Download or read book How Spies Think written by David Omand and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the former director of GCHQ, learn the methodology used by British intelligence agencies to reach judgements, establish the right level of confidence and act decisively. Full of revealing examples from a storied career, including key briefings with Prime Ministers and strategies used in conflicts from the Cold War to the present, in How Spies Think Professor Sir David Omand arms us with the tools to sort fact from fiction. And shows us how to use real intelligence every day. ***** 'One of the best books ever written about intelligence analysis and its long-term lessons' Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 'An invaluable guide to avoiding self-deception and fake news' Melanie Phillips, The Times WINNER OF THE NEAVE BOOK PRIZE 2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2021

Download or read book Spying With Sir written by Judy Jarvie and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Ops with benefits, spy cop secrets and criminal attraction. An agent finds his kink match on a sizzling Santorini stakeout. TV news reporter Kate Joseph is assigned to go to Santorini with her hot new boss Dan Draven. But the job's thorny truths soon emerge—Dan's an undercover FBI Interpol agent working on his career case. And Kate's key to infiltrating the perpetrator's network. Shame the only one who's been kept in the dark is her. Kate's soon embroiled in a world where quick fire bullets rival the rapid fire chemistry and banter she shares with hot top cop hunk Dan. The tension mounts as the body count rises and lives are on the line when the mission develops glaring issues. Doesn't help that the Interpol team are going more stir crazy with every passing hour. Will Kate and Dan fight their shockingly revealed kink link? Can Dan risk ignoring his back-off mantras when he's been burned in the line of duty before? Will they grasp burning attraction on this rocky road to cracking a precarious international crime case? Hot Greek nights and crazy chemistry guaranteed.

Download or read book Her Majesty s Spymaster written by Stephen Budiansky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Francis Walsingham’s official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England’s first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant, Walsingham worked brilliantly behind the scenes to foil Elizabeth’s rival Mary Queen of Scots and outwit Catholic Spain and France, which had arrayed their forces behind her. Though he cut an incongruous figure in Elizabeth’s worldly court, Walsingham managed to win the trust of key players like William Cecil and the Earl of Leicester before launching his own secret campaign against the queen’s enemies. Covert operations were Walsingham’s genius; he pioneered techniques for exploiting double agents, spreading disinformation, and deciphering codes with the latest code-breaking science that remain staples of international espionage.

Download or read book Intelligence and Espionage Secrets and Spies written by Daniel Lomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intelligence and Espionage: Secrets and Spies provides a global introduction to the role of intelligence – a key, but sometimes controversial, aspect of ensuring national security. Separating fact from fiction, the book draws on past examples to explore the use and misuse of intelligence, examine why failures take place and address important ethical issues over its use. Divided into two parts, the book adopts a thematic approach to the topic, guiding the reader through the collection and analysis of information and its use by policymakers, before looking at intelligence sharing. Lomas and Murphy also explore the important associated activities of counterintelligence and the use of covert action, to influence foreign countries and individuals. Topics covered include human and signals intelligence, the Cuban Missile Crisis, intelligence and Stalin, Trump and the US intelligence community, and the Soviet Bloc. This analysis is supplemented by a comprehensive documents section, containing newly released documents, including material from Edward Snowden’s leaks of classified material. Supported by images, a comprehensive chronology, glossary, and 'who’s who' of key figures, Intelligence and Espionage is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the role of intelligence in policymaking, international relations and diplomacy, warfighting and politics to the present day.

Download or read book My Adventures As a Spy written by Lieut. - Sir Robert Baden-Powell, K.C.B. and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-09 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating secrets of wartime spy craft by the original founder of the Boy Scouts. Written during the first years of World War I by a British military hero, this fascinating historic volume by the original founder of the Boy Scouts introduces the essentials of spy craft. By utilizing such natural objects as butterflies, moths and leaves, Robert Baden-Powell served to further mythologize British resourcefulness and promote a certain 'weaponization of the pastoral' Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts and storyteller extraordinaire, developed his spying skills in South Africa and conducted some of his most inspired work in the Balkans, where he worked undercover as a butterfly hunter. In brief, breezy chapters, he explains how to adopt disguises, hide messages, create diversions, escape capture, and perform other thrilling maneuvers. "In this entertaining little volume of reminiscences Sir Robert Baden-Powell joyfully accepts the title of spy, and he thus does something to remove the absurd discredit attaching to a title which is too loosely used. The process of finding out information about the enemy while one is dressed in civil clothes is called "spying"; the exactly similar process when one is dressed in uniform is called 'reconnoitering' or 'scouting.' By all logic the two processes are equally honourable. In fact the spy accepts the greater risks, for in war his life is forfeit if he is captured, yet when this happens he is looked down upon as a 'despicable spy.' 'I don't,' says General Baden-Powell, 'see the justice of it myself.' We don't either. A large part of the work of the Intelligence Department is of coulee simply 'spying,' and very difficult work it is, requiring coolness, daring, and resource. Even in peace time if the spy is caught he cannot expect to have a word said on his behalf by his Government. The terms of his employment require him to accept the consequences. It is true that in peace time he will not be shot, but he may quite easily find himself condemned to several years' imprisonment fora trivial offense. The only case in which odium justly belongs to a spy is when he is treacherous or venal--when he spies upon his own land and his own people in order to sell the information to an enemy, or when he betrays the hospitality of the foreign country in which he lives. Other spying is simply what General Baden-Powell aptly calls 'reconnaissance in disguise."-The Spectator, 27 March 1915, Page 18

Download or read book Banker Traitor Scapegoat Spy written by Antony Lentin and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Edgar Speyer was a conspicuous figure in the financial, cultural, social and political life of Edwardian London. Head of the syndicate which financed the construction of the deep "tube lines" and "King of the Underground", he was also a connoisseur and active patron of the arts who rescued the "Prom" from collapse, enhanced the nation's musical and artistic life at his own expense and directed the funding of Captain Scott's Antarctic expeditions. Speyer and his wife, the concert violinist, Leonora Speyer lived in fabulously magnificent style. Early in the early summer of 1914 they stood at the peak of their success and celebrity in London society. Within weeks, on the outbreak of war, they became pariahs, objects of suspicion and aversion. Despite having been a naturalised British citizen for over 20 years and an ubiquitous public benefactor, Speyer found himself ostracised by society and mercilessly harried by the Northcliffe press. Under the Aliens Act of 1918, Speyer was summoned in 1921 before a judicial enquiry which found him guilty of disloyalty and disaffection and of communicating and trading with the enemy. He was stripped of his citizenship and membership of the Privy Council. Pilloried by The Times as a traitor, Speyer vehemently denied the charges, but he never returned to England thereafter and never forgot his ordeal.

Download or read book A Perfect Spy written by John le Carré and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The best English novel since the war.” -- Philip Roth Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted colleague, a loyal friend—and the perfect spy. But in the wake of his estranged father’s death, Magnus vanishes, and the British Secret Service is up in arms. Is it grief, or is the reason for his disappearance more sinister? And who is the mysterious man with the sad moustache who also seems to be looking for Magnus? In A Perfect Spy, John le Carré has crafted one of his crowning masterpieces, interweaving a moving and unusual coming-of-age story with a morally tangled chronicle of modern espionage.

Download or read book The Confederate Spy written by William Elsworth Stedman and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The True Intrepid written by Bill MacDonald and published by Raincoast Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second World War intelligence exploits of William Stephenson-the mysterious man known simply as "Intrepid" who is said to be the real-life model for Ian Fleming's James Bond-were celebrated in his lifetime in espionage lore the world over. As head of the British Security Coordination, a predecessor of the CIA, Stephenson was responsible for the hugely successful covert political war against all sources of Axis strength. Subsequently, though, some observers questioned certain aspects of Stephenson's career. In this fascinating re-examination of the historical record, Bill Macdonald documents Stephenson's clouded early life and unravels the tangled strings of information that run through secret papers and previous books to reveal the astonishing details of the man who said: "Nothing deceives like a document."A revised paperback reprint of a Maclean's magazine bestseller, The True Intrepid features historical photographs, personal interviews with those who worked with Stephenson, and a foreword by the CIA's staff historian and former CIA staff officer, Thomas F. Troy.

Download or read book A Kill in the Morning written by Graeme Shimmin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘I don’t like killing, but I’m good at it. Murder isn’t so bad from a distance, just shapes popping up in my scope. Close-up work though – a garrotte around a target’s neck or a knife in their heart – it’s not for me. Too much empathy, that’s my problem. Usually. But not today. Today is different . . . ‘ The year is 1955 and something is very wrong with the world. It is fourteen years since Churchill died and the Second World War ended. In occupied Europe, Britain fights a cold war against a nuclear-armed Nazi Germany. In Berlin the Gestapo is on the trail of a beautiful young resistance fighter, and the head of the SS is plotting to dispose of an ailing Adolf Hitler and restart the war against Britain and her empire. Meanwhile, in a secret bunker hidden deep beneath the German countryside, scientists are experimenting with a force far beyond their understanding. Into this arena steps a nameless British assassin, on the run from a sinister cabal within his own government, and planning a private war against the Nazis. And now the fate of the world rests on a single kill in the morning . . .

Download or read book The Kingdom of the Blind Spy Thriller Classic written by E. Phillips Oppenheim and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Kingdom of the Blind (Spy Thriller Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Kingdom of the Blind is one of the greatest thrillers by E. Phillips Oppenheim. You will enter into the world of Second World War spies and reveal the thrilling secrets of contra espionage efforts made by Germany and England. E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was an internationally renowned author of mystery and espionage thrillers. His novels and short stories have all the elements of blood-racing adventure and intrigue and are precursors of modern-day spy fictions.

Download or read book 21 Greatest Spy Thrillers in One Premium Edition Mystery Espionage Series written by E. Phillips Oppenheim and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-07 with total page 4219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "21 Greatest Spy Thrillers in One Premium Edition (Mystery & Espionage Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Spy Paramount The Great Impersonation Last Train Out The Double Traitor Havoc The Spymaster Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat The Vanished Messenger The Dumb Gods Speak The Pawns Court The Box With Broken Seals The Great Prince Shan The Devil's Paw The Bird of Paradise The Zeppelin's Passenger The Kingdom of the Blind The Illustrious Prince The Lost Ambassador Mysterious Mr. Sabin The Betrayal The Colossus of Arcadia E. Phillips Oppenheim, the Prince of Storytellers (1866-1946) was an internationally renowned author of mystery and espionage thrillers. His novels and short stories have all the elements of blood-racing adventure and intrigue and are precursors of modern-day spy fictions.

Download or read book Death to Spies written by Quinn Fawcett and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-08-02 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the early days of the Cold War, novelist and secret operative for British Intelligence Ian Fleming searches for the culprit responsible for stealing nuclear secrets from the United States and selling them to Stalinist Russia.

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Download or read book SPY THRILLERS Boxed Set written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 13255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited spy collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Introduction: The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents (George Barton) My Adventures as a Spy (Robert Baden-Powell) Novels: John Buchan: The 39 Steps Greenmantle Mr Standfast The Three Hostages The Island of Sheep The Courts of the Morning The Green Wildebeest Huntingtower Castle Gay The House of the Four Winds The Power-House John Macnab The Dancing Floor The Gap in the Curtain Sick Heart River Sing a Song of Sixpence E. Phillips Oppenheim: The Spy Paramount The Great Impersonation Last Train Out The Double Traitor Havoc The Spymaster Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat The Vanished Messenger The Dumb Gods Speak The Pawns Court The Box With Broken Seals The Great Prince Shan The Devil's Paw The Bird of Paradise The Zeppelin's Passenger The Kingdom of the Blind The Illustrious Prince The Lost Ambassador Mysterious Mr. Sabin The Betrayal The Colossus of Arcadia Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent John R. Coryell: The Great Spy System William Le Queux: The Great War in England in 1897 The Invasion of 1910 Whoso Findeth a Wife Of Royal Blood Her Majesty's Minister The Under-Secretary The Czar's Spy Spies of the Kaiser The Price of Power Her Royal Highness At the Sign of the Sword Number 70, Berlin The Way to Win The Zeppelin Destroyer Sant of the Secret Service Fred M. White: The Romance of the Secret Service Fund By Woman's Wit The Mazaroff Rifle In the Express The Almedi Concession The Other Side of the Chess-Board Three of Them Robert W. Chambers: In Secret The Dark Star The Slayer of Souls The Flaming Jewel James Fenimore Cooper: The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground Arthur Conan Doyle: His Last Bow Talbot Mundy: Jimgrim and Allah's Peace The Iblis at Ludd The Seventeen Thieves of El-Kalil The Lion of Petra The Woman Ayisha The Lost Trooper Affair in Araby A Secret Society Moses and Mrs. Aintree The Mystery of Khufu's Tomb

Download or read book My Adventures As a Spy written by Robert Baden Powell and published by AbsolutelyAmazingebooks.com. This book was released on 2022-03-23 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I love spy stories — especially when they are true." - Barthélemy Banks, Mumm You think he was the ultimate Boy Scout, but before Robert Baden-Powell founded the Scouting Movement he was a spy. Not only did he spy for the British government, he wrote a book about those adventures -- explaining all. From the passing secret messages to using disguises, from hoodwinking the enemy to knowing whom to trust (no one). Baden-Powell tells all, and it reads like — well, like a spy novel. But it's all true.

Download or read book Candy Spy written by Sir Patrick Bijou and published by Sir Patrick Bijou. This book was released on 2023-05-25 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While she’s definitely sweet to look at, Agent Meg is more than just someone’s arm candy… and she has an infinite number of successful missions to prove it. As morning hits, Meg’s eyes open to a sliver of sunshine behind 10-foot curtains. She’s woken up in another bedroom. Again. This time, in South America. Meg was tasked to smooch up a drug lord’s son and retrieve an important package, which she did flawlessly. Of course. All in a day’s work of saving the world. Or, as Meg likes to call it, “another Tuesday”. Seducing dangerous men is part of her job as a spy for the Covert Anаlуtісаl Network Design Yard a.k.a. CANDY. And with her looks and training, no one really stands a chance. But she’s really looking forward to a two-week vacation to Mykonos — the first break she’s had in two years. Working nonstop is all Meg can think about these days. However, much like anything in life, you can’t always get what you want. Meg finds this out the hard way: instead of packing a suitcase filled with bikinis, she’s called to pack for a one-on-one with Director Bram Stoker — a child prodigy and her handler at CANDY. A new mission is in the works as Meg needs to extract the “package” in one piece. However, this new mission is proving to be more trouble than Meg anticipated. And if that’s not difficult enough, she finds herself in the arms of a new lover… one she least expected. “Candy Spy” is a captivating action romance thriller for readers looking to live out their wildest adventures and fantasies. Overflowing with seduction, near-death confrontations, and titillating romantic encounters, readers are in for a roller coaster ride!