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May 22, 2020
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 | Bill Gates Summer Reading List Bill Gates just released his annual list of books to read this summer, hoping that some of his favorites may help readers cope with the pandemic. "Most of my conversations and meetings these days are about Covid-19 and how we can stem the tide," Gates writes in his website, Gates Notes. He and his wife, Melinda, have directed their foundation to commit some $300 million to fighting the coronavirus. "But I'm also often asked about what I am reading and watching." For the billionaire bookworm-who has previously said he reads a book every week-nothing beats the pleasure of reading. His newest picks include two memoirs: one penned by a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor and psychologist, Dr. Edith Eva Eger, and the other by former Disney CEO Bob Iger, who reflects on his years at the entertainment giant. For those who want to learn more about pandemics, Gates suggests historian John M. Barry's 2004 book on the 1918 flu pandemic, which has climbed onto the bestseller list amid the Covid-19 crisis. Check out the full list here |
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 | Books on the Air An overview of talked-about books and authors. This weekly update, published every Friday, provides descriptions of recent TV and radio appearances by authors and their recently released books. See the hot titles from the media this week. |
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 | Erik Larson Erik Larson is the author of eight books, six of which became New York Times bestsellers. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Russian history, language and culture; he received a masters in journalism from Columbia University. After a brief stint at the Bucks County Courier Times, Erik became a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal, and later a contributing writer for Time Magazine. A former resident of Seattle, he now lives in Manhattan with his wife, a neonatologist, who is also the author of the nonfiction memoir, Almost Home, which, as Erik puts it, "could make a stone cry." They have three daughters in far-flung locations and professions. Their beloved dog Molly resides in an urn on a shelf overlooking Central Park, where they like to think she now spends most of her time. Check out his books here. |
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 | The Best Bread Books for Quarantine Baking You might have noticed that everyone is baking bread now that we're all at home all the time. Maybe you only know one recipe and don't have the right kind of flour, or couldn't get any yeast. These suggestions might help. check them out here |
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| We do not need magic to transform our world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.-J.K. Rowling
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