The Spy Toolkit

Spies claim that theirs is the second oldest profession. Secret agents across time have had the same key tasks: looking and listening, getting the information they need and smuggling it back home. Over the course of human history, some amazingly complex and imaginative tools have been created to help those working under the cloak of supreme secrecy. During the Second World War, British undercover agents were the heroes behind the scenes, playing a dangerous and sometimes deadly game – risking all to gather intelligence about their enemies. What did these agents have in their toolkits? What ingenious spy gadgets did they have up their sleeves? What devious tricks did they deploy to avoid detection? From the ingenious to the amusing, this highly visual book delves into espionage files that were long held top secret, revealing spycraft in action.

Spies claim that theirs is the second oldest profession. Secret agents across time have had the same key tasks: looking and listening, getting the information they need and smuggling it back home. Over the course of human history, some amazingly complex and imaginative tools have been created to help those working under the cloak of supreme secrecy. During the Second World War, British undercover agents were the heroes behind the scenes, playing a dangerous and sometimes deadly game – risking all to gather intelligence about their enemies. What did these agents have in their toolkits? What ingenious spy gadgets did they have up their sleeves? What devious tricks did they deploy to avoid detection? From the ingenious to the amusing, this highly visual book delves into espionage files that were long held top secret, revealing spycraft in action.

Become a world-class spy with this top secret kit, filled with cool spy tools and tricks of the trade. The world of spies is revealed in this kit filled with top secret information. Learn all the tips and tricks spies use to do their jobs. Plus you get your own pair of spy glasses, an electronic listening device, and the essential UV light pen that no spy should be without.

Famous Spies Through History The secrets of the most secret agents: who they were, what they did and how they did it. Tales from the Secret World Detailed accounts of undercover operations: the daring exploits during both World Wars, the beginnings of today's intelligence agencies, the intrigues of the Cold War and present-day international intelligence gathering. Spy Equipment Over 700 illustrations, including specially commissioned and ingenious paraphernalia of the spy: a gun in a pen, a poison walking stick, a map and compass concealed in a hairbrush, a video camera the size of a stamp, and much more.

Get in touch with your inner spy in this fun quiz book for agents-in-training! Most kids think they are smart, sneaky and stealthy enough to be a super-spy, and at long last, here's a book to let them prove it once and for all! Readers can determine if they have what it takes to be a super-spy -- are they smart, sneaky, stealthy? Do they like their milkshakes shaken, not stirred? Are they suited to a life of high-intrigue or should they take on their school's gossip blog? Is this a fun quiz book or is CSIS recruiting young? Our lips are sealed.

From the award-winning author of The Great Trouble comes a story of espionage, survival, and friendship during World War II. Bertie Bradshaw never set out to become a spy. He never imagined traipsing around war-torn London, solving ciphers, practicing surveillance, and searching for a traitor to the Allied forces. He certainly never expected that a strong-willed American girl named Eleanor would play Watson to his Holmes (or Holmes to his Watson, depending on who you ask). But when a young woman goes missing, leaving behind a coded notebook, Bertie is determined to solve the mystery. With the help of Eleanor and his friend David, a Jewish refugee--and, of course, his trusty pup, Little Roo--Bertie must decipher the notebook in time to stop a double agent from spilling the biggest secret of all to the Nazis. From the author of The Great Trouble, this suspenseful WWII adventure reminds us that times of war call for bravery, brains and teamwork from even the most unlikely heroes.

The government can hack into any computer or smartphone on the planet. What sounded like a crazy conspiracy theory was exposed as truth with the 2013 NSA leaks from Edward Snowden. Since then, the deluge of CIA and NSA hacking programs filling the sky like rain hasn’t stopped. This is an exposé of the software programs and techniques used by the agencies to spy on the planet. Big Brother is watching. It’s time to watch back. Dozens of previously classified government surveillance programs are divulged in this alarming book! Contents include these fascinating topics: Edward Snowden; NSA; Mass Surveillance; Five Eyes; FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network); Stuxnet; PRISM; MYSTIC; DCSNet (Digital Collection System Network); XKeyscore; DISHFIRE; STONEGHOST; Magic Lantern; ECHELON; Fairview; WikiLeaks; Vault 7; Julian Assange; Room 641A; The Doughnut; Fort Meade; Menwith Hill; Utah Data Center; ICREACH; Ransomware, Tor; “wannacry”; ShadowBrokers; and tons more. Axel Balthazar is at it again!