biography

The unauthorized biography of billionaire Lily Safra is a tale of one of the world's richest and most elegant women -- a jet-setter who socializes in the same elite circles as Prince Charles and Elton John. What is so fascinating, however, is exactly how Safra was able to climb her way to the top.

The reclusive Steve Jobs, Apple's secretive CEO, has authorized biographer Walter Isaacson to handle his life story. But any hope that Jobs will suddenly turn candid and let Isaacson into every private aspect of his inner life is unrealistic, if not ludicrous.