RECENT & READABLE

The Spirit of St. Louis, by Charles A. Lindbergh. An engrossing re-creation of the epoch-making flight, by the man who made it (TIME, Sept. 14).

Lelia, by Andre Maurois. A fine biography of the restless woman who called herself George Sand (TIME, Sept. 14).

The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert Heilbroner. A lively guided tour through the minds and times of some of history's most influential economic thinkers (TIME, Sept. 7).

Ambush for the Hunter, by F. L. Green. Communist spies, British counterspies and muted heartbreak in a British middle-class marriage, all adding up to rattling good suspense (TIME, Aug. 31).

Hitler's Secret Conversations, by Adolf Hitler (introduced by British Historian H. R. Trevor-Roper). The Fuehrer's unguarded, all-night talk fests, taken down in shorthand by party associates, give an excellent insight into a weird and fascinating mind (TIME, Aug. 31).

The Unconquered, by Ben Ames Williams. A posthumously published sequel to House Divided, full of carefully researched history, violence in Reconstruction days and tears over spilled mint juleps (TIME, Aug. 24).

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