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Author: Frank Close Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0241309891 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 466
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'Everything about this story is astounding' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times "Trinity" was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Trinity is now also the extraordinary story of the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls; his intellectual son, the atomic spy, Klaus Fuchs, and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR. Against the background of pre-war Nazi Germany, the Second World War and the following Cold War, the book traces how Peierls brought Fuchs into his family and his laboratory, only to be betrayed. It describes in unprecedented detail how Fuchs became a spy, his motivations and the information he passed to his Soviet contacts, both in the UK and after he went with Peierls to join the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos in 1944. Frank Close is himself a distinguished nuclear physicist: uniquely, the book explains the science as well as the spying. Fuchs returned to Britain in August 1946 still undetected and became central to the UK's independent effort to develop nuclear weapons. Close describes the febrile atmosphere at Harwell, the nuclear physics laboratory near Oxford, where many of the key players were quartered, and the charged relationships which developed there. He uncovers fresh evidence about the role of the crucial VENONA signals decryptions, and shows how, despite mistakes made by both MI5 and the FBI, the net gradually closed around Fuchs, building an intolerable pressure which finally cracked him. The Soviet Union exploded its first nuclear device in August 1949, far earlier than the US or UK expected. In 1951, the US Congressional Committee on Atomic Espionage concluded, 'Fuchs alone has influenced the safety of more people and accomplished greater damage than any other spy not only in the history of the United States, but in the history of nations'. This book is the most comprehensive account yet published of these events, and of the tragic figure at their centre.
Author: Kay Marie Publisher: To Catch a Thief ISBN: 9781952288074 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 360
Book Description
Don't miss this laugh-out-loud, enemies-to-lovers romance that's How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days meets White Collar with a dash of The Thomas Crown Affair thrown in!All Jolene Carter has ever wanted is a bakery of her own. There's only one problem. Her father, Robert Carter, is a world-renowned art thief and she's, well, sort of his protégé. But he's promised her this next job in New York will be their last, and she won't let anyone get in the way of her dreams...especially not the distractingly delicious FBI agent hot on her tail.Agent Nate Parker has been on the Robert Carter case for years, and if rumors of the aging criminal's retirement are true, this might be his last chance to nail him. With the legacy of his late father in the back of his mind, the stakes are more personal than anyone realizes. He won't let anything stand in the way of justice...especially not the red-headed vixen who keeps giving him the slip.He's a cop who'd never bend. She's a con who'll never break. But all's fair in love and larceny...
Author: Steve Foxe Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers ISBN: 1524717150 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 18
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An exciting full-color storybook featuring the DC Super Friends™—plus an eye-catching lenticular cover! The Joker and Lex Luthor team up to take down Batman™, Superman™, and the rest of the high-flying DC Super Friends™! Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this action-packed DC Super Friends™ storybook which features an eye-catching lenticular cover that makes it appear as though the heroes are really racing to the rescue! DC Super Friends™ is a unique brand that gives preschoolers their very own versions of the World’s Greatest Super Heroes from DC Comics: Superman™, Batman™, Wonder Woman™, Aquaman™, The Flash™, Cyborg™, Hawkman™, and Green Lantern™.
Author: Suzanne Brockmann Publisher: Ballantine Books ISBN: 0345514939 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 417
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As team leader of the popular personal security company Troubleshooters Inc., Alyssa Locke is no stranger to dealing with danger. Her next assignment, though, is supposed to be a breeze: teach self-defense techniques to an assemblywoman and her chief of staff after a political controversy generates a blizzard of hate mail—including death threats. But then, while in New York City, Alyssa and her squad of moonlighting Navy SEALs discover a dead body. And then another one. While investigating a suspect, Alyssa is ambushed and finds herself imprisoned by the deranged serial killer she’s been after for years: The Dentist. Cut off from everyone, Alyssa must call upon all of her strength and skill to survive this confrontation with the sadistic monster, meanwhile trusting that her Troubleshooter teammates—led by her husband, operative Sam Starrett—will reach her before it’s too late.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia Publisher: ISBN: Category : Legislative hearings Languages : en Pages : 1694
Author: Cindy Dees Publisher: HQN Books ISBN: 0373778899 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 383
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When they are sent to Cuba to help care for hurricane survivors, Katie McCloud and her husband Dr. Alex Peters are plunged into a world of espionage that puts them on opposing sides, which threatens their bond to each other.
Author: Petra Minnerop Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0198835094 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 993
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This volume brings together articles on international development law from the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, the definitive reference work on international law. It provides an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and practitioners of international development law, giving an accessible, thorough overview of all aspects of the field. Each article contains cross-references to related articles, and includes a carefully selected bibliography of the most important writings and primary materials as a guide to further reading. The Encyclopedia can be used by a wide range of readers. Experienced scholars and practitioners will find a wealth of information on areas that they do not already know well as well as in-depth treatments on every aspect of their specialist topics. Articles can also be set as readings for students on taught courses.
Author: Carsten Stroud
Author: Carsten Stroud
Author: Frank Close
Author: Kay Marie
Author: Steve Foxe
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia
Author: Suzanne Brockmann
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia
Author: Cindy Dees
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia
Author: Petra Minnerop