Spycraft Secrets: An Espionage A–Z by Nigel West, Foreword by Gen. David Petraeus
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Overview: Tradecraft: as intriguing as it is forbidden . . .

Tradecraft is the term applied to techniques used by intelligence personnel to assist them in conducting their operations and, like many other professions, the espionage business has developed its own rich lexicon.
In the real, sub rosa world of intelligence-gathering, each bit of jargon acts as a veil of secrecy over particular types of activity, and in this book acclaimed author Nigel West explains and give examples of the lingo in action. He draws on the first-hand experience of defectors to and from the Soviet Union; surveillance operators who kept terrorist suspects under observation in Northern Ireland; case officers who have put their lives at risk by pitching a target in a denied territory; the NOCs who lived under alias to spy abroad; and much more.
Turn these pages and be immersed in the real world of James Bond: assets, black operations, double agents, triple agents ... it’s all here.
Genre: Non-Fiction > General Warfare, Espionage


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Vanity Fair España - Marzo 2024 [SPA]
Requirements: PDF reader | 47.3 MB
Overview: Descubre lo que los protagonistas del mundo del espectáculo, la sociedad, las finanzas y la cultura revelan en exclusiva para Vanity Fair. La única revista en España que habla de lo que la gente habla: fiestas, arte, política, moda, deporte ... siempre desde otro punto de vista. (Discover what the protagonists of the world of entertainment, society, finance and culture reveal exclusively for Vanity Fair. The only magazine in Spain that talks about what people talk about: parties, art, politics, fashion, sports... always from another point of view.)
Genre: Magazines & Newspapers


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Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BCE by Matt Waters
Requirements: .ePUB reader, 3.7 MB
Overview: The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r. 522 - 486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book, Matt Waters gives a detailed historical overview of the Achaemenid period while considering the manifold interpretive problems historians face in constructing and understanding its history. This book offers a Persian perspective even when relying on Greek textual sources and archaeological evidence. Waters situates the story of the Achaemenid Persians in the context of their predecessors in the mid-first millennium BCE and through their successors after the Macedonian conquest, constructing a compelling narrative of how the empire retained its vitality for more than two hundred years (c. 550 - 330 BCE) and left a massive imprint on Middle Eastern as well as Greek and European history.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History


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Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone (.ePUB)
Requirements: .ePUB reader, 0.6mb
Overview: An Amazon Charts bestseller.

A double life with a single purpose: revenge.
Jane’s days at a Midwest insurance company are perfectly ordinary. She blends in well, unremarkably pretty in her floral-print dresses and extra efficient at her low-level job. She’s just the kind of woman middle manager Steven Hepsworth likes—meek, insecure, and willing to defer to a man. No one has any idea who Jane really is. Least of all Steven.
But plain Jane is hiding something. And Steven’s bringing out the worst in her.

Nothing can distract Jane from going straight for his heart: allowing herself to be seduced into Steven’s bed, to insinuate herself into his career and his family, and to expose all his dirty secrets. It’s time for Jane to dig out everything that matters to Steven. So she can take it all away.
Just as he did to her.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller


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