Author: Joseph ConradPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Detective novel about an attempt to blow up Greenwich Observatory, a story of the underworld of London, of anarchists and spies.
The Secret Agent
Author: Joseph ConradPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Detective novel about an attempt to blow up Greenwich Observatory, a story of the underworld of London, of anarchists and spies.
Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: Book 6: The Pursuit of the Ivory Poachers: Kenya
Author: Elizabeth Singer HuntPublisher: Weinstein Books
ISBN: 1602862087
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Jack finally receives a coded message from his brother Max, possibly detailing his whereabouts. But duty calls, and Jack is whisked away to the sweltering savannah of Kenya before he can decipher it. Once there, a wise and kind Masai chief alerts Jack to a series of elephant killings where the corpses have been robbed of their tusks. Jack must find the malevolent ring of poachers responsible before more of these endangered species are destroyed.
Churchill's Secret Agent
Author: Max CiampoliPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101445599
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Based upon Max Hardonniere's own experience as a covert operative during World War II, this is the story of a young man whose acquaintance with Prime Minister Winston Churchill would lead to him being recruited and trained as a spy who would fight his own war from behind enemy lines.
Dirk Daring, Secret Agent
Author: Helaine BeckerPublisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459806859
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
When Darren Dirkowitz's evil stepbrother (code name Waldo) gets hold of Darren's tippity-top-secret spy journal, he threatens to expose it to the entire Preston Middle School student body. Unless, that is, Darren starts doing his dirty work for him. Now Darren's got to use the oh-so-cloak-and-daggery skills he's honed in his secret alternate life as Dirk Daring, Secret Agent to spy on kids at school. Naturally, he also sets up a separate, sneaky surveillance program to unearth Waldo's own secrets. As more and more ugly truths are exposed, new alliances are forged and old friendships broken. Can Darren learn to be true to himself and build real friendships for the first time in his life? Or will he retreat back into his exciting but imaginary shadow world?
Secret Agent Man Goes Shopping for Shoes
Author: Tim Wynne-JonesPublisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763671193
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Accompanying his "sidekick" mom to the shoe store for a daring mission, S.A.M. confronts a shifty clerk before discovering that his brand-new tiger-striped shoes convey the superpower of enabling him to tie his own shoelaces.
Secret, Secret Agent Guy
Author: Kira BigwoodPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534469222
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Send little spies to sleep with this hilarious, tongue-in-cheek lullaby set to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Dear Fellow Agents: Your mission—should you choose to accept it—is to join Secret, Secret Agent Guy on his bedtime assignment, code name: Operation Lollipop. Equipped with night-vision goggles, a jetpack, and grappling hook, he is prepared for every eventuality...or is he? Will this 007-year-old complete his covert quest, or will he be outsmarted by an adversary he never saw coming?
The Secret Agent and Other Spy Kids
Author: Allan ZulloPublisher:
ISBN: 9781484457689
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Collects ten true stories of children and young adults who risked their lives during wartime to become spies
The Secret Agent
Author: Joseph ConradPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141974540
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
With a note by the author. 'Madness and despair! Give me that for a lever, and I'll move the world' In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verlac must deal with the repercussions of his actions. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction written in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels, to the beginning of the First World War.
The Secret Agent
Author: Joseph ConradPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141922435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent; communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verlac must deal with the repercussions of his actions.
Are You Smart Enough to Be a Secret Agent?
Author: John GillardPublisher: Portable Press
ISBN: 9781645170488
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Match your wits with the CIA to find out if you have what it takes to be a super spy! Do you have what it takes to live a life of intrigue and deception, matching your wits with adversaries on the world stage? With more than 1,000 puzzles, quizzes, and hypothetical scenarios, you can measure your knowledge and decision-making skills against the standards established by the CIA for becoming a government agent. Quizzes will challenge your mastery of geopolitics and world history, and exercises such as decoding encrypted messages put your problem-solving skills to use.