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|  | The Catcher Was a Spy by Nicholas Dawidoff
The biography of Moe Berg, sometime major-league catcher, sometime spy, sometime lawyer, and full-time enigma. Berg, a Princeton graduate and Wall Street lawyer who played sporadically (and not very well) with the major leagues between 1923 and 1939, was recruited by Wild Bill Donovan for the OSS during World War II, and he eventually was awarded the Medal of Freedom for his work in Germany collecting information for the H-bomb project. A Jew, Berg was the odd man out in nearly every world he inhabited--the Ivy League, baseball, Wall Street, the OSS--and Dawidoff neatly emphasizes how his sense of himself as an outsider worked marvelously to his advantage in espionage, just as it had inhibited and held him back everywhere else. AUTHOR: Nicholas Dawidoff
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Sisterhood of Spies by Elizabeth P. McIntosh
An account of the espionage work performed by women in the O.S.S. during World War II, written by a former agent. AUTHOR: Elizabeth P. McIntosh
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Mobile by Michael Thomason
Description not available.An in-depth study of Mobile, Alabama, commemorates the city's tricentennial as it discusses Mobile's founding in 1702, its evolution into a successful and prosperous river port, its shipbuilding boom during World War II, and the social, cultural, and economic diversity of the present day. AUTHOR: Michael Thomason
PUBLISHER: University of Alabama Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Best Places to Stay in California by Anne E. Wright, Bruce Shaw
For long weekends, romantic getaways, business trips, and family vacations alike, BEST PLACES TO STAY IN CALIFORNIA is the guide to look to for accurate and discerning reviews of distinctive accommodations in all price ranges. The author has personally visited hundreds of establishments in her research, ensuring a book that you'll rely on again and again in your travel planning. This completely revised and updated edition recommends more than 300 accommodation choices: * Bed & Breakfasts * Wine Country Inns * Ski Lodges * City Stops * Romantic Hideaways * Family Favorites * Wilderness Retreats * Grand Old Resorts * Seaside Resorts and Inns * Spas There are also itineraries, activity appendixes, and eight maps to help you find the perfect place to match your style, budget, and interests. AUTHOR: Anne E. Wright, Bruce Shaw
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Nuremberg by Joseph E. Persico
The Nuremberg trials took place from November 1945 to October 1946, and today they remain an extraordinary precedent for judging international atrocities in the twentieth century. Joseph E. Persico captures the trial in bold strokes and minute detail--entering the minds of all the key actors though groundbreaking research that includes the private papers of Colonel Burton C. Andrus, the Nuremberg prison psychiatrist and commandant; the letters and journals of the prisoners; and the accounts of the day-to-day struggles, compromises, and convictions among the prosecutors and judges. AUTHOR: Joseph E. Persico
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | A History of Islamic Societies by Ira M. Lapidus
Description not available.An accessible worldwide history of Muslim societies provides updated coverage of each country and region, in a volume that discusses their origins and evolution while offering insight into historical processes that shaped contemporary Islam and surveying its growing influence. Simultaneous. (Social Science) AUTHOR: Ira M. Lapidus
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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