On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review  By STEVEN PINKER
Reviewed by PETER SINGER In his new book, Steven Pinker's central thesis is that our current era is less violent, less cruel and more peaceful than any previous period of human existence. Also in the Book Review  By RUSSELL BANKS
Reviewed by HELEN SCHULMAN Russell Banks's protagonist, a paroled sex offender living under a Florida causeway, befriends a mysterious sociologist.  By LISA RANDALL
Reviewed by JIM HOLT Developments in physics have the potential to radically change our understanding of the world.  By BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN
Reviewed by JOHN LELAND Bruce Jay Friedman - writer, editor, actor - reflects on an era.  By JULIA SCHEERES
Reviewed by ALAN RIDING Julia Scheeres follows the experiences of five Peoples Temple members who went to Jonestown.  By ELIZABETH NUNEZ
Reviewed by ZOE SLUTZKY In this novel, an editor from the Caribbean makes a life in Manhattan.  By PAUL LA FARGE
Reviewed by KATHRYN SCHULZ In this novel, a programmer unmoored by the death of his grandfather returns to the town where he spent childhood summers.  By DAVID MARGOLICK
Reviewed by AMY FINNERTY Two of the figures in a famous photograph come to complicated life.  By TIM RILEY
Reviewed by JAMES PARKER A biographer tries to make sense of John Lennon's pain.  By AMITAV GHOSH
Reviewed by CHANDRAHAS CHOUDHURY This sequel to "Sea of Poppies" unfolds in the Chinese trading outpost of Canton.  By ANDRE ACIMAN
Reviewed by TEJU COLE The scent of lavender is André Aciman's madeleine, connecting him with the past.  By DAVID KING
Reviewed by GENE SANTORO A crime history of Marcel Petiot, a serial killer in Nazi-occupied Paris.  By SYLVIA NASAR
Reviewed by JUSTIN FOX Sylvia Nasar traces the evolution of modern economic thought, from John Maynard Keynes to Amartya Sen.  By DAVID BERGEN
Reviewed by POLLY MORRICE A newspaper columnist and grieving father turns to letter writing in this novel.  By COREY ROBIN
Reviewed by SHERI BERMAN Conservatism at its core, this book argues, is about subjugating the lower orders.  By ERIN MORGENSTERN
Reviewed by STACEY D'ERASMO In Erin Morgenstern's historical novel, two lovestruck magicians are engaged in a battle of imagination and will.  By JACQUES STEINBERG
Reviewed by JAY JENNINGS Jacques Steinberg profiles six everyday athletes and their attempts to complete an Ironman triathlon. By ROBERT OLEN BUTLER
Reviewed by JOANNA SMITH RAKOFF Instead of signing her divorce papers, a woman checks into the New Orleans hotel "thick with the ghosts" of her marriage.  By ALAN WOLFE
Reviewed by JONATHAN RAUCH Moralizing is not the best way of dealing with political evil, Alan Wolfe writes.  By JEROME GROOPMAN AND PAMELA HARTZBAND
Reviewed by DANIEL J. LEVITIN The decisions we make as patients have a lot to do with our personal histories.  By GERARD WOODWARD
Reviewed by JINCY WILLETT A World War II British family deals with its privations in unsettling ways. | Back Page Essay By ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ The e-book may inadvertently be driving footnotes to extinction.  Children's Books Reviewed by PAMELA PAUL A puppeteer, a mime and a magician are the worthy subjects of three very different biographies for middle-grade readers about men who mastered some form of magic.  Children's Books Reviewed by PAMELA PAUL "Samantha on a Roll" is a new picture book about an adventurous girl who can't resist trying out her new skates.  Featuring Stephen Greenblatt on his new book "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern"; André Aciman on his new collection of travel essays; and Jacques Steinberg on profiling Ironman triathletes. 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. Des Shoe
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