True Spies

True Spies
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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages : 239
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781402276033
ISBN-13 : 1402276036
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis True Spies by : Shana Galen

He's Getting Tired of Deception...She Wants a Little Intrigue Baron Winslow Keating is honor-bound to finish one last mission as an elite spy for the Barbican group even though he just wants to go home and be with his family. But after years of secrecy and absence, his daughters hardly know him and his wife has given up on him. Lady Elinor has had enough of domestic boredom. She contemplates an affair with a rakish spy, only to discover a world of intrigue and treachery that she never knew existed. Even more shocking, her neglectful husband is suddenly very attentive—quite the jealous type—and apparently there is much more to him than she ever knew. Lord and Lady Spy Trilogy: Lord and Lady Spy (Book 1) True Spies (Book 2) Love and Let Spy (Book 3) Praise for Shana Galen: "Galen strikes the perfect balance between dangerous intrigue and sexy romance."—Booklist "A thrilling ride, filled with mystery, intrigue and romance."—Fresh Fiction on If You Give a Duke a Diamond

True Spies

True Spies
Author :
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages : 239
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781402276040
ISBN-13 : 1402276044
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis True Spies by : Shana Galen

-- Regency England, has managed -- these covert affairs has taken a -- secret liaison with a rakish spy. -- the danger and excitement her marriage has never afforded her-until things get too dangerous, and she ends up being kidnapped. In this world of intrigue, Elinor discovers that no one is who they seem to be-not even her own husband.

Lord and Lady Spy

Lord and Lady Spy
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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages : 385
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781402259074
ISBN-13 : 1402259077
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Lord and Lady Spy by : Shana Galen

Now that the Napoleonic wars have ended, daring secret agent Lady Sophia Smythe must return to her tedious husband, Lord Adrian Smythe, who she may find has a few secrets of his own.

Stalin's Romeo Spy

Stalin's Romeo Spy
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Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Total Pages : 465
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780810126640
ISBN-13 : 0810126648
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Stalin's Romeo Spy by : Emil Draitser

Living a life that seems incredible even for a spy novel, Dmitri Bystrolyotov was a sailor, doctor, lawyer, and writer, fluent in many languages, whose success as a spy hinged on the fact that he was a charming, handsome, and very adept at seducing women. He stole military secrets from Germany and Italy and fed Stalin information from all over Europe, with his conquests including a French embassy employee, the wife of a British official, and a disfigured Gestapo officer. His story took an unexpected turn when at the height of Stalin's purges he was arrested, tortured, and sentenced to hard labor in the Gulag, where he risked further punishment by documenting how the regime he once served fully and unquestioningly had descended into a monstrous legacy of crimes against humanity.

Ace of Spies

Ace of Spies
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Publisher : The History Press
Total Pages : 387
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780752469539
ISBN-13 : 0752469533
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Ace of Spies by : Andrew Cook

Ace of Spies reveals for the first time the true story of Sidney Reilly, the real-life inspiration behind fictional hero James Bond. Andrew Cook's startling biography cuts through the myths to tell the full story of the greatest spy the world has ever know. Sidney Reilly influenced world history through acts of extraordinary courage and sheer audacity. He was a master spy, a brilliant con man, a charmer, a cad and a lovable rogue who lived on his wits and thrived on danger, using women shamelessly and killing where necessary - and unnecessary. Sidney Reilly is one of the most fascinating spies of the twentieth century, yet he remains one of the most enigmatic - until now.

Spies of Mississippi

Spies of Mississippi
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 136
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781426307362
ISBN-13 : 1426307365
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Spies of Mississippi by : Rick Bowers

The Spies of Mississippi is a compelling story of how state spies tried to block voting rights for African Americans during the Civil Rights era. This book sheds new light on one of the most momentous periods in American history. Author Rick Bowers has combed through primary-source materials and interviewed surviving activists named in once-secret files, as well as the writings and oral histories of Mississippi civil rights leaders. Readers get first-hand accounts of how neighbors spied on neighbors, teachers spied on students, ministers spied on church-goers, and spies even spied on spies. The Spies of Mississippi will inspire readers with the stories of the brave citizens who overcame the forces of white supremacy to usher in a new era of hope and freedom—an age that has recently culminated in the election of Barack Obama

The Dark Game

The Dark Game
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 246
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780763662097
ISBN-13 : 0763662097
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis The Dark Game by : Paul B. Janeczko

"A wealth of information in an engaging package." — Kirkus Reviews Ever since George Washington used them to help topple the British, spies and their networks have helped and hurt America at key moments in history. In this fascinating collection, Paul B. Janeczko probes examples from clothesline codes to surveillance satellites and cyber espionage. Colorful personalities, daring missions, the feats of the loyal, and the damage of traitors are interspersed with a look at the technological advances that continue to change the rules of gathering intelligence. Back matter includes source notes and a bibliography.

The Scientist and the Spy

The Scientist and the Spy
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 338
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780735214293
ISBN-13 : 0735214298
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Scientist and the Spy by : Mara Hvistendahl

A riveting true story of industrial espionage in which a Chinese-born scientist is pursued by the U.S. government for trying to steal trade secrets, by a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction. In September 2011, sheriff’s deputies in Iowa encountered three ethnic Chinese men near a field where a farmer was growing corn seed under contract with Monsanto. What began as a simple trespassing inquiry mushroomed into a two-year FBI operation in which investigators bugged the men’s rental cars, used a warrant intended for foreign terrorists and spies, and flew surveillance planes over corn country—all in the name of protecting trade secrets of corporate giants Monsanto and DuPont Pioneer. In The Scientist and the Spy, Hvistendahl gives a gripping account of this unusually far-reaching investigation, which pitted a veteran FBI special agent against Florida resident Robert Mo, who after his academic career foundered took a questionable job with the Chinese agricultural company DBN—and became a pawn in a global rivalry. Industrial espionage by Chinese companies lies beneath the United States’ recent trade war with China, and it is one of the top counterintelligence targets of the FBI. But a decade of efforts to stem the problem have been largely ineffective. Through previously unreleased FBI files and her reporting from across the United States and China, Hvistendahl describes a long history of shoddy counterintelligence on China, much of it tinged with racism, and questions the role that corporate influence plays in trade secrets theft cases brought by the U.S. government. The Scientist and the Spy is both an important exploration of the issues at stake and a compelling, involving read.

The Billion Dollar Spy

The Billion Dollar Spy
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 434
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780345805973
ISBN-13 : 0345805976
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis The Billion Dollar Spy by : David E. Hoffman

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and on interviews with firsthand participants, The Billion Dollar Spy is a brilliant feat of reporting and a riveting true story of intrigue in the final years of the Cold War. It was the height of the Cold War, and a dangerous time to be stationed in the Soviet Union. One evening, while the chief of the CIA’s Moscow station was filling his gas tank, a stranger approached and dropped a note into the car. The chief, suspicious of a KGB trap, ignored the overture. But the man had made up his mind. His attempts to establish contact with the CIA would be rebuffed four times before he thrust upon them an envelope whose contents would stun U.S. intelligence. In the years that followed, that man, Adolf Tolkachev, became one of the most valuable spies ever for the U.S. But these activities posed an enormous personal threat to Tolkachev and his American handlers. They had clandestine meetings in parks and on street corners, and used spy cameras, props, and private codes, eluding the ever-present KGB in its own backyard—until a shocking betrayal put them all at risk.

Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies
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Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Total Pages : 308
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780385668088
ISBN-13 : 0385668082
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Bridge of Spies by : Giles Whittell

Who were the three men the Soviet and American superpowers exchanged on Berlin's Glienicke Bridge on February 10, 1962, in the first and most legendary prisoner exhange between East and West? Bridge of Spies vividly traces the journeys of these men, whose fate defines the complex conflicts that characterized the most dangerous years of the Cold War. Bridge of Spies is a true story of three men — a Soviet Spy who was a master of disguise; Gary Powers, an American who was captured when his spy plane was shot down by the Russians; and Frederic Pryor, a young American doctor mistakenly identified as a spy and captured by the Soviets. The men in this three-way political swap had been drawn into the nadir of the Cold War by duty and curiosity, and the same tragicomedy of errors that induced Khrushchev to send missiles to Castro. Two of them — the spy and the pilot — were the original seekers of weapons of mass destruction. The third was an intellectual, in over his head. They were rescued against daunting odds by fate and by their families, and then all but forgotten. Even the U2 spy-plane pilot Powers is remembered now chiefly for the way he was vilified in the U.S. on his return. Yet the fates of those men exemplified the pathological mistrust that fueled the arms race for the next 30 years. This is their story.