Books like Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
12 books with a reading profile close to Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance. Outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Also clear-cut · biography, narrative
Stéphane Breitwieser carried out over two hundred museum heists across Europe between 1995 and 2001, targeting unsecured galleries and regional collections.
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2
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by Irin Carmon
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik document the legal career and cultural emergence of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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3
Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore
by Jerry Bloom
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
Jerry Bloom chronicles the progression of Ritchie Blackmore from his apprenticeship under producer Joe Meek and stints with Screaming Lord Sutch to his dominance as the architect of Deep Purple and Rainbow.
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4
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
by Ann Rule
biography, narrative
Ann Rule chronicles her personal friendship with Ted Bundy, whom she met while both worked at a Seattle crisis clinic in 1971.
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5
Shakespeare: The World as Stage
by Bill Bryson
Also outward-looking · biography, narrative
Bill Bryson reconstructs the life of William Shakespeare by scrutinizing the scant physical evidence remaining from the Elizabethan era.
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Zeitoun
by Dave Eggers
biography, narrative
Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian-American painting contractor, chooses to remain in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to protect his properties.
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7
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
Michael Lewis profiles Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the hedge fund Alameda Research.
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Peter O'Toole
biography, narrative
Robert Sellers charts the volatile life of the actor famous for his portrayal of T.E.
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
by Ashlee Vance
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
Ashlee Vance provides an account of Elon Musk’s career, focusing on the formation and survival of SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity.
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10
The Other Einstein
Also clear-cut · biography, narrative
Mileva Maric, a brilliant physicist and the only female student in her class at Zurich Polytechnic, faces the rigid gender barriers of the late nineteenth century.
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The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In 2009, Edwin Rist, a twenty-year-old flute student and competitive fly-tier, broke into the British Museum of Natural History at Tring.
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The Wright Brothers
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · biography, narrative
David McCullough recounts the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright, focusing on the five-year period between 1903 and 1908.
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