The bite in the apple book

The bite in the apple book

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Книга довольно позновательна. В ней автор понятно описал все процессы происходящие с деревом и внутри его в течение года. Рекомендую начинающим садоводам-любителям, думающим и стремящимся познать саму

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Вообще-то, книга неплохая. Очень большой промежуток времени в ней описан и сюжет есть. Разок можно почитать. На твёрдую четвёрку.

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в середине авторка вставила рекламную главу (!) про первоуральский фольклорный ансабль свердловской обл. откуда она сама. читать авторок, «фантазия» которых нафантазировала вот такое имя своего гороя —

Кестеновия човек [bg]

Времената в превода не са ОК, за съжаление.

Я — Роран. Книга 1

Никогда не понимал авторов, которые используют в произведениях маты. Такое ощущение что книга написана для подростков. Да и то не самого большого интеллекта.

The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs

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An intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs by the mother of his first child providing rare insight into Jobs’s formative, lesser-known years

Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their own unique creativity. Chrisann Brennan knows this better than anyone. She met him in high school, at a time when Jobs was passionately aware that there was something much bigger to be had out of life, and that new kinds of revelations were within reach.

The Bite in the Apple is the very human tale of Jobs’s ascent and the toll it took, told from the author’s unique perspective as his first girlfriend, co-parent, friend, and―like many others―object of his cruelty. Brennan writes with depth and breadth, and she doesn’t buy into all the hype. She talks with passion about an idealistic young man who was driven to change the world, about a young father who denied his own child, and about a man who mistook power for love. Chrisann Brennan’s intimate memoir provides the reader with a human dimension to Jobs’ myth. Finally, a book that reveals a more real Steve Jobs.

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The bite in the apple book

Стратег

Уже второй Стратег вышел. Ищите в интернетах)

Жизнь сада

Книга довольно позновательна. В ней автор понятно описал все процессы происходящие с деревом и внутри его в течение года. Рекомендую начинающим садоводам-любителям, думающим и стремящимся познать саму

Подарок (СИ)

Вообще-то, книга неплохая. Очень большой промежуток времени в ней описан и сюжет есть. Разок можно почитать. На твёрдую четвёрку.

Последняя из рода Ша’Ари! (СИ)

Полностью согласна с предыдущим комментарием. Интереса не вызвала, но и не оттолкнула. Что-то посередине. Немного интересно было читать о прохождении лабиринта.

Избранная волка

в середине авторка вставила рекламную главу (!) про первоуральский фольклорный ансабль свердловской обл. откуда она сама. читать авторок, «фантазия» которых нафантазировала вот такое имя своего гороя —

Кестеновия човек [bg]

Времената в превода не са ОК, за съжаление.

Я — Роран. Книга 1

Никогда не понимал авторов, которые используют в произведениях маты. Такое ощущение что книга написана для подростков. Да и то не самого большого интеллекта.

The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs

Рейтинг: 0.0/5 (Всего голосов: 0)

Аннотация

An intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs by the mother of his first child providing rare insight into Jobs’s formative, lesser-known years

Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their own unique creativity. Chrisann Brennan knows this better than anyone. She met him in high school, at a time when Jobs was passionately aware that there was something much bigger to be had out of life, and that new kinds of revelations were within reach.

The Bite in the Apple is the very human tale of Jobs’s ascent and the toll it took, told from the author’s unique perspective as his first girlfriend, co-parent, friend, and―like many others―object of his cruelty. Brennan writes with depth and breadth, and she doesn’t buy into all the hype. She talks with passion about an idealistic young man who was driven to change the world, about a young father who denied his own child, and about a man who mistook power for love. Chrisann Brennan’s intimate memoir provides the reader with a human dimension to Jobs’ myth. Finally, a book that reveals a more real Steve Jobs.

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The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs

An intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs by the mother of his first child providing rare insight into Jobs’s formative, lesser-known years

Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their own unique creativity. Chrisann Brennan knows this better than anyone. She met him An intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs by the mother of his first child providing rare insight into Jobs’s formative, lesser-known years

Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their own unique creativity. Chrisann Brennan knows this better than anyone. She met him in high school, at a time when Jobs was passionately aware that there was something much bigger to be had out of life, and that new kinds of revelations were within reach.

The Bite in the Apple is the very human tale of Jobs’s ascent and the toll it took, told from the author’s unique perspective as his first girlfriend, co-parent, friend, and—like many others—object of his cruelty. Brennan writes with depth and breadth, and she doesn’t buy into all the hype. She talks with passion about an idealistic young man who was driven to change the world, about a young father who denied his own child, and about a man who mistook power for love. Chrisann Brennan’s intimate memoir provides the reader with a human dimension to Jobs’ myth. Finally, a book that reveals a more real Steve Jobs. . more

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This is not a book for the casually interested. This is a deep book. A book true to its topic. It’s about a relationship that spanned several decades. A love story. A story of the culture of the 70s that Steve Jobs emerged from. A story of the personal demons behind one of the greatest business men/artists/revolutionaries who ever lived.

If you’re reading this book because you’re primarily a technologist, a huge Steve Jobs fan, an admirer of his business accomplishments, or want a tell-all of his This is not a book for the casually interested. This is a deep book. A book true to its topic. It’s about a relationship that spanned several decades. A love story. A story of the culture of the 70s that Steve Jobs emerged from. A story of the personal demons behind one of the greatest business men/artists/revolutionaries who ever lived.

If you’re reading this book because you’re primarily a technologist, a huge Steve Jobs fan, an admirer of his business accomplishments, or want a tell-all of his whole life story you’re likely to be sorely disappointed. Read the Isaacson biography.

This is a personal narrative. It’s for people who are interested in a deep study of his character — him as the whole human — the same people that may pick up an obscure book like Mona Simpson’s A Regular Guy or John Sculley’s From Pepsi to Apple. If you have never heard of those two people nor those two books then this book is probably not for you.

With that in mind — if you are such a deep student of Steve Jobs character then you will find this book rewarding. There is new information about his teen years and 80s personal life that has not been revealed in any previous mass market book, film, or interview to my knowledge (and I’ve read/seen just about all of them).

What I liked best about this book, other than the SJ insights, and also what it seems other reviewers found frustrating is the authenticity of the narrative. Chrisann tells her story with her voice. She’s hippyish and crunchy, but also insightful and incredibly descriptive in a succinct, good way. I rationalize that she must have kept a diary, because her memories come off so vividly from the page.

If you want to understand the culture that Steve Jobs immersed himself in just prior to launching Apple, there is no better book. And if you want some new insights into Steve Jobs the person from someone who knew him intimately and you don’t mind some love stories, teenage angst, and family squabbles then you will love this book. But again this is a deep cut — a book only for those very very interested in the field of Steve Jobs Studies.

PS I also learned a lot about the culture of the 70s alternative movement — I even felt transported back into another time and place during some pages. Two small critiques are some typos/grammatical mistakes and that higher quality photographs could’ve been chosen for the book center. . more

Teen aged lovers Steve Jobs and Chrisann Brennan lived in California, and as this book depicts, they embraced a hippie lifestyle. No meat (muscle), lots of living on the edge (some could say mooching off others), attending growth groups, finding «meaning» in The Primal Scream by Arthur Janov, and talking the far out lingo of life as they knew it.

This type of life may have been fine for teens, but all too soon, actually growing up and realizing that daisy flowers worn one day, all too soon wilt i Teen aged lovers Steve Jobs and Chrisann Brennan lived in California, and as this book depicts, they embraced a hippie lifestyle. No meat (muscle), lots of living on the edge (some could say mooching off others), attending growth groups, finding «meaning» in The Primal Scream by Arthur Janov, and talking the far out lingo of life as they knew it.

This type of life may have been fine for teens, but all too soon, actually growing up and realizing that daisy flowers worn one day, all too soon wilt in the scorching rays of reality. Living on the edge when you are mid twenties with a baby to raise, is a totally different experience than singing Bob Dylan songs and absorbing his words as a poetic way to feel groovy. And, the all the way out life style could not pay the rent, or the food, or clothing for baby Lisa, named by Steve and Chrisann, when the she was approximately one week old as they sat in a field.

Chrisann and baby Lisa were soon abandoned by the Infamous Steve Jobs. And, when the California welfare agency demanded a blood test, it was proven that, despite Steve’s loud protestations, the baby was indeed his. And, thus, Steve worked out a deal, in fact, a measly deal of payments barely enough to eek out a living.

Timed so that Chrisann signed the agreement the day before Apple became public, thus rendering Steve Jobs a mega millionaire, while his daughter and former girlfriend hardly survived. Supposedly, he and his work mates celebrated this staggering deceit.

The culture of Apple, Inc. is painted as a selfish bunch of wizards who were indeed sociopathic, narsisisstic, cruel beings. Supposedly, while Steve bought a brand new car whenever a scratch was found, by the time Lisa was nine, and she naively asked for one of his cars, he nastily told her «You get nothing!» «Do you understand, NOTHING!»

This book was difficult to read, not only because of Steve Jobs incredible lack of social skills, and lack of ability to dain to comprehend those outside of his God-like image of himself, but Chrisann truly was not as together as she painted herself to be. She did say she wasn’t prepared for parenthood and thought of giving the baby up for adoption, but in the end simply couldn’t do this. Instead, she kept the baby while begging Jobs to find meaning in his life via the daughter he procreated.

I finished reading the book, but midway grew very tired of Chrisann’s self absorption and never ending tales of her marvelous spiritual insights of those who came into her radar. Weary of her non-stop artsy way of expressing her life and her soul, in the end I didn’t feel sorry for her. It was baby Lisa who was left to find solid ground when all around was sinking sand.
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This book tries to redefine Steve Jobs and opens up the window a little wider into his personal side. Steve Jobs pioneered the PC revolution and emerged as a great visionary and master of innovation. He is an America hero in his own rights. It is no secret that he was also an enigma as previously observed by his close friends like Nolan Bushnell, Atari’s co-founder, who described him as «difficult but valuable.» Author Chrisann Brennan, a longtime girlfriend and the m A memoir of Chrisann Brennan

This book tries to redefine Steve Jobs and opens up the window a little wider into his personal side. Steve Jobs pioneered the PC revolution and emerged as a great visionary and master of innovation. He is an America hero in his own rights. It is no secret that he was also an enigma as previously observed by his close friends like Nolan Bushnell, Atari’s co-founder, who described him as «difficult but valuable.» Author Chrisann Brennan, a longtime girlfriend and the mother of Steve Jobs’ first child Lisa Jobs was closely involved in his personal life than many people who worked with him and is better equipped to understand and write about him. She understands his spiritual and metaphysical side, and his strong interest in Zen Buddhism. She understands his frustrations when his biological mother abandoned him. But he was also a ruthless dictator who can trivialize another human being for silliest reasons. Brennan describe him as a misfit who experimented with mind-altering drugs like LSD and fascinated by the by the glamour of the 1940s. He suggested that that he flew fighter planes against the Nazis in a former life, putting himself as a believer of parapsychology. He was a fan of big band music and danced like he was living in the 1940s. Quite often he would be home very late and wake Chrisann Brennan to talk or make love; he was utterly inconsiderate and felt that his lust and interest must be served first. He just played to win. Chrisann recalls that she never had a sense of emotional intimacy with him. At the Presidio house, where they were cohabiting, she chose the master bedroom and Jobs the front bedroom, but after few weeks, he moved Chrisann’s stuff out of the master bedroom and made himself comfortable there: He was graceless. For many years he denied that he was the father of Lisa Jobs, suggesting that «28 percent of the male population in the United States could be her father.» He was cold and heartless. Steve Jobs was not perfect and not many people argue against that, but if he had lived longer, he probably would have been a great philanthropist like Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Only during this week, the Silicon Valley home where Steve Jobs built the first Apple computer has been designated as a historical site by the city of Los Altos, California. This is just an illustration of his force as an inventor and a futurist. . more

After watching the most recent Steve Jobs’ film (Fastbender), I was curious about Chrissann Brennan, Jobs’ first girlfriend and the eventual mother of his firstborn. I knew she had an autobiography out and had to read it.

While watching the film, I found myself googling news articles and YouTube videos on his various product launches. What made this guy tick? How did he become so successful?

The film and articles described Jobs as overall dismissive and condescending towards Brennan. What was he After watching the most recent Steve Jobs’ film (Fastbender), I was curious about Chrissann Brennan, Jobs’ first girlfriend and the eventual mother of his firstborn. I knew she had an autobiography out and had to read it.

While watching the film, I found myself googling news articles and YouTube videos on his various product launches. What made this guy tick? How did he become so successful?

The film and articles described Jobs as overall dismissive and condescending towards Brennan. What was her view of their relationship?

I do enjoy Apple products. I started reading the book with the bias of- 1. I grew up using an Apple II, 2. We’ve had both tablets and iPads and the iPad blows all other tablets out of the water, and 3. I’ve used an iPhone of sorts for 5+ years. 4. Oh, and still have and use my old iPod. I’ve just never had an iMac, however used them at my high school. So there’s all that. (my husband is more the Android/pc type).

Several quotes popped out from Brennan’s book.
«His meanness had a way of making me blank and confused and self-doubt. «
«I was losing sight of what was meaningful to me and I was losing sight of my value.»
«Steve was learning how to gain power by insinuating negative self-images onto others. «
«They both seemed to perceive the idealized versions of themselves as the whole truth and then evaluate others less generously.»
«He would continue to demean me for each and every independent thought and action.»
«He told me he felt like I was stealing his genes.»

Perception is reality and the author’s perception and, frankly, this reader’s perception of Steve Jobs is that he was a selfish, arrogant, unkind, ignorant, sexist know-it-all. Yes, this is her perspective and there are many perspectives of Steve Jobs.

History has been unkind to this author- it’s worth it to read it just to get the whole picture. A true student of life needs to see both sides, all sides, of everything and not just read and follow their one path/view. It brings evolution of thought and a broader understanding of value in all of us. . more

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