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November 21, 2012

Books Update

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'Far From the Tree'

By ANDREW SOLOMON
Reviewed by JULIE MYERSON

Andrew Solomon writes about families of individuals affected by a spectrum of cognitive, physical or psychological differences.

Also in the Book Review

Anne Lamott: By the Book

The author of "Help Thanks Wow" is a fan of gossip magazines. "If people call when I am reading The Enquirer, I say, . . . 'I'm just lying here reading the new New Yorker.' "

By the Book: Archive

John Foster Dulles and President Dwight Eisenhower in the Oval Office, August 1956.

'Ike's Bluff'

By EVAN THOMAS
Reviewed by DANIEL LARISON

Evan Thomas argues that Dwight D. Eisenhower was a brilliantly canny peacekeeper.

'Sweet Tooth'

By IAN McEWAN
Reviewed by KURT ANDERSEN

The heroine of Ian McEwan's novel goes to work for MI5.

Uprising in Hungary: Soviet tanks in Budapest, 1956.

'Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956'

By ANNE APPLEBAUM
Reviewed by MAX FRANKEL

Anne Applebaum recounts the Soviet grab for Eastern Europe.

'Saul Steinberg: A Biography'

By DEIRDRE BAIR
Reviewed by DEBORAH SOLOMON

Deirdre Bair looks at the eccentric life of the cartoonist Saul Steinberg.

'My American Revolution'

By ROBERT SULLIVAN
Reviewed by SAM ROBERTS

Robert Sullivan explores the setting of the Revolutionary War - and it's not in Massachusetts.

'Blasphemy'

By SHERMAN ALEXIE
Reviewed by JESS ROW

Sherman Alexie's stories explore the dissonance and alienation of contemporary Native American life.

'Swimming Home'

By DEBORAH LEVY
Reviewed by FRANCINE PROSE

A mysterious house guest at a villa in the South of France causes complications, erotic and otherwise.

'A Free Man'

By AMAN SETHI
Reviewed by SONIA FALEIRO

Aman Sethi delves into the tenuous lives of homeless laborers in one of India's largest cities.

Up Front: Sonia Faleiro

'Black Heart on the Appalachian Trail'

By T. J. FORRESTER
Reviewed by BRUCE BARCOTT

Hikers searching for meaning find dead bodies instead.

'A Working Theory of Love'

By SCOTT HUTCHINS
Reviewed by JAMES HYNES

This first novel centers on a race to make computers seem more human.

'Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga'

By BENJAMIN LORR
Reviewed by STEFANIE SYMAN

A case study of physical transformation through competitive Bikram yoga

Editor's Note

Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, Books Update is being distributed today instead of Friday. The podcast will be updated on Friday at nytimes.com/books.

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Sound Check

By JOHN SCHWARTZ

Preparing to record his own audiobook, John Schwartz took a closer look at the art of storytelling.

Speaking Volumes

By WILLIAM GRIMES

Sometimes an audiobook isn't just a good text and a skilled narrator.

One for the Road

By MARILYN STASIO

An audiobook mystery can be good company on those long trips.

Back Page

Like Mother, Like Child

By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG and SAMANTHA HENIG

Despite potential pitfalls, parents and children remember their book collaborations as rewarding experiences.

Inside the List

By GREGORY COWLES

My affection for Alice Munro goes beyond the literary to the unabashedly sentimental.

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This week, Charles McGrath talks about Alice Munro's "Dear Life"; Leslie Kaufman has notes from the field; J. D. Biersdorfer discusses Sean Howe's history of Marvel Comics; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. John Williams is the host, filling in for Sam Tanenhaus.