NIGHT TABLE READING

ANTHONY BOURDAINauthor of The Nasty Bits (Bloomsbury U.SJL, May 2006) and star of No Reservations on the Travel Channel

"Still incredulous that anyone ever believed anything in A Million Little Pieces, I'm re-reading Gentlemanly Repose: Confessions of a Debauched Rock'n'Roller, by Michael Ruffino. Ruffino, the bass player for the unheralded Unband, makes drug and alcohol abuse funny. It's the most hilarious account of a rock 'n' roll band since This Is Spinal Tap."

KATHY FRESTON author of The One: Finding Soul Mate Love and Making It Last (Miramax Books, May 2006)

"I'm always trying to push myself to be a more spiritual and compassionate person, so I'm loving Making Kind Choices, by Ingrid Newkirk. It's vital to my sanity to know that in these crazy times little acts of kindness toward animals really do make a difference. It's a simple and soulful guide on how to be kinder."

DAVIS GUGGENHEIMdirector of An Inconvenient Truth

Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer (Anchor). "There's no better story to show our disconnect from the natural worid. I'm haunted by the scene in which Krakauer describes Christopher McCandless carrying his canoe for days through the desert because the Colorado River no longer meets the At first you think this kid is insane—maybe it's all of us who are asleep."

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