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Robert michael gates born september 25, 1943 is an american statesman, scholar, intelligence analyst, and university president who served as the 22nd united states secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. Barbarians at the gate has been called one of the most influential business books of all time, the definitive account of the largest takeover in wall street history. Bob gates has been an auto racing journalist for 30 years, and is the author of several books, including ones on jim hurtubise, bill vukovich and troy ruttman. Explore audibles collection of free sleep and relaxation audio experiences. Memoirs of a secretary at war unabridged by robert m. The emotion in joe bidens voice makes it clear theres more than one level. Overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Business books bill gates recommends these 9 books to make you a better entrepreneur and a better person one of the giants of the last century opens up on what to read to get. Reading a physical book and listening to the audiobook are two different paths that lead to the same destination. The book is dotted with insider stuff reminiscent of the best of bob woodwards work. Bill gates made his name in the world of computers, but hes also become known in the literary world as a notsosecret book nerd. Robert gates hits out at obama foreign policy cnbc. Theres something for everyone on my endofyear book list.