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A Pretext for War A Pretext for War James Bamford The bestselling author of Body of Secrets and The Puzzle Palace presents his most hard-hitting book to date--a sweeping, authoritative, and fearless account of the failures of America's intelligence … OL117554W
Cactus Island Cactus Island Manchee, William.,William Manchee Stan is called out to Possum Kingdom Lake in Central Texas where a boy scout has been killed in a tragic Jeep accident. At first glance it appears to be just a typical case of a reckless teenager dri… OL13838574W
Windmills of the Gods Windmills of the Gods Sidney Sheldon She's on the glinting edge of East-West confrontation, a beautiful and accomplished scholar who has suddenly become our newest ambassador to an Iron Curtain country, a woman who is about to dramatica… OL15156421W
Last Stop, Paris Last Stop, Paris Michael McLoughlin The true story of the assassination of Front de Libération du Québec member Mario Bachand, in Paris, the 29th of March, 1971. Bachand had been a member of the first wave of the FLQ, in Montreal in 19… OL15403388W
Traitors Among Us Traitors Among Us Stuart A. Herrington Forfatteren, oberst Herrington, opbyggede i årene 1983-93 Foreign Counterintelligence Activity, FCA, som blev ansvarlig for amerikansk kontraspionage rettet mod Sovjetunionen og dens vasalstater. Akt… OL15422875W
Heart of Terror Heart of Terror Craig W. Dressler Two ill-equipped individuals are thrown into separate terrorist worlds and forced to fight and endure. Their struggles to stop the onslaught of terrorism hurdle them forward while challenging them t… OL16792327W
Constructing Cassandra Reframing Intelligence Failure At The Cia 19472001 Constructing Cassandra Reframing Intelligence Failure At The Cia 19472001 Milo Jones When it was created in 1947, the CIA had a clear remit to prevent strategic surprises. On key occasions, it has failed spectacularly. How is this possible? Although there has been no shortage of stud… OL17577571W
Presidents' secret wars Presidents' secret wars John Prados Provides an analysis of postwar covert activities by United States intelligence agencies, documenting the early days of the CIA and its operations. OL1836169W
Fuel for Fire Fuel for Fire Julie Ann Walker Dagan Zoelner has made three huge mistakes The first two left blood on his hands. The third left him wondering...what if? What if he had told the woman of his dreams how he felt before his world fe… OL19712299W
In the Dark/ Person of Interest In the Dark/ Person of Interest Debra Webb,Heather Graham ITDK- Alexandra McCord's perfect life was crumbling. After stumbling onto the body of a dead woman, she found that her working paradise on Moon Bay Island had turned into a nightmare. Each piece of e… OL21746365W
Chief of Station Chief of Station J. D. Narramore In the halls of the Kremlin, a plot is stirring. A young, rising Politburo member is on track to become leader of the Soviet Union and change history forever. The old guard wants him dead. A KGB Majo… OL22278592W
Kalahari Kalahari Rick McBee Kalahari is an historical adventure fiction novel based on the period just preceeding the change from White Minority rule to Black Majority rule in South Africa. A "third force" has entered the conf… OL2811771W
Legacy of Ashes Legacy of Ashes Tim Weiner Here is the hidden history of the CIA: why eleven presidents and three generations of CIA officers have been unable to understand the world; why nearly every CIA director has left the agency in worse… OL3236899W
Enigma Enigma Dee Davis Two men burned to possess her . . . But only one would win the deadly game . . . Samantha Waters was no hotshot, just damn good at her job. And as the best bomb specialist around, she was the log… OL3530522W
Untouched Untouched Samantha Hunter She's lost her touch... Superheroine Risa Remington once had the power to read thoughts and emotions with a stroke of her fingertips. Until a lab accident changed everything. Now Risa has to learn t… OL4457883W
Spill Spill Les Standiford When a truck carrying a lethal plague virus overturns in a creek within Yellowstone Park, all hell literally breaks loose. The plague, a particularly virulent form of hemorrhagic fever that causes it… OL459780W
A Station in the Delta A Station in the Delta John Cassidy Novel by a former CIA officer about the intelligence failure on the eve of the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. OL6558266W