Real Life Spy

Conspiracies. Cannibalism. Torture. Human experimentation. These days, conspiracy theories run rampant. But what if some of these horrors turned out to be true? Many people are shocked to learn that history is filled with several confirmed, real-life horrors and dark conspiracies that seem too frightening to be real — everything from assassinations and grotesque human experimentation to bizarre plots, fake wars, and mass poisoning of entire populations. This book explores some of the most disturbing and incredible plots involving corporations, governments, scientists, and other trusted ...

When I coach speaking under pressure, my specialty is to help the speaker make a real and significant change during one private session of less than two hours. I learned this from the culmination of my life's journey, as told in these true memoirs of my real-life experiences being an actor, a spy, and a licensed private eye. There are no unrealistic techniques or made-up theories in this book. Every solution given to you has been actually done by me or witnessed in others. Everything is proven, and everything works - tried and true.

Robert Harland ended his career as a British spy in an Austrian hospital, after being tortured and beaten by Czech security agents in the last days of the communist regime. He was young enough then to find a new life with the Red Cross and then with the UN.

Torture. Cannibalism. Cruelty. Execution. History is filled with tales so grotesque and chilling they sound like fiction, but every one of them is disturbingly real. From ancient empires to medieval kingdoms and beyond, rulers and regimes devised punishments that turned human suffering into spectacle. Victims were roasted alive, devoured by vermin, blinded with burning irons, flayed, impaled, drowned, or crushed under beasts—all carried out not in secret, but as deliberate displays of power meant to terrify entire populations. This book uncovers the most shocking execution methods and ...

Tower of Secrets is a thriller, filled with spycraft and intelligence techniques never before revealed, a true story that is more spellbinding than any work of fiction could ever be. Head of security for cipher communications worldwide, Sheymov has rare knowledge of the entire system. Enter the riveting world of real intelligence where every life-or-death move on the chessboard affects the fate of nations. This is a tale more thrilling than fiction, told by a consummate master of the game.

James Bond has nothing on Dusko Popov. A double agent for the Abwehr, MI5 and MI6, and the FBI during World War II, Popov seduced numerous women, spoke five languages, and was a crack shot, all while maintaining his cover as a Yugoslavian diplomat....

"In this oddly entertaining audiobook, narrator Pete Cross takes listeners through the many experiments and devices created by the R&D branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII... Listeners will be both transfixed and horrified by the decisions weighed, and taken." - AudioFile...

Louis is a gripping story of the life of a professional wartime spy. From his boyhood education in Egypt in the early 1900s, he was being prepared to serve in the newly formed British Secret Service Bureau on the orders of Abbas II Hilmi, the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan, as part of a secret arrangement with the British government to supply young operatives for the newly formed bureau.

They had names, families and carefully constructed lives. But some of those names belonged to somebody else. The Dead Man Had Another Name explores 30 extraordinary true stories of fugitives, spies, impostors and ordinary people who abandoned, borrowed or invented identities—and the remarkable investigations that eventually revealed who they really were. Discover the escaped killer who lived for decades under another name, the mysterious woman identified years after her death through genetic genealogy, the Soviet spies who built convincing Western lives, and the impostors who persuaded ...

In the year 2000, two countries have different experiences with their elections, and U.N. spy Mai Fisher is out to affect the outcome of one of them.But first she has to find out who has been killing major and minor government officials in Yugoslavia and stop them. As if that weren't enough, she has to convince a reluctant candidate to run against the Serbian strongman, Slobodan Milošević. After coming out of semi-retirement with reluctance, Alexei Bukharin joins his partner in what he hopes is their final mission. There are moments, though, where he remembers the most exciting aspects of...

‘If you enjoyed The Tattooist of Auschwitz, read The Huntress by Kate Quinn’ The Washington Post ‘Fascinating, brilliantly written, enthralling – just phenomenal’ Jill Mansell *From the bestselling author of The Alice Network* On the icy edge of Soviet Russia, bold and reckless Nina...

He never fired a shot. He invented an army instead — and it helped keep Hitler's best divisions away from Normandy. Juan Pujol García was a Spaniard with no training, no contacts and no money when he decided, alone, to fight Nazism. Turned away by the British, he offered himself to the Germans, and from Lisbon he sent them detailed "reports from England" that he made up from guidebooks, magazines and maps. When MI5 finally took him on, he became Agent GARBO, and his imaginary network grew to 27 invented agents. In 1944 that ghost network became a key channel of Operation Fortitude, the ...

You're a newly minted spy on your first assignment. You've been trained. You've been tested. You know what you're doing, but what happens when the first time you set foot on a Moscow or Berlin or Beijing street and find you're surrounded by enemy operatives. There are rules. Ignore them, and you get what you deserve. Follow them, and maybe you get to retire at a ripe, old age. Every spy learns The Moscow Rules, but there were created in those old, Cold War days. Are they outdated? What do they really mean? Are they flexible enough? Do they even matter anymore in an espionage arena so ...

Woman. Wife. Smuggler. Spy . . . A thrilling and heart-wrenching novel inspired by the astonishing real life story of Nancy Wake. Perfect for fans of Suzanne Goldring's MY NAME IS EVA, Kate Quinn's THE ALICE NETWORK and Imogen Kealey's LIBERATION, soon to be a blockbuster movie. 'Lawhon breathes...

This is the story of the most successful espionage coup of the twentieth century. Taut, political and utterly captivating, Triple is a spy thriller from master storyteller and author of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett. A Frightening Discovery 1968. The fledgling nation of Israel is...

The astonishing true story of the high-profile hostages in Colditz Castle and the Nazi general who spared their lives, from David Lascelles, the son of one of the prisoners, George, Earl of Harewood The nephew of the King. The son of the Viceroy of India. Churchill's nephew. Held captive at the...

Here be wonderous tales of monsters, ghosts, vampires, lost tombs, angels, artificial intelligence, spies, sea monsters, curses, Bigfoot, wizards, goddesses, mermaids, skeletons, superheroes, zombies, and much, much more. Welcome to the boundless imagination of bestselling author, J.R. Rain. What's inside: 1. The Fridge 2. Book Burning 3. The Silo 4. My Father’s Eyes 5. Die Spy 6. Step On a Crack 7. Two Ghosts 8. Nightmare 9. Soul Train 10. Vampire Rain 11. They Came From the Sea 12. The Bleeder 13. The Angel and the Pistol 14. Rearview Mirror 15. Death Came Knocking On My Window 16. Mad ...

'Brilliant . . . A great book' Rod Liddle 'Utterly shocking. Blunt wasn't just an arch-traitor. He was a callous mass-murderer. A war criminal no less. And it's hard to say which is the greater sucker punch - Blunt's dark treachery, or the British establishment's cover up of his crimes. It is...

This anthology follows the career of Deborah Barnes as she morphs from a Broadway actress into a government spy. Deborah Barnes’ acting career was taking off when... The Girl in the Mob is crime thriller wherein Deborah is enlisted by the FBI to infiltrate the mob. Her role in a gangster production received rave reviews -- perhaps too good. Working for the FBI, she’s swept into a real life mob drama. The Girl Joins the Terrorist is mystery-spy thriller that follows the last night of a Las Vegas convention of nuclear scientists when Steve Jones when he decides to go out with a bang. He ...

The incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war. Soon to be a major film starring Benedict Cumberbatch 'A richly entertaining read' SUNDAY TIMES Jasper Maskelyne was a world famous magician and illusionist in the...