


COMPULSION
by Meyer Levin · Simon & Schuster
Ambassador Theatre, Michael Myerberg presents "Compulsion," dramatization by (producer's version) Meyer Levin, production staged by Alex Segal, with Roddy McDowall, Dean Stockwell, Howard Da Silva, Michael Constantine, settings by Peter Larkin, costumes by John Boxer, lighting by Charles Elson, co-producer Len S. Gruenberg


THE LAST ANGRY MAN
by Gerald Green · Charles Scribner's Sons
A doctor, living in the Brooklyn slums, conducts a one-man campaign against hoodlums.

THE DURABLE FIRE
by Howard Swiggett · Houghton Mifflin
Story of business life and a happy marriage.


THE WONDERFUL O.
by James Thurber · Simon & Schuster
The man with the map & the man with the ship sailed for the island rich with sapphires, emeralds & rubies. Their vessel was called AEIU, which has every vowel but O. The owner hated O because his mother had become wedged in a porthole & they couldn't pull her in, so they had to push her out. The Island, Ooroo, was inhabited by gentle people who did not resist when the pirates unable to find any jewels decided to get rid of all words with an O in them. Cnfusin reigned, & chas. A man named Otto Ott, when asked his name, could only stutter. Ophelia Oliver was ashamed. Babies often made as much sense as their fathers. The islanders decided there were words with an O that must not be lost. Three of them were "Hope" & "Love" & "Valor." The fourth & most important is really the whole point of "The Wonderful O"

A HOUSEFUL OF LOVE
by Marjorie Housepian · Random House
Memoir of the author's childhood years, growing up in a large extended family of Armenian immigrants to the U.S.
FAR, FAR THE MOUNTAIN PEAK
by John Masters · Viking Press
The story of Peter Savage, civil servant in India and foremost mountain climber.
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