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Ultimate Spy

By: H Keith Melton

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Ultimate Spy Enhanced provides a unique opportunity to enter the secret world of espionage, revealing the stories of famous spies, recounting tales of famous spy operations, and showing an amazing range of spy paraphernalia. Throughout history, espionage has been used as a means of trying to gain advantage over the enemy. Ultimate Spy Enhanced outlines the early history of espionage. It then goes to examine key spying operations during the American Civil War, through both World Wars and the Cold War, up to the present day. This expanded edition includes a new section that looks in detail at post-Cold War spying activities, bringing the reader up to date with the rapidly evolving high-technology world of spying. Over the years, the author of Ultimate Spy Enhanced has amassed an incredible collection of spy devices, including concealed cameras, lock picks, suitcase radio, and assassination devices, many hundreds of which were shown for the first time in the original edition. For this new edition, a large number of new items are included, many never seen by the public before. They include laser listening devices, miniature satellite transmitters, new microdot cameras, and various spy cameras hidden in everyday objects, such as pens and key chains. Ultimate Spy Enhanced also includes information on how spies are chosen and recruited, the training they receive, and the tricks of the trade. A glossary explains abbreviations of important intelligence and security organizations and defines many common terms used in espionage.

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0756668182

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Spycraft

The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda

By: Robert Wallace,H. Keith Melton,Henry R. Schlesinger

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Spycraft

The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda

By: Robert Wallace,H. Keith Melton,Henry R. Schlesinger

An unprecedented history of the CIA's secret and amazing gadgetry behind the art of espionage In this look at the CIA’s most secretive operations and the devices that made them possible, Spycraft tells gripping life-and-death stories about a group of spytechs—much of it never previously revealed and with images never before seen by the public. The CIA’s Office of Technical Service is the ultrasecret department that grappled with challenges such as: What does it take to build a quiet helicopter? How does one embed a listening device in a cat? What is an invisible photo used for? These amazingly inventive devices were created and employed against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions—including the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and continuing terrorist threats. Written by Robert Wallace, the former director of the Office of Technical Service, and internationally renowned intelligence historian Keith Melton, Spycraft is both a fantastic encyclopedia of gadgetry and a revealing primer on the fundamentals of high-tech espionage. “The first comprehensive look at the technical achievements of American espionage from the 1940s to the present.”—Wired “Reveals more concrete information about CIA tradecraft than any book.”—The Washington Times “This is a story I thought could never be told.”—JAMES M. OLSON, former chief of CIA counterintelligence

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0452295475

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The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception

By: H. Keith Melton,Robert Wallace

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The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception

By: H. Keith Melton,Robert Wallace

Once a top-secret training manual for CIA field agents in the early Cold War Era of the 1950s, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is now available to the general public. An amazing historical artifact, this eye-opening handbook offered step-by-step instructions to covert intelligence operatives in all manner of sleight of hand and trickery designed to thwart the Communist enemy. Part of the Company’s infamous MK-ULTRA—a secret mind-control and chemical interrogation research program—this legendary document, the brainchild of John Mulholland, then America’s most famous magician, was believed lost forever. But thanks to former CIA gadgeteer Bob Wallace and renowned spycraft historian H. Keith Melton, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is now available to everyone, spy and civilian alike.

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Harper Collins

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0061943339

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Spy Sites of Washington, DC

A Guide to the Capital Region's Secret History

By: H. Keith Melton,Robert Wallace

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Spy Sites of Washington, DC

A Guide to the Capital Region's Secret History

By: H. Keith Melton,Robert Wallace

Washington Post Bestseller Washington, DC, stands at the epicenter of world espionage. Mapping this history from the halls of government to tranquil suburban neighborhoods reveals scoresof dead drops, covert meeting places, and secret facilities—a constellation ofclandestine sites unknown to even the most avid history buffs. Until now. Spy Sites of Washington, DC traces more than two centuries of secret history from the Mount Vernon study of spymaster George Washington to the Cleveland Park apartment of the “Queen of Cuba.” In 220 main entries as well as listings for dozens more spy sites, intelligence historians Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton weave incredible true stories of derring-do and double-crosses that put even the best spy fiction to shame. Maps and more than three hundred photos allow readers to follow in the winding footsteps of moles and sleuths, trace the covert operations that influenced wars hot and cold, and understand the tradecraft traitors and spies alike used in the do-or-die chess games that have changed the course of history. Informing and entertaining, Spy Sites of Washington, DC is the comprehensive guidebook to the shadow history of our nation’s capital.

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Georgetown University Press

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1626163820

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The Spy's Guide

Office Espionage : how to Bug a Meeting, Booby-trap Your Briefcase, Inflitrate the Competition and More

By: H. Keith Melton,Craig Piligian,Duane Swierczynski

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The Spy's Guide

Office Espionage : how to Bug a Meeting, Booby-trap Your Briefcase, Inflitrate the Competition and More

By: H. Keith Melton,Craig Piligian,Duane Swierczynski

In today's business world, information is everything: and no one gathers it more effectively than spies. The Spy's Guide: Office Espionage brings real spying techniques into the workplace, with the same appeal as The Action Hero's Handbook. Step-by-step instructions disclose the secret methods used by the CIA, KGB and Fortune 500 companies to steal computer passwords and spy on competitors.

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Quirk Books

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1931686602

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Spycraft

The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda

By: Robert Wallace,H. Keith Melton,Henry R. Schlesinger

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The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda

By: Robert Wallace,H. Keith Melton,Henry R. Schlesinger

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1440635307

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Spy Sites of New York City

A Guide to the Region's Secret History

By: H. Keith Melton,Robert Wallace

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Spy Sites of New York City

A Guide to the Region's Secret History

By: H. Keith Melton,Robert Wallace

Through every era of American history, New York City has been a battleground for international espionage, where secrets are created, stolen, and passed through clandestine meetings and covert communications. Some spies do their work and escape, while others are compromised, imprisoned, and—a few—executed. Spy Sites of New York City takes you inside this shadowy world and reveals the places where it all happened. In 233 main entries as well as listings for scores more spy sites, H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace weave incredible true stories of derring-do and double-crosses that put even the best spy fiction to shame. The cases and sites follow espionage history from the Revolutionary War and Civil War, to the rise of communism and fascism in the twentieth century, to Russian sleeper agents in the twenty-first century. The spy sites are not only in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx but also on Long Island and in New Jersey. Maps and 380 photographs allow readers to follow in the footsteps of spies and spy-hunters to explore the city, tradecraft, and operations that influenced wars hot and cold. Informing and entertaining, Spy Sites of New York City is a must-have guidebook to the espionage history of the Big Apple.

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Georgetown University Press

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1626167109

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Materials and Innovative Product Development

Using Common Sense

By: Gernot H. Gessinger

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Materials and Innovative Product Development

Using Common Sense

By: Gernot H. Gessinger

Innovation in product design starts with materials. Developing successful commercial products demands a sound understanding of the materials that go into those products—their uses, their costs, their lifetime performance. However, the valuable knowledge of materials engineers is often not fully leveraged in the creative phase of the product design cycle. Gessinger seeks to bridge this gap that exists in many companies.Written from the bottom-up perspective of the engineer or scientist on a product design team, Materials and Innovative Product Design introduces business, economics and strategic product development to the materials specialist and demystifies materials selection for other members of the design team and manufacturing management. Using case studies from innovative organizations, such as ABB, and successful start-ups, such as NDC, Day4Energy, and Metoxit, Gessinger illustrates how the integration of different engineering and business disciplines can power innovation in the design process. By addressing the real world needs of innovators, this book allows the reader to unlock the potential of the new material types that have been changing the face of product design and deploy an integrated business approach to materials selection and the design process. - Allows engineers to develop a fuller understanding of economics and business objectives in order to contribute more effectively to innovative product design - Introduces the business opportunities and practical challenges of deploying new material types to design and manufacturing management - Illustrates how to harness the power of R&D within the design cycle through case studies of innovative and successful organizations that have brought new materials technologies to known markets and known materials to new markets

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Butterworth-Heinemann

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0080878202

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The Spy's Guide

Office Espionage : how to Bug a Meeting, Booby-trap Your Briefcase, Inflitrate the Competition and More

By: H. Keith Melton,Craig Piligian,Duane Swierczynski

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The Spy's Guide

Office Espionage : how to Bug a Meeting, Booby-trap Your Briefcase, Inflitrate the Competition and More

By: H. Keith Melton,Craig Piligian,Duane Swierczynski

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Spy Sites of Washington, DC

A Guide to the Capital Region's Secret History

By: H. Keith Melton,Robert Wallace

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A Guide to the Capital Region's Secret History

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Spy Sites of Philadelphia

A Guide to the Region's Secret History

By: H. Keith Melton,Robert Wallace

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Spy Sites of Philadelphia

A Guide to the Region's Secret History

By: H. Keith Melton,Robert Wallace

Throughout its history, Philadelphia has been home to international intrigue and some of America’s most celebrated spies. This illustrated guidebook reveals the places and people of Philadelphia’s hidden history, inviting the reader to explore over 150 spy sites in Philadelphia and its neighboring towns and counties.

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Georgetown University Press

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1647120187

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The CIA's Greatest Covert Operation

Inside the Daring Mission to Recover a Nuclear-Armed Soviet Sub

By: David H. Sharp

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The CIA's Greatest Covert Operation

Inside the Daring Mission to Recover a Nuclear-Armed Soviet Sub

By: David H. Sharp

March 1968: three miles below the stormy surface of the North Pacific, a Soviet submarine lay silent as a tomb-its crew dead, its payload of nuclear missiles, once directed toward strategic targets in Hawaii, inoperable. No longer a real threat, the sub still presented an alluring target and it was not long before the CIA answered its siren call—even at the risk of igniting World War III. Project AZORIAN—the monumentally audacious six-year mission to recover the sub and learn its secrets—has been celebrated within the CIA as its greatest covert operation and hailed by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as the twentieth century's greatest marine engineering feat. While previous accounts have offered beguiling glimpses, none have had significant access to CIA personnel or documents. Now David Sharp, the mission's Director of Recovery Systems, draws upon his own recollections and personal records, ship's logs, declassified documents, and conversations with team members to shine a bright light on this remarkable but still little understood enterprise. Sharp reveals how the CIA conceived, organized, and conducted AZORIAN, including recruiting the legendary Howard Hughes to provide the "ocean mining" cover story. He takes readers onto and beneath the high seas to show the problems faced by the crew during the operation, including potential Soviet intervention and tense moments when the recovery ship itself was in danger of breaking up. He also puts a human face on key players like Carl Duckett, the head of the CIA's Science and Technology Directorate; John Parangosky, AZORIAN's program manager; John Graham, designer of the Hughes Glomar Explorer; Curtis Crooke of Global Marine Development, co-creator of the "grunt lift" recovery concept; and Oscar "Ott" Schick, manager of the Lockheed-built capture vehicle and submersible barge. A mammoth undertaking worthy of the most dramatic and spell-binding espionage fiction, Project AZORIAN harnessed American imagination and ingenuity at their highest levels. Featuring dozens of previously classified photos, Sharp's chronicle of that amazing operation plunges readers deep into the darkest shadows of the Cold War to produce the definitive account of an amazing mission.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700619410

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Ultimate Spy

By: H Keith Melton

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Ultimate Spy

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Spy Sites of Philadelphia

A Guide to the Region's Secret History

By: H. Keith Melton,Robert Wallace

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A Guide to the Region's Secret History

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Navy SEAL’s Guide to Surviving Invasions, Civil War, and World War III

By: Clint Emerson,H Keith Melton

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Navy SEAL’s Guide to Surviving Invasions, Civil War, and World War III

By: Clint Emerson,H Keith Melton

The phrase "The British are coming" is attributed to Paul Revere, a colonial Boston silversmith and patriot who was among several riders who sounded the alarm that the British Regulars were coming to attack the American colonies. On the night of April 18, 1775, Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback from Boston to warn the colonists that the British were planning to march on Concord to seize American military supplies. Revere rode through the countryside, waking sleeping towns and farms, and shouting his famous warning, "The British are coming! The British are coming!" remains an iconic symbol of American rebellion and a war cry to all American citizen soldiers. Citizen Soldiers defend themselves and their homeland against a numerically superior and better-armed invading force or host governments and dictatorships gone crazy. While they might be outgunned in larger battles, Citizen Soldiers can create an advantage over the invaders[ce1] [HM2] in smaller encounters with an intimate knowledge of the countryside, time to prepare defenses, and support from the local population. The most critical mindset for a Citizen Soldier is preparation and relentless awareness of the threats to his homeland. Today’s civilian is tomorrow’s Citizen Soldier[ce3] [HM4] , and you can begin training to learn the necessary skills. From marksmanship to fieldcraft, camouflage, disguise, covert communications, cyber safety, escape routes, navigation, etc., the time to start learning is now. [ce1]We should include both invaders or host governments gone bad so we appeal to the south American countries... maybe round our verbiage to Adversaries / Governments... [HM2]Great point... I added to the text. [ce3]Great BLUF [HM4]Thank you

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166575592X

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Spy Sites of New York City

A Guide to the Region's Secret History

By: H. Keith Melton,Robert Wallace

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A Guide to the Region's Secret History

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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual 7/E

By: David M. Cline,O. John Ma,Rita K. Cydulka,Garth D. Meckler,Stephen H. Thomas,Dan Handel

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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual 7/E

By: David M. Cline,O. John Ma,Rita K. Cydulka,Garth D. Meckler,Stephen H. Thomas,Dan Handel

The full spectrum of emergency medicine at your fingertips -- and small enough to fit in a pocket NOW IN FULL COLOR Written by clinicians engaged in the day-to-day practice of emergency medicine, this handy manual is derived from Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, 7e, the field’s most trusted text. Composed of brief chapters focusing on clinical features, diagnosis and differential, and emergency management and disposition, Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine Manual is designed to help you provide skillful and timely patient care. Packing a remarkable amount of information in a compact presentation, this expanded and revised edition is enhanced by: A full color design with an increased number of photos and line drawings Numerous tables, making information easy to access Completely revised and reorganized content to match current practice Expanded pediatrics section and new chapters on Low Probability ACS, Thromboembolism, Occlusive Arterial Disease, Nausea and Vomiting, Bowel Obstruction and Volvulus, Acute Urinary Retention, Renal Emergencies in Children, Food and Water-Borne Illnesses, and Hip and Knee Pain With its unmatched authority and easy-to-use organization, Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine Manual belongs in the pocket of every clinician working in an acute care setting.

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0071785205

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