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Tear up your rock-through-theages history books, bury Elvis and Neil-Greil Marcus's revolutionary re-invention of The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs (Yale) singles out music by Joy Division, Etta James, Beyonce, and the Flamin' Groovies as the embodiment of the rebellious rock spirit that desires nothing more than liberation. No one writes more eloquently about the male crack-up and the depths of loneliness than Donald Antrim; the stories in The Emerald Light in the Air (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), hopscotching between the surreal and ordinary, comic and heartbreaking, are dazzling. Take a lesson from these Democratic firebrands: Wendy Davis made history with a hli-

buster and her career by busting her ass and Forgetting to Be Afraid (Blue Rider). Off the Sidelines (Ballantine) is Kirsten Gillibrand's political call to action for women. Gun-control advocates Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly, like the majority of Americans, have had Enough (Scribner) of the violence.

Also this month: Eula Biss sanely takes on the anti-vaccine mob in On Immunity: An Inoculation (Graywolf). Art-lover Jan Morris's heart skips a beat in Ciao, Carpaccio!: An Infatuation (Liveright). A spinster and a married woman tumble into love and murder in Sarah Waters's seductive thriller The Paying Guests (Riverhead). Tony Earley more than measures up with Mr. Tall (Little, Brown). William Giraldi digs up evil on the Alaskan tundra in Hold the Dark (Liveright). Karen Abbott honors four nervy women who went undercover during the Civil War in Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy (Harper). Peter Thiel, with Blake Masters, shows how to launch a start-up in Zero to One (Crown). Devastatingly stylish editors Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, and Leanne Shapton speak with and about Women in Clothes (Blue Rider). Al-Qaeda double agent Morten Storm fights the war on terror in Agent Storm (Atlantic Monthly). Julia Scott'sDrivel: Deliciously Bad Writing by Your Favorite Au thors (Perigee) will pluck your heartstrings. Play it again, play it again—that's classic.

ELISSA SCHAPPELL