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Leading Matters
By John L. Hennessy
Humility—it’s the first of eight defining traits former Stanford University President John L. Hennessy cites as core to standout leaders. A pioneering tech entrepreneur, Hennessy rose to become chairman of perhaps the most powerful technology company of our time, Alphabet, the parent to Google. Along the way, he won the Turing Award for changing the architecture of 99% of computer chips. Part memoir and part philosophy, Leading Matters uses each chapter to discuss pivotal lessons learned on Hennessy’s journey from pioneering tech engineer to the “Godfather of Silicon Valley.”

Thirst
By Scott Harrison
Desperately unhappy at age 28, Scott Harrison left behind his high-flying life as a nightclub promoter to pursue something more meaningful. In 2006, he founded charity: water, and has since raised more than $300 million, bringing clean drinking water to more than eight million people worldwide. Thirst tells the story of Harrison’s journey and how he built one of the world’s most trusted nonprofits via high-impact programs aimed at one of the world’s most pressing challenges—accessing clean water.

Together
By The Hubb Community Kitchen
In June 2017, a deadly fire broke out in the 24-story Grenfell Tower, a working-class housing complex surrounded by affluent London neighborhoods. In the tragic aftermath, the community came together to cook fresh food for families and neighbors. The cookbook not only features 50 recipes that encompass the cooking riches from immigrant families from North Africa to the Eastern Mediterranean, it also tells about how food can build and speed healing.

Destination Art
By Phaidon Editors
Most tourists visit top museums when on holiday, but Destination Art is a guide to a broader, more adventurous palette. Travelers researching trips from Australia to Zimbabwe will find suggestions that vary from lesser-known works of public art in city centers to remote works of land sculpture. The book offers a clear geographic organization and precise logistical details—including GPS coordinates, addresses, websites and symbols indicating the degree of possible access. Choosing among provocative new art experiences will be the hardest part of the challenge.

Blitzscaling
By Reid Hoffman, Chris Yeh
Reid Hoffman has business startup credentials to rival the best of them. Not only is he a co-founder of LinkedIn and a founding board member of PayPal, he is also an angel investor in Facebook. In his new book, Blitzscaling, he once again partners with fellow best-selling author, entrepreneur and longtime friend Chris Yeh. Together, they use their hard-won wisdom to advise ambitious entrepreneurs on how to manage their businesses to experience and endure explosive growth. Using case studies from companies they have invested in and mentored, Hoffman and Yeh offer the latest techniques from Silicon on navigating the chaos that comes from breakneck expansion.

Experience
By Michelle Kuo
Experience showcases the works of one of today’s most influential and eclectic artists, Olafur Eliasson. The Icelandic-Danish artist is best known for large-scale installations employing elemental materials like light, water and air temperature to affect the viewer’s experiences. But this book also covers his new media artwork—and all of it is captured with vivid illustrations and photography.