How to reinstall Address Book in Lion?

When I try to open Address Book all I get is the multi-colored pinwheel icon spinning around and around.  I have to force quit the app.  I have removed the icon from the dock and then re-added it, that didn't work.  Then I went into the Application Support / Address Book folder and removed the two files in there, but that didn't work even though the Address Book recreated them.  Is the next step to reinstall?  If so, how do I do that considering that Lion did not come on a DVD?
Thanks!

polishedstaple wrote:
Then I went into the Application Support / Address Book folder and removed the two files in there, but that didn't work even though the Address Book recreated them. 
Try deleting the files/folders:
     ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist
     ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.AddressBook/
Is the next step to reinstall?  If so, how do I do that considering that Lion did not come on a DVD?
Boot into recovery (Hold ⌘R on boot)
Select Reinstall OS X Lion

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