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Brought to you by Penguin. THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An exciting Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians and the ultimate gift for anyone who loves a good spy thriller! On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a...

Drawing on a wealth of previously classified intelligence archives, in multiple countries and languages, it reveals how Western and Eastern governments used spies, sabotage, subversion, and information warfare to battle each other during the conflict that dominated the twentieth century. Far from being a closed historical chapter, however, it shows that conflict's ghosts are still alive.

On February 28, 2013, after pleading guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, John Kiriakou began serving a 30 month prison sentence. His crime: blowing the whistle on the CIA's use of torture on al Qaeda prisoners. Doing Time Like a Spy is Kiriakou's memoir of his 23 months in prison. Using 20 life skills he learned in CIA operational training, he was able to keep himself safe and at the top of the prison social heap. It is at once a searing journal of daily prison life and an alternately funny and heartbreaking commentary on the federal prison system. 

Spies and Lies a groundbreaking expose of elite influence operations by China's little-known Ministry of State Security. Revealing for the first time how the Chinese Communist Party has tasked its spies to deceive the world, it challenges the conventional account of China's past, present, and future.

In a page-turning narrative that reads like a thriller, an award-winning journalist exposes the troubling truth behind the world’s first act of nuclear terrorism. On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London’s Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian émigré and former...

The Spycatcher affair remains one of the most intriguing moments in the history of British intelligence and a pivotal point in the public's relationship with the murky world of espionage and security. It lifted the lid on alleged Soviet infiltration of British services and revealed a culture of law-breaking, bugging and burgling. But how much do we know about the story behind the scandal?

In 1965, following his mother's death, Infante returns to Cuba from Brussels, where he is employed as a cultural attaché at the Cuban embassy. When a few days later his permission to return to Europe is revoked, Infante begins a period of suspicion, uncertainty, and disillusion. Unable to leave the country, denied access to party officials, yet still receiving checks for his work in Belgium, Infante discovers the reality of Cuba under Fidel Castro.

In a page-turning narrative that reads like a thriller, an award-winning journalist exposes the troubling truth behind the world’s first act of nuclear terrorism. On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London’s Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian émigré and former...

"The Spy Who Never Came Back" is from the May 14, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Barry Meier and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"The Spy Who Loved Me: The Slippery Slope of Digital Surveillance" is from the November 09, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Nick Wingfield and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Family Sees a TV Talent Scout Where the Israeli Authorities See a Jihadi Spy" is from the March 24, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Isabel Kershner and Majd Al Waheidi and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"China Invites Citizens to Call In Any Sightings of Spies to New Hotline" is from the November 04, 2015 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Austin Ramzy and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Colonel in North Korea's Spy Agency Has Defected to South, Seoul Says" is from the April 11, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Where Cellphones Are Lifelines, Startups Spy Opportunities" is from the November 12, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Steve Lohr and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"China's 'Dangerous Love' Campaign, Warning of Spies, Is Met with Shrugs" is from the April 21, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Didi Kirsten Tatlow and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Soviet Document Suggests Abbas Was a KGB Spy in the 1980s" is from the September 7, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"New Spies Went for a Joyride in Moscow. Russia Isn't Happy" is from the July 14, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ivan Nechepurenko and narrated by Sam Scholl.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Trump may be in office, but the Democrats have laid the groundwork for permanent power. While the Biden-Harris administration pub­licly stumbled and flailed, their bureaucrats and allies outside of government have been turn­ing Republican nightmares into dystopian...

"Scapegoat or Spy? Vatican Consultant Commands Attention at Leaks Trial" is from the June 04, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Elisabetta Povoledo and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Canadian Held 2 Years on Spy Charges in China Returns Home" is from the September 15, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ian Austen and narrated by Kristi Burns.