Download or read book Agent Dmitri written by Emil Draitser and published by Duckworth Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sailor, artist, lawyer, and writer, fluent in many languages, Bystrolyotov was one of a team of outstanding Soviet spies operating in Western countries between the world wars.

Download or read book Stalin s Romeo Spy written by Emil Draitser and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-19 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living a life that seems incredible even for a spy novel, Dmitri Bystrolyotov was a sailor, doctor, lawyer, and writer, fluent in many languages, whose success as a spy hinged on the fact that he was a charming, handsome, and very adept at seducing women. He stole military secrets from Germany and Italy and fed Stalin information from all over Europe, with his conquests including a French embassy employee, the wife of a British official, and a disfigured Gestapo officer. His story took an unexpected turn when at the height of Stalin's purges he was arrested, tortured, and sentenced to hard labor in the Gulag, where he risked further punishment by documenting how the regime he once served fully and unquestioningly had descended into a monstrous legacy of crimes against humanity.

Download or read book Extinction List written by Jon Prinz and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-02-27 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extinction List is a science fiction thriller where Russian biological weapon scientists accidentally release a deadly plant fungus that threatens to kill off most life on earth. This plant fungus was lying dormant in pre-historic "amber" and now threatens all animal life including humans. Through deceit and espionage the anti-American government of Iran obtains both the source of the plant fungus along with its cure while attempting to hold the world hostage with it. Could this be the end of the world and the extinction of mankind, just as it was for the dinosaurs in pre-historic times?

Download or read book The Flight Of The Romanovs written by John Curtis Perry and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A saga of love and lust, personal tensions and rivalries, antagonisms and hatreds, The Flight of the Romanovs describes the last century of the Russian imperial dynasty, the Romanovs, from the youth of the future tsar Alexander III in the 1860s until the death in 1960 of his daughter, Olga Alexandrovna, the last grand duchess. John Curtis Perry and Constantine V. Pleshakov use a wealth of previously untapped sources, including unpublished diaries of many of the principal characters, interviews with people who knew them well, and never before published photographs to create a history of a family and a time. Along the way we learn of the relationships between Alexander III and his children, the conspiracy against Rasputin, Duke Dimitrie's affair with Coco Chanel, the hostile behavior of the House of Windsor toward the Romanovs, and the war between the Romanovs and the secret police. Concluding with a discussion of the imperial restoration movement in Russia today, The Flight of the Romanovs is a must-read for anyone interested in the Romanov family, Russian history, and the history of European royalty.

Download or read book Political Repression in 19th Century Europe written by Robert Justin Goldstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1983. The nineteenth century was a time of great economic, social and political change. As Europe modernized, previously ignorant and apathetic elements in the population began to demand political freedoms. There was pressure also for a freer press, for the rights of assembly and association. The apprehension of the existing elites manifested itself in an intensification of often brutal form of political repression. The first part of this book summarizes on a pan-European basis, the major techniques of repression such as the denial of popular franchise and press censorship. This is followed by a chronological survey of these techniques from 1815 – 1914 in each European country. The book analyzes the long and short-term importance of these events for European historical development in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Download or read book Super Agent Romantic Suspense Series Books 1 7 written by Misty Evans and published by Beach Path Publishing, LLC.. This book was released on 2022-06-22 with total page 1787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **The complete Super Agent Romantic Suspense Series! The spies of the Super Agent Series will take you undercover...and make you risk it all. Under the supervision of Conrad Flynn, the elite agents of the CIA counterterrorism group risk their lives every day against terrorists and other criminals. They fall in love, and no matter the personal cost, will fight to protect their country, and gain their happily-ever-afters. This special collection includes all seven, fast paced, action-packed romantic suspense novels filled with alpha males, strong heroines, and sizzling romance. This collection will keep you reading late into the night, enthralled from beginning to end! ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "Wonderful!!! Awesome!!! Loved it!!!" ~ Pamela, Goodreads reviewer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "Love, love, love this series." ~ So Many Reads About the Series: The super agent novels are thrilling romantic suspense stories with guaranteed happily-ever-afters. Go undercover with the alpha heroes and kickass heroines of the Flynn's secret army today! ★ Buy today and binge the entire series this weekend!

Download or read book Super Agent Romantic Suspense Series Books 1 4 written by Misty Evans and published by Beach Path Publishing, LLC.. This book was released on 2022-06-22 with total page 1478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **The first four complete novels in the Super Agent Romantic Suspense Series! The spies of the Super Agent Series will take you undercover...and make you risk it all. Meet the men and women from the CIA that make up the Conrad Flynn's Secret Army! Under the supervision of Flynn, the elite agents of the CIA counterterrorism group risk their lives every day against terrorists and other criminals. They fall in love and, no matter the personal cost, will fight to protect the ones they love and their country, and gain their happily-ever-afters. This special collection includes four full-length, fast paced, action-packed romantic suspense novels filled with alpha males, strong heroines, and sizzling romance. This collection will keep you reading late into the night, enthralled from beginning to end! ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "Wonderful!!! Awesome!!! Loved it!!!" ~ Pamela, Goodreads reviewer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "Love, love, love this series." ~ So Many Reads About the Series: The super agent novels are thrilling romantic suspense stories with guaranteed happily-ever-afters. Go undercover with the alpha heroes and kickass heroines of the Flynn's secret army today! **The first four books in the bestselling Super Agent Romantic Suspense Series! **Contains OPERATION SHEBA, winner of the New England Reader's Choice Award, OPERATION PARIS, and OPERATION PROOF OF LIFE, winner of the Ancient City Romance Writers Excellence Award for Best Romantic Suspense, and OPERATION LOST PRINCESS! Operation Sheba: Going under the deepest cover possible, former SEAL and current CIA operative, Conrad Flynn, faked his own death to save his lover and partner, Julia Torrison. She believes he's dead, but now he must tear her new life apart and ask for her help in hunting down a traitor inside the CIA's walls. Operation Paris: With unflinching determination and steadfast courage, Lt. Commander Lawson Vaughn must break all the rules to save his partner, CIA operative, Zara Morgan. Even if it means becoming the one thing he can't stand...a renegade. Operation Proof of Life: CIA Deputy Director Michael Stone has no choice but to accept an offer from Homeland Security consultant Dr. Brigit Kent to hunt down a terrorist. The doctor is beautiful, brilliant, and cunning, but is she friend or foe? The answer could break his personal code of honor—and his heart. Operation Lost Princess: James Bond meets Cinderella! A lost princess and a spy team up to save the world, but will they lose their hearts in the process? Books in the Super Agent Series: Operation Sheba – Con and Julia Operation Paris – Lawson and Zara Operation Proof of Life – Michael and Brigit Operation Lost Princess – Ryan and Anya Operation Ambush – John and Lucie Operation Sleeping With the Enemy – Josh and Naomi

Download or read book Operation Paris Super Agent Romantic Suspense Series Book 2 written by Misty Evans and published by Beach Path Publishing, LLC.. This book was released on 2022-06-22 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***Follow up to the Romance, Romantic Suspense, & Military Romance bestseller, OPERATION SHEBA ***Bestseller in Romance and Romantic Suspense in Kindle Store in 2010! ***Previously released as I'd Rather Be In Paris The second installment in the award-winning romantic suspense Super Agent series by USA TODAY bestselling author Misty Evans. CIA operative Zara Morgan—codename Tango—has a reputation in Conrad Flynn’s secret army as a renegade. Once held at gunpoint by terrorist Alexandrov Dmitri, she was seconds from saving herself and arresting Dmitri when Lt. Commander Lawson Vaughn, the sexy leader of a covert ops team, intervened. She’s never lived down the fact that everyone—including her boss—believes Lawson is her knight in shining armor. Former Navy man Lawson Vaughn doesn’t consider himself anyone’s savior. He lives and breathes protocol and hates the fact that his latest assignment is to babysit Zara while she hunts down Dmitri and stops the terrorist from releasing a biological weapon on the world. But from the time they touch down in Paris, Lawson can’t resist Zara’s sassy attitude and dauntless bravery in the face of danger. When Dmitri kidnaps Zara and injects her with the contagious and deadly virus, Lawson is once again forced to come to her rescue, whether she likes it or not. With unflinching determination and steadfast courage, Lawson must break all the rules to save Zara, even if it means becoming the one thing he can’t stand…a renegade.

Download or read book Spies Wiretaps and Secret Operations 2 volumes written by Glenn Peter Hastedt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive two-volume overview and analysis of all facets of espionage in the American historical experience, focusing on key individuals and technologies. In two volumes, Spies, Wiretaps, and Secret Operation: An Encyclopedia of American Espionage ranges across history to provide a comprehensive, thoroughly up-to-date introduction to spying in the United States—why it is done, who does it (both for and against the United States), how it is done, and what its ultimate impact has been. The encyclopedia includes hundreds of entries in chronologically organized sections that cover espionage by and within the United States from colonial times to the 21st century. Entries cover key individuals, technologies, and events in the history of American espionage. Volume two offers overviews of important agencies in the American intelligence community and intelligence organizations in other nations (both allies and adversaries), plus details of spy trade techniques, and a concluding section on the portrayal of espionage in literature and film. The result is a cornerstone resource that moves beyond the Cold War-centric focus of other works on the subject to offer an authoritative contemporary look at American espionage efforts past and present.

Download or read book The Secret World written by Christopher Andrew and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 1019 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A comprehensive exploration of spying in its myriad forms from the Bible to the present day . . . Easy to dip into, and surprisingly funny.” —Ben Macintyre in The New York Times Book Review The history of espionage is far older than any of today’s intelligence agencies, yet largely forgotten. The codebreakers at Bletchley Park, the most successful WWII intelligence agency, were completely unaware that their predecessors had broken the codes of Napoleon during the Napoleonic wars and those of Spain before the Spanish Armada. Those who do not understand past mistakes are likely to repeat them. Intelligence is a prime example. At the outbreak of WWI, the grasp of intelligence shown by US President Woodrow Wilson and British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith was not in the same class as that of George Washington during the Revolutionary War and eighteenth-century British statesmen. In the first global history of espionage ever written, distinguished historian and New York Times–bestselling author Christopher Andrew recovers much of the lost intelligence history of the past three millennia—and shows us its continuing relevance. “Accurate, comprehensive, digestible and startling . . . a stellar achievement.” —Edward Lucas, The Times “For anyone with a taste for wide-ranging and shrewdly gossipy history—or, for that matter, for anyone with a taste for spy stories—Andrew’s is one of the most entertaining books of the past few years.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Remarkable for its scope and delightful for its unpredictable comparisons . . . there are important lessons for spymasters everywhere in this breathtaking and brilliant book.” —Richard J. Aldrich, Times Literary Supplement “Fans of Fleming and Furst will delight in this skillfully related true-fact side of the story.” —Kirkus Reviews “A crowning triumph of one of the most adventurous scholars of the security world.” —Financial Times Includes illustrations

Download or read book Agent Romantics Bundle written by Robin Gideon and published by eXtasy Books. This book was released on with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Kill Again Agent (Rom)antics 1: Svetlana Simonov is an agent for Omega Force, with a license to kill... and so much more. Unbridled passion and savage violence mix pleasure and pain as she sets out from Washington D.C. on her latest mission to deal with America’s most brutal enemies. Deadly Secrets Agent (rom)Antics Book 2: When secret agent Svetlana Simonov is given the mission to find out whether a former agent was murdered or committed suicide, it puts her in a deadly confrontation with the Moscow Cartel, and its sensual and deadly leader, Katrina Luvesky. Too Many Assassins Agent (Rom)antics Book 3: Svetlana Simonov is secret agent for Omega Force, so she has a license to kill... and so much more! Unbridled passion and savage violence mixes with pleasure and pain as she sets out from Washington D.C on her latest mission. Svetlana uses her body, cunning, and guns on her mission to deal with America’s most brutal enemies. Series Bundle Contains: To Kill Again Book 1 Deadly Secrets Book 2 Too Many Assassins Book 3

Download or read book The Silver Orchestra written by Amin Bardjeste and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The silver Orchestra is an underground organization that had managed to design and build a modern and secret city named: Kristal Hochburg; a city that was constructed by the decedents of Nazi's as a new Germania to rule over the world. Its underground labs have succeeded in performing human cloning and producing dangerous biological weapons. Adam Keramat, a musical genius and music student in Rome, receives mysterious invitations from the silver orchestra during his summer visit to his picturesque Italian village. His grandfather, who is the mayor of the village is mysteriously lost and Adam sets off a journey in search of the old man. But the trails take him to the heart of The Silver Orchestra where his grandfather is being held to pay for his betrayal to the organization. To his amazement, Adam finds out that during his whole life, The Silver Orchestra had been watching him as a human subject, waiting for the right moment to use his extraordinary musical skills, to accomplish one of the most magnificent secret genetic engineering experiments of history.

Download or read book The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance Security and Privacy written by Bruce A. Arrigo and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 2655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although surveillance hit the headlines with revelations by Edward Snowden that the National Security Agency had been tracking phone calls worldwide, surveillance of citizens by their governments actually has been conducted for centuries. Only now, with the advent of modern technologies, it has exponentially evolved so that today you can barely step out your door without being watched or recorded in some way. In addition to the political and security surveillance unveiled by the Snowden revelations, think about corporate surveillance: each swipe of your ID card to enter your office is recorded, not to mention your Internet activity. Or economic surveillance: what you buy online or with a credit card is recorded and your trip to the supermarket is videotaped. Drive through a tollbooth, and your license plate is recorded. Simply walk down a street and your image could be recorded again and again and again. Where does this begin and end? In all levels of social structure, from the personal to the political to the economic to the judicial, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy uncovers and explains how surveillance has come to be an integral part of how our contemporary society operates worldwide and how it impacts our security and privacy. Key Features: Approximately 450 signed entries from contributors around the globe Further readings and cross-references conclude each article to guide students further as they explore a topic A Reader′s Guide organizes entries by broad thematic areas

Download or read book A Hooded Crow written by Craig Thomas and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times–Bestselling Author of The Last Raven: Two British intelligence veterans race to stop lethal weapons from falling into dangerous hands . . . Andrew Babbington has gone over to the enemy, working on industrial espionage for the KGB. But between the impatient Russians who want to get their hands on some advanced tech, and the British intelligence specialists who’ve trained their sights on the manufacturers who supply them, his efforts could fall apart at any moment—especially after the discovery of a downed plane in the Namibian desert, and the illicit cargo it was carrying. Now, Sir Kenneth Aubrey and Patrick Hyde of MI6 are working off a tip about some shady businessmen with access to terrifying weapons. They’re willing to sell to the highest bidder—no matter how disreputable. To prevent the deaths of innocent people, the seasoned warriors must spring into action. The geopolitical landscape may be shifting in unpredictable ways, but Aubrey and Hyde know that some things never change—including greed . . . Praise for Craig Thomas’s thrillers “Lively, straightforward action.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “The last word in espionage thrillers.” —The Pittsburgh Press

Download or read book Into the Fire written by Dana Fraedrich and published by Goat Song Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expedition to an exotic foreign city. An assassin in hiding, waiting to strike. World changing discoveries. The Springhaven Museum’s expedition to Bone Port is underway! Opportunities await Lenore and her colleagues, but discovery and enlightenment are not all they will find in southern Invarnis. Back home in Springhaven, Rook is searching for answers but seems to find only more questions. Who took out a hit on Lenore? What is Bloodstone? A trail of clues becomes fraught with danger, and the quest for truth might demand a price he's not willing to pay. The land of Invarnis is on the precipice of a new age, and the lives of its inhabitants will never be the same again. The pursuit of knowledge is a noble endeavor, but sometimes one must ask: how much is knowledge worth? Some things were locked away for a reason... The steampunk fantasy adventure continues in this exciting continuation of the Broken Gears series. Fans of the Parasol Protectorate and The Finishing School series by Gail Carriger, Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen by Garth Nix, and A Natural History of Dragons and the rest of the Lady Trent Memoirs series by Marie Brennan will delight as this new Victorian era reminiscent world unfolds for them. A multi-layered steampunk fantasy realm of history, subterfuge, colorful characters, potential, and lost magic and technology promises to entrance readers of all ages. Buy it now to explore new lands!

Download or read book The Killing Game written by Toni Anderson and published by Toni Anderson. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read this thrilling story about a wildlife biologist who will do anything to save endangered snow leopards…even face-off with an elite Special Forces soldier who is tracking the world’s most-wanted terrorist—a man who is as much of a ghost as the elusive cats themselves. Wildlife biologist Axelle Dehn isn’t about to let anyone harm her endangered snow leopards—not the poacher intent on killing them, nor the soldier who wants to use them as bait. But Axelle is unknowingly entangled in a conflict that stretches back three decades, a conflict that could spark a war between two of the world’s great nations. British SAS soldier, Ty Dempsey, is on a mission to hunt down an infamous Russian terrorist in a remote region of Afghanistan. Dempsey hasn’t failed a mission yet, but when Axelle is kidnapped by the Russian, he is forced to choose between duty and his heart. He risks everything to save the determined, prickly woman he’s fallen for, but in doing so sparks a deadly series of events that threaten to expose the most successful spy in history. A spy who will destroy anyone who gets in his way. Romance Writers of America® RITA® Finalist. National Readers' Choice Awards Finalist. "I enthusiastically recommend The Killing Game by Toni Anderson. If you enjoy tense romantic suspense, military heroes who are old enough to retire from the military (Ty Dempsey enlisted at seventeen and has served twenty-two years = a thirty-nine year-old hero) and heroines who are passionate about their work, then skip the rest of this review and start the book now." –Smart Bitches Trashy Books. "I'd recommend this to any romantic suspense reader looking for a unique, intricately woven story that will really touch you." Peaces of Me 5-Star review. "Realistic scene descriptions, endangered species, and plenty of spies made this a sure fire hit in my reading collection." SnSreviews 5-Star review. "This is a smart story. This is a sexy story. This is a well written story. This is one of my favorite romantic suspense stories I've read all year. I wish there was more!" Love Affair With An e-Reader. For fans of Catherine Coulter, Elizabeth Lowell, Nora Roberts, J.D. Robb, Linda Howard, Julie Garwood, Jayne Ann Krentz, Kat Martin, Maya Banks and Sandra Brown. Keywords: Toni Anderson, the killing game, Espionage, spy thriller, sexy alpha hero, British SAS soldier, Irish hero, military romance, snow leopard conservation, snow leopard, Afghanistan mountains, Wakhan Valley, terrorism, terrorist, conspiracy, the great game, Russian spies, MI6, Foreign Office, British spy thriller, biologist, biologist heroine, American heroine.

Download or read book The Sword and the Shield written by Christopher Andrew and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2000-08-29 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sword and the Shield is based on one of the most extraordinary intelligence coups of recent times: a secret archive of top-level KGB documents smuggled out of the Soviet Union which the FBI has described, after close examination, as the "most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source." Its presence in the West represents a catastrophic hemorrhage of the KGB's secrets and reveals for the first time the full extent of its worldwide network.Vasili Mitrokhin, a secret dissident who worked in the KGB archive, smuggled out copies of its most highly classified files every day for twelve years. In 1992, a U.S. ally succeeded in exfiltrating the KGB officer and his entire archive out of Moscow. The archive covers the entire period from the Bolshevik Revolution to the 1980s and includes revelations concerning almost every country in the world. But the KGB's main target, of course, was the United States.Though there is top-secret material on almost every country in the world, the United States is at the top of the list. As well as containing many fascinating revelations, this is a major contribution to the secret history of the twentieth century.Among the topics and revelations explored are: The KGB's covert operations in the United States and throughout the West, some of which remain dangerous today. KGB files on Oswald and the JFK assassination that Boris Yeltsin almost certainly has no intention of showing President Clinton. The KGB's attempts to discredit civil rights leader in the 1960s, including its infiltration of the inner circle of a key leader. The KGB's use of radio intercept posts in New York and Washington, D.C., in the 1970s to intercept high-level U.S. government communications. The KGB's attempts to steal technological secrets from major U.S. aerospace and technology corporations. KGB covert operations against former President Ronald Reagan, which began five years before he became president. KGB spies who successfully posed as U.S. citizens under a series of ingenious disguises, including several who attained access to the upper echelons of New York society.