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The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book)
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very moving and well-presented children's book on some mature themes - young children today will not remember the cold war at all, but it is important to remember and understand what was happening behind the iron curtain.... »
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
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World War II spy story of double agent Eddie Chapman reads better than the best of John Le Carre's novels (see my reviews here)
[[ASIN:0743442539 The Spy Who Came In from the Cold]]
[[ASIN:0394416457 Honourable Schoolboy]]
[[ASIN:0394508432 Smiley's People]]
[[ASIN:0394492196 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]
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The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist
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The Archimedes Codex is a three-in-one book: First, it tells the fascinating story of how a famous but apparently lost text of Archimedes was found in the late 20th century and is being gradually recovered in a readable form. Second, it reveals some of the functioning of one the most brilliant mathematical and engineering brains in history. And finally... »
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Thunderstruck
Thunderstruck merges two fascinating stories: the story of a turn-of-the-century murder and that of the invention and popularizing of wireless telegraphy.... »
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