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Operation Columba : the Secret Pigeon Service : the untold story of World War II resistance in Europe / by Corera, Gordon,author.; Corera, Gordon.Secret Pigeon Service.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Great Britain. MI6; Homing pigeons; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The Nazi conspiracy : the secret plot to kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill / by Meltzer, Brad,author.; Mensch, Josh,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the New York Times bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy, The Nazi Conspiracy tells the little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of the second World War. In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt wanted one thing: a face-to-face meeting with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This 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 examines the great political minds of the 20th century, exploring the early 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 all almost went terribly wrong"--
Subjects: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.; Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.; Teheran Conference (1943 : Tehran, Iran); Conspiracies; Conspiracies; Operation Long Jump.; World War, 1939-1945;
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Five days in November / by Hill, Clint.; McCubbin, Lisa.;
"The New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me share the stories behind the five infamous, tragic days surrounding JFK's assassination--alongside revealing and iconic photographs--published in remembrance of the beloved president on the fiftieth anniversary of his death. Clint Hill will forever be remembered as the lone secret service agent who jumped onto the car after President Kennedy was shot, clinging to its sides as it sped toward the hospital. Even now, decades after JFK's presidency, the public continues to be fascinated with the Kennedys--America's royal family. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Hill recounts his indelible memories of those five days leading up to, and after, that tragic day in November 1963. Hill, as Jackie's guard, experienced those days firsthand. Alongside the famous photos everyone is familiar with, Hill provides a moment-to-moment narration evoking the feelings and emotions behind the images--clearing up the persistent conspiracy misconceptions along the way. He also shows us the little-seen photos of Jackie both before and after the terrible event, describing the poignant moments they shared, during that pivotal moment in history. Told movingly by a man who still wishes he could undo it all, Five Days in November is a rare and deeply personal look at the assassination that affected the entire world and changed the United States forever"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.; United States. Secret Service;
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A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win WWII / by Purnell, Sonia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The never-before-told story of one woman's heroism that changed the course of the Second World War In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." This spy was Virginia Hall, a young American woman--rejected from the foreign service because of her gender and her prosthetic leg--who talked her way into the spy organization dubbed Churchill's "ministry of ungentlemanly warfare," and, before the United States had even entered the war, became the first woman to deploy to occupied France. Virginia Hall was one of the greatest spies in American history, yet her story remains untold. Just as she did in Clementine, Sonia Purnell uncovers the captivating story of a powerful, influential, yet shockingly overlooked heroine of the Second World War. At a time when sending female secret agents into enemy territory was still strictly forbidden, Virginia Hall came to be known as the "Madonna of the Resistance," coordinating a network ofspies to blow up bridges, report on German troop movements, arrange equipment drops for Resistance agents, and recruit and train guerilla fighters. Even as her face covered WANTED posters throughout Europe, Virginia refused order after order to evacuate.She finally escaped with her life in a grueling hike over the Pyrenees into Spain, her cover blown, and her associates all imprisoned or executed. But, adamant that she had "more lives to save," she dove back in as soon as she could, organizing forces tosabotage enemy lines and back up Allied forces landing on Normandy beaches. Told with Purnell's signature insight and novelistic panache, A Woman of No Importance is the breathtaking story of how one woman's fierce persistence helped win the war"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Goillot, Virginia, 1906-1982.; Women spies; Spies; Intelligence officers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The predicament / by Boyd, William,1952-author.;
"From the internationally bestselling author, a thrilling novel starring the travel writer turned reluctant spy Gabriel Dax, a masterful tale of loyalty, obsession, and spy craft. 1963, Guatemala. The country is in turmoil, and the CIA is not pleased that a charismatic, left-wing ex-priest and trade union leader is poised to win the upcoming presidential election. Amid this uncertainty, Gabriel Dax arrives on orders from his MI6 handler Faith Green, who has tasked him with assessing the situation undercover while posing as a reporter. Upon arrival, Gabriel grows increasingly suspicious that the genial local CIA agent, Frank Sartorius, is more untrustworthy than he appears. Soon, a political assassination with suspicions of Mafia involvement leads to riots, and Dax escapes back to Europe and his normal life. But when Green compels him to investigate shady characters in West Berlin ahead of the arrival of the magnetic young President Kennedy, it becomes clear that an even greater danger is afoot. A gripping novel of politics and spy craft with dramatic twists and turns, The Predicament shows Boyd to be one of our most masterful contemporary storytellers"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Novels.; Great Britain. MI6; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Cold War; Cold War; Espionage; Man-woman relationships; Nineteen sixties; Spies; Travel writers;
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Olympus has fallen [videorecording] / by Bassett, Angela.; Benedikt, Katrin.; Butler, Gerard,1969-; Cathell, Ed.; Eckhart, Aaron.; Freeman, Morgan.; Fuqua, Antoine.; Gill, Mark.; Rothenberger, Creighton.; Millennium Films.; Nu Image (Firm); Videoville Showtime.;
Music, Trevor Morris ; cinematography, Conrad W. Hall ; editor, John Refoua.Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Aaron Eckhart, Ashley Judd, Robert Forster, Dylan McDermott, Cole Hauser, Gerard Butler, Melissa Leo.When the president is kidnapped by a terrorist who seizes control of the White House (Secret Service Code: Olympus), disgraced former presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team rushes to respond, they must rely on Banning's insider knowledge to save the president and prevent an even greater catastrophe.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, Region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) aspect ratio.
Subjects: White House (Washington D.C.); Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Kidnapping; Presidents; Presidents; Secret service; Terrorism; Terrorists;
© c2013., Millennium Films ; Distributed by Videoville Showtime,
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Five days in November [sound recording] / by Hill, Clint.; Bobb, Jeremy.; McCubbin, Lisa.;
Read by Jeremy Bobb ; with an introduction by the author."The New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me share the stories behind the five infamous, tragic days surrounding JFK's assassination--alongside revealing and iconic photographs--published in remembrance of the beloved president on the fiftieth anniversary of his death. Clint Hill will forever be remembered as the lone secret service agent who jumped onto the car after President Kennedy was shot, clinging to its sides as it sped toward the hospital. Even now, decades after JFK's presidency, the public continues to be fascinated with the Kennedys--America's royal family. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Hill recounts his indelible memories of those five days leading up to, and after, that tragic day in November 1963. Hill, as Jackie's guard, experienced those days firsthand. Alongside the famous photos everyone is familiar with, Hill provides a moment-to-moment narration evoking the feelings and emotions behind the images--clearing up the persistent conspiracy misconceptions along the way. He also shows us the little-seen photos of Jackie both before and after the terrible event, describing the poignant moments they shared, during that pivotal moment in history. Told movingly by a man who still wishes he could undo it all, Five Days in November is a rare and deeply personal look at the assassination that affected the entire world and changed the United States forever"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.; United States. Secret Service; Audiobooks.;
© p2013., Simon & Schuster Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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D-Day girls : the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II / by Rose, Sarah,1974-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The dramatic, inspiring story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to sabotage the Nazis, shore up the Resistance, and pave the way for Allied victory in World War II."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Odette, 1912-1995.; Borrel, Andréé, 1919-1944.; Baissac, Lise de, 1905-2004.; World War, 1939-1945; Women spies; Women spies; Espionage, British; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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A secret in Tuscany / by Hlad, Alan,author.;
Italy, 1943: With war blazing through Europe, nowhere is entirely safe--not even the remote hills of the Tuscan countryside. It's here that Italian partisans, including thousands of women, risk their lives to provide Jewish refugees with an escape route to Switzerland. And it's here, too, that Gianna Conti travels to join the Italian Resistance in the wake of her brother Matteo's death at the hands of German soldiers. Her father has been hiding Jewish refugees on their family's vineyard in Chianti, but now Gianna is bringing the fight directly to the enemy. While delivering weapons and intelligence for partisans, Gianna meets Tazio Napoli, an American working undercover for the Office of Strategic Services. Despite the growing odds of discovery, Gianna and Tazio conduct high-risk missions to sabotage German operations. With the aid of Tazio's OSS codebook, they encrypt secret messages to each other while apart, hiding them at a dead drop in an abandoned mine. But as the Allies steadily fight their way toward Florence, occupying German forces grow more desperate, leading to a shocking, unthinkable act of vengeance. And Gianna's fate will rest upon her cunning, her resilience, and her willingness to keep hope alive, even through the decades that follow.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Espionage; Guerrillas; Man-woman relationships; Revenge; Secrecy; Women guerrillas; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Operation Finale [videorecording] / by Berger, Fred,1981-film producer.; Isaac, Oscar,film producer,actor.; Kavanaugh-Jones, Brian,film producer.; Kingsley, Ben,1943-actor.; Laurent, Mélanie,1983-actor.; Orton, Matthew,screenwriter.; Spire, Jason,film producer.; Weitz, Chris,1969-film director.; Automatik (Firm),production company.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- ),production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Director of photography, Javier Aguirresarobe ; editor, Pamela Martin ; music, Alexandre Desplat.Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Melanie Laurent, Lior Raz, Nick Kroll, Michael Aronov.The thrilling true story of the secret mission led by Israeli intelligence agent Peter Malkin to infiltrate Argentina and capture Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer who masterminded the plans that sent millions of innocent Jews to their deaths during World War II, and bring him to justice.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for disturbing thematic content and related violent images, and for some language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Aharoni, Zvi; Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962; Harel, Isser, 1912-2003; Malkin, Peter Z.; Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim; Israel. Sherut ha-biṭaḥon ha-kelali; Fugitives from justice; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Secret service; War criminals;
For private home use only.
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