On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review  By ARTHUR RIMBAUD; translated by JOHN ASHBERY
Reviewed by LYDIA DAVIS John Ashbery brings a long and deep familiarity with French life, language and culture to this translation of Arthur Rimbaud's poetry. Also in the Book Review  By JOHN SAYLES
Reviewed by TOM LeCLAIR John Sayles's novelistic reimagining of America at the turn of the last century nods to both Harriet Beecher Stowe and Thomas Pynchon.  By WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ and RACHEL M. BROWNSTEIN
Reviewed by MIRANDA SEYMOUR A memoir of how Jane Austen's novels transformed one reader's life, and a study of why we still read the "Lady novelist."  By CHRISTOPHER B. KREBS
Reviewed by CULLEN MURPHY How a long-lost Latin manuscript became a Nazi talisman.  By EMMA FORREST
Reviewed by EMILY GOULD A young writer overcomes her self-destructive behavior with the help of a gifted therapist. By ERIK LARSON
Reviewed by DOROTHY GALLAGHER How an American ambassador to the Third Reich, and his daughter, gradually realized what a mess they were in.  By J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN
Reviewed by LILY KING In J. Courtney Sullivan's novel, three generations of a family's women take guilt, secrets and old wounds on a beach retreat.  By ELI PARISER
Reviewed by EVGENY MOROZOV A progressive political activist asks whether the personalization of search-engine results is a blessing or a curse.  By FREDERICK KEMPE
Reviewed by JACOB HEILBRUNN An account of the construction of the Berlin Wall asks whether J.F.K. should be blamed for losing the city.  By DEAN BAKOPOULOS
Reviewed by J. ROBERT LENNON In this novel, a 33-year-old bureaucrat with his own problems sets out to reveal a nation of fake smiles.  By LYNN PERIL and ANNE KREAMER
Reviewed by EMILY BAZELON Two books offer workplace history and advice, with particular regard to the matter of gender.  By ELLEN WILLIS
Reviewed by EVELYN McDONNELL Now out of the vault, the collected work of a New Yorker critic who bore eloquent witness to the heyday of rock.  By DAVID K. SHIPLER
Reviewed by JONATHAN MAHLER David K. Shipler laments the state of the Constitution in the aftermath of 9/11.  Young Adult By VERA BROSGOL
Reviewed by PAMELA PAUL A graphic novel about a teenage girl and her friend Emily, a 100-something-year-old ghost who died 90 years earlier. More Summer Reading  By STEVEN HELLER A roundup of new art and design books, about screen printing, graffiti lettering, signage in South African townships and pavement chalk artists.  By DOUGLAS WOLK A roundup of new comics collections and graphic novels on grown-up themes.  By BROOKE GLADSTONE
Reviewed by DAN KOIS A media manifesto from N.P.R.'s Brooke Gladstone, delivered in comics form. | Back Page  TBR By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER David Eagleman, who hits the hardcover nonfiction list this week with "Incognito," is the kind of guy who really does make being a neuroscientist look like fun. Recently reviewed books of particular interest. By IHSAN TAYLOR Paperback books of particular interest.  Featuring Dorothy Gallagher on Erik Larson's new best-seller, "In the Garden of Beasts"; and Emily Gould on Emma Forrest's memoir, "Your Voice in My Head." Books News & Features  By JULIE BOSMAN A mock children's book with an obscenity in the title has become a hit for a small Brooklyn publisher, which now has to gear up for what it hopes will be big sales. Reviews by The Times's Critics 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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