Audiobooks narrated by Bill Gates

"Brought to you by Penguin. Bill Gates is one of the most transformative figures of our age. In Source Code he takes us back to his beginnings. He describes with candour his childhood in Seattle, the centrality of family – his close relationship with his card-playing grandmother and his demanding but caring parents – his struggles to fit in, his rebelliousness, his first deep friendships and the impact of losing his closest friend. We see Gates’s extraordinary mind developing, the restless teenager who discovered a love of coding and computing at the dawn of a new era and felt that ‘by applying my brain, I could solve even the world’s most complex mysteries’. We see the earliest signs of his phenomenal business acumen, which led him to drop out of Harvard at the age of 20 to devote all his energies to Microsoft, the company he started with his childhood friend Paul Allen. He writes about his first involvement with three Steves – Jobs, Wozniak and Ballmer – who would play a crucial role in so much that followed. The book ends in the late 1970s when Microsoft, still with only a dozen employees, signed its first deal with Apple. The deals would go on and Microsoft would grow unimaginably. Yet Gates never forgot his mother’s reminder that he was merely a steward of any wealth that he gained. This warm and inspiring book, Bill Gates’ origin story, allows readers to understand his energy and ambition – and to see how he sets himself in the world. 'A highly readable account of his early life up to the creation of Microsoft, Source Code is unusually personal and laced with self awareness.' - Financial Times 'A gentle, pensive autobiography...The pleasure of this reflective book is the sense of Old Bill Gates peeking over your shoulder, as bemused by Young Bill Gates as you are.' - Daily Mail ©2025 Bill Gates (P)2025 Penguin Audio"

Bill Gates (Author), Bill Gates, Wil Wheaton (Narrator)

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Think with Pinker: How to be a better critical thinker

"Steven Pinker's 12-part guide to thinking better 'A paean to human potential' The Telegraph Cognitive scientist Professor Steven Pinker has spent his life thinking about thinking, and now he wants us to join him. With the aid of his critical thinking toolkit, he hopes to help us make smarter choices, become more rational, gain a greater understanding of the confused world we live in - and maybe even become better citizens. In this fascinating series, produced in partnership with the Open University, he examines the different ways the human brain can be tripped up, from understanding probability to the difference between correlation and causation. Joined by an array of other prominent thinkers, he explores such diverse subjects as whether formulas can predict how well an athlete will perform, why it's dangerous to see patterns in the randomness of everyday experience and why so many of us believe in conspiracy theories. He also considers the life and death choices made by judges and juries, ponders whether some thoughts are too evil to think, asks why making future predictions can be hard, and wonders: should we eat, drink and be merry, or make sacrifices now to benefit our future selves? And what can the game 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' teach us about preventing a climate catastrophe? In addition, he and his fellow experts discuss how we can stop the news distorting our understanding of the world - and why getting it right might mean admitting you're wrong... Among his special guests are Tim Harford, presenter of BBC Radio 4's More or Less; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Siddartha Mukherjee; Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Professor Hannah Fry, co-presenter of Radio 4's popular science show The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry; Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics; and one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th Century, Elizabeth Loftus. Production credits Presented by Steven Pinker Produced by Imogen Walford and Joe Kent Edited by Emma Rippon Think with Pinker is produced in partnership with The Open University Episode 1: Think twice Featuring: Sig Mejdal and Professor Ellen Peters Episode 2: Methinks it is a weasel Featuring: Charlie Munger and Tim Harford Episode 3: In touch with reality Featuring: Jonathan Rauch and Ellen Cushing Episode 4: Don't expect a zebra Featuring: Talithia Williams and Siddartha Mukherjee Episode 5: You can't think that! Featuring: Philip Tetlock and Sally Satel Episode 6: Future you Featuring: Dr Maria Kournikova and Bina Venkataraman Episode 7: The climate game Featuring: Bill Gates and Professor Hannah Fry Episode 8: Rational soothsaying Featuring: Barbara Mellers and Thomas Friedman Episode 9: Nudges and noise Featuring: Daniel Kahneman and Robyn Scott Episode 10: Sentence first, verdict afterwards Featuring: Judge Nancy Gertner and Elizabeth Loftus Episode 11: Headlines and trendlines Featuring: James Harding and Anna Rosling Rutland Episode 12: Being right Featuring: Julia Galef and Daniel Willingham First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 18 November 2021 - 3 February 2022 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Steven Pinker (Author), Bill Gates, Daniel Kahneman, Elizabeth Loftus, Hannah Fry, Siddartha Mukherjee, Steven Pinker, Tim Harford (Narrator)

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How To Prevent the Next Pandemic

"Brought to you by Penguin. Before Bill Gates became an expert on climate science, he was known as one of the few who studied pandemics - how they start, how they spread, how they can be controlled. He warned us years ago in a now-famous TED Talk of their arrival in our future. The future, of course, is now, and now is when we have to plan against a next one. HOW TO PREVENT THE NEXT PANDEMIC is a clear and upbeat plan of what every country, every government leader, and every individual can do in order to help prevent another pandemic, grounded in Bill's firsthand experience with the Gates Foundation's commitment to fighting Covid-19. © Bill Gates 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022 THIS AUDIOBOOK MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AUDIOBOOKS.COM ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT."

Bill Gates (Author), Bill Gates, Wil Wheaton (Narrator)

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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

"Brought to you by Penguin. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide toward certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions-suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach. © Bill Gates 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020"

Bill Gates (Author), Bill Gates, Wil Wheaton (Narrator)

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The Best Motivational Speeches of All Times

"Leaders can motivate and inspire through communications. Great leaders are charismatic and articulate, and they use these attributes to rally the troops. The following is a collection of the best motivational speeches, inspirational words, sure to motivate you when you need it most by the greatest leaders of our time."

Admiral William H. Mcraven, Bill Gates, Denzel Washington, J.K. Rowling, Jim Carrey, Matthew McConaughey, Rick Rigsby, Steve Jobs, Tony Robbins (Author), Admiral William H. Mcraven, Bill Gates, Denzel Washington, J.K. Rowling, Jim Carrey, Matthew McConaughey, Rick Rigsby, Steve Jobs, Tony Robbins (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Bill Gates