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The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War

Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Official Secrets

by Marcia Mitchell, Thomas Mitchell ...

INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OFFICIAL SECRETSFEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTIONIn January 2003, 28-year-old GCHQ translator Katharine Gun received an email from the US National Security Agency that would turn her world upside down. The message requested Katharine’s assistance in co-ordinating an illegal US-UK spy operation which would secure UN authorisation for the Iraq invasion. Horrified, ... Read more

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INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OFFICIAL SECRETSFEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTIONIn January 2003, 28-year-old GCHQ translator Katharine Gun received an email from the US National Security Agency that would turn her world upside down. The message requested Katharine’s assistance in co-ordinating an illegal US-UK spy operation which would secure UN authorisation for the Iraq invasion. Horrified,
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The Spy Who Seduced America

Lies and Betrayal in the Heat of the Cold War—The Judith Coplon Story

by Marcia Mitchell, Thomas Mitchell ...

"An entire chapter of American paranoia and mania," launched by Judith Coplon, the first spy to be tried during the Cold War.In this true, “riveting tale of espionage,” US Department of Justice employee Judith Coplon either did or did not spy for Russia. Amazingly, she was tried in twin trials in two cities, watched riveted as both verdicts were overturned, and waited for nearly two decades to ... Read more

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"An entire chapter of American paranoia and mania," launched by Judith Coplon, the first spy to be tried during the Cold War.In this true, “riveting tale of espionage,” US Department of Justice employee Judith Coplon either did or did not spy for Russia. Amazingly, she was tried in twin trials in two cities, watched riveted as both verdicts were overturned, and waited for nearly two decades to
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The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War

Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Official Secrets

by Marcia Mitchell, Thomas Mitchell ...

Narrated by Harriet Dunlop ...

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6 hours 59 min

INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OFFICIAL SECRETSFEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTIONIn January 2003, 28-year-old GCHQ translator Katharine Gun received an email from the US National Security Agency that would turn her world upside down. The message requested Katharine’s assistance in co-ordinating an illegal US-UK spy operation which would secure UN authorisation for the Iraq invasion. Horrified, ... Read more

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INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OFFICIAL SECRETSFEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTIONIn January 2003, 28-year-old GCHQ translator Katharine Gun received an email from the US National Security Agency that would turn her world upside down. The message requested Katharine’s assistance in co-ordinating an illegal US-UK spy operation which would secure UN authorisation for the Iraq invasion. Horrified,
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Falling Upwards

Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts

by Richard Holmes ...

Narrated by Peter Noble ...

Unabridged

15 hours 11 min

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW REPUBLIC BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NONFICTION BOOK OF 2013From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to analyse the air to war generals floating across enemy lines, Richard Holmes takes to ... ... Read more

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A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW REPUBLIC BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NONFICTION BOOK OF 2013From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to analyse the air to war generals floating across enemy lines, Richard Holmes takes to ...
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The Black Door

Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers

by Richard Aldrich, Rory Cormac ...

Narrated by Tom Clegg ...

Unabridged

25 hours 42 min

The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council.Intelligence can do a prime minister’s dirty work. For more than a century, secret wars have been waged directly from Number 10. They have staved off conflict, defeats and British decline through ... Read more

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The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council.Intelligence can do a prime minister’s dirty work. For more than a century, secret wars have been waged directly from Number 10. They have staved off conflict, defeats and British decline through
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Fashionopolis

The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes

by Dana Thomas ...

Narrated by Dana Thomas ...

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9 hours 14 min

A “fascinating” (New York Times Book Review) investigation into the human and environmental cost of fast fashion and global supply chains—and what we can actually do to enact change“A glimpse into how consumerism, slowed to a less ferocious pace, might be reconciled with sustainability.” —The New YorkerWhat should I wear? It’s a fundamental question we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we ... Read more

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A “fascinating” (New York Times Book Review) investigation into the human and environmental cost of fast fashion and global supply chains—and what we can actually do to enact change“A glimpse into how consumerism, slowed to a less ferocious pace, might be reconciled with sustainability.” —The New YorkerWhat should I wear? It’s a fundamental question we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we
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Double Agent

My Secret Life Undercover in the IRA

by Kevin Fulton ...

Narrated by Stephen Armstrong ...

Unabridged

8 hours 6 min

'"I am a British soldier," I told my reflection. "I am a British soldier and I'm saving lives. I'm saving lives. I'm a British soldier and I'm saving lives..."'Kevin Fulton was one of the British Army's most successful intelligence agents. Having been recruited to infiltrate the Provisional IRA at the height of The Troubles, he rose its ranks to an unprecedented level. Living and working ... Read more

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'"I am a British soldier," I told my reflection. "I am a British soldier and I'm saving lives. I'm saving lives. I'm a British soldier and I'm saving lives..."'Kevin Fulton was one of the British Army's most successful intelligence agents. Having been recruited to infiltrate the Provisional IRA at the height of The Troubles, he rose its ranks to an unprecedented level. Living and working
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The Friends of Harry Perkins

by Chris Mullin ...

Narrated by Michael Fenner ...

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3 hours 53 min

'Harry Perkins was buried on the day that America declared war on China.'The definitive post-Brexit thriller, and long-awaited sequel to the bestselling A Very British Coup.'Brilliant, chilling and all too plausible.' Alastair Campbell?'Terrific...measured, heart-stopping, moving, clear-eyed'. Stephen Frears'Brexit Britain was a gloomy place. True, the Armageddon that some had prophesied had... ... Read more

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'Harry Perkins was buried on the day that America declared war on China.'The definitive post-Brexit thriller, and long-awaited sequel to the bestselling A Very British Coup.'Brilliant, chilling and all too plausible.' Alastair Campbell?'Terrific...measured, heart-stopping, moving, clear-eyed'. Stephen Frears'Brexit Britain was a gloomy place. True, the Armageddon that some had prophesied had...
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Broken Arrow

How the U.S. Navy Lost a Nuclear Bomb

by Jim Winchester ...

Series series Casemate Illustrated
This " unnerving exposé" of a lost American nuclear bomb "is a valuable contribution to the history of the navy, the cold war, and nuclear weapons" ( Booklist ).On December 5th, 1965, the USS Ticonderoga was on its way from Vietnam to Japan, practicing nuclear combat procedures along the way. A young pilot from Ohio strapped into an A-4 Skyhawk bomber for a routine simulated mission. But after ... Read more

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This " unnerving exposé" of a lost American nuclear bomb "is a valuable contribution to the history of the navy, the cold war, and nuclear weapons" ( Booklist ).On December 5th, 1965, the USS Ticonderoga was on its way from Vietnam to Japan, practicing nuclear combat procedures along the way. A young pilot from Ohio strapped into an A-4 Skyhawk bomber for a routine simulated mission. But after
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Scarface and the Untouchable

Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago

by Max Allan Collins, A. Brad Schwartz ...

The new definitive history of gangster-era Chicago–a landmark work that is as riveting as a thriller. Now featuring a new preface, plus 115 photographs and a map of gangland Chicago.A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year"Gripping. ... Reads like a novel." — Chicago"Revolutionizes our understanding of Al Capone and Eliot Ness." *—*Matthew PearlIn 1929, thirty-year-... ... Read more

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The new definitive history of gangster-era Chicago–a landmark work that is as riveting as a thriller. Now featuring a new preface, plus 115 photographs and a map of gangland Chicago.A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year"Gripping. ... Reads like a novel." — Chicago"Revolutionizes our understanding of Al Capone and Eliot Ness." *—*Matthew PearlIn 1929, thirty-year-...
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Wilderness of Mirrors

Intrigue, Deception, and the Secrets that Destroyed Two of the Cold War's Most Important Agents

by David C. Martin ...

At the dawn of the Cold War, the world’s most important intelligence agencies—the Soviet KGB, the American CIA, and the British MI6—appeared to have clear-cut roles and a sense of rising importance in their respective countries. But when Kim Philby, head of MI6’s Russian division and arguably the twenty-first century’s greatest spy, was revealed to be a Russian mole along with British government ... Read more

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At the dawn of the Cold War, the world’s most important intelligence agencies—the Soviet KGB, the American CIA, and the British MI6—appeared to have clear-cut roles and a sense of rising importance in their respective countries. But when Kim Philby, head of MI6’s Russian division and arguably the twenty-first century’s greatest spy, was revealed to be a Russian mole along with British government
... Read more
Dark Territory

The Secret History of Cyber War

by Fred Kaplan ...

“An important, disturbing, and gripping history” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), the never-before-told story of the computer scientists and the NSA, Pentagon, and White House policymakers who invent and employ cyber wars—where every country can be a major power player and every hacker a mass destroyer.In June 1983, President Reagan watched the movie War Games, in which a teenager unwittingly ... Read more

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“An important, disturbing, and gripping history” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), the never-before-told story of the computer scientists and the NSA, Pentagon, and White House policymakers who invent and employ cyber wars—where every country can be a major power player and every hacker a mass destroyer.In June 1983, President Reagan watched the movie War Games, in which a teenager unwittingly
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