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Great True Spy Stories

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Espionage
ISBN : OCLC:492118957

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The Spy and the Traitor

Author : Ben Macintyre
Publisher : Signal
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780771060342

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The celebrated author of A Spy Among Friends and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Cold War-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the collapse of the Soviet Union. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6. For nearly a decade, as the Cold War reached its twilight, Gordievsky helped the West turn the tables on the KGB, exposing Russian spies and helping to foil countless intelligence plots, as the Soviet leadership grew increasingly paranoid at the United States's nuclear first-strike capabilities and brought the world closer to the brink of war. Desperate to keep the circle of trust close, MI6 never revealed Gordievsky's name to its counterparts in the CIA, which in turn grew obsessed with figuring out the identity of Britain's obviously top-level source. Their obsession ultimately doomed Gordievsky: the CIA officer assigned to identify him was none other than Aldrich Ames, the man who would become infamous for secretly spying for the Soviets. Unfolding the delicious three-way gamesmanship between America, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and culminating in the gripping cinematic beat-by-beat of Gordievsky's nail-biting escape from Moscow in 1985, Ben Macintyre's latest may be his best yet. Like the greatest novels of John le Carré, it brings readers deep into a world of treachery and betrayal, where the lines bleed between the personal and the professional, and one man's hatred of communism had the power to change the future of nations.

The Billion Dollar Spy

Author : David E. Hoffman
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780345805973

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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.

Agent Zigzag

Author : Ben Macintyre
Publisher : Signal
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780771000928

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For readers of World War II history, espionage, fans of John le Carré and Alan Furst, and of Ben Macintyre's more recent books. Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. In 1941, after training as German spy in occupied France, Chapman was parachuted into Britain with a revolver, a wireless, and a cyanide pill, with orders from the Abwehr to blow up an airplane factory. Instead, he contacted M15, the British Secret service, and for the next four years, Chapman worked as a double agent, a lone British spy at the heart of the German Secret Service. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began. Based on recently declassified files, Agent Zigzag tells Chapman's full story for the first time. It's a gripping tale of loyalty, love, treachery, espionage, and the thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal.

Great True Spy Stories

Author : Allen Dulles
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1987-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0345345266

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The world of espionage and counter-intelligence is explored by authors including Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Eric Ambler, Len Deighton, Ian Fleming, John le Carre, and Helen MacInnes

The Dark Game

Author : Paul B. Janeczko
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780763662097

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"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.

A Spy Among Friends

Author : Ben Macintyre
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781408851722

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From bestselling author Ben Macintyre, the true untold story of history's most famous traitor

The Spy's Secret

Author : Eric Luper
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545822619

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In this thrilling adventure, two friends are trapped in a spy novel where they must take on an evil villain and his henchmen in his underwater lair. Cleo and Evan have a secret. A collection of books so dangerous they are locked up tight. A friend has vanished inside the pages of one of them. It’s up to them to find the key that will set her free. A SPY MUST BE READY FOR ANYTHING! Agents Cleo and Evan have been given an impossible mission: become super-spies and foil the plans of an evil mastermind. But it won’t be easy to break into the Viper’s secret underwater lair, complete a daring rescue, find the right key, and get out alive! Praise for Key Hunters “Luper’s delectable humor is appropriate for the intended age group, and the plot will keep readers’ attention to the end . . . [t]his is a satisfying read for beginning independent readers.” —School Library Journal

Great Spy Stories from Fiction

Author : Allen Dulles
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034846928

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Best of Enemies

Author : Gus Russo
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538761328

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The thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case officer Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko -- improbable friends at a time when they should have been anything but. In 1978, CIA maverick Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko were new arrivals on the Washington, DC intelligence scene, with Jack working out of the CIA's counterintelligence office and Gennady out of the Soviet Embassy. Both men, already notorious iconoclasts within their respective agencies, were assigned to seduce the other into betraying his country in the urgent final days of the Cold War, but instead the men ended up becoming the best of friends-blood brothers. Theirs is a friendship that never should have happened, and their story is chock full of treachery, darkly comic misunderstandings, bureaucratic inanity, the Russian Mafia, and landmark intelligence breakthroughs of the past half century. In Best of Enemies, two espionage cowboys reveal how they became key behind-the-scenes players in solving some of the most celebrated spy stories of the twentieth century, including the crucial discovery of the Soviet mole Robert Hanssen, the 2010 Spy Swap which freed Gennady from Soviet imprisonment, and how Robert De Niro played a real-life role in helping Gennady stay alive during his incarceration in Russia after being falsely accused of spying for the Americans. Through their eyes, we see the distinctions between the Russian and American methods of conducting espionage and the painful birth of the new Russia, whose leader, Vladimir Putin, dreams he can roll back to the ideals of the old USSR.

The Big Book of Spy Trivia

Author : Bernadette Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781646041312

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The Big Book of Spy Trivia by Bernadette Johnson Pdf

Discover the fascinating true stories of spies and secret agents throughout history in this ultimate collection of espionage trivia. Whether you’re a wannabe 007 or just a fan of subterfuge, the fun facts and legendary stories in this big book of spy trivia are sure to shock and fascinate. Discover how the most infamous spy organizations like the CIA and MI6 came began, how they recruit agents, and how they have helped shape world events. You’ll even learn real tactics that spies use on missions, from escaping zip ties to reading the body language. This collection spans centuries and countries, including: • One of history’s first spy operations: the Trojan Horse in ancient Greece • America’s first spy organization: George Washington’s Culper Ring • Real KGB spies from the Cold War era: American citizens Ethel and Julius Rosenberg • And much more! This fact-packed book quizzes readers on their spy knowledge, from pop culture icons to unsung heroes that history books have forgotten.

The Cover Wife

Author : Dan Fesperman
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984899156

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From the award-winning author of Safe Houses—an "intelligent, tense and sharply written espionage thriller” (Wall Street Journal) about a CIA agent and a young expat who find themselves caught up in a dangerous world, whose secrets, if revealed, could have disastrous repercussions for them both. When CIA agent Claire Saylor is told that she’ll be going undercover in Hamburg to pose as the wife of an academic who has published a controversial interpretation of the Quran’s promise to martyrs, she assumes the job is a punishment for past unorthodox behavior. But when she discovers her team leader is Paul Bridger, another Agency maverick, she realizes there may be more to this mission than meets the eye—and not just for professional reasons. Meanwhile, across town in Hamburg, Mahmoud, a recent Moroccan émigré, begins to fall under the sway of a group of radicals at his local mosque. The deeper he’s drawn into the group, the greater the danger he faces, and he is soon torn between his obligations to them and his feelings toward a beautiful Westernized Muslim woman. As Claire learns the truth about her mission, and Mahmoud grows closer to the radicals, the danger between them builds and spells disaster far beyond the CIA.

True Spy Stories

Author : Terry Deary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Espionage
ISBN : 0590112392

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The Negotiator

Author : Frederick Forsyth
Publisher : Random House
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Conspiracies
ISBN : 9780552134750

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Quinn, the negotiator, is called in to resolve the plot to keep the U.S. President from signing a U.S.-Soviet disarmament treaty.

Grt True Spy Stories

Author : Allen Dulles
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1986-09-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0345341481

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