Search Results: Intelligence & Espionage from Books of the World

New York: Putnam, August 2006. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Spine tail slightly bumped, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 343 pages.When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they instantly galvanize--but to do what? They know nothing about it: the what, where, or when. They have no sources in Al Qaeda, and it's impossible to plant someone. Impossible, unless-- The Afghan is Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a twenty-five-year veteran of war zones around the world--a dark, lean man born and raised in Iraq. In an attempt to stave off disaster, the intelligence agencies will try to do what no one has ever done before--pass off a Westerner as an Arab among Arabs.

New York: Puffin, 2007-12, Paperback. All four books As New. Not damaged. No remainder marks. Not from a library. 1504 pages total.

New York: Minotaur Books, March 2015. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Giftable. x+294 pages. Olen Steinhauer's most intimate, most cerebral, and most shocking novel.

New York: Minotaur Books, March 2015. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Laid-in book review from Washington Post Book World. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x+294 pages. Olen Steinhauer's most intimate, most cerebral, and most shocking novel.

New York: Custom House, October 2018. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Very Good book in an As New jacket. Light cup stain on front board (unnoticeable under jacket), otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 431 pages. The truth about Vladimir Putin's covert attempt to destroy Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump win the presidency, its possible connections to the Trump campaign, Robert Mueller's ensuing investigation of the president and those close to him, and the mystery of Trump's steadfast allegiance to Putin.

New York: Puffin Books, April 2007. Paperback. As New. Not damaged. No remainder mark. Not from a library. 326 pages.

New York: Harper Collins, April 2007. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tailed lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxii + 549 pages.

Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good+ book in a Very Good jacket. Prior owner's name to FFEP, otherwise unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Reading and edgewear to jacket included a few short tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 470 pages. Illustrated.

New York: Simon & Schuster, August 1995. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Very Good+ book in a Very Good+ jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight, ends bumped. Jacket clipped. Not from a library. 416 pages. Republished as Shooting at the Moon.
Between 1960 and 1973, the U.S. waged war in Laos under the auspices of the CIA. Undeclared and unreported, it cost thousands of lives and contributed to the climate of deception that poisoned U.S. policy in Southeast Asia. Journalist Warner relies heavily on interviews with former CIA operatives and other American participants to reconstruct an operation characterized by idealism on the ground and by cynicism and misunderstanding at higher levels. Significant early successes against the Pathet Lao and their North Vietnamese allies were wasted, according to Warner, as the U.S. sacrificed its clients for the sake of the expanding war in Vietnam. Once that conflict ended, the Laotians were left to their fate?an abandonment in cold blood that Warner considers… Read More

New York: Doubleday, February 2005. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Spine tail bumped, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 357 pages.With fourteen years left on a twenty-year sentence, notorious Washington power broker, Joel Blackman, receives a surprise pardon from a lame-duck president. He is smuggled out of the country on a military cargo plane, given a new identity, and tucked away in a small town in Italy. But Blackman has serious enemies from his past. As the CIA watches him closely, the question is not whether he will be killed, but rather who will kill him first.

New York: Random House, May 2000. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / second printing per number line. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight; ends bumped. Dust stains to edges. Light edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 240 pages. The story of an espionage operation mounted by the FBI against the Soviet Union that ran for twenty-three years. Lured by a double agent working for the United States, ten Russian spies, including a professor at the University of Minnesota, his wife, and a classic "sleeper" in New York City, were sent by Moscow to penetrate America's secrets. Two FBI agents were killed, and secret formulas were passed to the Russians in a dangerous ploy that could have spurred Moscow to create the world's most powerful nerve gas.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, August 1989. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Black paper covered boards with one-quarter black cloth spine and gilt lettering. Sewn binding. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Prior owner's stamp on half title page, no other markings. Spine straight and tight. Jacket rubbed and partially delaminated on top edge. No tears, creases, or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 656 pages.

New York: Overlook Press, February 2011. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition / full number line. Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail slightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with half-inch tear at bottom of rear fold. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 474 pages.

New York: St. Martin's Press, November 1997. Mass Market Paperback. Second printing per number line. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Seems unread. Light shelf wear to cover. Dust stains to top edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 235 pages. First published in hardcover in 1995 as Codename Mule by the Naval Institute Press.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Reading wear. Spine uncreased but lightly curved. Wear to corners and hinges. Creasing/bumping to lower portion of front cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 731 pages. Includes 94 archival photographs and a glossary with brief descriptions of the hundreds of people interviewed and discussed in the book.
A brilliant, panoramic portrait of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War. Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet Union, this history discloses how and why the United States decided to create the bomb that would dominate world politics for more than forty years.

New York: Bantam, October 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Light rubbing to jacket. Not from a library. No tears, no folds, no creases. 480 pages.

Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, November 2002. Hardcover. Full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Tiny scuff to spine, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 304 pages. Robert Littell's brilliant first book. A.J. LeWinter is an American scientist, for years an insignificant cog in America's complex defense machinery. While at an academic conference in Tokyo, LeWinter contacts the KGB station chief and says he wants to defect. He tantalizes the Russians with U.S. military secrets he claims to possess, but is his defection genuine? Neither the Russians nor the Americans are sure, and LeWinter is swept up in a terrifying political chess match of deceit and treachery.

New York: Random House, April 2015. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder marks. xx + 343 pages. The remarkable story of Billy Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world's largest land animals transformed him from a carefree young man into the charismatic war hero known as Elephant Bill. In 1920, Billy Williams came to colonial Burma as a "forest man" for a British teak company. Mesmerized by the intelligence and character of the great animals who hauled logs through the jungle, he became a gifted "elephant wallah." In Elephant Company, Vicki Constantine Croke chronicles Williams's growing love for elephants as the animals provide him lessons in courage, trust, and gratitude. Elephant Company is also a tale of war and daring. When Japanese forces invaded Burma in 1942, Williams joined the elite British Force 136 and operated behind enemy lines. His war elephants carried supplies, helped… Read More

New York: Random House, April 1997. Hardcover. First Edition (stated), second printing per number line. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Rubbing and edge and corner wear. Remainder mark to top edge. Not clipped. 333 pages. A thriller about a reporter who dances too closely with his sources in the CIA.

New York: Bantam, June 1994. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail lightly bumped. Light edgewear and rubbing to jacket. No tears, creases, or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 544 pages.