Night-table Reading

Julia Child (chef): The Swamp Root Chronicle, by Robert Manning (W. W. Norton). "The autobiography of an outspoken and humorous man. He knew everyone who was anyone. Gutsy writing, lively reading."

Howard Stringer (president of CBS I Broadcast Group): We Were Soldiers Once. . .and Young, by Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore (Retired) and Joseph L. Galloway (Random House). "Distance from Vietnam doesn't dim the drama or stem the tears."

David Salle {artist): Investigating Sex: Surrealist Discussions 1928-1932, edited by Jose Pierre (Verso). "Andre Breton and company talk directly about sex lore. Very musical and touchingly sincere and sad. "