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The AIR MAIL Summer Reading List From Ann Patchett’s tender tale of reconciliation to Jenny Jackson’s juicy seaside romp, here are the 10 books our editors are taking with them on their travels this summer

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Hitchcock’s Right-Hand Woman How costume designer Edith Head brought to life the director’s motif-rich visual universe, from Kim Novak’s opposing personas in Vertigo to Ingrid Bergman’s black dress in Notorious


These Boots Were Made for Walking In an excerpt from Too L.A., Lili Anolik’s new collection of the novelist’s letters, Eve Babitz unleashes a fiery tirade against an unidentified boyfriend who dared to insult her shoes

Russia’s Middle Man As the Russia-Ukraine war drags into its fifth year, it’s clear that traditional diplomacy has failed. But an unlikely go-between has stepped into the breach: high-living oligarch Roman Abramovich

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All You Need Is George Martin The genteel record producer did not look the part of a revolutionary. But as a commemorative new book makes clear, his wildly innovative work with the Beatles changed pop music forever

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Rebecca Ressler, Up Close The owner of Hollywood Books has turned her small, finely curated bookstore into a Los Angeles literary hot spot, drawing guests such as Kaia Gerber and Petra Collins

The Missing Miracle Worker In 1950, Joe Gaetjens helped the U.S. pull off the greatest upset in World Cup history. Fourteen years later, a Haitian death squad came for him


Mother Knows Best Seven Sisters tells the story of how Empress Maria Theresia secured the Habsburg dynasty through the marriages of her seven daughters—including Marie Antoinette

The Sky’s the Limit Fifty years after choosing light as his medium, James Turrell unveils his 100th Skyspace—a Pantheon-size dome in Denmark open in time for the summer solstice

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All Fairways Lead to Excess A golf edit for those who treat the tournament as an occasion and the occasion as a lifestyle

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The “Oh Boy” Network When she signed on as squash director at the prestigious and apparently idyllic Westchester Country Club, Natalie Grainger had no clue it was a breeding ground for sexual harassment

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