Editors" Choice - NYTimes.com THE HEIR APPARENT: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince, by Jane Ridley. Random House, $35. He was vain, gluttonous, promiscuous and none too bright, but "Bertie" emerges as an appealing character in Ridley's superb book. CHURCHILL'S BOMB: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race, by Graham Farmelo. Basic Books, $29.99. Churchill's relationship with military science. THE ROAR OF THE LION: The Untold Story of Churchill's World War II Speeches, by Richard Toye. Oxford University, $34.95. The speeches were not crucial in inspiring British resistance. SERVANTS: A Downstairs History of Britain From the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times, by Lucy Lethbridge. Norton, $27.95. This lively account views domestic service as a window into many aspects of British social history. JEEVES AND THE WEDDING BELLS: An Homage to P. G. Wodehouse, by Sebastian Faulks. St. Martin's, $25.99. The redoubtable Jeeves saves the day once again in this delightful tribute. HAVISHAM, by Ronald Frame. Picador, $26. Frame's fast-moving novel provides a back story and an inner life for the jilted bride of Dickens's "Great Expectations." ROCKS OFF: 50 Tracks That Tell the Story of the Rolling Stones, by Bill Janovitz. A musician, critic and fan offers illuminating historical context for 50 songs. Vintage, paper, $25. In these unnerving tales, childhood misdeeds receive their just punishment, and then some. JONATHAN SWIFT: His Life and His World, by Leo Damrosch. Yale University, $35. A commanding biography by a Harvard professor.