On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
By CHRISTINE MUHLKE
Recipes from the restaurant Mugaritz, the chef April Bloomfield, the American Academy in Rome and more.
By DOMINIQUE BROWNING
Michelle Obama's book about the White House garden, a look at Thomas Jefferson's garden at Monticello and other summer reads for green thumbs.
By JOSHUA HAMMER
The season's travel books include a memoir about Alaska, an homage to Naples and a tour of the world's most polluted places.
Also in the Book Review
Edited by DANIELL CORNELL
Reviewed by ALEXANDRA JACOBS
This collection of images examines the recreational and symbolic value of swimming pools in 20th-century Southern California photography.
By VALERIE BAJOU. Translated by ANTONY SHUGAAR.
Reviewed by ALAN RIDING
This illustrated book offers a potted history and some 300 photographs of the ultimate symbol of French grandeur.
By KATHLEEN RILEY
Reviewed by TONI BENTLEY
Kathleen Riley tells the story of Fred Astaire's 27-year dancing partnership with his sister, Adele.
By ANNA QUINDLEN
Reviewed by JUDITH NEWMAN
Anna Quindlen's collection of essays deals with crossing the Rubicon from late middle age to early old age.
By PAM BELLUCK
Reviewed by BENJAMIN PHELAN
This book is the study of a 67-year-old Nantucket doctor and his anachronistic approach to medicine.
Reviewed by DOUGLAS WOLK
New books by Guy Delisle, Jean-Pierre Filiu, Catel, Roger Langridge and Brandon Graham.
Reviewed by Steven Heller
Posters for Clint Eastwood movies, paintings by Bob Dylan, covers rejected by The New Yorker and more.
Summer Reading: Music
By RJ SMITH
Reviewed by AL SHARPTON
RJ Smith's biography of James Brown links the legendary singer's work to broader cultural changes in America.
By JONATHAN LETHEM
Reviewed by PAT IRWIN
Jonathan Lethem's monograph on the 1979 Talking Heads album.
Reviewed by ROBIN FINN
One biographer tries to get inside the head of Bob Dylan, while another assesses the social and personal factors that shaped Bruce Springsteen.
By RICK MOODY
Reviewed by HOWARD HAMPTON
Rick Moody's essays wrestle with performers and songs as if they were his better angels and personal hellhounds.
Summer Reading: Fiction
By ANDREW MILLER
Reviewed by KATHRYN HARRISON
The living must deal with the dead in this novel set on the brink of the French Revolution.
By ANURADHA ROY
Reviewed by ANDREA THOMPSON
In Anuradha Roy's novel, a woman mourning her husband finds refuge - and then disturbances - in a small town in India.
By SUZANNE JOINSON
Reviewed by SARA WHEELER
This first novel is narrated from the perspective of two women: one a reluctant missionary in 1923; the other a young resident of present-day London.
CRIME
By MARILYN STASIO
Inspector Salvo Montalbano, the life force of Andrea Camilleri's droll police procedurals, is back in "The Age of Doubt."
By JOSEPH KANON
Reviewed by JASON GOODWIN
An expatriate American and sometime spy gets entangled in a final job after World War II in this novel.
By KIRBY GANN
Reviewed by KEITH DIXON
The family history of half-brother drug dealers is explored in this novel.
By ROBERT OLMSTEAD
Reviewed by MIKE PEED
In the course of one terrible year, a young man's body, mind and heart are shattered by the savageries of love and war.
Summer Reading: Hollywood
By MATTY SIMMONS
Reviewed by PETER KEEPNEWS
The story behind the making of "Animal House," one of the most successful and influential comedies ever made.
Reviewed by ANDY WEBSTER
Garry Marshall's memoir, "My Happy Days in Hollywood," and other books about the silver screen in America and abroad.
Summer Reading: Children's Books
By LEONARD S. MARCUS
In Marianne Dubuc's "Animal Masquerade," a cavalcade of birds and beasts prepare for a costume party.
By PAMELA PAUL
These picture books celebrate the imagination, energy and love of fathers.
Reviewed by WHITNEY JOINER
Three middle-grade novels highlight the incredible demands of the lives of young athletes.
By PAMELA PAUL
These picture books are concerned with clothing, from ducks in socks to a young girl in a red acorn-shaped hat.
By JERRY SPINELLI
Reviewed by RICHARD PECK
Jake and Lily, the twins at the center of Jerry Spinelli's novel, take their unusual closeness for granted until the night of their sixth birthda
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The novelist, whose most recent book for children, "Chomp," came out this spring, keeps a doormat outside his office that says: LEAVE.
Summer Reading: Sports
Reviewed by JIM BOUTON
"Pinstripe Empire" is an insider's history of the New York Yankees, while the writers in "Damn Yankees" offer essays about loving and hating baseball's most iconic team.
Reviewed by DAVID OSHINSKY
This book marking the centennial of Fenway Park portrays the home of the Red Sox as the St. Peter's Basilica of American sports.
By FRANK DEFORD
Reviewed by BRUCE WEBER
Beginning in the early 1960s, Frank Deford's career has paralleled the modern age of sports reporting.
Reviewed by BILL SCHEFT
Two new books tell the story of the historic upset at golf's 1955 U.S. Open, and a third serves as a primer for course newcomers and veterans alike.
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SKETCHBOOK | GRANT SNIDER
A companion game for the fiction of the author of "1Q84" and other novels.
By GREGORY COWLES
Justin Halpern, whose new memoir, "I Suck at Girls," is No. 6 on the e-book nonfiction list, feels as lucky as a plane crash survivor or Oprah's long-lost sister.
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
By IHSAN TAYLOR
Paperback books of particular interest.
This week, Peter Keepnews talks about "Animal House"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Robin Finn discusses Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen; Gregory Cowles has best-seller new; and Times staffers share their summer reading plans. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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