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1) Agent 355
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The tide is turning against the colonists in the Revolutionary War, and 18-year-old Elizabeth Morris cannot sit by idly. Quietly disdainful of her Tory parents, who drag her along to society events and welcome a British soldier into their home during their occupation of New York City, Elizabeth decides to take matters into her own hands. She realizes that, as a young woman, no one around her believes that she can comprehend the profound implications...
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"As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance,...
5) Espionage
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Explores the science behind espionage today, discussing the use of computers, radar, satellites, and drones. Includes color photographs, real case studies, a glossary, and further resources.
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Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission, not...
13) Spies
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Examines the history, motives, and actions of various spies, both criminal and governmental.
15) How spies work
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How do spies do what they do? Here are the secrets to uncovering those secrets of a profession whose focus is to keep everything hidden. But the curtain is drawn aside, even if only a little, in this brief description of one of the world's most opaque jobs. The picture book format uses colorful photographs, portraits and graphics that blend with muted background tones to highlight short paragraphs and sidebars labeled "Spy File" and "Top Secret."
19) Spy basics
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"Discusses the field of espionage, including methods, skills, and equipment"--Provided by publisher.
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A provocative, comprehensive analysis of Vladimir Putin and Russia's master plan to destroy democracy in the age of Donald Trump. In the greatest intelligence operation in the history of the world, Donald Trump was made President of the United States with the assistance of a foreign power. For the first time, The Plot to Destroy Democracy reveals the dramatic story of how blackmail, espionage, assassination, and psychological warfare were used by...