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THE BITE IN THE APPLE
BRENNAN, CHRISANN
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 the real Steve Jobs.
MEMOIR 1ST PRINTING 100,000
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS
256 PAGES
9781250038760
$29.99 HC
OCTOBER 2013
BLACK SABBATH: SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE
WALL, MICK
Way back in the mists of time, in the days when rock giants walked the earth, the name Ozzy Osbourne
was synonymous with subversive and dark. Back then, Ozzy was the singer in Black Sabbath, and they
meant business. In an era when it seemed possible to measure a band's musical prowess by how 'heavy'
they were, they didn't come any weightier than Black Sabbath. This is the definitive account of the band.
MUSIC/BIOGRAPHY
ORION
9781409118442
$24.99 TP Original
NOVEMBER 2013
320 PAGES
HARDCOVER EDITION:
9781409118435 ($34.99)
BLOOD
HILL, LAWRENCE
Blood runs red through every person’s arteries and fulfills the same functions in every human being.
However, as much as the study and use of blood has helped advance our understanding of human
biology, its cultural and social representations have divided us perennially. Blood pulses through religions,
literature, and the visual arts, and every time it pools or spills, we learn a little more about what brings
human beings together and what divides them. The perceptions of difference in our blood have defined
and separated people on the basis of gender, race, and nation. Perceptions about the history and purity
of one’s blood have spawned rules about who gets to belong to a family or cultural group, who enjoys the
rights of citizenship and nationality, what privileges one can expect to be granted or denied.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
HOUSE OF ANANSI
272 PAGES
9781770893221 SERIES: MASSEY LECTURES
$19.95 TP Original
SEPTEMBER 2013