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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Enduring a very private midlife while contemplating the end of a long marriage, Thomas is unsettled by the arrival of a package from Berlin and remembers an intense love affair with a police state refugee who was haunted by the city's division and the Cold War.
Author
Language
English
Description
"At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing - seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear - to some - that the Soviet Union was already executing a plan to expand and foment revolution around the world. The American government's strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly-formed CIA. THE QUIET AMERICANS chronicles the exploits of...
Author
Language
English
Description
From Sheehan, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic "A Bright Shining Lie," comes the never-before-told story of the nuclear arms race that changed history--and of the visionary American Air Force officer Bernard Schriever, who led the high-stakes effort with the ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missiles) program.
86) Fallout
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When an unthinkable nuclear attack occurs in an alternate-reality 1962, Scott is forced into his father's bomb shelter with his family and neighbors, where they rapidly consume limited supplies and fear the worst about the fate of the world outside.
Author
Series
George Mueller novels volume 1
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"This gripping first novel in a spy thriller series, set in Washington D.C. at the height of the Red Scare, investigates a double agent in the CIA whose betrayals threaten to compromise the two lead investigators, the Agency, and the entire nation" --
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
20076]
Language
English
Description
Yale graduate Edward Wilson sacrifices his family and his ideals in his devotion to his country and the newly formed Central Intelligence Agency.
As one of the covert founders of the CIA, Cold War paranoia makes Edward Wilson grow suspicious of everyone around him; he will sacrifice anything to protect the organization and his country.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
On Christmas Day, 1991, President George H. W. Bush addressed the nation to declare an American victory in the Cold War: earlier that day Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned as the first and last Soviet president. The enshrining of that narrative, one in which the end of the Cold War was linked to the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the triumph of democratic values over communism, took center stage in American public discourse immediately after...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
American and French intelligence agents join forces to reveal the secrets of Russian occupation in Cuba. This verison has been digitally remastered. Part of the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection.
An American CIA agent hires a French operative to travel to Cuba and investigate rumors of Russian missiles and Topaz, a NATO spy. The inquiry soon spins into a life-threatening escapade of espionage, betrayal and murder.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Describes the intelligence breakthroughs during the Cold War that allowed the CIA to gain a foothold in Moscow, including identity swaps, evasion techniques, body doubles, and such gadgets as miniature cameras and wall rappelling mechanisms.
95) La otra mujer
Author
Series
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"From Daniel Silva, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author, comes a modern masterpiece of espionage, love, and betrayal" --
"El autor número 1 del New York Times regresa con esta obra maestra del espionaje, el amor y la traición. En un pequeño y aislado pueblo de la serranía de Cádiz, vive una misteriosa mujer de nacionalidad francesa que ha empezado a escribir unas memorias más que peligrosas. Es la historia de un hombre al que una vez...
97) Wall
Author
Publisher
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Follows a small boy, his sister, and his mother as they try to reunite with his father after the Berlin Wall is built.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"A new historical drama from Daughter of the Reich bestselling author Louise Fein, about a London bookshop involved in an espionage network, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis, perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Pam Jenoff"--
"Two courageous women. One astonishing secret. A world on the brink of war. London, 1962: The world is teetering on the brink of nuclear war but life must go on. Celia Duchesne longs for a career, but with...
100) The Russia house
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
John le CarrE has earned worldwide acclaim with extraordinary spy novels, including The Russia House, an unequivocal classic. Navigating readers through the shadow worlds of international espionage with critical knowledge culled from his years in British Intelligence, le CarrE tracks the dark and devastating trail of a document that could profoundly alter the course of world events. In Moscow, a sheaf of military secrets changes hands. If it arrives...
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