IMPATIENT OPTIMIST: BILL GATES IN HIS OWN WORDS
Book ID/图书代码： 08900012B52557
English Summary/英文概要： Bill Gates>, the founder and former CEO of Microsoft, has been a revered, and occasionally controversial, worldwide business icon for more than three decades.
Recognized by most as an ingenious visionary, and painted by some as a tyrannical, less-than-scrupulous empire builder, Gates has had an unignorable impact on the growth of digital technology in daily life over the past 30 years. Even his sharpest critics have to acknowledge the obvious: Gates helped spearhead one of the greatest revolutions in modern history by seizing on the importance of software to the rise of the personal computer, along the way turning an arcane, specialized technology into a commonplace tool for the office and home.
Gates has long been ranked as one of the world’s wealthiest men--which gave him a name recognition far greater than that of most CEOs--and businesspeople of all stripes have looked to him as a role model, using his words and business strategies to help create, inspire, and grow their own companies. After he stopped running Microsoft’s day-to-day operations in 2008 to devote himself full-time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a kinder, gentler Gates began to emerge. As a result, people actively involved in the philanthropic world, whether in professional, part-time, or personal capacities, began to develop a new appreciation for the man.
Bill Gates’s second act is no less compelling than his first. And whether you’re interested in his personal life or looking for inspiration to drive you forward in your own business endeavors, Impatient Optimist: Bill Gates in His Own Words has much to offer. As the tech giants who distinguished the turn of the 21st century shape public life in ways that outstrip the efforts of the previous century’s titans of industry, we look to figures like Gates for inspiration as one of America’s greatest business icons. This book will surely feed the world’s curiosity about one of the most important leaders of the digital age.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 没有任何一行代码在四五年后还有价值。今天的操作系统，五年内就会过时。
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中国人明确倡导科学的活力和重要性，这就是为什么他们作为一个国家，过去二十年来的工科毕业生是我们四倍的原因。——比尔•盖茨
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比尔•盖茨，微软公司创始人。20岁从哈佛大学退学，21岁创立微软公司，31岁成为史上最年轻的亿万富豪，37岁成为世界首富。不修边幅的技术宅男，叱咤风云的商业传奇，关爱社会的慈善家……比尔•盖茨如何成功地在每一个领域做到极致？通过他的语录，读者或可一窥个中秘密。(DB)
Awards/获奖情况：Praise for Lisa Rogak’s previous title And Nothing But the Truthiness:
“In this carefully crafted, behind-the-scenes biography, Rogak succeeds in uncovering the ‘truthiness’ about the real Colbert.” —Booklist
“When The Colbert Report was launched in 2005, the entire premise was based on that character, and enthusiastic fans will delight in Rogak’s lengthy, detailed behind-the-scenes coverage of both the show and Colbert’s controversial keynote speech at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The 40 pages of bibliographic notes indicate her extensive research for this engaging, entertaining biography, which succeeds in capturing Colbert’s anarchic, iconoclastic spirit.” —Publishers Weekly
“Gives us insight into the man behind the mouth.” —Kirkus Reviews
"A conversational, multiperspective account of his life....This is the first major biography of Colbert and one fans will appreciate." —Library Journal
"Ms. Rogak’s method of introducing Colbert the Person and Colbert the Character is near faultless....This biography could have easily been titled The Tale of Two Colberts; however, Colbert’s signature ’truthiness’ seems to befit the style and enjoyment Ms. Rogak obviously had writing And Nothing But the Truthiness." —New York Journal of Books
"As close to a bio of the man — rather than the persona who hosts ’The Colbert Report’ — that we’ll see anytime soon." —New York Daily News
"With a subject as interesting as Stephen Colbert the person, and discussion of a concept as original as the character of Stephen Colbert, the book is definitely worth reading." —Washington Independent Review of Books
Praise for Lisa Rogak’s previous book Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King:
“Haunted Heart is a thoroughly respectful overview of King’s life, and a great starter biography for new fans.” —The Boston Globe
“Rogak...has pieced together King’s sometimes erratic life scrupulously into a clean, swift read.” —The Times (UK)
Praise for Lisa Rogak’s previous book A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel Silverstein:
“An authoritative and accessible biography, absorbing from cover to cover.” —Library Journal
“A tribute to the unusual life of an extraordinary man.” —The Daily Texan
“Rogak doesn’t miss a beat.” —The Daily Californian
Rights already licensed:
US & Canada, English Language, Agate B2 Books, 2012
UK/Commonwealth & Australia/New Zealand, English Language, Hardie Grant
India, English Language, HarperCollins India
Portuguese (Brazil), Campus Elsevier
Dutch, BBNC
Chinese (mainland), Yilin
Italian, Rizzoli/Etas
Russian, Olympus
Bulgarian, Locus
Spanish, Santillana
Romanian, Rao
Indonesian, PT Bentang Pustaka
Slovenian, Mladinska
About the Author/作者介绍： 丽莎•罗格克：《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜的上榜作家，写过四十多本不同主题的书。代表作有《〈达•芬奇密码〉背后的男人：丹•布朗传》、《我什么都怕：斯蒂芬•金传》、《科林•鲍威尔：真我的风采》、《奥巴马的世界》等。
Lisa Rogak is the New York Times best-selling author of more than 40 books and hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. Her books have been published in more than two dozen languages and are widely covered by book industry writers and in off-the-book-page media. She lives in Berkeley, CA.
Format:电子手稿
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