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More December Titles: The Papacy in the Modern World (Crossroad, $14.95), by J. Derek Holmes, a professor of history at Ushaw College in England, looks to be an extremely interesting book. It is based on material released from the Vatican over the past 15 years, and gives a comprehensive account of the history of the Church since World War I. Of special interest perhaps is Holmes’s defense of Pius XII against the charge that he ignored the plight of the German Jews during the Third Reich.

Robert Hendrickson’s The Literary Life: And Other Curiosities (Viking, $25) goes far beyond literary anecdote to include quizzes, lovers, last words, word derivations, etc.

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More December Titles: The Papacy in the Modern World (Crossroad, $14.95), by J. Derek Holmes, a professor of history at Ushaw College in England, looks to be an extremely interesting book. It is based on material released from the Vatican over the past 15 years, and gives a comprehensive account of the history of the Church since World War I. Of special interest perhaps is Holmes’s defense of Pius XII against the charge that he ignored the plight of the German Jews during the Third Reich.

Robert Hendrickson’s The Literary Life: And Other Curiosities (Viking, $25) goes far beyond literary anecdote to include quizzes, lovers, last words, word derivations, etc.