of “Unlocking the Secrets of Science” that are introduced approximately 40 developers of the 20th century science, medical and engineering fields such as Henry Ford (factory manufacturing process), Einstein (the principle of relativity), Enrico Fermi (nuclear reactor) for elementary school upper grades. It is compactly summarized from the early life to the recent movement as an educator. There are about 10 black and white photographs in the inside and 2 shots with friend named Joey Slotnick which are said to have taken by Andy Hertzfeld according to photo credit are unusual. By the way, I checked out what kind of person this Joey Slotnick was, and I understood that he was an actor who played the role of Woz in the 1999 TV drama "Pirates of Silicon Valley".

STEPHAN WOZNIAK AND THE STORY OF APPLE COMPUTER
STEPHAN WOZNIAK AND THE STORY OF APPLE COMPUTER, John Riddle / Jim Whiting, 2002, Mitchell Lane Publishers, 48 pages, B5 Modified.


STEVE JOBS COMPUTER GENIUS OF APPLE

In the series named Internet Biographies, it is introduced familiar six people such as Jobs, Bill Gates and Larry Ellison. This book, starts from the episode of Pixar which Jobs bought from George Lucas for $ 10 Million in 1986 and he is still CEO now, as a composition of Biography for children, animation is easier to understand than a computer and it seems to be honestly evaluating the Jobs as a businessman.
On the other hand, it does not weave into too much anecdotes and episodes, It is pursuing the movement as businessmen, such as the birthplace, Apple, Next, Pixar, and returning to Apple.  Looking at the references at the end of the book, I receive the impression that the author unconcerned collected the materials and put them together.

STEVE JOBS COMPUTER GENIUS OF APPLE, by Virginia Brackett, published in 2003, Enslow Publishers, Inc., 48 pages, B5 edition.

 



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