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  • The Wolves at the Door: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy

    • ASIN: B00KKT6D7A
    • Manufacturer: Diversion Books

    "Judith Pearson does a remarkable job of bringing one of America's greatest spies back to life. I highly recommend this story of derring-do and white knuckles suspense." —Patrick O'Donnell, Combat Historian and Author of Operatives, Spies, and SaboteursThe remarkable story of one of WWII’s greatest spies.Virginia Hall left her comfortable Balti... [Read More]

  • The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

    • ASIN: B0782X9PFP
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉThe celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. If anyone could be considered a Russian ... [Read More]

  • Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

    • ASIN: 0307888770
    • ISBN: 9780307888778
    • Brand: Broadway Books
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    In Double Cross, New York Times bestselling author Ben Macintyre returns with the untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War II, and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it.On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. D-Day was a stunning military... [Read More]

  • Secret Weapons : Two Sisters' Terrifying True Story of Sex, Spies and Sabotage

    • ASIN: 0882821962
    • ISBN: 0882821962
    • Brand: Brand: New Horizon Press
    • Manufacturer: New Horizon Press

    For the first time publicly, two sisters tell their incredible true story of a childhood filled with torture, rape and brainwashing at the hands of the intelligence community to turn them into the perfect spy/soldiers.

  • Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler

    • ASIN: 0812994760
    • ISBN: 0812994760
    • Manufacturer: Random House

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author of Citizens of London and Last Hope Island“Brava to Lynne Olson for a biography that should challenge any outdated assumptions about who deserves to... [Read More]

  • Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy

    • ASIN: B07GNVJRVP
    • Manufacturer: Gallery Books

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER Featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, New York Newsday, and on Today! Best Nonfiction Books to Read in 2019—Woman’s Day The Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out This Year—BookBub “A nonfiction thriller.”—The Wall Street Journal From internationally bestselling author of the “gripping” (Michael Connelly,... [Read More]

  • Wild Rose: The True Story of a Civil War Spy

    • ASIN: 0812970454
    • ISBN: 9780812970456
    • Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks

    For sheer bravado and style, no woman in the North or South rivaled the Civil War heroine Rose O’Neale Greenhow. Fearless spy for the Confederacy, glittering Washington hostess, legendary beauty and lover, Rose Greenhow risked everything for the cause she valued more than life itself. In this superb portrait, biographer Ann Blackman tells the sur... [Read More]

  • Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War

    • ASIN: 1538761319
    • ISBN: 1538761319
    • Manufacturer: Twelve

    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 counterintellig... [Read More]

  • Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

    • ASIN: 1476755744
    • ISBN: 1476755744
    • Brand: Bill Browder
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

    New York Times bestseller THE BOOK THAT EXPLAINS WHY RUSSIANS WANTED TO MEET WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN “Part John Grisham-like thriller, part business and political memoir.” —The New York Times “[Red Notice] does for investing in Russia and the former Soviet Union what Liar’s Poker did for our understanding of Salomon Brothers, Wall Street,... [Read More]

  • The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies

    • ASIN: B01M0EOI6I
    • Brand: Dey Street Books
    • Manufacturer: Dey Street Books

    NATIONAL BESTSELLERNPR Best Book of 2017 “Not all superheroes wear capes, and Elizebeth Smith Friedman should be the subject of a future Wonder Woman movie.” — The New York TimesJoining the ranks of Hidden Figures and In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the greatest codebreaking duo that ever lived, an American woman and he... [Read More]

  • GOD & SPIES: RECENTLY DECLASSIFIED TOP SECRET OPERATION

    • ASIN: 1977079342
    • ISBN: 1977079342
    • Manufacturer: Independently published

    GOD & SPIES: RECENTLY DECLASSIFIED TOP SECRET OPERATION. Author GM Matheny was a US Navy saturation diver on the nuclear submarine USS Halibut. Involved in Operation Ivy Bells. America's most important (and most dangerous of the Cold War) clandestine operations. If you like good old fashioned American bravado, espionage and American history, you wi... [Read More]

  • Great True Spy Stories

    • ASIN: 089009716X
    • ISBN: 9780890097168
    • Brand: Brand: Collins
    • Manufacturer: Castle

    Reprint of 1968 edition. 39 true spy stories from Greek antiquity to the Cold War, selected by the former CIA chief.

  • The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel

    • ASIN: B076FNQWTF
    • Manufacturer: Greyson Media

    Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered—one girl lived.No one believes her story. The police think she's crazy. Her therapist thinks she's suicidal. Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk. They're all right—but did she see the killer?Best Mystery-Thriller eBook of the Year — Independent Publisher Book Awards 2018Winner Best T... [Read More]

  • The Alice Network: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0062654195
    • ISBN: 0062654195
    • Brand: MORROW
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

    Featuring an exclusive excerpt from Kate Quinn's next incredible historical novel, THE HUNTRESS NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER#1 GLOBE AND MAIL HISTORICAL FICTION BESTSELLEROne of NPR's Best Books of the Year!One of Bookbub's Biggest Historical Fiction Books of the Year!Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick!The 2017 Girly Book Club Book of the ... [Read More]

  • The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

    • ASIN: B01MQVT9TG
    • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

    “[A] well-judged and hugely readable book . . . few are as entertaining.”—Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times “A. J. Baime is a master. His reporting and storytelling are woven to hypnotic effect. This is history and humanity in lush, vivid color.”—Doug Stanton, author of The Odyssey of Echo Company   Heroes are often defined as ordinary c... [Read More]

  • His Dark Materials Yearling 3-book Boxed Set

    • ASIN: 0440419514
    • ISBN: 0440238609
    • Brand: RANDOM HOUSE
    • Manufacturer: Yearling

    HIS DARK MATERIALS IS SOON TO BE AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, JAMES McAVOY, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA!The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass are available together in a collectible His Dark Materials boxed set perfect for any fan or newcomer to this modern fantasy classic series that has graced the ... [Read More]

  • The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles

    • ASIN: 0763629154
    • ISBN: 0763629154
    • Brand: Candlewick Press
    • Manufacturer: Candlewick

    From clothesline codes to surveillance satellites and cyber espionage, Paul B. Janeczko uncovers two centuries’ worth of true spy stories in U.S. history.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. Janecz... [Read More]

  • The Kremlin Conspiracy

    • ASIN: B073RSS1MG
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

    A New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publishers Weekly bestseller!More than 100,000 copies sold“Rosenberg cranks up the suspense, delivering his most stunning, high-stakes thriller yet.” —Publishers Weekly“A stellar novel of riveting action and political intrigue.” —Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Agent in Place“Abso... [Read More]

  • The Midnight Line: A Jack Reacher Novel

    • ASIN: B06WP486XH
    • Manufacturer: Dell

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •  Lee Child returns with a gripping new powerhouse thriller featuring Jack Reacher, “one of this century’s most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes” (The Washington Post).BONUS: Includes a sneak peek of Lee Child’s new novel, Past Tense. Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a c... [Read More]

  • House to House: An Epic Memoir of War

    • ASIN: B000W5MI12
    • Manufacturer: Free Press

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