RECENT & READABLE

Closing the Ring. Volume V of Winston Churchill's incomparable history of World War II; mid-1943 to D-day 1944 of (TIME, Nov. 26).

Gods, Graves & Scholars, by C. W. Ceram. The big men and big moments of modern archeology; proof that digging can be dramatic (TIME, Nov. 12).

The Selected Letters of Henry Adams, edited by Newton Arvin. Memorable commentary, mostly disenchanted, on two generations of U.S. life, by a brilliant and introspective man who grew up thinking that the presidency was a family trade (TIME, Nov. 12).

The Conformist, by Alberto Moravia. Italy's best novelist unravels the character of a Fascist (TIME, Nov. 12).

LIFE'S Picture History of Western Man. A vividly illustrated panorama of a thou sand years of Western civilization (TIME, Nov. 5).

Katherine Mansfield's Letters to John Middleton Murry. Touchingly intimate self-revelations by the author of some of the finest short stories in the language (TIME, Nov. 5).

The End of the Affair, by Graham Greene. A shocker about an adulterous love that leads to sainthood--in one of the most controversial endings of the year (TIME, Oct. 29).

Mister Johnson, by Joyce Gary. A fresh and exuberant story of the rise & fall of a Nigerian career man; close to Author Gary's brilliant best (TIME, Oct. 8).

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