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From invisible ink to listening devices super projects for playing spy! Heres the book that shows kids how science is involved in the fascinating field of espionage. Spy Science contains 40 scientifically sound activities kids can do to explore the world of spies from building a periscope to learning Morse Code-and even visiting the CIAs home page on the Internet! Whether theyre mastering spy tricks & techniques making special spy gadgets or sending secret messages kids will have fun learning science! * All activities are safe easy to do & require only common household materials *

Includes:: tons of delightful illustrations & dozens of ideas for More Fun Stuff to Do" " Spy Science in Action" sections show kids how the science theyve learned is used in real-life JIM WIESE (British Columbia Canada) is an elementary school science teacher & an educational coordinator for nonprofit organizations. He is the author of Roller Coaster Science Rocket Science & Detective Science all available from Wiley."

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Computer games run in a classified war studies centre in London. Nuclear submarines prowl beneath Arctic ice. & war games go into real time. Patrick Armstrong
- possibly the same reluctant hero of The Ipcress File
- is sent to investigate. Patrick Armstrong is a tough dedicated agent & war-games player. But in Armstrongs violent complex world war-games are all too often played for real. Soon the chase (or is it escape?) is on. From the secretive computerized college of war studies in London via a bleak sinister Scottish redoubt to the Arctic ice cap where nuclear submarines prowl ominously beneath frozen wastes a lethal web of violence & double-cross is woven. & Europes whole future hangs by a deadly thread... Spy Story is the most authentic & brilliant novel of espionage yet from the worlds greatest writer of spy thrillers. This new reissue

Includes:: a foreword from the cover designer Oscar-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman & a brand new introduction by Len Deighton which offers a fascinating insight into the writing of the story.



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Identify the signs Ask the right questions Get to the truth Using the methods revealed in this book
- developed by former CIA officers
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Alex Leamas is tired. Its the 1960s hes been out in the cold for years spying in Berlin for his British masters & has seen too many good agents murdered for their troubles. Now Control wants to bring him in at last
- but only after one final assignment. He must travel deep into the heart of Communist Germany & betray his country a job that he will do with his usual cynical professionalism. But when George Smiley tries to help a young woman Leamas has befriended Leamas mission may prove to be the worst thing he could ever have done. In le Carres breakthrough work of 1963 the spy story is reborn as a gritty & terrible tale of men who are caught up in politics beyond their imagining. This title is presented with a new introduction by William Boyd & an afterword by Le Carre himself.
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The Cold War is at its most chill. Alec Leamas a seasoned British Intelligence officer whose entire East German network has been arrested or shot leaves West Berlin for London believing his career is over. But his master Control knows that Leamas is good for a last mission: one that will allow him to take his revenge on the ruthless East German counterintelligence chief who has killed or imprisoned his agents. & lurking discreetly in the background George Smiley will be pulling the operational strings. ...

In June 1952 a woman was murdered by an obsessed colleague in a hotel in South Kensington. Her name was Christine Granville. That she died young was perhaps unsurprising but that she had survived the Second World War was remarkable. The daughter of a feckless Polish aristocrat & his wealthy Jewish wife she would become one of Britain's most daring & highly decorated special agents. Having fled to Britain on the outbreak of war she was recruited by the intelligence services long before the establishment of the SOE & took on mission after mission. She skied into occupied Poland served in Egypt & was later parachuted into occupied France. Her quick wit courage & determination won her release from arrest more than once & saved the lives of several fellow officers including one of her many lovers just hours before he was due to be executed by the Gestapo. More importantly perhaps the intelligence she smuggled to the British hidden inside her gloves was a significant contribution to the Allied war effort & in recognition of her success she was awarded the George Medal the OBE & the Croix de Guerre. Charismatic difficult & fearless Christine was an extraordinary woman & exercised a mesmeric power of those who knew her. ...

In June 1952 a woman was murdered by an obsessive colleague in a hotel in South Kensington. Her name was Christine Granville. That she died young was perhaps unsurprising but that she had survived the Second World War was remarkable. The daughter of a feckless Polish aristocratic & his wealthy Jewish wife she would become one of Britain's most daring & highly decorated secret agents. Having fled Poland on the outbreak of war she was recruited by the intelligence services long before the establishment of the SOE & took on mission after mission. She skied over the hazardous High Tatras into Poland served in Egypt & North Africa & was later parachuted into Occupied France where an agent's life expectancy was only six weeks. Her courage quick wit & determination won her release from arrest more than once & saved the lives of several fellow officers including one of her many lovers just hours before their execution by the Gestapo. More importantly perhaps the intelligence she gathered was a significant contribution to the Allied war effort & her success was reflected in the fact that she was awarded the George Medal the OBE & the Croix de Guerre. ...

' You take a wrong step play the wrong card in Fate's game & you're lost in a world you had never imagined against which you have no weapons. No compass.' Vivienne Michel is running away
- from pain from rejection from humiliation. When she stumbles into a criminal plot her life seems over.. .until a chance encounter with James Bond turns her world upside down. Ian Fleming's tenth 007" novel is a unique view of Bond through the eyes of a woman who loves him."
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Whether youre just a bit nosy or you want to launch a full-scale investigation of your neighbours this handbook teaches you everything you need to know. There are practical sections on codes ciphers invisible ink & signalling as well as guidance on drops & safe houses. The handbook teaches you how to spot when somebody is lying & how to lie effectively youself. There are sections on successful disguise & how to structure a spy ring including pyschological recruitment strategies psychic surveillance & spotting moles. There is also technical advice about constructing bugging devices & setting traps. Herbie Brennan interlaces the facts with anecdotes about real-life spies making this handbook an entertaining armchair read as well as an essential tool for any budding (or currently serving) MI6 operative. ...