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61) Hope
Author
Series
Bernard Samson novels volume 9
Language
English
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Description
Bernard Samson returns to Berlin in the second novel in the classic spy trilogy, FAITH, HOPE and CHARITY. Bernard is trying hard to readjust his life in the face of questions about his wife Fiona, and her defection to the East. Is she the brilliant high-flyer that her Department seems to think she is? Or is she a spent force, a wife and mother unwilling or unable to face her domestic responsibilities? Bernard doesn?t know but is determined to find...
Author
Series
Evan Tanner novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
A "rousing, often comic" series debut featuring a globe-trotting spy with nothing to lose—even sleep—from the New York Times–bestselling author (Library Journal).
Evan Michael Tanner hasn't slept in more than a decade—not since a small piece of battlefield shrapnel invaded his skull and obliterated his brain's sleep center. Still, he's managed to find numerous inventive ways to occupy his waking hours.
Tanner is...
Evan Michael Tanner hasn't slept in more than a decade—not since a small piece of battlefield shrapnel invaded his skull and obliterated his brain's sleep center. Still, he's managed to find numerous inventive ways to occupy his waking hours.
Tanner is...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[1984]
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The plot reveals a Soviet plan to control England and destroy NATO by swaying the popular vote in England's election. The plan is to detonate a small nuclear device near an American base in Britain by a Soviet undercover agent, thereby ensuring a anti-nuclear sentiment.
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Language
English
Description
Journalist Bamford exposed the existence of the top-secret National Security Agency in The Puzzle Palace and continued to probe into its workings in his follow-up Body of Secrets. Now Bamford discloses inside, often shocking information about the transformation of the NSA in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 2001. He shows how the NSA's failure to detect the presence of two of the 9/11 hijackers inside the United States led the NSA to abandon...
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Series
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English
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From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies.
"You are either good or bad, and both are dangerous."
It would have been an easy job for the Circus: a can of film couriered from Helsinki to London. In the past the Circus handled all things political, while the Department dealt with matters military. But the Department has been moribund since the War, its resources siphoned away. Now, one of...
"You are either good or bad, and both are dangerous."
It would have been an easy job for the Circus: a can of film couriered from Helsinki to London. In the past the Circus handled all things political, while the Department dealt with matters military. But the Department has been moribund since the War, its resources siphoned away. Now, one of...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Marooned in a Manila jail after a bar fight fatality, black ops soldier Ben Treven gets a visit from his former commander. The price of Ben's release: find and eliminate Larison, a rogue operator from Ben's unit who has stolen torture tapes from the CIA and is using them to blackmail the U.S. government.
69) Faith
Author
Series
Bernard Samson novels volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bernard Samson returns to Berlin in the first novel in the classic spy trilogy, FAITH, HOPE and CHARITY Bernard has known that he is not getting the full picture from London Central ever since discovering that his wife Fiona was a double agent. Werner Volkmann has been cast out by London Central as untrustworthy. Yet Werner still seems able to pick up information that Bernard should have been told?
70) Spy
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 clip art CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Language
English
Description
"This book presents information about men and women spies throughout history as well as about the tools and equipment they used in espionage and intelligence service. You can also be an eyewitness to some of the world's most shadowy characters, and get the inside scoop on the ingenious gadgets that real-life spies have used to gather and send information without getting caught."--Publisher's description.
71) Mission of honor
Author
Series
Tom Clancy's Op-Center volume 9
Language
English
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Description
The kidnapping of a Catholic priest by a group of African militiamen, who order all Catholic missionaries out of Botswanna, sends the Op-Center, with their own military team, Striker, out of commission, into the middle of a dangerous civil war in Africa as they discover a plot by outside forces to destabilize the local government.
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Series
Mrs. Pollifax mysteries volume 12
Language
English
Description
As millions of readers know, that intrepid charmer and part-time CIA agent Emily Pollifax is a joy, with a warm heart, nerves of steel, and manners as impeccable as her karate. The New York Times calls her "an enchantress," and Publishers Weekly describes her deeds of derring-do in exotic places as "sheer pleasure."
In her new adventure, Mrs. Pollifax accompanies her young friend Kadi Hopkirk to the African country of Ubangiba,...
In her new adventure, Mrs. Pollifax accompanies her young friend Kadi Hopkirk to the African country of Ubangiba,...
73) Divine justice
Author
Series
Camel Club novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
Oliver Stone and the Camel Club return in Baldacci's most astonishing thriller yet when the assassinations Stone carries out prompt the highest levels of the government to unleash a massive manhunt.
74) Shadow wave
Author
Series
CHERUB novels volume 12
Language
English
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Description
After a tsunami causes massive devastation to a tropical island, its governor sends in the bulldozers to knock down villages, replacing them with luxury hotels. Guarding the governor's family isn't James Adams' idea of the perfect mission--and then, retired agent Kyle Blueman comes up with an unofficial, and highly dangerous, plan of his own. James must choose between loyalty to CHERUB and loyalty to his friend.
75) Prophet: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Adam Rubenstein and Sunil Rao have been nemeses and reluctant partners since their Uzbekistan days. Adam is a seemingly unflappable American Intelligence officer and Rao is an ex-MI6 agent, an addict and rudderless pleasure hound, with the uncanny ability to discern the truth of things--about everyone and everything other than Adam. When an American diner turns up in a foggy field in the UK and is followed by a mysterious death, Adam and Rao are...
77) The whole truth
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The world's largest defense contractor manipulates international conflicts-- even a world war, if necessary-- to keep his business in the black.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
x, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
James Bond series volume 11
Language
English
Description
BOND VS BLOFELD
In the aftermath of Operation Thunderball, Ernst Stavro Blofeld's trail has gone cold―and so has 007's love for his job. The only thing that can rekindle his passion is Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo, a troubled young woman who shares his taste for fast cars and danger. She's the daughter of a powerful Corsican crime boss who thinks Bond's hand in marriage may be just the thing to settle his volatile
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