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		• Fall Forecast: Find out which books are headed your way in the coming months.

Online Extra: Chapter 1

• This feature allows you to read the first chapter of a new book. This week's selections are "The Ingenuity Gap," by Thomas Homer-Dixon, "The Mystery of the Aleph," by Amir D. Aczel and "The Quick and the Dead," by Joy Williams.

Book Club

• The Washington Post Book Club is a monthly program that inspires conversation between the editors and writers of Book World and its readers. This month, Chris Lehmann presents "Jakob von Gunten" by Robert Walser. Join this month's discussion.

Featured Review
Codes of the Cosmos
Three books address the reason why humans have two natures: one that is selfish, greedy and sex-hungry, and another—more cultured and refined—that we try to cultivate.

This Week's Book World
JONATHAN YARDLEY: 'A Life in the 20th Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950' by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

High Notes (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

On Her Toes: 'Writing in the Dark, Dancing in the New Yorker' by Arlene Croce (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

Lights, Camera, Reflection: 'Derek Jarman: A Biography' by Tony Peake (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

Screen Sirens: 'The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood' by Diana McLellan (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

AUDIO BOOKS: Out-of-print treasures meet the Harry Potter juggernaut in a feast for the ears. (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

Behind the Lines: 'Shadows of Glory' by Owen Parry (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

Secrets and Lies: 'Don't Tell Anyone' by Frederick Busch (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

Back to Berlin: 'Eduard's Homecoming' by Peter Schneider (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

Wayward Winds: 'Tying Down the Wind: Adventures in the Worst Weather on Earth' by Eric Pinder (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

Nerd Up: 'The Coalwood Way' by Homer Hickam (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

LETTERS (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

Bestsellers (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

POET'S CHOICE (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

BOOK REPORT: The spirit of Borges lives on, a local author explores printing on-demand, and others win big prizes. (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

LITERARY CALENDAR: November 13-18, 2000 (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

MICHAEL DIRDA: 'Romanticism and Its Discontents' by Anita Brookner (Post, Nov. 12, 2000)

Book Reviews in Style
Grotesquerie 101: 'Orange Laughter' by Leone Ross (Post, Nov. 17, 2000)

Slivers From the Family Tree: 'An American Family' by George F. Kennan and 'Lincoln at Home' by David Herbert Donald (Post, Nov. 16, 2000)

A Death That's Greatly Exaggerated: 'The Business of Books: How International Conglomerates Too Over Publishing and Changed the Way We Read' by Andre Schiffrin (Post, Nov. 15, 2000)

Natalie Cole, Making Room for Daddy: 'Angel on My Shoulder: An Autobiography' by Natalie Cole with Digby Diehl (Post, Nov. 14, 2000)

Mountain Memories: 'Wish You Well' by David Baldacci (Post, Nov. 13, 2000)