Spies : the most thrilling spy stories from around the world... / David Long ; illustrated by Terri Po.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780571361847
- ISBN: 0571361846
- Physical Description: 206 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
- Publisher: London : Faber & Faber, 2022.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- Andře 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 Ře - 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. |
Summary, etc.: | "Discover the exciting and dangerous lives of spies and secret agents from Blue Peter Award-winning David Long and rising star Terri Po. A single spy can save thousands upon thousands of lives. 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. For as long as there have been secrets to keep, there have been spies, the world over, trying to uncover this classified information. Spying goes on all the time, and everywhere, but some of the most astonishing exploits occur during wartime"--Publisher's description. |
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Subject: | Spies > Juvenile literature. Espionage > Juvenile literature. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Spies & Spying. JNF002000. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Adventure & Adventurers. |
Genre: | Informational works. Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Thompson Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Thompson Public Library | J327.12 Long (Text) | 34038139197693 | Juvenile New Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Author Notes
Spies
Writer and historian David Long is the award-winning and bestselling author of the acclaimed Survivors series, Pirates Magnified , We are Romans , The World's Most Magnificent Machines , Tragedy at Sea: The Sinking of the Titanic , The Story of the London Underground and more than twenty other non-fiction books on a wide range of historical subjects. He lives in Suffolk and has two teenage sons. Terri Po is a children's book illustrator who was highly commended in the FAB Prize. She is originally from Hong Kong but graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2018. She creates editorial illustrations, infographics and illustrated...