{"id":8274,"date":"2020-03-26T05:56:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T12:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/in-house\/?p=8274"},"modified":"2020-03-25T12:58:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T19:58:52","slug":"az-reads-volume-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/in-house\/in-house-news\/az-reads-volume-one","title":{"rendered":"AZ Reads: Volume One"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking to pick up a new book? This Valley VIP share his favorite read of all time. (And check back next week for more reading recs!)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8276 pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/in-house\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/25140757\/Scott-Drone-1-80x70.jpg\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"689\"  height=\"600\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/in-house\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/25140757\/Scott-Drone-1.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/in-house\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/25140757\/Scott-Drone-1.jpg 689w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/in-house\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/25140757\/Scott-Drone-1-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/in-house\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/25140757\/Scott-Drone-1-380x331.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/in-house\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/25140757\/Scott-Drone-1-80x70.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/in-house\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/25140757\/Scott-Drone-1-620x540.jpg 620w\" ><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Scott Roelof, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/rcgvaluation.com\/\">RCG Valuation<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steven Pinker: <em>Better Angels of our Nature<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cProfessor Pinker\u2019s <em>Better Angels<\/em> is a comprehensive study on the fall of violence in society over time. 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