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For James Bond and the British Secret Service, the stakes couldn’t be higher. 007’s mission is to neutralise the Russian operative Le Chiffre by ruining him at the baccarat table, forcing his Soviet masters to ‘retire’ him. When Le Chiffre hits a losing streak, Bond discovers his luck is in – that is, until he meets Vesper Lynd, a glamorous agent who might yet prove to be his downfall.

When 007 goes to Harlem it’s not just for the jazz. This is the kingdom of Mr Big, master of crime, voodoo baron and partner in SMERSH’s grim company of death. Those who Mr Big cannot possess, he crushes – like his beautiful prisoner, Solitaire, and her would-be saviours James Bond and Agency man, Felix Leiter. All three are marked out as victims in a trail of terror, treachery and torture that leads from New York’s underworld to the shark-infested island in the sun that Mr Big calls his own.

The Moonraker project has a millionaire backer, the war hero Sir Hugo Drax - a man who, it seems, cheats at cards. With a ballistic rocket at stake, Sir Hugo’s exposure could threaten Britain’s latest defence system, so James Bond is asked to investigate. Moving from London’s most exclusive gambling club to a missile silo on the Channel coast, 007 and his Special Branch assistant, Gala Brand, discover there’s more to Drax than meets the eye.

Read by Richard Armitage JAMES BOND PLAYS A DEADLY GAME OF CHANCE IN IAN FLEMING’S LEGENDARY FIRST 007 NOVEL “Le Chiffre” is a ruthless operative and the accountant for a soviet SMERSH cell in France, but he’s on the verge of disaster after gambling away his client’s money. Taking the...

In his Alpine base, Blofeld is developing biological weapons that will devastate Britain. Unaware of the danger, James Bond is about to marryTeresa di Vicenzo, the daughter of a Corsican Mafioso. But then he is sent to Switzerland. Bond’s marriage and Blofeld’s schemes disintegrate in a blizzard of gunfire and high-explosives from which neither man emerges the victor.

Read by Adjoa Andoh LEGENDARY AGENT JAMES BOND CONFRONTS AN ENEMY UNLIKE ANY HE’S FACED BEFORE James Bond is not an easily intimidated man, but it’s hard not to feel unnerved in the presence of Mr. Big. A ruthless Harlem gangster who uses superstition and fear to control his vast criminal...

James Bond seems unable to function after the death of his wife. Determined to restore 007 to the effective agent he used to be, M sends him on a mission to Japan, to the mysterious ‘Castle of Death’ and into the lair of an old and terrifying enemy. For Bond and Blofeld, this will be their final encounter. Only one of them can survive.

JAMES BOND MUST STOP A GOLD-OBSESSED MILLIONAIRE AND THE HEIST OF THE CENTURY Auric Goldfinger is the richest man in England―though his wealth can’t be found in banks. He’s been hoarding vast stockpiles of his namesake metal, and it has attracted the suspicion of Bond’s superiors at MI6...

JAMES BOND IS PUT TO THE TEST AGAINST AN EGOTISTICAL SCIENTIST WITH NEFARIOUS AIMS Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6’s Jamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the...

Pour James Bond et les services secrets britanniques, les enjeux ne pourraient pas être plus importants. La mission de 007 est de neutraliser l'agent russe Le Chiffre en le ruinant à la table de baccarat, ce qui obligera ses maîtres soviétiques à le "faire disposer". Lorsque Le Chiffre se met à perdre, Bond se rend compte que la chance a tourné en sa faveur - jusqu'à ce qu'il rencontre Vesper Lynd, un agent glamour qui pourrait bien causer sa perte.

Crackpot is what everybody calls the Pott family. So when they go to buy a new car and come back with a wreck, nobody is surprised. Except for the Potts themselves. First, the car has a name. And she tells them what it is. Then they find that she can fly... and swim... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a car on a mission to stop a criminal gang in its tracks and she is taking the Potts with her! Jump into the world s most loved magical car, for her first adventure ever!

When the Pott family save Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from the terrible fate of being crushed to the size of a matchbox at the scrapyard, she repays Caractacus, Jeremy and Jemima with the best road trip ever. For Chitty is no ordinary car: she can talk - and float - and fly! The amazing automobile takes the Potts on a trip to the seaside followed by a fantastic journey across the Channel to France, where two cunning criminals are planning to rob Paris’ most famous chocolatier, Monsieur Bon Bon.

James Bond tendrá que viajar a Japón para intentar establecer una colaboración continua entre las agencias de espionaje británica y nipona. ¿Cómo evitar una Tercera Guerra Mundial? Sólo James Bond lo sabe.

James Bond recibe la orden de investigar el oscuro pasado de Dexter Smithe, un comandante de la Marina Británica retirado, que vive en Jamaica entregado a su pasión: la pesca submarina. Algo dramático y cuyas consecuencias aún permanecen vivas ocurrió durante la segunda guerra mundial. 007 tendrá que ingeniárselas para extraerle toda la información y no perder su propia vida.

Una difícil misión para 007: eliminar al más temible de los asesinos, Scaramanga, el temible asesino de la pistola de oro.

James Bond conoce a una mujer extraordinariamente cautivadora, la condesa Teresa di Vicenzo. Junto a ella se ve envuelto en una tumultuosa misión cuando el espía británico trata de llegar, a través del padre de la joven, hasta el mismísimo líder de SPECTRE, una terrible organización criminal internacional. Para conseguir sus objetivos, Bond debe viajar a lo largo del mundo, infiltrarse entre los más astutos criminales, enfrentarse a los terribles planes de SPECTRE para desarrollar una guerra biológica contra Inglaterra, y afrontar... ¿su propia boda?

Vivienne Michel, una joven canadiense, trata de huir de un pasado lleno de decepciones amorosas. Inicia un viaje por Estados Unidos y termina hospedándose en un pequeño hotel de carretera. No mucho después, dos peligrosos asesinos llegan al hotel y Vivienne se ve amenazada por el terrible peligro que representan. Pero entonces entra en juego un inglés tremendamente carismático, que se enfrentará a muerte a los asesinos y hará que la joven, que se siente fascinada por el británico, recupere la esperanza en la vida.

Blofeld, lider de la organizacion terrorista Spectre, ha robado dos armas atómicas y amenaza con destruir una gran ciudad si no se satisfacen sus demandas. El legendario espía James Bond solo tendrá una semana para hallar las bombas. Pronto se encontrará sumergido en medio de los arrecifes de coral de las Bahamas infestados de tiburones.

En ellos, Bond se verá envuelto en una escabrosa misión de la OTAN donde habrá de investigar un asesinato, se enfrentará a un jerarca nazi en la Cuba de Baptista, hablará del amor y la crueldad que a veces este implica con el gobernador de Bahamas, tratará de destruir una operación de contrabando de drogas en Italia, y será testigo de las retorcidas relaciones de un millonario americano con su esposa y el criado de ambos durante un extraño viaje marítimo.

En esta novela, Bond viaja al Caribe para investigar la desaparición de un agente y de su secretaria. Su contendiente será el lunático Doctor No, ungigante con la misión de capturar misiles estadounidenses por encargo de los soviéticos.