Night-Table Reading

Michael Chow, restaurateur: Duveen,

by S. N. Behrman (Random House). ''Duveen. the greatest art dealer, transported nobility and culture from Europe to A merica. For obsessive collectors, the book is revealing

Kati Marion,author, host of America and the World on NPR:

Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy (Random House). 'At 15 I saw the book as a great tragic romance. Now I'm stunned by Tolstoy s surgically accurate portrayal of the death-in-life of a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage."

Dr. Vartan Gregorian,president of Brown University:

The Unredeemed Captive, by John Demos ( Vintage). "It x about a 1704 incident at Deerfield, Massachusetts. where the English, the French, and all the Indians faced one another across ethnic, racial, religious, and cultural divides."

Amber Valletta, model: The Alchemist,

by Paulo Coelho (HarperSanFrancisco). "It is inspiring and magical. It made me remember that it is always important to follow your dreams in life."