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The Lonely Sea: Collected Short Stories
Her Benny
Vedere din Parfumerie
Mysticism and Logic (Western Philosophy)
The Analects of Confucious
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking
Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Ask
Mutual Aid
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
The Brothers Karamazov
The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg
The blurb says the book is sympathetic, but the last chapter makes Moe Berg sound like a bum. It's not clear if Mr. Dawidoff thinks that ball players otherwise do important work in society. As a (life) concept, spying on vacation from professional sports is brilliant. To the extent that the story of Moe Berg and Heisenberg meeting in Switzerland is true, it's unbelievable.
