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1261) Smiley's people
Author
Series
George Smiley novels volume 7
Pub. Date
1980.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In London at dead of night, George Smiley, sometime acting Chief of the Circus (aka the British Secret Service), is summoned from his lonely bed by news of the murder of an ex-agent. Lured back to active service, Smiley skillfully maneuvers his people -- "the no-men of no-man's land"--Into crisscrossing Paris, London, Germany, and Switzerland as he prepares for his own final, inevitable duel on the Berlin border with his Soviet counterpart and archenemy,...
1262) The outside man
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The fight for freedom has sent Matt Drake to some of the world's most dangerous spots. This time the war is coming to his front door. Broad daylight on an Austin, Texas, street and DIA agent Matt Drake is fighting for his life against a highly trained team of assassins. Who are they? Why do they want him dead? How will he protect those closest to him? The answers will take him into some of the most dangerous spots in the Middle East and will put...
1263) Airs above the ground
Author
Pub. Date
[1965]
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After seeing a newsreel which proves her husband is in Austria, Vanessa embarks on a series of dangerous adventures.
1264) Empire games
Author
Series
Empire Games volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
331 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The year is 2020. It's seventeen years since the Revolution overthrew the last king of the New British Empire, and the newly reconstituted North American Commonwealth is developing rapidly, on course to defeat the French and bring democracy to a troubled world. But Miriam Burgeson, commissioner in charge of the shadowy Ministry of Intertemporal Research and Intelligence--the paratime espionage agency tasked with catalyzing the Commonwealth's great...
1265) The story seeker
Author
Series
Story collector volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Viviani Fedeler, proud resident of the New York Public Library, has her sights set on becoming a star reporter. She's thrilled when Miss Hutch announces a story contest where the winner gets their essay printed in the New York Times! But then Viviani gets her first-ever case of writer's block. As she struggles to find inspiration, the library is hit with a strange mystery involving overdue books, secret messages, and perhaps a spy...
1267) The book of spies
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
12 audio discs (14.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For centuries, many have tried to locate Ivan the Terrible's magnificent collection of lost works. Now one of the volumes has surfaced-- along with a secret book club that forms a cabal of the world's most powerful men. The CIA discovers a link between the books and a bank account linked to terrorists, and the race begins.
1268) Agents of innocence
Author
Pub. Date
[1987]
Physical Desc
444 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this unparalleled portrait of how the intelligence game is played, Tom Rogers is posted to Beirut to penetrate the growing Palestinian movement.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
June 1940. As German troops pour across France, the veteran soldier and adventurer Richard Hannay is called back into service. In Paris an individual, code-named 'Roland, ' has disappeared and is assumed to be in the hands of Nazi agents. Only he knows the secret of the Thirty-One Kings, one upon which the future of Europe depends. Hannay is dispatched to Paris to find Roland before the Germans overrun the city. On a hazardous journey across the battlefields...
1270) The Odessa file
Author
Pub. Date
[1972]
Physical Desc
xi, 337 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
An elderly Jewish man's diary leads a newspaperman on a manhunt to track down members of ODESSA, a powerful secret organization formed by the SS to protect and re-establish its fugitive members throughout the world.
1271) The yellow lantern
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
254 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1824, Josephine Clayton is considered dead by everyone in her Massachusetts village--especially the doctor she has assisted for several months. Yet, she is still very much alive. After the doctor's illegal dealing with his body snatcher to obtain her body, Josephine awakens, positioned as the next corpse for his research. To cover up his crime, the doctor tries to kill her, but Josephine begs to be spared. They strike a deal--Josephine will leave...
1272) Trojan
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When MI5 learns that a horrifying new weapon is in enemy hands, agent Andrew Harvey is called in to track it down before it reaches British soil. But then a woman is found by the roadside and it soon becomes clear that London is in the crosshairs. The clock is ticking. Andrew and his girlfriend, Sarah, also a secret service operative have only one lead: a beautiful refugee desperate not to lose her son. But is she desperate enough to betray everything...
1273) The general
Author
Series
CHERUB novels volume 10
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The world's largest urban warfare training compound stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty British commandos are being hunted by and entire American battalion. But their commander has an ace up his sleeve, he plans to smuggle in ten CHERUB agents and fight the best war game ever.
1274) A tip for the hangman
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"England, 1585. In Kit Marlowe's last year at Cambridge, he receives an unexpected visitor: Queen Elizabeth's spymaster, who has come with an unorthodox career opportunity. Her Majesty's spies are in need of new recruits, and Kit's flexible moral compass has drawn their attention. Kit, a scholarship student without money or prospects, accepts the offer, and after his training the game is on. Kit is dispatched to the chilly manor where Mary, Queen...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
583 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"After Ya'ara Stein is forced out of her job at the Mossad--the secret intelligence service of Israel--she is called upon by the Prime Minister for a classified job. Known for her aptitude, beauty, and deadliness, Stein is asked to set up a secret unit that will act independently, answerable only to the Prime Minister. This streamlined and deadly unit, filled with bright young men and women recruited and trained by Stein, quickly faces threats both...
1276) Tomahawk
Author
Series
Tales of the Modern Navy volume 5
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A thriller on the development of the Tomahawk nuclear-tipped missile, whose protagonist is Dan Lenson of the U.S. Navy. His life is thrown in turmoil when his peace-activist girlfriend is murdered by Chinese spies, seeking missile secrets.
1277) Modo: ember's end
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
81 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Modo, who first made his appearance in The Hunchback Assignments, is a young, disfigured spy trained to be the ultimate secret agent. Not only is Modo brilliant and strong, but he also has a special ability: he can temporarily take on the appearance of other people. While on holiday, Modo and fellow spy Octavia Milkweed find themselves in Ember's End. Created by the slightly mad scientific genius Dr. Ebenezer Ember, this is no ordinary wild-west town....
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