The Spy's Bedside Book

10 best books like The Spy's Bedside Book (Hugh Greene): Ike's Spies: Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment, Starburst, Twice 22: The Golden Apples of the Sun / A Medicine for Melancholy, The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories, King of the Godfathers, Moscow Sting, Book of Spies PB, The Secret Society of Demolition Writers, One Candlelit Christmas (The MacLerie Clan #4.5), Brooklyn Noir

AuthorStephen E. Ambrose
ISBN1578062071
Dwight D. Eisenhower's public image was that of a wide-grinning Daddy Warbucks who preferred the golf course over the cabinet room. He was perceived as a military bureaucrat who never held a combat command. A Republican sandwiched between two Democratic administrations, he lacked the political...
AuthorAlfred Bester
ISBN0451091329
Time, Space and the Future. Here is your passport into the fascinating world of science fiction...eleven dazzling, jet-propelled, rocket-paced tales of tomorrow by one of today's leading writers.

Contents:

Disappearing Act
Adam and No Eve
Star Light, Star Bright
The...
AuthorRay Bradbury
CONTENTS
THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN
The Fog Horn
The Pedestrian
The April Witch
The Wilderness
The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl
Invisible Boy
The Flying Machine
The Murderer
The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind
I See You Never
Embroidery
The...
AuthorMichael Sims
ISBN0802779182
Gathering the finest adventures among private and police detectives from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries-including a wide range of overlooked gems-Michael Sims showcases the writers who ever since have inspired the field of detective fiction.

From luminaries Mark Twain,...
AuthorAnthony M. DeStefano
ISBN0806528745
The Last Of The Old-World Mob Bosses--And The Ultimate Betrayal

For more than twenty years, Joseph "Big Joey" Massino ran what was called the largest criminal network in the U.S., employing over two hundred and fifty made men and untold numbers of associates. The Bonanno family was responsible...
Moscow Sting
AuthorAlex Dryden
ISBN0755345029
The threat of Russia as a hostile superpower returns in this chilling spy thriller.When British spy, Finn, is brutally murdered by a Russian assassin, Adrian, chief of MI6, wants vengeance. He also wants answers - answers that can only be revealed by Finn's widow, Anna, the former KGB colonel who betrayed...
Book of Spies PB
AuthorAlan Furst
Here is an extraordinary collection of the world’s best literary espionage, selected by Alan Furst, a contemporary master of the genre. The Book of Spies brings us the aristocratic intrigues of The Scarlet Pimpernel, in which French émigrés duel with Robespierre’s secret service; the savage...
The Secret Society of Demolition Writers
AuthorMarc Parent
ISBN1400062640
What would you write if no one knew who you were?

In the spirit of the demolition derby, where drivers take heedless risks with reckless abandon, welcome to the first convocation of the Secret Society of Demolition Writers. Here is a one-of-a-kind collection by famous authors writing anonymously–and...
One Candlelit Christmas (The MacLerie Clan #4.5)
AuthorJulia Justiss
ISBN0373295197
Christmas Wedding Wish by Julia JustissDisenchanted with empty-headed society debutantes, dashing gentleman Allen Mansfell decides that, if he must marry, he will choose a lady whose mind and heart he'll have to win over - a lady like Miss Meredyth Wellingford. But for Merry, finding true love will...
AuthorTim McLoughlin
ISBN1888451580
New York's punchiest borough asserts its criminal legacy with all new stories from a magnificent set of today's best writers. Brooklyn Noir moves from Coney Island to Bedford-Stuyvesant to Bay Ridge to Red Hook to Bushwick to Sheepshead Bay to Park Slope and far deeper, into the heart of Brooklyn's...
Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar: Stories of Work
AuthorRichard Ford
ISBN0062020412
Edited byRichard Ford and featuring stories by Russell Banks, Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff,Jhumpa Lahiri, JohnCheever, and many others, Blue Collar,White Collar, No Collar is a profound and groundbreaking anthologyexploring resonant themes of employment, service, and daily obligations asunique...
AuthorAmnesty International
ISBN1845964942
Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which starts memorably with Article 1: we are all born free and equal, "Freedom" is an enthralling anthology of short stories by some of the world's top writers.

Most of the stories have been written especially for this anthology...
Lee Child Collection: Killing Floor, Echo Burning, The Visitor, Tripwire, Die Trying, Without Fail, Persuader, One Shot, The Enemy, The Hard Way, Bad Luck And Trouble (Jack Reacher, #1-11)
AuthorLee Child
ISBN1780480687
Maybe girls aren't supposed to appreciate Jack Reacher's automatic violence in the face of evil, but Lee Child's hard driving, riveting narrative makes this series a hero saga that holds its own with the best crime writing out there. You simply can't put it down until the end and then you wish you had slowed...
I'd Rather Be Single
AuthorLashonda Devaughn
"I'd Rather Be Single" is a HOT anthology with four stories on women who have been through it ALL and pushed to the point where they just rather be single...Indulge in the pages of this steamy anthology to find out why...The Crew Bookclub. Tyra went from dating deadbeats to dating athletes. But living...
AuthorPatrick Millikin
ISBN1933354852
Brand-new stories by: Diana Gabaldon, Lee Child, James Sallis, Luis Alberto Urrea, Jon Talton, Megan Abbott, Charles Kelly, Robert Anglen, Patrick Millikin, Laura Tohe, Kurt Reichenbaugh, Gary Phillips, David Corbett, Don Winslow, Dogo Barry Graham, and Stella Pope Duarte.

Patrick...
AuthorGreg B. Smith
ISBN0425185516
For years, the DeCavalcantes, the most powerful Mob family in Jersey, labored in the shadows of the more famous families in New York—the likes of the Gambinos and the Columbos. Dismissed by the big-city capos, the DeCavalcantes finally came into their own when they found their lives mirrored...
Final Analysis: The Untold Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case
AuthorCatherine Crier
In October 2002, Susan Polk, a housewife and mother of three, was arrested for the murder of her husband, Felix. The arrest in her sleepy northern California town kicked off what would become one of the most captivating murder trials in recent memory, as police, local attorneys, and the national media...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
AuthorDean Wesley Smith
ISBN0671014463
Here's what you, the fans, have demanded for decades! An anthology featuring original Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, and Star Trek®: Voyager™ stories written by Star Trek fans, for Star Trek fans!
After a lengthy competition that drew thousands...
The Mammoth Book of Monsters
AuthorStephen Jones
ISBN0786719761
Everybody knows the most memorable monsters--vampires, werewolves, zombies, mad scientists' creations--and you will find all of those classic creatures suitably featured in this monsterrific new anthology from multiple award-winning editor Stephen Jones.

But other monstrosities...
AuthorGordon Van Gelder
ISBN1892391910
Collecting more than two dozen stories that originally appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction—the premiere speculative fiction magazine—this extraordinary anthology celebrates 60 years of top-notch genre fiction.

This retrospective volume includes "All Summer...
Lords of Desire
AuthorVirginia Henley
ISBN0758229658
"Lords of Desire" is a four-author English historical anthology with stories ranging from the Georgian to the Edwardian era. I was quite split on how to rate this one as I enjoyed two of the stories very much and two not so much.

"Smuggler's Lair" is a Georgian/Victorian time-travel tale by Virginia...
Classics Mutilated
AuthorJeff Conner
All-new versions of your favorite tales

Classics Mutilated is IDW’s response to the so-called “Monster Lit” trend in mainstream publishing, which takes a beloved literary classic and adds monsters to it. We call our version “Ctrl-Alt-Lit,” which incorporates mash-up techniques...
Road Trip of the Living Dead
AuthorMark Henry
ISBN0758225245
There are some books I just don’t like that others really do. Some make me laugh and yearn in ways I can’t explain. Then there are such books where I have a horrible reading experience where I want to throw the book out the window and wish I had never picked it up to begin with. I have read really great reviews...
Naughty Bits: The Invitation / Invite Me In / Soul Strangers / Gilt and Midnight / No Apologies / Anything You Want
AuthorJenesi Ash
ISBN0373605382


Naughty Bits is the first-ever compilation of breath-hitching, leg-crossing, pulse-quickening short erotic fiction from the editors of SPICE BRIEFS. Penned by some of the genre's best authors, including Megan Hart, Delilah Devlin, Jodi Lynn Copeland, Kimberly Kaye Terry and Sarah McCarty,...
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