Two more books for your summer reading list

Thanks to a short vacation, a brief respite from traveling, and my general inclination to avoid real work, I've been able read a lot the last few weeks. Here are two more books — neither of which has much to do with business, motivation, or talent — that I really enjoyed.

The first is Barbara Demick's book, Nothing to Envy, about day-to-day life in North Korea. It is — in a word — riveting. Demick interviewed about a dozen people who escaped North Korea and she uses their stories to recreate w...