Spies : the most thrilling spy stories from around the world... / David Long ; illustrated by Terri Po.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Faber & Faber, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 206 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780571361847
- 0571361846
- Spies -- Juvenile literature
- Espionage -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Juvenile literature
- Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Espionage -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Spies -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service
- Intelligence service -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Secret service -- History -- Juvenile literature
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 940.5485 L848 | Checked out | 07/06/2024 | 33111011109788 | |||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 940.5485 L848 | Checked out | 07/10/2024 | 33111011213697 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Discover the exciting and dangerous lives of spies and secret agents from Blue Peter Award-winning David Long and rising star Terri Po.
Giliana Gerson - Making friends in all the right places -- Roald Dahl - From spy to storyteller -- Virginia Hall - Spying, subversion and sabotage -- Lewis Hodges - Missions by moonlight -- Noor Inayat Khan - The first woman wireless operator -- Witold Pilecki - Breaking into a death camp -- Pat O'Leary - A doctor in search of adventure -- Harry Cole - Double agent: Working for the enemy -- Claus Helberg - A death race on skis -- Scotch Lass - Britain's smallest secret agent -- Josephine Baker - No one suspects a star -- Andrée Barrel - Dropped into danger -- Lise de Baissac - Living next door to the enemy -- Margery Booth - Singing for Hitler -- Alix d'Unienville - Miss Moneybags -- Jeannie Rousseau - Wrecking rockets -- Harry Rée - Teacher turned factory saboteur -- Mary Lindell - The incredible escape artist -- Krystyna Skarbek - The powers of persuasion -- Didi and Jacqueline Nearne - The spies who were sisters -- Charles Fraser-Smith - Gadgets and gizmos -- 'Major Martin' - The man who never was -- William Colepaugh - More high life than spy life -- Elyesa Bazna - A traitor tricked -- Klaus Fuchs - Stealing scientific secrets -- George Blake - The secret tunnel that wasn't secret -- Zvi Aharoni - Tracking down a Nazi.
"From Harry Ree, teacher turned saboteur, to Margery Booth, the spy who sang for Hitler, to Scotch Lass, Britain's smallest ever agent, discover twenty-seven of the most courageous and daring spies... These stories unpick some of the most astonishing missions undertaken during World War Two--actions that helped to save many lives."-- Page 4 of cover.