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RETREAT AND ADVANCE

Cap Ferret

“Not to be confused with the showier

Cap Ferrat on the Côte D’Azur, Cap Ferret is

a headland a couple hours west of Bor-

deaux. Stay in the Philippe Starck–

designed La Coorniche in the seaside resort

of Pyla-sur-Mer, overlooking the sand

dunes and oyster farms, and enjoy the lack

of English language around you!

—Oli Walsh, cofounder, Asystem

The Black

Jacobins

C.L.R. JAMES

The 1937 classic

book on the Haitian

Revolution provides

an incredible story of

leadership and how

to change a culture.

Writing My

Wrongs

SHAKA SENGHOR

The memoir of a

man who went to

prison for 19 years,

then became an au-

thor and MIT fellow.

Lenin: The Man,

the Dictator,

and the Master

of Terror

VICTOR SEBESTYEN

A thrilling biography

that provides great

insight into how

Communism works

in practice.

Skin in the Game

NICHOLAS

NASSIM TALEB

A book about the

dynamics of how

large-scale, highly

random systems

behave.

Made in Harlem:

A Memoir

DANIEL R. DAY

An amazing en-

trepreneurial story

covering everything

from dice to fashion.

READING LIST

The Books That

Inspire Me

Ben Horowitz, cofounder
and general partner,
Andreessen Horowitz

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Pop Smart Ukulele

($83.99, POPUBAND.COM)

“My husband makes ukuleles, and I decided to learn how to play. This smart

uke syncs with an app, making it easy to learn.” —Celine Grouard, photo editor

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