On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review  By KAREN RUSSELL
Reviewed by EMMA DONOGHUE Karen Russell's exuberant first novel imagines the pleasures and miseries of life in a failing alligator theme park in the Everglades. Also in the Book Review  By MARK HERTSGAARD
Reviewed by WEN STEPHENSON A lot has to happen by 2020 if this planet is to remain a livable place, Mark Hertsgaard warns.  By SARA WHEELER
Reviewed by HOLLY MORRIS A threatened region's raw beauty shines amid the bleak, shameful story of the ruin of native cultures.  By STEFAN KANFER
Reviewed by HOLLY BRUBACH A study of Humphrey Bogart's life and his lasting influence on American film.  By EVGENY MOROZOV
Reviewed by LEE SIEGEL A technology skeptic argues there is nothing inherently liberating about social networking. Indeed, the opposite may be true.  By BENJAMIN HALE
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER R. BEHA A superior ape falls in love with a primatologist in this pleasurable first novel.  By JOSEPH O'CONNOR
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BENFEY Joseph O'Connor's novel vividly reimagines the love affair between a young actress and the Irish playwright John Millington Synge.  By EDUARDO PORTER
Reviewed by MEGAN BUSKEY A look at the cold accounting that determines the value of things, even things considered priceless.  By RANA DASGUPTA
Reviewed by KARAN MAHAJAN The 100-year-old Bulgarian man at the center of Rana Dasgupta's new novel is witness to the altered Eastern European dream.  By NATHACHA APPANAH
Reviewed by DALIA SOFER Loss is a bond between two boys - one Indian, one Jewish - in this novel set on the island of Mauritius during World War II.  By BRIAN GREENE
Reviewed by TIMOTHY FERRIS Understanding the origins of our universe, Brian Greene argues, means accepting that there could be a multitude of others.  By RUTH BRANDON
Reviewed by CAROLINE WEBER A history of two beauty tycoons who profited from World War II.  By CARLOS FUENTES
Reviewed by MICHAEL WOOD In Carlos Fuentes's new novel, Mexico has exchanged the comfort of corruption for the terror of crime.  By BRADFORD MORROW
Reviewed by TERRENCE RAFFERTY The heroine of Bradford Morrow's novel comes from a long line of pained visionaries.  By SALLY RYDER BRADY
Reviewed by DONNA RIFKIND A widow's memoir of her husband's secret life. By DANIEL RASMUSSEN
Reviewed by ADAM GOODHEART A history of a slave revolt in Louisiana illuminates the white fear of black insurrection.  By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK
Reviewed by MICHAEL BELFIORE A history of the race to commercialize a military technology and define a new era of air travel. | Book Review Features  Essay By MICHAEL ERARD Memoirs about language-learning reflect the fear of a world flattened by the new lingua franca.  Featuring Karen Russell on her first novel, "Swamplandia!"; and Lee Siegel on the dark side of the internet. Reviews by The Times's Critics  Books of The Times By DONALD H. RUMSFELD
Reviewed by MICHIKO KAKUTANI Donald H. Rumsfeld's memoir plays a fast and loose game of dodge ball with what are now "known knowns" and "known unknowns" about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Books of The Times By JED RUBENFELD
Reviewed by SUSANNAH MEADOWS Jed Rubenfeld's tremendous new thriller is a follow-up to his 2006 novel, "The Interpretation of Murder." Editor's Note Thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. Feel free to send feedback; I enjoy hearing your opinions and will do my best to respond. Blake Wilson
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