RECENT & READABLE

The Man Who Never Was, by Ewen Montagu. A truthful shocker telling how British intelligence deceived the Germans about the invasion of Sicily by floating to them a corpse with pockets stuffed with false war plans (TIME, Feb.1).

The Conquest of Everest, by Sir John Hunt. An engrossing account of the great climb by the commander of the expedition (TIME, Jan. 25).

The Greek Passion, by Nikos Kazantzakis. The temptation, betrayal and death of a Passion-play Christus; an impressive modern parable by the author of Zorba the Greek (TIME, Jan. 11).

The Life and Death of Sylvia, by Ed gar Mittelholzer. A tragedy of shades of color in British Guiana (TIME, Jan. 11).

The Nemesis of Power, by John W.

Wheeler-Bennett. The superbly told story of the German army's maneuverings in German politics from 1918 to 1945 (TIME, Dec. 28).

Someone Like You, by Roald Dahl. First-class short stories with bizarre, some times macabre plots and often surprise endings (TIME, Dec. 28).

Triumph and Tragedy, by Winston Churchill. Sixth and last volume of the best of all World War II accounts (TIME, Nov. 30).

The Journals of Lewis and Clark. The story of the first exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, skillfully culled by Bernard DeVoto from the original seven volumes (TIME, Nov. 23).

Mary Tudor, by H. F. M. Prescott. A penetrating biography of the woman known to history as "Bloody Mary"; a revised edition of Author Prescott's 1940 Spanish Tudor (TIME, Nov. 23).

Except the Lord, by Joyce Gary. How poverty and a sense of predestination sent a young Englishman out into the world with a fire in his heels (TIME, Nov. 16).

Splendid Poseur, by M. M. Marberry. How Joaquin Miller, the "Byron of the Rockies," persuaded his generation that he was a poet (TIME, Nov. 2).

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