Swimming Across

by Andrew Grove

Set in the cruel years of Hungary's Nazi occupation and subsequent communist regime, the bestselling "Swimming Across" is the stunning childhood memoir of one of the leading thinkers of our time, legendary Intel chairman, Andrew Grove.

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I couldn't afford luxuries like embarrassment.

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I couldn't afford luxuries like embarrassment.

— Andrew Grove, Swimming Across