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2361) The Hour of the Cat
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It's just another murder, one of the hundreds of simple homicides in 1939: A spinster nurse is killed in her apartment, a suspect is caught with the murder weapon and convicted. Fintan Dunne, the P.I. lured onto the case and coerced by conscience into unraveling the complex setup that has put an innocent man on Death Row, will soon find that this is a murder with tentacles which stretch far beyond the crime scene... to Nazi Germany, in fact, following...
2362) A certain darkness
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"Former British Intelligence agent Verity Kent investigates the murder of a Belgian lawyer who possessed papers detailing the sinking of a treasure-laden German ship during the Great War"--
March 1920: Life has turned unsettlingly quiet for former British Intelligence agent Verity Kent and her husband, Sidney. But even that false calm is about to end. As threats remain, the French authorities soon request Sidney’s help with a suspect who claims...
2363) A question of time
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"Berlin, 1979. When the CIA's most valuable spy, OZ, is compromised, the Agency realizes it does not have the capability to bring him to safety. If he cannot evade the dreaded East German security service, the result will be chaos and a cascade of failures throughout the Agency's worldwide operations. Master Sergeant Kim Becker lived through the hell of Vietnam as a member of the elite Studies and Operations Group. When he lost one of his best men...
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From the author of 'Oyster' comes a powerful and gripping literary thriller that is as timely and relevant as it is chilling. Lowell feels contagious with doom. A divorced father with young children, he dreads the anniversary of a hijacked Paris-New York flight on which his mother was killed when he was sixteen years old. Samantha, a survivor of the disaster, is plaguing Lowell with phone calls. She says she has information from declassified documents...
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"A Comprehensive Framework for Adapting National Intelligence for Domestic Law Enforcement" is a groundbreaking book that delves into the intricate process of integrating sophisticated national intelligence methodologies into domestic law enforcement practices. Authored by a seasoned expert in the field of intelligence, this book emerges as a critical resource for military leaders, policymakers, members of the intelligence community, and law enforcement...
2366) Tracer
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The hunter becomes the hunted.
He was a man with many names. Moving from country to country, changing his face constantly so as to remain in the shadows, he was nothing more than a ghost. As of now, he is known simply as Korso.
A covert salvage operative, he recovers lost artefacts and items, often stolen, for rich benefactors unable to operate through normal channels. But, his shadowy existence is shattered upon the arrival at his Bermuda home of...
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Who is the true master of disaster? Earthlings: prepare for the shock of your lives! Global warming . . . reversed. The energy crisis . . . over. The greatest problem on Earth . . . solved. Voltarian Royal Officer of the Fleet, Jettero Heller, has it all figured out. And he's devised a daring and ingenious plan to make it all happen . . . if he lives to see the day. Saving the world is never easy, and for Heller, it turns out to be a tricky-and risky-business....
2368) Ere Roosevelt Came: The Adventures of the Man in the Cloak - A Pan-African Novel of the Global 1930s
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'An outstanding contribution to literary Pan-Africanism' -- Rey Bowen, University of Chichester
'A compelling addition to the canon of Pan-African creative writing from the 1930s. The editors show how Ali brought to life core themes of African American literature for readers in colonial Africa' -- Stephanie Newell, Professor, Yale University
'Ali was a major force in early twentieth-century Pan-Africanism. The introductory material … offers...
2369) The Spy Bride
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Shoes? Check. Flowers? Check. Cake? Check. Restore power balance of Western Hemisphere? Working on it. When CIA operative Sonia Pérez goes wedding shopping with her mother, she gets more than she bargains for. Not only is a national security crisis dumped in her lap, but she discovers that a knack for espionage runs in the family. With a top-level government traitor and no one on the inside to trust, she teams up with an old partner and a new one...
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Between the beginning of the First World War in the summer of 1914 and the armistice in 1918, 51 men were executed in Britain. The great majority, over 80%, were hanged for murder, but in addition to this, 11 men were shot by firing squad at the Tower of London. One traitor and one spy were also hanged. First World War Trials and Executions tells the story of the most interesting and noteworthy of these executions and the crimes which led up to them.
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2371) They Swam with the Fish: A Phoenix Advisor's Pictorial Memoir: The Vietnam War and its Aftermath
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Bob Loewer was an American counterintelligence special agent who served in the Mekong Delta, as a district intelligence, advisor in the Phoenix Program.
Captain Loewer, then a military intelligence second lieutenant on a combat assignment, tells his story of living with, advising, and fighting alongside the Vietnamese Intel squad of Tân Trụ district. He relates his first-hand experiences with the men of Intel and the US 2/60 Recon platoon among...
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A veteran counterintelligence agent presents a revealing chronicle of his State Department investigations into intelligence leaks and spying on US soil.
On October 7th, 1974, Robert D. Booth swore an oath to support and uphold the United States Constitution as a special agent of the State Department's Office of Security. As a member of the Special Investigations Branch, he investigated numerous information leaks, losses of classified documents, and...
2373) Mission Earth Volume 2
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Drugs. Sex. Murder. Taxes. Welcome to planet Earth. They're here. They've arrived. And they're all eyes. The Voltarian scouting party-illegal aliens extraordinaire-on a top-secret expedition led by one Jettero Heller, Royal Officer of the Fleet. His mission: rescue the planet from pollution-and make it safe for the upcoming invasion. His problem: the planet may not want to be saved-and the invasion may just be a trick. One way or another, Heller is...
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For 16 years, the Promising Generation has been training the children of the CIA's best agents to prepare them to be the next generation of highly qualified agents. Over the years, they have accepted any mission the CIA assigned them, but when the CIA asks for their help, and issues a BOLO (Be on the Lookout) for a teenage girl Peter Carlyle recognizes, he opts to start his own investigation instead. If he gets caught, he could be jeopardizing his...
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“And the Rest Is History” takes readers on a traveling circus from Paris to Beirut, Baghdad, and beyond, introducing them to spies and terrorists, arms dealers and crooks, and along the way reveals a few surprises about the secret underbelly of recent history you won't find in WikiLeaks. This book pinpoints precisely when the era of "fake news" actually began in America and will change the way you think about journalism and journalists. It includes...
2376) Finale
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A Scottish special forces veteran investigates an old friend's murder as a favour to his grieving widow-but he may go to his own grave without any answers . . .
When Adam Black attends the funeral of an old friend, Desmond Gallagher-a human rights lawyer shot dead while jogging-the widow asks for his help, and he can't say no. She confides that her husband had been threatened by a group calling itself the Remus Syndicate, and Black is soon plunged...
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¡Aprende por ti mismo las tácticas de escape y evasión!
Tanto si eres un individuo de alto perfil, un turista o un objetivo aleatorio de un delincuente oportunista, existe la posibilidad de que te capturen. Este libro está repleto de técnicas encubiertas de escape de espías y militares adaptadas para la persona promedio. Descubre las habilidades que necesitas para evadir y escapar de la captura, porque nunca sabes cuándo te salvarán la vida....
2378) How to Think Like a Spy: Spy Secrets and Survival Techniques That Can Save You and Your Family
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Do you often dream of becoming a top-secret operative? Do the televisions shows such as The Americans or The Bourne Identity catch your attention? Do you find yourself highly engaged in articles about new and improved spy gadgets? Are you curious about what spy skills it really takes to be undercover and work as an emissary? If that's the case, you have stumbled across a one-of-a-kind book that discusses the valuable and applicable spy secrets about...
2379) Mission Earth Volume 4
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What on Earth are the Voltarians up to now? Fast cars . . . and fast women. Start your engines! Voltarian Royal Officer Jettero Heller is putting the pedal to the metal-and the action is about to shift into high gear. Behind the wheel of his souped-up Caddy, Heller's in a race against time-not to mention against suicide car bombers and accelerator bullets-and the fate of his top-secret mission hangs in the balance. But his greatest challenge is yet...
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Since 9/11, Canada has been on the front lines of a New World Order that few understand. And in today's world, secret intelligence is not just the first line of defence - it may be the only one. Editor Dwight Hamilton has assembled a formidable cast of former intelligence officers and journalists to take you inside the covert and dangerous world of espionage and international terrorism. This revised edition provides concise expos of every government...
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