【inside】The Darkest Summer Reading List for Those Bright, Beachy Days
History of Violence by Édouard Louis
You All Grow Up And Leave Me by Piper Weiss
Ivory Pearl, by Jean-Patrick Manchette
Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto, by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon
Miss Subways, by David Duchovny
Lagos Noir, edited by Chris Abani
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, by Michael Pollan
City of Devils,by Paul French
Jigsaw, by Sybille Bedford
Death in Spring, by Mercè Rodoreta(translated by Martha Tennent)
We Read All the New Books on Leadership So You Don’t Have To
The Meaning Revolution by Fred Kofman
Taming Your Crocodiles by Hylke Faber
The CEO Next Door by Elena L. Botelho and Kim R. Powell
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
Mind Tools for Managers by James Manktelow and Julian Birkinshaw
Leap Frog by Nathalie Molina Niño
Organize Your Team Today by Jason Selk and Tom Bartow
How Women Rise by Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith
Getting to Us by Seth Davis
What You Don’t Know About Leadership But Probably Should by Jeffrey A. Kottler
10 Books for a Summer Reading List
“Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup” by John Carreyrou
“Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon” by Robert Kurson
“Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs by John Doerr
“Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street” by Sheelah Kolhatkar.
“Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World-and Why Things Are Better Than You Think” by Hans Rosling
“On Grand Strategy” byJohn Lewis Gaddis
“Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” (2009) byDavid Grann “The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon,”
“Robin” by Dave Itzkoff
“The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World —and Us” (2017): Richard O. Prum
“A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age” (1992): William Manchester
The Hedge Fund Summer Reading List
Asha Mehta, who oversees emerging markets at Acadian Asset Management in Boston, said she’s eager to crack Evan Osnos’s "Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China" after the historic inclusion of China’s A-shares market in major equity indexes. Stocks there look "very compelling," and she’s hopeful the 2014 National Book Award winner, written by The New Yorker’s former Beijing correspondent, will give her better insight on whether China will be stable for years to come. "While the opportunities for active managers are vast, I am keen to further understand China’s long-term opportunity," Mehta said. Other books that excite her are "Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline From Obama to Trump and Beyond," which looks at how the rising wealth of Asian nations is shifting the balance of power globally, and "Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World and Why Things Are Better Than You Think," which details how instincts distort human perspective. At the top of list for Belita Ong, chief executive officer of Dalton Investments in Santa Monica, is “Saving the Sun: A Wall Street Gamble to Rescue Japan from Its Trillion-Dollar Meltdown” by Gillian Tett of the Financial Times. It tells the story of Long Term Credit Bank, a venerable Japanese banking firm that collapsed in 1998, got bailed out and was then sold in 2000 to an American firm, Ripplewood. In the process, it was renamed “Shinsei," or rebirth. Ong said that her firm has made a "significant investment" in Shinsei Bank and that Tett’s book offers nuanced insights into Japanese culture and attitudes towards business. Lisa Chua, a money manager at Man GLG in New York, said she’s eyeing "The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: How Risk Taking Transforms Us, Body and Mind" by former Goldman Sachs trader John Coates. After majoring in economics and psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, Chua said it wasn’t until years later that she realized the latter would affect her investing. "There’s nothing like laughing from the belly while holding a book in your hands to pull peoples’ eyes from their e-reader investment dross," she said. Noting the recent death of Tom Wolfe, with whom shares an alma mater in Washington & Lee University, Vandersteel said she might dust off her copy of "Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers."
The Best Hostess Gifts to Bring for a Summer Weekend Away
Potted aloe plant ( cb2.com , $19.95 ), cake pedestal, (johnderian.com $220 ), Santa Maria Novella Potpourri ( buy.smnovella.com , $50 ), Napoleon bust candle ( trudon.com , $175 ), totem candles ( areaware.com , $12 and up ), Wusthof personalized chef's knife ( chefsarsenal.com , $149.95 plus $5 per engraving ), poker card box ( hermes.com , $140 ), salt blends ( selmagique.com , $50 ), Bela Portuguese sardines in olive oil ( food52.com , $29 for 12 ), mini deco soap set ( clausporto.com , $75 for nine ), extra virgin olive oil ( grove45.com , $45 ), HK pitcher ( georgjensen.com , $550 ), Capezzana olive oil ( markethallfoods.com , $35.95 ). Order a case of wine to arrive before you do. You'll be the most favored visitor before you step through the door and shame anyone who dared show up with just a bottle.Whispering Angel rosé, $198.11 a case; 67wine.com .
Take a photo of the group, but then shake it up. A framed memory is always nice—but the expert play is to turn the image into a puzzle that can be enjoyed every summer. 1,000-piece photo puzzle, $45; puzzleyou.com .
Provide edibles. Yes, that kind Depending on where you live, it may be legal to bring a marijuana product. Three rules: Know your audience, be clear on what your friends can expect, and bring enough for everybody. Check your local distributors—and legal statutes.
Take care of breakfast. The best hostess gift McDonald remembers receiving was a morning basket. “The whole night I just thought, This is so great,” she says. “I'm going to wake up and have this wonderful breakfast waiting for me.” The key is to choose items that don't require work—bagels and lox, premade quiches, scones, croissants. Deluxe ham brunch banquet, $99.99; wolfermans.com .
Don't forget about Fido. “Bring something for everyone in the home,” suggests McDonald. “You're imposing on everybody, even the dog.” BarkBox six-month gift subscription, $149; barkbox.com .
