Tracy Kidder Books

When Deo first stepped into New York, the world around him felt hostile and unreal. He had escaped Burundi through Rwanda, moving across a countryside littered with corpses, always hiding, always running. To arrive in Manhattan among towering glass buildings was a surreal reversal – from terror to i...

From Strength in What Remains

Before the turmoil, Deo’s life in Burundi was filled with ordinary aspirations. Born into a modest Tutsi family in a rural region, he grew up amidst serene hills, cows, and red clay paths. His parents were farmers, and although his family’s resources were limited, education was regarded as a gateway...

From Strength in What Remains

In the late 1970s, the minicomputer was the beating heart of a new technological frontier. Data General, a Massachusetts-based company, had once been an industry pioneer. But by the time this story begins, its chief competitor, DEC, was eating its lunch. DEC’s new VAX computer had set a new standard...

From The Soul of a New Machine

To build the Eagle, West needed more than technical competence—he needed belief. He assembled a group of young engineers, most fresh out of college, who would become known as the Hardy Boys. These were kids in the purest sense of engineering culture—brilliant, untested, intoxicated by the challenge ...

From The Soul of a New Machine