Mine's Bigger - The Extraordinary Tale of the World s Greatest Sailboat and the

Zusatztext "Inspired." Informationen zum Autor David A. Kaplan is a senior editor at Newsweek . He is the author of The Silicon Boys , a national bestseller that has been translated into six languages. His work has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine , Washington Post , various Op-Ed pages, Parenting , and Food & Wine . A graduate of Cornell and the New York University School of Law, he lives with his wife and two sons in Irvington, New York. Klappentext As the dominant venture capitalist of Silicon Valley, Tom Perkins had seemingly done it all—from amassing a billion-dollar fortune to getting himself convicted of manslaughter in France. But his ultimate dream was to create the biggest, fastest, riskiest, highest-tech, most self-indulgent sailboat ever built. With keen storytelling and biting wit, bestselling author David A. Kaplan takes us inside the mind of an American genius and behind the scenes of an extraordinary venture: the birth of Perkins's $130 million marvel The Maltese Falcon . This modern clipper ship is as long as a football field and forty-two feet wide, with three rotating masts, each twenty stories high, and a bridge straight out of Star Trek . The riveting biography of a remarkable ship and the remarkable man who built it, Mine's Bigger is an unforgettable profile of ambition, hubris, audacity, and the imagination of a legendary entrepreneur. Zusammenfassung As the dominant venture capitalist of Silicon Valley! Tom Perkins had seemingly done it all—from amassing a billion-dollar fortune to getting himself convicted of manslaughter in France. But his ultimate dream was to create the biggest! fastest! riskiest! highest-tech! most self-indulgent sailboat ever built. With keen storytelling and biting wit! bestselling author David A. Kaplan takes us inside the mind of an American genius and behind the scenes of an extraordinary venture: the birth of Perkins's $130 million marvel The Maltese Falcon . This modern clipper ship is as long as a football field and forty-two feet wide! with three rotating masts! each twenty stories high! and a bridge straight out of Star Trek . The riveting biography of a remarkable ship and the remarkable man who built it! Mine's Bigger is an unforgettable profile of ambition! hubris! audacity! and the imagination of a legendary entrepreneur. ...

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• Autori: David A Kaplan, David A. Kaplan
• Editore: It Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.2008
• EAN: 9780061374029
• ISBN: 978-0-06-137402-9
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Sport > Sport acquatici, vela; Biography: general, history of sport, History of Science, Biography: sport, History of engineering and technology, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Biography: business and industry, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Boating: Sport and leisure, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Sailing / yachting, SPORTS & RECREATION: History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Sports, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Business, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Science & Technology, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Motivational, SCIENCE: History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: History, SPORTS & RECREATION: Water Sports / Boating, SPORTS & RECREATION: Water Sports / Sailing