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82) Overkill
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
487 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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 is snatched from the burning cable car by unknown assailants in a helicopter. Meanwhile, high above the skies of France, Vladimir Putin is aboard his presidential jet after escaping a bloodless coup in...
Author
Publisher
Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xvi, 542 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An enthralling work of popular history that vividly resurrects the web of everyday Germans who resisted Nazi rule"--
"Nazi Germany is remembered as a nation of willing fanatics. But beneath the surface, countless ordinary, everyday Germans actively resisted Hitler. Some passed industrial secrets to Allied spies. Some forged passports to help Jews escape the Reich. For others, resistance was as simple as writing a letter denouncing the rigidity of...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A former CIA officer and curator of the CIA Museum reveals the untold story of Ernest Hemingway's secret life as a spy for both the Americans and Soviets before and during World War II, and explores how his espionage activities influenced his literary work.
An international cloak-and-dagger epic ranging from the Spanish Civil War to the liberation of Western Europe, wartime China, the Red Scare of Cold War America, and the Cuban Revolution, here...
85) The Watchman
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A gripping read that will appeal to all adventure lovers" - Booklist Starred Review
Introducing professional watcher and deep cover specialist Marc Portman in the first of this stunning new series
He's a professional shadow. A watcher who provides protection in potentially hostile situations. He works in the background, stays off the record. Often the people he's guarding have no idea he's there. Some people know...
Introducing professional watcher and deep cover specialist Marc Portman in the first of this stunning new series
He's a professional shadow. A watcher who provides protection in potentially hostile situations. He works in the background, stays off the record. Often the people he's guarding have no idea he's there. Some people know...
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
298 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
1020L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Examines the 9/11 terrorist attacks and details how modern espionage has changed because of them. Discusses characteristics of a good spy, myths about becoming a spy, and how spies are recruited and trained. Also explores the future of espionage. Includes profiles of spies, a timeline, photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
89) The Blood Flag
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The Blood Flag was last seen on October 18, 1944, when Heinrich Himmler displayed it proudly as he commissioned the Volkssturm, the Nazi Party's new militia created to avert the certain defeat that awaited Germany.
Hitler believed the Blood Flag, Blutfahne, carried sacred powers. It held the blood of the first Nazi martyrs, those killed in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich in 1923, when Hitler first tried to take over Germany. Several Nazis were shot...
91) The doll's house
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A female Intelligence agent is dispatched to spy on a group of retired spooks engaging in international terrorism in this post–Cold War thriller
After three decades serving king and country, fifty-one-year-old Harry Oakham is put out to pasture with a miserly pension. But the former civil servant has his own ideas for his so-called retirement. He settles into a luxury hotel in the English countryside and rounds up a...
After three decades serving king and country, fifty-one-year-old Harry Oakham is put out to pasture with a miserly pension. But the former civil servant has his own ideas for his so-called retirement. He settles into a luxury hotel in the English countryside and rounds up a...
92) Bridge of spies
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
James Donovan is a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Formats
Description
"World War II London: When Victoire 'Paddy' Bennett first walks into the Admiralty's Room 39, home to the Intelligence Division, all the bright and lively young woman expects is a secretarial position to the charismatic Commander Ian Fleming. But soon her job is so much more, and when Fleming proposes a daring plot to deceive the Germans about Allied invasion plans he requests the newlywed Paddy's help. She jumps at the chance to work as an agent...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Combining the pulsating drive of Showtime's Homeland with the fascinating historical detail of such of narrative nonfiction bestsellers as Double Cross and In the Garden of Beasts, Dark Invasion is Howard Blum's gritty, high-energy true-life tale of German espionage and terror on American soil during World War I, and the NYPD Inspector who helped uncover the plot--the basis for the film to be produced by and starring Bradley Cooper. When a "neutral"...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Yasmine Ajam has fled her past in the rough Stockholm borough Bergort, reinventing herself as a trendspotter in New York City. One day she receives a startling message: there are riots erupting on the streets of Stockholm and they appear to be connected with the disappearance of her brother, Fadi. Following rumors that Fadi was radicalized and died fighting for ISIS in Syria, Yasmine returns to Stockholm to discover what really happened to her brother....
96) Spies in the KGB
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
480L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map.
Language
English
Description
Presents facts and photos about Russian spies and the KGB. Includes a glossary, index, and an at-home spy activity.
97) Get Smart
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Agent 86 is the bungling secret agent Maxwell Smart. He works for CONTROL. They are on a mission to battle the forces of their evil crime nemesis known as KAOS. Smart has along side with him the competent and beautiful Agent 99. The headquarters of the U.S. spy agency CONTROL is attacked and the identities of its agents are compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote his analyst Maxwell Smart, who has dreamed of working in the field with superstar...
98) Paranoia
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st St. Martin's Press ed.
Physical Desc
426 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Adam Cassidy is twenty-six and a low level employee at a high-tech corporation who hates his job. When he manipulates the system to do something nice for a friend, he finds himself charged with a crime. Corporate Security gives him a choice: prison - or become a spy in the headquarters of their chief competitor, Trion Systems.
They train him. They feed him inside information. Now, at Trion, he's a star, skyrocketing to the top. He finds he has talents...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A twisting, sophisticated World War II novel following a spy who goes undercover as a part of MI5--in chasing the secrets of others, how much will she lose of herself? Evelyn Varley has always been ambitious and clever. As a girl, she earned a scholarship to a prestigious academy well above her parents' means, gaining her a best friend from one of England's wealthiest families. In 1939, with an Oxford degree in hand and war looming, Evelyn finds herself...
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
"From spy schools and ciphers to sneaky tools and secret armies, this guide takes you on a declassified tour of the undercover operations that helped decide the outcome of World War II. There's also more than a dozen short 'spy-ographies' that cover some of the most famous (and infamous!) agents who were active during the war." -- Back cover.