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Queen of Cuba: An FBI Agent's Insider Account of the Spy Who Evaded Detection for 17 Years
By Peter J. Lapp. 2023
As a spy prepared to give away America&’s biggest secrets after the 9/11 attacks, an FBI agent raced to catch…
her.U.S. government officials knew they had a spy. But it never occurred to them it was a woman—and certainly not a superstar Defense Intelligence Agency employee known as &“the Queen of Cuba.&”Ana Montes had spent seventeen years spying for the Cubans. She had been raised in a patriotic Puerto Rican household: Her father, a psychiatrist, was a former colonel in the U.S. Army. Her sister worked as a translator for the FBI and helped break up a ring of Cuban spies in Miami. Her brother was also a loyal FBI agent.Montes impressed her bosses, but in secret, spent her breaks memorizing top secret documents before sending them to the Cuban government. She received no payment, even as one of her missives could have brought her the death penalty.She also listened to anxiety-relief tapes, took medication, and saw a psychiatrist. She dreamed of a normal life where she could work a job she enjoyed. She dreamed of getting married, and even had a man in mind: a defense analyst on the Cuba account for Southern Command. He had no idea that, three times a week, Montes pulled a short-wave radio from her closet and received encrypted messages from Cuba.After the 9/11 attacks, Cuba wanted Montes to continue her work. They couldn&’t know the FBI was already on to her. Retired FBI agent Peter J. Lapp explains the clues—including never-released information—that led their team to catch one of the United States&’ most dangerous spies.The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man
By Benjamin Cunningham. 2022
The Cold War meets Mad Men in the form of Karel Koecher, a double agent whose shifting loyalties and over-the-top…
hedonism reverberated from New York to Moscow In the mid-1970s, the CIA and KGB watched Karel Koecher closely—they were both convinced he was working for the enemy. And they were both right. Traveling with his wife, Hana, Koecher posed as a Czechoslovak asylum seeker and arrived in the US as a Communist sleeper agent. After parlaying a doctorate from Columbia into a job at the CIA, Koecher proceeded to operate as a double agent at the height of the Cold War. Shunning a low profile, the Koechers embraced Manhattan&’s high life—with cocaine, swinging, and parties emblematic of the times and their penchant for risk. Hana, who was no more than a shy teenager when she arrived, grew into a sophisticated international diamond dealer who relayed messages to Karel&’s handlers. Riding a wave of euphoria, the Koechers felt unstoppable. But it was too good to last. Using newly declassified documents, interrogation tapes, and extraordinary firsthand accounts from the Koechers themselves, Cunningham reconstructs their double lives and the fading Cold War, where a strange moral fog made it hard to know what truth was being fought for, and to what end.Big Intel: How the CIA and FBI Went from Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains
By J. Michael Waller. 2024
Big Intel recounts the dramatic story of the rise and Cold War heroics of the CIA and the American intelligence…
apparatus followed by its unfortunate slide into Marxist-influenced Deep State dysfunction as BIG INTEL became BAD INTEL.How the Left Subverted the CIA and FBI Once upon a time, the FBI and the CIA fought America&’s enemies at home and abroad. Now they are tools of a growing police state, attacking the left&’s political enemies and spying on ordinary American citizens—even parents who push back against radical public schools. How did we get here? In this revealing and thoroughly documented book, a former CIA operative traces the origins of Big Intel to a loose network of Marxist academic agitators known as the Frankfurt School. Their ideology appealed to the Ivy League elites populating the CIA, but the subversion of the FBI took longer, impeded for a time by the bureau&’s staunchly anti-Communist director, J. Edgar Hoover. Eventually both institutions succumbed, and today Big Intel is controlled by the cultural Marxists. Chronicling the parasitic infiltration of the CIA and FBI, Big Intel shows how normal intelligence functions have given way to political correctness and never-ending &“pride&” propaganda, trap- ping agents in the &“diversity, equity, and inclusion&” house of mirrors. Most chilling of all is the emergence of the leftist security state. Big Intel has become Bad Intel. There are hard times ahead, but if Americans remember what freedom once was, we can still defang Big Intel and return our intelligence services to the service of democracy.Mama… What Can I Do Today?: A Read, Play, Laugh Together Activity Book for Kids
By Kate Jerome. 2020
Filled with silly animal jokes, games, puzzles, mazes and more, Mama... What Can I Do Today? combines an adorable rhyming…
storybook with more than 20 animal-inspired activities. Mama... What Can I Do Today? uses kids&’ natural fascination with animals to develop essential literacy, academic and social-emotional skills while keeping them busy and engaged. Vibrant full-color photography of more than 40 furry, scaly and feathered friends brings the animal kingdom to life! READ AND DO: The first part of Mama... What Can I Do Today? is a 28-page rhyming storybook that answers the perennial question with an action inspired by an animal, and a vibrant photograph of an animal, such as &“climb a tree&” like a koala in a eucalyptus, or &“jump for joy&” like dolphins leaping from the water. MAKE, LAUGH AND PLAY: The second part of Mama... What Can I Do Today? includes more than 20 fun, engaging activities! Animal jokes, facts, drawing activities, story prompts, mazes and more extend the animal-themed fun! PERFECT FOR PRE AND EARLY STAGE READERS: Pre-readers can read the story and do the activities together with their grown-ups, and emergent readers will gain independence and confidence reading and doing activities on their own. DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS: Reading aloud improves language and listening skills and strengthens social emotional development and bonding with parents. EXPLORE THE ANIMAL WORLD: Filled with full-color photos and dozens of facts about more than 40 animals from every animal kingdom: jungles, forests, farms, oceans, rivers and backyards. EXPERT AUTHOR: Award-winning author and former teacher Kate Jerome&’s expertise in intergenerational communication opens a dialogue between grown-up and child in a clever and engaging way.Seriously Curious: The Facts and Figures that Turn Our World Upside Down brings together the very best explainers and charts,…
written and created by top journalists to help us understand such brain-bending conundrums as why Swedes overpay their taxes, why America still allows child marriage, and what the link is between avocados and crime. Subjects both topical and timeless, profound and peculiar, are explained with The Economist's trademark wit and verve. 2018Curious cases: hijinks, heists, mysteries, and more
By Rebecca Valley. 2022
"Introduce middle-grade readers to the intriguing and exciting history of true crime, including capers, stories, unsolved crimes, daring escapes, famous…
art heists, and much more, in this first-ever true crime book specifically for kids. True crime is a genre that captures readers of all ages, but oftentimes the stories are too intense-even for kids who love spooky books and movies. |Curious Cases: True Crime for Kids| presents a slew of fascinating stories that are all age-appropriate, including: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft, the cold case of D. B. Cooper, the disappearance of Masterpiece the poodle, two brothers' cunning escape from Alcatraz, Sherlock Holmes and the fairy photographs, real-life Ghostbusters, and much more! Plus, kids will love the breakdowns of some of the most iconic pop culture detectives and mystery writers like Agatha Christie. The book even includes some fun forensic science activities that kids can do at home to help them better understand how evidence is found and how mysteries can be solved." -- Provided by publisherCarrero: 50 años de un magnicidio maldito
By Manuel Cerdán. 2023
¿Fue el asesinato de Carrero Blanco un magnicidio maldito? ¿Quiénes ganaron con la muerte del almirante y presidente del Gobierno?…
Cincuenta años después del atentado que hizo saltar por los aires el búnker franquista, seguimos sin conocer toda la verdad sobre la trama que arropó el magnicidio del presidente Carrero Blanco y que condicionó el devenir de la historia de España. La desaparición del delfín de Franco supuso un estoque inesperado para las aspiraciones de la facción inmovilista del régimen, al tiempo que impulsó los primeros pasos de la Transición, encarnada en las figuras de Juan Carlos I y Adolfo Suárez. Manuel Cerdán, periodista de investigación y autor de exitosos libros como Lobo, un topo en las entrañas de ETA o Paesa, el espía de las mil caras, ha tenido acceso en exclusiva a documentación inédita sobre el caso: desde el sumario completo, pasando por documentos de la CIA desclasificados por primera vez, así como entrevistas con los implicados en la organización terrorista. A través de sus testimonios, se adentra sin miedo, sin condicionantes, sin estereotipos y sin censura no sólo en el papel de ETA sino también en el de los servicios secretos españoles e internacionales. El resultado es una narración absorbente que revela una verdad incómoda: el episodio más oscuro de nuestra historia reciente se trató de una doble conspiración. La primera, para llevar a cabo el atentado; la segunda, para borrar el rastro de aquellos a quienes beneficiaba. Manuel Cerdán Alenda nació en Aspe, Alicante, ciudad en la que se inició en el reporterismo en 1975 desde las páginas del diario Informaciones. Ha vivido muy intensamente el tardofranquismo, el posfranquismo y la Transición, siempre desde la óptica del periodismo de investigación.Cuenta con una dilatada carrera que comprende los principales medios de comunicación de este país: desde la prensa escrita Interviú, Cambio 16, El Mundo u OkDiario; en la radio en programas como Buenos días, El Navegador e Informe Abierto, y también en la televisión al frente de El Objetivo en Telemadrid así como colaborador habitual en tertulias políticas de primer nivel.Sus trabajos de investigación han sacudido, en más de una ocasión, los cimientos del poder.Spies Who Changed History: The Greatest Spies & Agents of the 20th Century
By Nigel West. 2022
Spies have made an extraordinary impact on the history of the 20th Century, but fourteen in particular can be said…
to have been demonstrably important. As one might expect, few are household names, and it is only with the benefit of recently declassified files that we can now fully appreciate the nature of their contribution. The criteria for selection have been the degree to which each can now be seen to have had a very definite influence on a specific course of events, either directly, by passing vital classified material, or indirectly, by organizing or managing a group of spies. Those selected were active in the First World War, the inter-war period, the Second World War, the Cold War and even the post-Cold War era. These include Walther Dewé who formed a spy ring in German-occupied Belgium during the First World War. This train-watching network, known as ‘White Lady’, reported on German troop deployments and possible weaknesses in the German defences. Extending its operations into northern France, the ring provided 75 per cent of the information received by GHQ, British Expeditionary Force. By the time of the Armistice in 1918, Dewé’s group had a staggering 1,300 members. Olga Gray, the 27-year-old daughter of a Daily Mail journalist, was employed as a secretary by the Communist Party of Great Britain. In 1931 she undertook a mission for MI5 to penetrate the organization and discover its secret channel of communication with Moscow. Gray learned that the Party’s cipher was based on Treasure Island and this breakthrough enabled the Party’s messages to be read by Whitehall cryptographers. Renato Levi, an Italian playboy, was the longest-serving British agent of the Second World War and is credited with creating the concept of strategic deception. While operating in Cairo as a double agent working for the Abwehr and the British he was instrumental in misleading the Axis about Allied strength across the Middle East and helped Montgomery achieve his victory over Rommel’s Afrika Korps at El Alamein. So successful was Levi in this and other deceptions, he was employed to persuade the Germans that the D-Day landings in Normandy were a diversionary feint, in anticipation of an invasion in the Pas-de-Calais. These, and other surprising stories, are revealed in this fascinating insight into a secret world inhabited by mysterious and shadowy characters, all of whom, though larger than life, really did exist.Hitler's Nest of Vipers: The Rise Of The Abwehr
By Nigel West. 2022
"...presents an excellent and concise narrative of the Abwehr's global intelligence network. West draws from hundreds of firsthand debriefing and…
summary reports including disclosed sources not previously available to scholars."—American Intelligence JournalModern historians have consistently condemned the Abwehr, Germany’s military intelligence service, and its SS equivalent, the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), as incompetent and even corrupt organizations. However, newly declassified MI5, CIA and US Counterintelligence Corps files shed a very different light on the structure, control and capabilities of the German intelligence machine in Europe, South America, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It is usually stated that, under Admiral Canaris, the Abwehr neglected its main functions, its attention being focused more on trying to bring down Hitler. Yet Canaris greatly expanded the Abwehr from 150 personnel into a vast world-wide organisation which achieved many notable successes against the Allies. Equally, the SD’s tentacles spread across the Occupied territories as the German forces invaded country after country across Europe. In this in-depth study of the Abwehr’s rise to power, 1935 to 1943, its activities in Russia, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Japan, China, Manchuko and Mongolia are examined, as well as those in Thailand, French Indo-China, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, and the Arab nations. In this period, the Abwehr built a complex network of individual agents with transmitters operating from commercial, diplomatic and consular premises. Before, and in the early stages of the war, it later became apparent, the Abwehr was controlling a number of agents in Britain. Indeed, it was only after the war that the scale of the Abwehr’s activities became known, the organisation having of around 20,000 members. For the first time, the Abwehr’s development and the true extent of its operations have been laid bare, through official files and even of restored documents previously redacted. The long list of operations and activities of the Abwehr around the world includes the efforts of an agent in the USA who was arrested after a bizarre attempt to obtain a quantity of blank American passports by impersonating a senior State Department official, Edward Weston, an Under-Secretary of State. Also, former U.S. Marine, Kurt Jahnke, who was recruited to collect information about the American munitions production and send it on to Germany. These are just two of the numerous and absorbing accounts in this all-embracing study.All in: From Refugee Camp To Poker Champ
By Jerry Yang. 2011
A Taste for Treason: The Letter That Smashed a Nazi Spy Ring
By Andrew Jeffrey. 2022
A gripping true story of wartime espionage. Dundee, 1937. When housewife Mary Curran became suspicious of hairdresser Jessie Jordan's frequent…
trips to Nazi Germany, she had no idea that she was about to be drawn into an international web of espionage. Thanks to a tip off from Mary, MI5 and the FBI launched major spy hunts on both sides of the Atlantic. This is the true story of a decade-long series of Nazi espionage plots in Britain, Europe and the United States. It shows how a Nazi spy's letter, posted in New York and intercepted in Scotland, broke spy rings across Europe and North America. And it reveals, for the first time, how that letter marked the genesis of an intelligence and security alliance that today includes the United States, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. 'Fascinating, gripping and expertly researched... an extraordinary true tale of espionage told with all the drama and panache of a spy thriller' – Michael Smith, bestselling author of The Secrets of Station XCheckmate!: The young player's complete guide to chess
By John Foley. 2023
Chess is the ultimate fun strategy game – and this is the perfect introduction to chess, whether you're a budding…
master or you've never played before.In simple, fun stages, readers will learn what every piece can do, and how to use them on the board. Clear, original board diagrams make the action easy to understand. Readers will also discover the best tactics to use against their opponent, from how to counter the Queen's Gambit to how to avoid the Fool's Mate. There's plenty to discover about the wider world of chess too – including unusual trivia and unbelievable true chess stories from history. You'll also find a full glossary of chess terms and profiles of some of the world's greatest players inside.Written with clarity and humour, this is the only guide any young chess player will need.Checkmate!: The young player's complete guide to chess
By John Foley. 2023
Chess is the ultimate fun strategy game - and this is the perfect introduction to chess, whether you're a budding…
master or you've never played before.In simple, fun stages, readers will learn what every piece can do, and how to use them on the board. Clear, original board diagrams make the action easy to understand. Readers will also discover the best tactics to use against their opponent, from how to counter the Queen's Gambit to how to avoid the Fool's Mate. There's plenty to discover about the wider world of chess too - including unusual trivia and unbelievable true chess stories from history. You'll also find a full glossary of chess terms and profiles of some of the world's greatest players inside.Written with clarity and humour, this is the only guide any young chess player will need.The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
By Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch. 2022
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An absolute home run! You will never look at WWII the same way again." —Brad Thor,…
#1 bestselling author"Meltzer and Mensch are masters." —Jon Meacham, author The Soul of America"A true story that reads like a thriller." —Alexander S. Vindman, LT. Col., U.S. Army (Ret.)"An outstanding and memorable reading experience....a true page-turner from beginning to end." —Bookreporter.comFrom the New York Times bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of World War II.In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt had a critical goal: a face-to-face sit-down with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This first-ever meeting of the Big Three in Tehran, Iran, would decide some of the most crucial strategic details of the war. Yet when the Nazis found out about the meeting, their own secret plan took shape—an assassination plot that would’ve changed history.A true story filled with daring rescues, body doubles, and political intrigue, The Nazi Conspiracy details FDR’s pivotal meeting in Tehran and the deadly Nazi plot against the heads of state of the three major Allied powers who attended it.With all the hallmarks of a Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch page-turner, The Nazi Conspiracy explores the great political minds of the twentieth century, investigating the pivotal years of the war in gripping detail. This meeting of the Big Three changed the course of World War II. Here’s the inside story of how it almost led to a world-shattering disaster.Extreme Brain Workout: 500 Fun and Challenging Puzzles to Boost Your Brain Power
By Marcel Danesi. 2011
Have fun and power up your mind with these puzzles designed to boost your verbal and logic skills, plus test…
your IQ.Extreme Brain Workout is a series of puzzles designed to engage the core parts of your brain that are responsible for verbal ability, logical thinking and even your IQ. Each group of puzzles progresses from simple to complex so that they are accessible and challenging for everyone, from the very beginner to the dedicated puzzle master. With each set of puzzles, you’ll also find information about the specific part of your brain being worked out so that you can choose what areas to focus on.Prisoners, Lovers, & Spies: The Story of Invisible Ink from Herodotus to al-Qaeda
By Kristie Macrakis. 2014
This &“engrossing study&” of invisible ink reveals 2,000 years of scoundrels, heroes and their ingenious methods for concealing messages (Kirkus).…
In Prisoners, Lovers, and Spies, Kristie Macrakis uncovers the secret history of invisible ink and the ingenious way everything from lemon juice to Gall-nut extract and even certain bodily fluids have been used to conceal and reveal covert communications. From Ancient Rome to the Cold War, spies have been imprisoned or murdered, adultery unmasked, and battles lost because of faulty or intercepted secret messages. Yet, successfully hidden writing has helped save lives, win battles, and ensure privacy—at times changing the course of history. Macrakis combines a storyteller&’s sense of drama with a historian&’s respect for evidence in this page-turning history of intrigue and espionage, love and war, magic and secrecy. From Ovid&’s advice to use milk for illicit love notes, to John Gerard's dramatic escape from the Tower of London aided by orange juice ink messages, to al-Qaeda&’s hidden instructions in pornographic movies, this book charts the evolution of secret messages and their impact on history. An appendix includes kitchen chemistry recipes for readers to try out at home.Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (Annals of Communism)
By John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr. 2008
This groundbreaking historical study reveals the shocking infiltration of Soviet spies in America—and the top-secret cryptography program that caught them.…
Only in 1995 did the United States government officially reveal the existence of the super-secret Venona Project. For nearly fifty years American intelligence agents had been decoding thousands of Soviet messages, uncovering an enormous range of espionage activities carried out against the United States during World War II by its own allies. This extraordinary book is the first to examine the Venona messages—documents of unparalleled importance for our understanding of the history and politics of the Stalin era and the early Cold War years. Hidden in a former girls&’ school in the late 1940s, Venona Project cryptanalysts, linguists, and mathematicians attempted to decode thousands of intercepted Soviet intelligence telegrams. When they cracked the Soviet code, analysts uncovered information of powerful significance: the first indication of Julius Rosenberg&’s espionage efforts; references to the espionage activities of Alger Hiss; proof of Soviet infiltration of the Manhattan Project; evidence that spies had reached the highest levels of the U.S. State and Treasury Departments; indications that more than three hundred Americans had assisted in the Soviet theft of American secrets; and confirmation that the Communist party of the United States was consciously and willingly involved in Soviet espionage against America. Drawing not only on the Venona papers but also on newly opened Russian and U. S. archives, John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr provide the most rigorously documented analysis ever written on Soviet espionage in the early Cold War years.An accessible, inclusive guide aimed at helping young fans get in touch with their inner game master by offering advice…
and creative ways to get involved, celebrate, and interact with the tabletop RPG community! Calling all adventurers! Whether you're a level five wizard in Dungeons & Dragons or just starting out on your tabletop roleplaying journey, A Kid's Guide to Tabletop RPGs is the perfect way to explore the ins-and-outs of playing, creating, and sharing tabletop games. Written by game developer and game master Gabe Hicks, A Kid's Guide to Tabletop RPGs includes chapters on: The Basics of Tabletop RPGs The Roles of the Narrator/Game Master and Players Recommendations of Games to Play How to Write Your Own TTRPG Packed full of quizzes, sidebars full of history and recommendations, as well as interviews and advice from on how to get started, this is the ultimate guide and companion for young gamers and game designers. It's time to roll for initiative and get ready to explore the world of tabletop roleplaying games!Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Data
By Micah Lee. 2024
Data-science investigations have brought journalism into the 21st century, and—guided by The Intercept&’s infosec expert Micah Lee— this book is…
your blueprint for uncovering hidden secrets in hacked datasets.Unlock the internet&’s treasure trove of public interest data with Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations by Micah Lee, an investigative reporter and security engineer. This hands-on guide blends real-world techniques for researching large datasets with lessons on coding, data authentication, and digital security. All of this is spiced up with gripping stories from the front lines of investigative journalism.Dive into exposed datasets from a wide array of sources: the FBI, the DHS, police intelligence agencies, extremist groups like the Oath Keepers, and even a Russian ransomware gang. Lee&’s own in-depth case studies on disinformation-peddling pandemic profiteers and neo-Nazi chatrooms serve as blueprints for your research.Gain practical skills in searching massive troves of data for keywords like &“antifa&” and pinpointing documents with newsworthy revelations. Get a crash course in Python to automate the analysis of millions of files.You will also learn how to:Master encrypted messaging to safely communicate with whistleblowers.Secure datasets over encrypted channels using Signal, Tor Browser, OnionShare, and SecureDrop.Harvest data from the BlueLeaks collection of internal memos, financial records, and more from over 200 state, local, and federal agencies.Probe leaked email archives about offshore detention centers and the Heritage Foundation.Analyze metadata from videos of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, sourced from the Parler social network.We live in an age where hacking and whistleblowing can unearth secrets that alter history. Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations is your toolkit for uncovering new stories and hidden truths. Crack open your laptop, plug in a hard drive, and get ready to change history.Dominoes Game Night: 65 Classic Games to Entertain and Excite
By Travis Newsome. 2023
In this comprehensive guide, a 3-time World Domino Champion breaks down the fascinating history and culture of one of the…
world's most popular pastimes—and shares how-to instructions for playing 65 different domino games. Featuring step-by-step, illustrated instructions, Dominoes Game Night will teach readers how to play 65 different domino games, including popular variations like Matador, Muggins, Chicken Foot, and Mexican Train. In addition to providing the rules of standard game play, Dominoes Game Night also delves into the 1,000+ year history and culture of the game across the world, and it looks at modern day domino tournaments that are played both in person and online. Also touching on more idiosyncratic domino uses like toppling, Dominoes Game Night introduces readers to the countless benefits of playing Dominoes—like improved memory retention and concentration—while also teaching discipline and bolstering social interactions. With a breakdown of Dominoes terms, rules, and turn-by-turn examples, this book explains the reasoning behind making specific plays, and it takes an in-depth look at the critical thinking and deductive reasoning skills that are required to master the game. Whether you're a novice who is just learning to play, or an experienced player looking to elevate your game, Dominoes Game Night offers all the tools you need to consistently win games at a higher level. Written by a 3-time World Domino Champion, Dominoes Game Night is sure to become the go-to companion for both casual players and Domino die-hards.