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Fortune, mania, generosity, genius�the bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains gives us the inspiring story of Kayak.com founder Paul English, an American maverick and a man who had a mind for the age that was coming. Tracy Kidder, the �master of the nonfiction narrative� (The Baltimore Sun) and author of the bestselling classic The Soul of the New Machine, now gives us the inspiring story of Paul English, a kinetic and unconventional inventor and entrepreneur, who as a boy rebelled against authority. Growing up in working-class Boston, English discovers a medium for his talents the first time he sees a computer. As a young man, despite suffering from what will later be diagnosed as bipolar disorder, he begins his pilgrim�s journey through the ups and downs in the brave new world of computers. Relating to the Internet as if it�s an extension of his own mind, he discovers that he has a gift for building creative teams of people, becoming a pied piper of geeks. His innovative management style, success, and innate sense of fair play inspire intense loyalty. Early on, one colleague observes: �Someday this boy�s going to get hit by a truck full of money, and I�m going to be standing beside him.� Yet when English makes a fortune as co-founder of the travel website Kayak.com, the first thing he thinks about is how to give it away. �What else would you do with it?� he asks. Money, after all, is meant to be moved. �Hoarding it is a disaster, because it goes against what money was created for.� The second thing he thinks is, what�s next? With the power of a consummate storyteller, Tracy Kidder casts a fresh, critical, and often humorous eye on the way new inventions and new money are reshaping our culture. A Truck Full of Money is a mesmerizing portrait of an irresistibly endearing man who is indefatigable, original, and as unpredictable as America itself. From the Hardcover edition.