Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023.

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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
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The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made
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by Walter Isaacson, Evan Thomas
Kissinger
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Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age
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by Lori Garver, Walter Isaacson (Foreword by)
The Autobiography and Other Writings
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by Benjamin Franklin, L. Jesse Lemisch (Editor), Carla Mulford (Afterword), Walter Isaacson (Introduction)
A Benjamin Franklin Reader
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by Walter Isaacson
American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
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American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
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Madison Park: A Place of Hope
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Madison Park: A Place of Hope
by Eric L. Motley, Walter Isaacson (Foreword by)
The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians
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The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians
by David M. Rubenstein, David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ron Chernow, Walter Isaacson
Profiles in Leadership: Historians on the Elusive Quality of Greatness
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Profiles in Leadership: Historians on the Elusive Quality of Greatness
by Walter Isaacson
The Inevitable City: The Resurgence of New Orleans and the Future of Urban America
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The Inevitable City: The Resurgence of New Orleans and the Future of Urban America
by Scott Cowen, Betsy Seifter, Walter Isaacson (Foreword by)
Woodley and Its Residents
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Woodley and Its Residents
by Al Kilborne, Walter Isaacson

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