The Return of the Word Spy

The Return of the Word Spy
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Publisher : Picture Puffin
Total Pages : 229
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0143306146
ISBN-13 : 9780143306146
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis The Return of the Word Spy by : Ursula Dubosarsky

Dear Readers, I'm back! Yes, I've returned to take you on a dizzying journey through the strange and wonderful wilderness of words . . . For all those fans of The Word Spy, here she is again! Join her on a new expedition that goes even deeper into the magical realms of language. Discover hidden and silent languages, the secrets of grammar, dying words, newborn words . . . and even crack a code along the way. Are you ready? Open up the book and let's go! Words on The Return of the Word Spy: 'Like an old friend, the charming Word Spy is back once more to extend our knowledge of written and spoken English . . . ' Magpies Magazine 'I-ay oved-lay e-thay ord-way py-say. That's Pig Latin for I loved The Word Spy! The best book I have ever read . . . ' Rowina Nathan, Age 10 Winner of the CBCA Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Liar & Spy

Liar & Spy
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Publisher : Wendy Lamb Books
Total Pages : 194
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780375899539
ISBN-13 : 0375899537
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Liar & Spy by : Rebecca Stead

The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me: a story about spies, games, and friendship. The first day Georges (the S is silent) moves into a new Brooklyn apartment, he sees a sign taped to a door in the basement: SPY CLUB MEETING—TODAY! That’s how he meets his twelve-year-old neigh­bor Safer. He and Georges quickly become allies—and fellow spies. Their assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer’s requests become more and more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: how far is too far to go for your only friend? “Will touch the hearts of kids and adults alike.” —NPR Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children’s Fiction Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more!

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 402
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780743457903
ISBN-13 : 0743457900
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by : John le Carre

George Smiley is assigned to uncover the identity of the double agent operating in the highest levels of British Intelligence.

Spy Runner

Spy Runner
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 260
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250120823
ISBN-13 : 1250120829
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Spy Runner by : Eugene Yelchin

In Spy Runner, a noir mystery middle grade novel from Newbery Honor author Eugene Yelchin, a boy stumbles upon a secret that jeopardizes American national security. It's 1953 and the Cold War is on. Communism threatens all that the United States stands for, and America needs every patriot to do their part. So when a Russian boarder moves into the home of twelve-year-old Jake McCauley, he's on high alert. What does the mysterious Mr. Shubin do with all that photography equipment? And why did he choose to live so close to the Air Force base? Jake’s mother says that Mr. Shubin knew Jake’s dad, who went missing in action during World War II. But Jake is skeptical; the facts just don’t add up. And he’s determined to discover the truth—no matter what he risks. Godwin Books

The Word Spy

The Word Spy
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 184
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0143306138
ISBN-13 : 9780143306139
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis The Word Spy by : Ursula Dubosarsky

Dear Readers, I'm back again with a brand new book. Yes, it's The Word Spy Activity Book! You might have read The Word Spy and The Return of the Word Spy. This one is different because now YOU get to write and draw in it as well. It's full of new discoveries, crazy games and playful puzzles, which all have one thing in common: WORDS! Inside the pages of this book you'll meet the mad word inventor, put on a shadow puppet play, learn how to solve cryptic crosswords, make up your own bingo lingo, create your own font - oh, there's just so much, you'll just have to open it up and find out for yourself!

Spy Book

Spy Book
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Publisher : Random House Reference &
Total Pages : 719
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780375720253
ISBN-13 : 0375720251
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Spy Book by : Norman Polmar

The Spy Book uncovers the secrets and decodes the messages of the covert world of espionage. Over 2,000 entries on people, agencies, operations, and tools comprise this definitive work. Insiders Norman Polmar and Thomas Allen have unearthed files that have only recently been made available, including many from the KGB. This second edition includes the latest unveiled spies and situations, as well as new entries on the effects of espionage on literature, movies, television, and other media.

Sleeper Spy

Sleeper Spy
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 584
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307799791
ISBN-13 : 0307799794
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Sleeper Spy by : William Safire

“An international insider’s feel for a story with a master’s touch for telling it. Pick it up and you won’t put it down.”—Dan Rather In the wake of an important KGB agent's disappearance, an event of international proportions, journalist Irving Fein teams up with a television anchorwoman and stumbles on the story of a lifetime. “Immensely entertaining . . . engaging and cunningly plotted—with a walth of diverting asides on the self-importance of journalists, the duplicity of officialdom, the venality of big-time literary agents and other of civilized society’s burdens.”—Kirkus Reviews “The spy novel thought dead at the end of the Cold War, is alive and well, rising to new heights in Bill Safire’s Sleeper Spy.”—Richard Helms, former head of the CIA

Spy

Spy
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Publisher : Dell
Total Pages : 288
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780399179457
ISBN-13 : 0399179453
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Spy by : Danielle Steel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War II in Danielle Steel’s thrilling new novel. At eighteen, Alexandra Wickham is presented to King George V and Queen Mary in an exquisite white lace and satin dress her mother has ordered from Paris. With her delicate blond looks, she is a stunning beauty who seems destined for a privileged life. But fate, a world war, and her own quietly rebellious personality lead her down a different path. By 1939, Europe is on fire and England is at war. From her home in idyllic Hampshire, Alex makes her way to London as a volunteer in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. But she has skills that draw the attention of another branch of the service. Fluent in French and German, she would make the perfect secret agent. Within a year, Alex is shocking her family in trousers and bright red lipstick. They must never know about the work she does—no one can know, not even the pilot she falls in love with. While her country and those dearest to her pay the terrible price of war, Alex learns the art of espionage, leading to life-and-death missions behind enemy lines and a long career as a spy in exotic places and historic times. Spy follows Alex’s extraordinary adventures in World War II and afterward in India, Pakistan, Morocco, Hong Kong, Moscow, and Washington, D.C., when her husband, Richard, enters the foreign service and both become witnesses to a rapidly changing world from post-war to Cold War. She lives life on the edge, with a secret she must always keep hidden.

The Secret World

The Secret World
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 1019
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780300240528
ISBN-13 : 030024052X
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis The Secret World by : Christopher Andrew

“A comprehensive exploration of spying in its myriad forms from the Bible to the present day . . . Easy to dip into, and surprisingly funny.” —Ben Macintyre in The New York Times Book Review The history of espionage is far older than any of today’s intelligence agencies, yet largely forgotten. The codebreakers at Bletchley Park, the most successful WWII intelligence agency, were completely unaware that their predecessors had broken the codes of Napoleon during the Napoleonic wars and those of Spain before the Spanish Armada. Those who do not understand past mistakes are likely to repeat them. Intelligence is a prime example. At the outbreak of WWI, the grasp of intelligence shown by US President Woodrow Wilson and British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith was not in the same class as that of George Washington during the Revolutionary War and eighteenth-century British statesmen. In the first global history of espionage ever written, distinguished historian and New York Times–bestselling author Christopher Andrew recovers much of the lost intelligence history of the past three millennia—and shows us its continuing relevance. “Accurate, comprehensive, digestible and startling . . . a stellar achievement.” —Edward Lucas, The Times “For anyone with a taste for wide-ranging and shrewdly gossipy history—or, for that matter, for anyone with a taste for spy stories—Andrew’s is one of the most entertaining books of the past few years.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Remarkable for its scope and delightful for its unpredictable comparisons . . . there are important lessons for spymasters everywhere in this breathtaking and brilliant book.” —Richard J. Aldrich, Times Literary Supplement “Fans of Fleming and Furst will delight in this skillfully related true-fact side of the story.” —Kirkus Reviews “A crowning triumph of one of the most adventurous scholars of the security world.” —Financial Times Includes illustrations

The Word Snoop

The Word Snoop
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 265
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781101162859
ISBN-13 : 1101162856
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis The Word Snoop by : Ursula Dubosarsky

Meet the Word Snoop. She?s dashing and daring and witty as can be?and no one knows more about the evolution of the English language than she does. Luckily, she?s spilling her secrets in this gem of a book. From the first alphabet in 4000 BC, to anagrams, palindromes, and modern-day text messages, readers will learn all about the fascinating twists and turns our fair language has taken to become what it is today. With playful black-and-white illustrations, riddles to solve, and codes to break, The Word Snoop is definitive proof that words can spark the imagination and are anything but dull. This is a book for every aspiring writer, and every true reader.