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Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day by Stephan Talty Publisher Comments “The book presses ever forward down a path of historical marvels and astonishing facts. The effect is like a master class that’s accessible to anyone, and Agent Garbo often reads as though it were written in a single, perfect draft.&rdquo... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre Publisher Comments In his celebrated bestsellers Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat, Ben Macintyre told the dazzling true stories of a remarkable WWII double agent and of how the Allies employed a corpse to fool the Nazis and assure a decisive victory. In... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service by Henry A Crumpton Publisher Comments A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career Revelatory and groundbreaking, The Art of Intelligence will change the way people view the CIA, American intelligence, and... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre Publisher Comments In his celebrated bestsellers Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat, Ben Macintyre told the dazzling true stories of a remarkable WWII double agent and of how the Allies employed a corpse to fool the Nazis and assure a decisive victory... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Operation Mincemeat (11 Edition) by Ben Macintyre Publisher Comments Ben Macintyre’s Agent Zigzag was hailed as “rollicking, spellbinding” (New York Times), “wildly improbable but entirely true” (Entertainment Weekly), and, quite simply, “the best book ever written” (Boston Globe).... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Past to Present: A Reporter's Story of War, Spies, People, and Politics by William Stevenson Publisher Comments William Stevenson may be best known for his friendship with and books about another William Stephenson, otherwise known as Intrepid, whose spy network and secret diplomacy changed the course of history. Originally published in 1976, A Man Called Intrepid... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright Publisher Comments A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright's remarkable book is based on... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency by James Bamford Publisher Comments The National Security Agency is the worlds most powerful, most far-reaching espionage. Now with a new afterword describing the security lapses that preceded the attacks of September 11, 2001, Body of Secrets takes us to the inner sanctum of Americas spy... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Comrade J: The Untold Secrets of Russia's Master Spy in America After the End of the Cold War by Pete Earley Publisher Comments When the Cold War ended, the spying that marked the era did not. An incredible true story from the Pulitzer Prize-nominated New York Times bestselling author of Crazy. Between 1995 and 2000, "Comrade J" was the go-to man for SVR (the successor to the KGB)... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh Publisher Comments Codes have decided the fates of empires, countries, and monarchies throughout recorded history. Mary, Queen of Scots was put to death by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, for the high crime of treason after spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham cracked the secret... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington by Jennet Conant Publisher Comments Now in paperback, and following her extraordinary, bestselling, and much-acclaimed accounts of the most guarded secrets of the Second World War, here is a rollicking true story of spies, politicians, journalists, and intrigue in the highest circles of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre Publisher Comments “Ben Macintyres rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus- spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh.” —William Grimes, The New York Times A New York Times Notable Book of the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Company We Keep: A Husband-And-Wife True-Life Spy Story by Robert Baer Publisher Comments Robert Baer was known inside the CIA as perhaps the best operative working the Middle East. Over several decades he served everywhere from Iraq to New Delhi and racked up such an impressive list of accomplishments that he was eventually awarded the... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Zigzag: The Incredible Wartime Exploits of Double Agent Eddie Chapman by Nicholas Booth PW Review "'Broadcaster and author Booth (The Encyclopedia of Space) mines the newly released World War II records of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI5) for this lively and sympathetic account of celebrated double agent Eddie Chapman. A petty criminal... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Covert Affair by Jennet Conant Publisher Comments By bestselling author Jennet Conant, a stunning account of Julia Child’s early life as a member of the OSS in the Far East during World War II, and the tumultuous years when she and Paul Child were caught up in the McCarthy witch hunt and behaved... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Alan Turing: The Enigma the Centenary Edition by Andrew Hodges Publisher Comments "One of the finest scientific biographies I've ever read: authoritative, superbly researched, deeply sympathetic, and beautifully told."--Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind "A captivating, compassionate portrait of a first-rate scientist who gave... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner Publisher Comments In the wake of the news that the 9/11 hijackers had lived in Europe, journalist Ian Johnson wondered how such a radical group could sink roots into Western soil. Most accounts reached back twenty years, to U.S. support of Islamist fighters in... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Shadow War Against Hitler: The Covert Operations of America's Wartime Secret Intelligence Service by Christof Mauch Publisher Comments Based on an extensive analysis of OSS records, including the vast trove of records released by the CIA in the 1980s and '90s, as well as a new set of interviews with OSS veterans conducted by the author and a team of American scholars from 1995 to 1997, "... (read more) List Price $37.50 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre Publisher Comments Ben Macintyre’s Agent Zigzag was hailed as “rollicking, spellbinding” (New York Times), “wildly improbable but entirely true” (Entertainment Weekly), and, quite simply, “the best book ever written” (Boston Globe).... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll Publisher Comments An andldquo;extraordinaryandrdquo; and andldquo;monumentalandrdquo; exposandeacute; of Big Oil from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steveand#160;Coll (The Washington Post) In this, the first hard-hitting examination of ExxonMobilandmdash;the largest and... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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