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There are some books that will make you into a genius as soon as you turn back the title page, and S, M, L, XL by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas is certainly one of them. Once you get the hang of things, the book is a remarkable and inspiring read, covering the past 20 years of Koolhaas's work with his firm, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). Much like LeCourbusier in his adamant pursuit of the abstract, Koolhaas one-ups the Modernists by proposing that modern architecture should be aggressively livable and inter-dependent. You may experience feelings of panic when you start flipping though the pages, but don't worry, just take a deep breath and let the fragmented typography, skewed photographs, napkin scribbling, and yes, pictures of buildings, wash over you like a soothing post-modern wave. It'll be OK, just let it happen. It's hard to find a copy of Koolhaas's book,