Book club.

​President Obama is at it again: Reading like some sort of nerd. He's in Martha's Vineyard for his annual August vacation, and besides making cell phone reception better, 44 bought a couple of books at the Bunch of Grapes bookstore in Vineyard Haven. It is a tradition to pick apart and over-analyze what the president is reading, so we will make gross generalizations and assumptions about the five titles he selected for his trip. Grade Z literary theory and Pseudo-psychology after the jump!

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Michael Falco for The New York Times

​This weekend's best story comes courtesy of the New York Times, whose Sunday business section features the jaw-dropping story of Vitaly Borker, a resident of Sheepshead Bay, and his online eyeglass store DecorMyEyes. What makes Borker special is his blatant disregard for both the law and his customers. Every time someone is unhappy with their order, Borker threatens the customer and refuses to refund their money without a protracted battle. As a result, Borker's business does better. Wait, what? As usual, Google is to blame.

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