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....

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....

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....

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....

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

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....

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....

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

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

The powerful story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference, by helping to create a program to care for Boston’s homeless community—by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains....