Top Secret Files - The Cold War, Secrets, Special Missions, and Hidden Facts About the CIA, KGB, and MI6

Learn the true stories of the Cold War and how spies used listening devices planted in live cats and wristwatch cameras. Discover how East Germans tried to ride zip lines to freedom, while the Cambridge Four infiltrated Britain and rockets raced to the moon. Then make your own submarines and practice writing secret codes. It's all part of the true

List of contents

Secrets First Lightning Venona They Built a Wall Spy Training: Venona-Style Codes Spy Training: Rocket Launch Spies The Cambridge Spies Clever Girl Spy Disaster The Scholar Spy Grandma Was a Spy The Spy Who Skied The Magician Spy Animal Agents Spy Training: Ski Team Race Spy Training: Parachute Men Special Missions Tunnels to Freedom Operation Blue Peacock Last Train to Freedom Project Iceworm The Race for Space Operation Ivy Bells The Canadian Caper Girrmann Escape Group Spy Training: Carrot Submarine Spy Training: Glaciers Move Secret Weapons Gadgets and Gizmos Spy in the Sky Take Shelter The Thing Space Needles UFOs Spy Training: Flying Saucer 101 Spy Training: Your Own UFO Bibliography About The Author

About the author

Stephanie Bearce is a writer, teacher, and science nerd. She likes teaching kids how to blow up toothpaste and dissect worms. She also loves collecting rocks and keeps a huge collection of fossilized bones in her basement. When she is not exploding experiments in her kitchen or researching strange science facts in the library, Stephanie likes to explore catacombs and museums with her husband, Darrell.

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie Bearce
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2015
• EAN: 9781618214195
• ISBN: 978-1-61821-419-5
• No. of pages: 128
• Weight: 140 g
• Series: Top Secret Files of History
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars, Warfare, battles, armed forces (Children's / Teenage)