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Language
English
Description
The true story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War, told from the first-person perspective of Eva Dillon, the daughter of one of these spies. With impeccable insider access to both families as well as CIA officers, Dillon offers a riveting true-life spy thriller told in the tradition of a family memoir--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is a historical nonfiction book about Virginia Hall, an American spy in France who the Nazis dubbed "the most dangerous of allied spies." It tells the story of her youth and her work in Europe during the second world war."--
4) One dead spy
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
127 p. : chiefly col. ill., col. map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nathan Hale, who was an officer and spy for the American rebels during the Revolutionary War, shares his story, from his unlucky days at Yale to his later unlucky days as an officer, with a hangman and British officer.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
"To say Virginia "Dindy" Hall was ambitious would be an understatement. She was that girl at your high school who makes everyone else look like a slacker, no matter how hard they're working. But how many of them can say they've been on Nazi Germany's Most Wanted list? At a time when most women were expected to becomes wives and mothers, Virginia craved adventure. And with the world gearing up for a second World War, this fearless woman knew that she...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiv, 382 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls comes the never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early days of the CIA--women who helped create the template for cutting-edge espionage (and blazed new paths for equality in the workplace) in the treacherous post-WWII era"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted across the continent, instead of returning home, she headed to France. In a country divided between freedom and fascism, Virginia was determined to do her part for the Allies. An ordinary woman from Baltimore, Maryland, she dove into the action, first joining a French ambulance unit and later becoming an undercover...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xvii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
Chronicles the extraordinary life of OSS spy Aline Griffith, who performed deep-cover intelligence missions during and after World War II throughout the upper echelons of European politics and society.
11) George Washington, spymaster: how the Americans outspied the British and won the Revolutionary War
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (14 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of James Lafayette, a spy in the American Revolution. After America won its freedom, James returned to slavery. But James's fight for freedom wasn't over.
13) Double agent: the first hero of World War II and how the FBI outwitted and destroyed a Nazi spy ring
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
vii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
Before Edward Snowden's infamous data breach, the largest theft of government secrets was committed by an ingenious traitor whose intricate espionage scheme and complex system of coded messages were made even more baffling by his dyslexia. His name is Brian Regan, but he came to be known as the 'Spy Who Couldn't Spell' ... In this ... true-life spy thriller, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee reveals how the FBI unraveled Regan's strange web of codes to build...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Moe Berg, professional baseball player, Ivy League graduate, attorney, and a top-secret spy who helped the US win the race against Germany to build the atomic bomb.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Anna Smith Strong was a fearless woman who acted as a spy for George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Recruited by Washington's spymaster, Major Benjamin Tallmadge, she joined the Culper Ring, a group of American spies. General Washington placed a huge amount of trust in his spies, and Anna helped pass him important messages at a great risk to herself and her family. One of her cleverer devices was to hang laundry on the line in a planned...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Book Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a "contract wife," a second-class citizen who was hired as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Switzerland. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to her apartment, and she performed menial duties for the CIA. Despite battling sexism at all levels of the agency, Mendez's talent for espionage was clear, and she soon took on bigger and more significant...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
x, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"In the spirit of Ben Macintyre's greatest spy nonfiction, the truly unbelievable and untold story of Frederick Rutland: a debonair British WWI hero, flying ace, fixture of Los Angeles society, and friend of Golden Age Hollywood stars, who flipped to become a spy for Japan in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor"--
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
x, 562 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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. [This book] chronicles the exploits of four spies:...
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