NIGHT TABLE READING

BEN STEINhost, Comedy Central's Win Ben Stein's Money

Shiloh 1862, by Jim Arnold (Stackpole).

"I like to read about wars caused by moral crusades to remind myself of just how the search for perfection can lead to horrific consequences that never were intended or even imagined."

TEX McCRARYpublic-relations consultant, former political adviser

Legacy,

by Christopher Ogden (Little, Brown). "Editor, ambassador, and philanthropist Walter Annenberg and his wife, Leonore, earned the pinnacle praise of the most valued British phrase, 'a touch of class."'

DR. WOODSON MERRELLexecutive director, Beth Israel's Center for Health and Healing, N.Y.C.

The Path to Tranquility,

by the Dalai Lama (Viking). "This is a book I keep returning to for its wonderful aphorisms for daily meditation."

ELLEN WRIGHTauthor, Bridgehampton Weekends

The Fourth Deadly Sin,

by Lawrence Sanders (Berkley). "Edward X. Delaney, detective and main character, has the most mouthwatering food throughout this wonderful mystery. Start with The First Deadly Sin and move on from there. His sandwiches are to die for."