Tracy Kidder at Dominican University of California

Fortune, mania, generosity, genius: Tracy Kidder, 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. 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. Kidder is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and many other literary prizes. His previous titles include Strength in What Remains and The Soul of a New Machine.