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 The Lives of Animals
by J.M. Coetzee
Princeton University Press (pb)
$12.95
Elizabeth Costello is a writer asked to lecture at a university. Instead if discussing her novels or career, she chooses the somewhat touchy subject of vegetarianism and animal cruelty. Her lectures and the discussions they provoke explore the relationship between meat-eating and crime. No, the story doesn't brainwash you with reasons to forgo eating meat, but it does present a philosophical debate for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. - AL
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 Stolen Lives
by Malika Oufkir
Hyperion Books
$24.00
Stolen Lives is a harrowing tale about a woman who spent her childhood trapped in the lap of luxury, and her adulthood incarcerated. This is a great account of what life is like in Morocco from the perspective of a princess and a fugitive. I stayed up until 5 in the morning, on the edge of my bed, unable to put this book down. - AJ
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 The Moving Body: Teaching Creative Theatre
by Jacques Lecoq
Theatre Arts
$27.95
"There is no movement without a fixed point. If it cannot be found, it must be invented." The influence of Jacques Lecoq on the contemporary theatre and its relation to the body is immeasurable. Here, available for the first time in English, is Lecoq's treatise on the body and the ways in which the body and mind can unite and traverse the depths of the stage and all it encompasses. Simply said: Jacques Lecoq is a legend of international theatre and the preeminent teacher of movement. His words are poetry. His teachings are brilliant. To read him is to rediscover and reevaluate the body and the self. "The fundamental reality of creation is solitude." - TH
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 Therapy
by David Lodge
Penguin USA (pb)
$12.95
A beautifully written and subtly hysterical account of one man's mid-life meltdown and spiritual rebirth. Lodge expertly encapsulates modern man's need for personal fulfillment in the character of Tubby Passmore, an infinitely likeable yet lost writer of a successful British sitcom. Tubby's quest for enlightenment in the pursuit of therapy is sparked by a persistent pain in his right knee. His pain becomes our pleasure as he proceeds to investigate the Byzantine world of modern alternative medicines. - CB
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 Why We Buy
by Paco Underhill
Simon & Schuster (pb)
$15.00
Finally, a great book on our true "national pastime." This concise, clever volume compares men and women shoppers and how stores help or hinder the process. The concluding tour of a typical bookstore (is it ours?) is dazzling no matter which side of the counter you're standing on. - BJ
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