Fifty dead men walking- The Heroic True Story of a British Secret Agent Inside the IRA af Martin McGartland (Bog)

"The Provisional IRA has been one of the world's most important revolutionary movements. It has embodied some of the most powerful force in modern world history: nationalism, violence, socialism and religion. Armed Struggle is the first full, systematic study of the thought and action of the IRA, the first book to ask not only what the movement has done, but also why and what the consequences have been." By Publisher Titel: Armed Struggle Genre: Historisk Sammendrag: The Provisional IRA has been one of the world's most important revolutionary movements. Armed Struggle is the first full, systematic study of the thought and action of the IRA, exploring what the movement has done, why, and what the consequences have been. Type: Paperback

Sæsonens ubestrideligt bedste agent- og spændingsroman. Handlingsreferat - en IRA terrorist kommer til USA for at myrde den britiske ambassadør, der skal udnævnes til minister for irske anliggender - lyder banalt, men historien rummer langt mere end hudprikkende spænding. Type: Paperback

An Ex-SAS Soldier's Account of the Extraordinary Private Army Hired to Fight in Iraq A SAS soldier's account of the 30,000 "private military contractors" hired to fight and provide security in Iraq: a disparate and anarchic multi-national force of mercenaries with guns for hire earning an average of $1,000 a day. "From the Trade Paperback edition.". Forlag: Century Udgivelsesår: 2006 Sider: 264 Sprog: Engelsk

"Since the Berlin wall came down eight years ago, many other barriers have come down also, and we have been allowed to see things we never knew before about the communist East, notably its intelligence operations. Markus Wolf's book is perhaps the most important to date absorbing, intelligent and well written. ' Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Sunday Times They called him 'the man without a face', a figure of such secrecy that it took almost twenty years before Western intelligence had any idea what he looked like. He was the West's great adversary in the secret war for intelligence, information and advantage. He is Markus Wolf, the greatest spymaster of our century, a shadowy legend throughout the Cold War and a continuing mystery - until now. In what will surely stand as a classic book on the history and art of espionage, Markus wolf finally breaks his silence and tells his story. Not just a grip

: Hardcover

The acclaimed author of "The Book of Evidence" takes on the enigma of the Cambridge spies in a novel of serpentine menace, biting social comedy, and vertiginous moral complexity. Winner of the Lannan Literary Award. Forlag: Picador Udgivelsesår: 1998 Sider: 405 Sprog: Engelsk

Handlingen udspiller sig i 1944 under Anden Verdenskrig. Fire personer tages til fange af nazisterne: en amerikansk læge, en britisk officer, en jødisk kvinde og en fanatisk zionist. De havner i kløerne på en højtplaceret tysk efterretningsofficer, som vil udnytte deres viden og indbyrdes relationer i et kynisk spil om magt, hævn og overlevelse. Amerikaneren Mark McConnell sendes på en hemmelig mission ind bag nazisternes linjer og tvinges til at udnytte fangerne og deres desperation for at gennemføre opgaven. Bogen blander historisk krigsdrama med psykologisk spænding, moralske dilemmaer og intense flugt- og forhørsscener, hvor karaktererne presses til deres yderste. Type: Hardcover Dansk oversættelse af en spændingsroman af Greg Iles. Omslaget viser en dramatisk, næsten abstrakt illustration med pigtråd, vagttårn og en stor bygning, der vækker associationer til en krigs- eller fangelej

Brugt paperback bog med titlen 'En perfekt spion' af John le Carré. Bogens cover har et mønster, der ligner et farverigt puslespil med titlen gentaget flere gange i hvid og grå tekst. Bogens ryg viser titlen og forfatterens navn.