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Growing up as an orphan, Razumou adopted the belief that all of Russia was his family, a sentiment that he carries into his higher education. Because of this, when talks of revolution start arising in Russia, Razumou decides to stay neutral. However, this becomes increasingly difficult when most of his classmates start to express their ardent support for a revolution. Still, Razumou decides not to take a stand on either side. Since he feels all of...
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""Allbeury, like le Carre, is a master of the genre, and this novel represents some of his best work." -- Booklist It's 1980 and the Cold War continues to rage. Seemingly out of nowhere, wealthy businessman Logan Powell has become President-elect and isweeks away from assuming the most powerful position in the world. Across the Atlantic, veteran British intelligence agent James MacKay uncovers shocking evidence that suggests something might be terribly...
3) Dry bones
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Fintan Dunne trilogy volume 3
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"Fintan Dunne, the detective at the center of The Man Who Never Returned and Hour of the Cat, is back in this spellbinding story of an ill-fated OSS mission into the heart of the Eastern front and its consequences more than a decade after the war's end. As the Red Army continues its unstoppable march toward Berlin in the winter of 1945, Dunne and his fellow soldier Dick Van Hull volunteer for a dangerous drop behind enemy lines to rescue a team of...
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Will Flemyng novels volume 1
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A former spy-turned-politician is drawn back into the shadows of his Cold War past by a bizarre death that starts to unravel some of the government's most sensitive secrets.
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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xvii, 510 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Comprehensive and authoritative, The Secret State skillfully examines the potential pitfalls of the traditional intelligence cycle; the dangerous uncertainties of spies and human intelligence; how the Cold War became an electronic intelligence war; the technical revolution that began with the use of reconnaissance photography in World War I and during the Cuban Missile Crisis; the legacy of Stalin's deliberate ignoring of vital intelligence; how...
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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310 pages ; 25 cm
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"In Gun Metal Heart by Dana Haynes, Daria Gibron, a freelance operative with a long and deadly history, has been slowly recovering from the injuries sustained from her last case. Hiding out in a town in rural Italy, she has been staying as far off the map as she can--until she's tracked down by an old colleague. Diego had been a bodyguard in Florence, protecting an engineer and her invention, when they were attacked by a highly trained paramilitary...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008
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x, 431 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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A history of the intelligence-gathering and espionage activities of the Vatican evaluates its hidden roles in influencing world events, describing practices ranging from political assassinations to the manipulation of financial markets.
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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293 pages ; 25 cm
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"Against the backdrop of the 2016 presidential election, five simultaneous murders on three continents leads a cyber sleuth to a thread revealing someone has just bought five nuclear weapons. But who and what is their target? American intelligence expert Ray Bowman is brought in to find out. With the help of a Mossad agent and a female South African intelligence officer, he races around the world to stop nuclear terror. Washington fears the bombs...
11) Hidden secrets
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Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2002
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224 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
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History of espionage around the world including descriptions of the technology used.
12) Spy
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Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
c2000
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61 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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Presents information about men and women spies throughout history as well as about the tools and equipment they used in espionage and intelligence service.
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
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113 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
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Presents a history of espionage, covering famous male and female spies of the past, techniques and equipment, various disguises and ruses used by spies to avoid detection, and the spying methods of the future.
14) Overkill
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[2018]
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"Putting it all on the line to rescue his kidnapped son pits counterspy Alex Hawke against Russian President Vladimir Putin in this action-packed thriller from New York Times bestselling author Ted Bell. On a ski vacation in the Swiss Alps high above St. Moritz, Alex Hawke and his young son, Alexei, are thrust into danger when the tram carrying them to the top of the mountain bursts into flame, separating the two. Before he can reach Alexei, the boy...
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Anna Resnikov novels volume 3
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
367 p. ; 24 cm.
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When Burt Miller of Cougar, the powerful private intelligence company that overshadows the CIA, discovers Russia's plans to destroy the Ukraine's independence, he calls upon Anna Resnikov to run interference.
16) The assassins
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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402 p. ;
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"Six master assassins -- each a legend in the dark corners of international espionage -- band together to steal a fortune from the middle of a war zone. But the mission goes tragically wrong, and they retreat into the shadows. Now THE ASSASSINS are back.Former military spy Judd Ryder is walking to his D.C. home when he spots a man coming out of his row house who looks like Ryder and is wearing his clothes. As Ryder slows to follow, the imposter is...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
189 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
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Top Secret is definitely not the right word for the International Spy Museum-its launch in 2002 made news and it has been high-profile ever since, with attendance growing by leaps and bounds. The International Spy Museum Handbook of Practical Spying has already been declassified to the delight of those in the need-to-know. Now, following up on that success, here's an illustrated biographical who's who of spydom from biblical days to recent times....
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John Wells novels volume 8
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Unable to prevent the assassination of a CIA station chief by Iranian hostiles who are allegedly plotting a nuclear attack on the United States, John Wells goes undercover to discern the truth on an assignment that takes him from Guatemala and Thailand to Hong Kong and Istanbul.
19) The outsiders
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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390 pages ; 24 cm
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"MI5 officer Winnie Monks has never forgotten--or forgiven--the death of a young agent on her team at the hands of a former Russian Army major turned gangster. Now, ten years later, she learns that the Major is travelling to a villa on the popular Spanish holiday destination Costa del Sol, and she asks permission to send in a surveillance unit. They find an empty property near the Major's: the Villa Paraiso. It's perfect to spy from--and as a base...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
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viii, 306 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Moscow, 1988. The twilight of the Cold War. The KGB is at its most ruthless, and has now indisputably gained the upper hand over the CIA in the intelligence war. But no one knows how. Ten CIA agents and double-agents have gone missing in the last three years. They have either been executed or they are unaccounted for. At Langley, several theories circulate as to how the KGB seems suddenly to have become telepathic, predicting the CIA's every move....
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