Bill Gates recommends 5 books on reading

One of the characteristics that Bill Gates developed on his personal blog is the recommendation of books. And now, when there is a boreal summer, and here, in the southern hemisphere, it will be in winter, leave 5 biographical texts that can serve you for a vacation or every day.

Gates, who this year published the first part of his memoirs called “source code” (“source code” in the Spanish edition), he wanted to focus on the memoirs that inspired him. Memories, as Bill Gates says, “are a good reminder that people have countless interesting stories to tell about their lives.”

Five recommended memories:

Personal storyKatherine Graham

I met Kei Graham, the legendary editor of The Washington Post, on July 5, 1991, on the same day when I met Warren Buffett, and we became good friends. I liked to listen to Kei to talk about his unusual life: take care of the post at a time when few women held such leading positions, face President Nixon to protect the newspaper reports on Watergate and the Pentagon, agreed to stop the strike of journalists and much more. These reflective memories are a good reminder that great leaders can come from unexpected places.

The pursuit of hopeNicholas ChristopheField

In 1997, Nick Christoph wrote an article that changed the course of my life. It was a large number of children in poor countries who died from diarrhea and helped me decide that I want to focus on my charity donations. Since then, I followed Nick’s work, and we remained in touch. He made reports of more than 150 countries covering issues of war, poverty, health care and human rights. In these great memories, Nick writes about how he remains optimistic about the world, despite everything he saw. His book made me think: the world will be better with a lot of Nika Christophe.

PoliteTara Vestover

Tara grew up in the surroundings in the rural area of ​​Aidaho, brought up by parents, who believed that the last day of day was approaching and that the family had to interact as little as possible with the outside world. Over time, he separated with his parents, a process that seemed a much more extreme version of what I occurred when I was a child, and therefore I think that many people happen: at some point in your childhood you think that your parents know that they see them as adults with restrictions. Tara miraculously reflects this process of self -recognition in these unforgettable memories.

A crime was bornTrevor NoahField

In 2017, I said that these memories show as a “former host Daily show He was improved throughout his life, in which he never fits at all. ” I also grew up, feeling that sometimes I did not fit at all, although Trevor has a much stronger complaint than on my phrase. He was a birratial child in South Africa Aparteid, a country where the relations of Metiso were prohibited. It was, as the name says, “a crime was born.” In this book and in his comedy, Trevor uses his external perspective in his favor. His gaze goes beyond the borders.

Give upbondsField

I was lucky that my parents supported my interest in computers, but Bono’s parents had a completely different vision of their passion for the song. He says that his parents basically ignored him, which made him try even more to attract his attention. “The lack of interest of my father … It was not easy to explain in his son’s voice, but this could be crucial.” Bono demonstrates great vulnerability in these amazingly open memories, writing about his “need to be necessary” and how he found out that he would never satisfy his emotional needs, playing for great crowds. It was a great model of how I could be open about my own problems in Source codeField