Title Spy / written by Richard Platt ; photographed by Geoff Dann and Steve Gorton.

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Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department	J 327.12 PLATT	DUE 05-04-24
Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department	J 327.12 PLA	Missing
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 327.12 PLATT	Check Shelf
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Edition	Rev. ed.
Description	72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 clip art CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) + 1 wall chart.
Series	DK eyewitness books
	DK eyewitness books.
Note	Includes index.
	1st American ed. pub. in 1995.
Contents	What is a spy? -- Types of spy -- Secret tool kit -- Seeing the invisible -- Bugs and taps -- Listening in -- Dropping in -- Animal spies -- Secret messages -- Codes and ciphers -- Intercepts and code-breaking -- Concealment -- Spies at war -- Cover story -- Agents, moles and defectors -- Secret weapons -- Cold War -- Spymasters -- Secret services -- Surveillance at work -- Industrial espionage -- Counterintelligence -- Spy-catching -- Spying without spies -- Spying today -- Spying and you -- Famous spies -- Spies in fiction -- Rogues' gallery -- Timeline of modern spying -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary	"This book presents information about men and women spies throughout history as well as about the tools and equipment they used in espionage and intelligence service. You can also be an eyewitness to some of the world's most shadowy characters, and get the inside scoop on the ingenious gadgets that real-life spies have used to gather and send information without getting caught."--Publisher's description.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 67) , filmography (p. 66) , and index.
Subject	Espionage -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Intelligence service -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Espionage -- History.
	Spies.
	Espionage. (OCoLC)fst00915379
	Intelligence service. (OCoLC)fst00975848
	Espionage -- History.
	Spies.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author	Dann, Geoff.
	Gorton, Steve.
Added Title	Eyewitness spy
ISBN	9780756650346
	0756650348
	9780756650353
	0756650356

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