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Author Isaacson, Walter, author, narrator.

Title Elon Musk / Walter Isaacson.

Publication Info. [New York, NY] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2023]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  CDBK 92 MUSK    DUE 04-12-24
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  CDBOOK B MUSK    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Reading Room  NEW CD BOOK B MUSK, ELON    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - New Materials  CD BOOK B MUSK, ELON    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult New Nonfiction Audiobook  CD B MUSK    DUE 03-27-24
 New Britain, Main Library - New Materials  CDBOOK 92 MUSK, ELO    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - ON-ORDER (not available yet)    On Order
 Simsbury Public Library - Audio Materials  NEW CD BIOG MUSK, ELON    DUE 04-18-24
 South Windsor Public Library - New Materials  CDBOOK B MUSK DISC 1-16    In Processing
Edition Unabridged.
Description 16 audio discs (20 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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optical rdarm
1.4 m/s
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CD audio
Note Title from web page.
Performer Read by Jeremy Bobb ; with a prologue read by the author.
Summary When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist. His father's impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt Jekyll-and-Hyde mood swings, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive. At the beginning of 2022, after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth, Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?
Subject Musk, Elon.
Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.
Engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
SpaceX (Firm)
Tesla Motors.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business.
Genre/Form Audiobooks.
Biographies.
Added Author Bobb, Jeremy, narrator.
ISBN 9781797162256
179716225X
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