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The Midnight Swimmer: A gripping Cold War espionage thriller by a former special forces officer

The Midnight Swimmer: A gripping Cold War espionage thriller by a former special forces officer

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A brilliant Cuban Missile Crisis spy thriller by a former special forces officer who is ' poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre' 'Edward Wilson seems poised to...
Portrait of the Spy as a Young Man: A gripping WWII espionage thriller by a former special forces officer

Portrait of the Spy as a Young Man: A gripping WWII espionage thriller by a former special forces officer

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A thrilling SOE spy novel by a former special forces officer who is 'poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carr e' 'Edward Wilson seems poised to inherit the...
The Berlin Exchange

The Berlin Exchange

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** PRE-ORDER THE NEW JOSEPH KANON NOVEL, SHANGHAI , COMING SOON IN SPRING 2024! ** 'A modern master at work' THE TIMES 'Heart-poundingly suspenseful' WASHINGTON POST 'Joseph Kanon owns this...
One-off Cold War & Intelligence Bargain Book Box ON1768

One-off Cold War & Intelligence Bargain Book Box ON1768

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One-off Cold War & Intelligence Bargain Book Box Delve into the shadowy world of espionage, political intrigue, and ideological conflict with our exclusive Cold War & Intelligence Book Box! This...
The Night Travelers

The Night Travelers

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Four generations of women experience love, loss, war and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and, finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall in this sweeping...
The Real Special Relationship: The True Story of How the British and US Secret Services Work Together

The Real Special Relationship: The True Story of How the British and US Secret Services Work Together

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'Fascinating analysis' Nigel West; 'Grippingly told, authoritative' Mail on Sunday ; 'Meticulously researched...a remarkably good read' John Brennan, former CIA Director; 'Excellent...a detailed, highly professional account' Sir John Scarlett, former...
Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

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A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era. Enrique...
Kairos: Winner of the International Booker Prize

Kairos: Winner of the International Booker Prize

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Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in

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Hacking, espionage, war and cybercrime as you've never read about them before Fancy Bear was hungry. Looking for embarrassing information about Hillary Clinton, the elite hacking unit within Russian military...
Karla's Choice: A  John le Carre Novel

Karla's Choice: A John le Carre Novel

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A gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carre's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway It is spring in 1963 and George...
A Small Town in Germany

A Small Town in Germany

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A hardback series for le Carre collectors West Germany in the 1960s is a simmering cauldron of radical protests. Amid the turmoil Leo Harting, a Second Secretary in the British...
The Secret World: A History of Intelligence

The Secret World: A History of Intelligence

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A stupendous history of intelligence, its uses and its neglect - by 'the doyen of intelligence historians' (New Statesman) The history of espionage stretches back over millennia, yet it has...
White Fox

White Fox

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Set during the darkest days of the Cold War, a tautly-told, nail-bitingly atmospheric historical thriller about two competing KGB operatives caught in a race to secure the devastating truth behind...
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest

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The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. ** Challenger- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on...
Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became Putin's no. 1 enemy

Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became

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The Sunday Times and NYT bestseller. A shocking true-life thriller about corruption, dirty politics and murder in Russia by one of Putin's Most Wanted. 'An unburdening, a witness statement and...
Agent Sonya: From the bestselling author of The Spy and The Traitor

Agent Sonya: From the bestselling author of The Spy and The Traitor

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The incredible story behind the greatest female spy in history from one of Britain's best historians, now in paperback Ursula Kuczynski Burton was a spymaster, saboteur, bomb-maker and secret agent....
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

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

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A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement...
The Honourable Schoolboy: The Smiley Collection

The Honourable Schoolboy: The Smiley Collection

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As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, a special look for the books featuring his iconic character, George Smiley George Smiley, now chief of the...
The Russia Anxiety: And How History Can Resolve It

The Russia Anxiety: And How History Can Resolve It

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We can all treat history with more respect. If we do, we might find that the cure for the Russia Anxiety is within reach ... Russia is an exceptional country,...
Tom Clancy's Enemy Contact

Tom Clancy's Enemy Contact

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Jack Ryan Jr returns in Tom Clancy's thrilling series - the inspiration behind the smash-hit on Amazon Prime At a suspected Hezbollah hideout in Argentina, a team of elite counter-terror...
Soldier Spy

Soldier Spy

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Soldier Spy is to the war against the enemy at home what Bravo Two Zero was to Gulf War 1 In the boot were six homemade pipe bombs, all linked...
A Legacy of Spies

A Legacy of Spies

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For the first time in over 30 years, John le Carre returns to the Cold War in this thrilling masterpiece Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of...
The Secret Pilgrim: The Smiley Collection

The Secret Pilgrim: The Smiley Collection

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As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, the Smiley Collection offers a special look for the books featuring John le Carre's most iconic character- George...
The Looking Glass War: The Smiley Collection

The Looking Glass War: The Smiley Collection

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As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, a special look for the books featuring his iconic character, George Smiley A department of ageing British spies...
Smiley's People: The Smiley Collection

Smiley's People: The Smiley Collection

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As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, a special look for the books featuring his iconic character, George Smiley The seventh Smiley novel sees a...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: The Smiley Collection

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: The Smiley Collection

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As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, a special look for the books featuring his iconic character, George Smiley In his fifth outing George Smiley...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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In this classic novel - adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film in 2011 and new to Penguin Modern Classics - George Smiley faces his greatest challenge yet George Smiley, who...
Smiley's People

Smiley's People

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The third and final novel of le Carre's 'Karla Trilogy', Smiley's People now published in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time The murdered man had been an agent -...
The Honourable Schoolboy

The Honourable Schoolboy

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The second book in le Carre's 'Karla Trilogy', The Honourable Schoolboy is a new addition to Penguin Modern Classics It is a beleaguered and betrayed Secret Service that has been...
Traitors and Spies: Espionage and corruption in high places in Australia, 1901-50

Traitors and Spies: Espionage and corruption in high places in Australia, 1901-50

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'Deeply researched with keen judgements, Traitors and Spies is a devastating indictment of Australia's security services and their political masters in the decades before the formation of ASIO.' - Professor...
Australia's First Spies: The remarkable story of Australian intelligence operations, 1901-45

Australia's First Spies: The remarkable story of Australian intelligence operations, 1901-45

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Australia was born with its eyes wide open. Although politicians spoke publicly of loyalty to Britain and the empire, in secret they immediately set about protecting Australia's interests from the...
The Secret Cold War: The Official History of ASIO, 1976 - 1989

The Secret Cold War: The Official History of ASIO, 1976 - 1989

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The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn't end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions...
The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO, 1963-1975

The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO, 1963-1975

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By 1963, Robert Menzies had been prime minister for thirteen years, Australia had its first troops in Vietnam, and change was in the air. There would soon be street protests...
The Spy Catchers: The Official History of ASIO, 1949-1963

The Spy Catchers: The Official History of ASIO, 1949-1963

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Winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History For the first time, ASIO has opened its archives to an independent historian. With unfettered access to the records, David Horner...
Enemies: A History of the FBI

Enemies: A History of the FBI

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Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community

Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community

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Think Like a Spy: Master the Art of Influence and Build Life-Changing Alliances

Think Like a Spy: Master the Art of Influence and Build Life-Changing

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'It's rare to find a book that is not only intensely personal but deeply practical. Julian Fisher has somehow pulled it off, in this fascinating and engaging guide to the...
The 54th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 54th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

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During the height of the Cold War, the United States started to develop and expand its air defence capabilities to knock down Russian Air Force nuclear-armed bombers flying over the...
The Wall Between Us

The Wall Between Us

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Berlin 1961. Anja and Monika are best friends - they even share a cat called Otto. But a huge barbed wire fence is built between their apartment blocks - dividing...
A Woman I Know: female spies, double identities, and a new story of the Kennedy assassination

A Woman I Know: female spies, double identities, and a new story of the Kennedy assassination

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Trinity: The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History

Trinity: The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History

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Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair

Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair

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Air America

Air America

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Air America - a secret airline run by the CIA - flew missions no one else would touch, from General Claire Cennault's legendary Flying Tigers in WW II to two...
Pines

Pines

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The first book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward...
Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence

Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence

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'Groundbreaking' Sunday Times'Beautifully written and elegiac . . . a masterpiece' Damien Lewis, Sunday Times bestselling authorSince the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women have worked...
Ethel Rosenberg: The Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife and Mother

Ethel Rosenberg: The Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife (SIGNED)

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'A heart-piercingly brilliant book about a woman whose personal life put her in the cross-hairs of history' HADLEY FREEMAN'Totally riveting. I couldn't put it down' VICTORIA HISLOP'Ethel sings out for...
Intercept: The Secret History of Computers and Spies

Intercept: The Secret History of Computers and Spies

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INTERCEPT is the previously untold - and previously highly classified - story of the melding of technology and espionage. Gordon Corera's compelling narrative, rich with historical details and characters, takes...
Biafra Genocide: Nigeria: Bloodletting and Mass Starvation, 1967-1970

Biafra Genocide: Nigeria: Bloodletting and Mass Starvation, 1967-1970

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One of the great tragedies of Africa is not only the fact that a million people-mostly civilians and a large proportion of them children-died in one of Africa's first post-independence...