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|  | Turncoats, Traitors & Heroes by John E. Bakeless
Even those well-read in the American Revolution are probably unaware of the extensive and often crucial espionage developed by both the British and Continental armies during the conflict. Besides reexamining in fresh perspective such well-known figures as Paul Revere, Nathan Hale, Benedict Arnold, and John Andre, the author, a former general staff intelligence officer in World War II, reveals the exploits and tribulations of scores of other spies: Ann Bates, the Tory agent who spied at Washington's headquarters and who, when fleeing for her life, paused to count American artillery; the high-ranking traitor Dr. Benjamin Church, the Continental Army's Director General of Hospitals, caught as a result of a careless mistress; Lydia Darragh, the Quaker housewife who spied for Washington himself; Sergeant Major John Champe, who posed as a deserter from the rebel army in order to capture Benedict Arnold; and many others. From the plot to kidnap George Washington to the fall of Yorktown, here are the clandestine activities of the spies, counterspies, and double agents who risked life and honor fighting a silent, anonymous shadow war. AUTHOR: John E. Bakeless
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Endgame by David Rohde
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Christian Science Monitor journalist Rohde uncovered evidence that led to his conclusion that a mass killing had occurred in Srebenica, Bosnia, in July 1995. The event, which resulted in the deaths of 7,000 Bosnian Muslims, is revealed detail by detail, through the testimony of individuals on both sides, as well as outside peacekeepers and members of the military. AUTHOR: David Rohde
PUBLISHER: Westview Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Lance & the Shield by Grover Gardner, Robert M. Utley
Description not available.A flesh-and-blood portrait of one of the most misunderstood figures in American history shows Sitting Bull from both the settler and the Lakota perspective--a courageous warrior, a spiritual leader, and stubborn defender of traditional ways. Reprint. NYT. AUTHOR: Grover Gardner, Robert M. Utley
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Voices of Northern Ireland
The author relates her visit to Northern Ireland where she interviewed Protestants and Catholics and recorded their feelings growing up in a country torn apart by religious and political conflict.
CATEGORY: History
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 | Night by Elie Wiesel, Jeffrey Rosenblatt, Maryam Riess
Wiesel's account of his own experiences in the camps during World War II has become a classic of the genre. AUTHOR: Elie Wiesel, Jeffrey Rosenblatt, Maryam Riess
PUBLISHER: Audio Bookshelf
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: History
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