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Platt, Richard.
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Espionage -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Intelligence service -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Spies -- Juvenile literature.
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Platt, Richard.
Espionage -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Intelligence service -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Spies -- Juvenile literature.
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Spy / written by Richard Platt ; photographed by Geoff Dann and Steve Gorton.
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Platt, Richard.
DK Pub., c2009.
Call #:
327
.12
P719s
2009
Subjects
Espionage -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Intelligence service -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Spies -- Juvenile literature.
Series
DK eyewitness books.
Eyewitness books.
ISBN:
9780756650346
0756650348
9780756650353
0756650356
Alternate title:
DK eyewitness spy clip art.
Eyewitness spy clip art.
Spy clip art.
Edition:
[Rev. ed.]
Description:
72 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) + 1 fold-out wall chart.
Notes:
At head of title: Eyewitness.
"Clip-art CD"--Cover.
Fold-out wall chart inserted in pocket inside back cover.
Title on CD-ROM: DK eyewitness Spy clip art.
Some copies lack accompanying CD-ROM.
1st American ed. pub. in 1995.
"Discover the world of espionage-- from the early spymasters to the electronic surveillance of today"--Cover.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 67), filmography (p. 66), and index.
Contents:
What is a spy? -- Types of spy -- Secret tool kit -- Seeing the invisible -- Bugs and taps -- Listening in -- Dropping in -- Animal spies -- Secret messages -- Codes and ciphers -- Intercepts and code-breaking -- Concealment -- Spies at war -- Cover story -- Agents, moles and defectors -- Secret weapons -- Cold War -- Spymasters -- Secret services -- Surveillance at work -- Industrial espionage -- Counterintelligence -- Spy-catching -- Spying without spies -- Spying today -- Spying and you -- Famous spies -- Spies in fiction -- Rogues' gallery -- Timeline of modern spying -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary:
This book presents information about men and women spies throughout history as well as about the tools and equipment they used in espionage and intelligence service. You can also be an eyewitness to some of the world's most shadowy characters, and get the inside scoop on the ingenious gadgets that real-life spies have used to gather and send information without getting caught.
Other authors:
Dann, Geoff.
Gorton, Steve.
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Bedford Public Library
Children's Nonfiction
327.12 P719s 2009
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