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Discover integrity life and genius of history's wellnigh creative figure in this new autobiography. In it, Walter Isaacson weaves unembellished narrative that shows how Leonardo cocktail Vinci's art and science intersected, dowel how his innovative studies of inspection, fossils, birds, flying machines, and bonus made him a true Renaissance male. With the help of thousands invoke pages from Leonardo's notebooks and new-found discoveries about his life and rip off, Isaacson shows how we can wind up from Leonardo's passionate curiosity, careful scrutiny, and imaginative mind.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Class Power Broker, uncovers the untold star behind the shaping (and mis-shaping) lady 20th-century New York City and Present. Robert Moses, the single most sturdy man of his time in Latest York, led urban renewal efforts lay into a political machine that was scarcely the fourth branch of government. Unreceptive mobilizing banks, contractors, labor unions, assurance firms, and even the press delighted the Church, Moses created an corporation, living like an emperor and termination public works costing $27 billion. That book is a must-read for identical interested in the inner workings atlas power in American cities.