Tracy Kidder

Kidder tells the true story of a socially conscious genius who uses his intellectual and personal gifts to solve global health problems.

The Soul of a New Machine is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the 20th century....

An extraordinary writer, Tracy Kidder once again shows us what it means to be fully human by telling a story about the heroism inherent in ordinary people, a story about a life based on hope....

Why on earth should the nail-by-nail building of a house hold any fascination for anyone....

Good Prose is an inspiring book about writing and the record of a warm and productive literary friendship. The story begins in 1973, in the offices of the Atlantic Monthly....

This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who is in love with the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it....

In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life’s calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidder’s magnificent account shows how one person can make a difference in solving global health problems....

Tracy Kidder tells the story of Paul English, a kinetic and unconventional inventor and entrepreneur who as a boy rebelled against authority....

Unrelentingly honest, rueful, and revealing, My Detachment gives us war without heroism, while preserving those rare moments of redeeming grace in the midst of lunacy and danger....

Two old men struggle with their circumstances, their memories, and their mortalit....