This book contains all the tips and tricks that readers need to become top secret agents: from cracking codes to tailing suspects, via the art of cunning disguise.

This is one in a series of KnowHow activity books aimed at children between the ages of seven and twelve. Other books in the series offer ideas on experiments, paper fun, detection, jokes & tricks, and action toys.

(Edition 2. Updated and Improved for 2023) "To People Who Want Learn Spycraft, But Don’T Know Where To Start, And Don't Want To Be Trapped, By Joining An Intelligence Agency" Are you ready to learn the secrets of spycraft/tradecraft? Our updated book is here to help you become an expert in this fascinating field. With more than double the information of the previous edition and 157% thicker, this revised version covers everything you need to know about spycraft. In this book, you'll learn about the magic principles used in tradecraft and the value of multiple intelligence sources. We'll also cover the importance of going gray and black ops, as well as the role of operatives in these operations. We'll guide you through the recruitment process and teach you about the cultivation of assets. You'll learn about different types of agents and spies, including the traitor, the unassuming spy, the walk-in spy, the mole, the enlistee, and the doubled agent. We'll also cover the sleeper agent, the discards, cutouts, and the burn notice. In addition to these topics, we'll teach you about the reasons why people become spies, how to find their weaknesses and exploit them including how to use force as a tool of persuasion. You'll learn about the resources needed for successful operations and the importance of Recognition signals. We'll also cover Interview and Interrogations plus how operatives stay sober and the role of emotions and stress management in the field. We'll delve into the world of open-source intelligence (OSINT), including a sample case study of an operation using different intelligence disciplines. We'll teach you about the art of remembering and how to secure stolen information. You'll learn about bridging the communication gap between case officers and spies, encoding telephone communications, and cyphering emails. We'll also cover the use of safe houses and the importance of cover identity and the different kinds. In this revised edition, we've also included chapters on social engineering, pretexting, and the different types of surveillance, including foot surveillance, automobile surveillance, and fixed surveillance. We'll teach you about cleaning runs (to beat enemy surveillance), overt and covert surveillance, and how to install a hidden camera/mic quickly and carefully. We've also included new chapters on the role of artificial intelligence in spycraft and covert operations. You'll learn about intelligence gathering with machine learning, AI predictions and inferences, and the use of computer vision for surveillance. We'll also cover how to leverage big data to build better spycraft strategies. Finally, we've included a chapter on offensive driving techniques to help you succeed in the field. So don't wait any longer, order your copy today and start learning the Spycraft skills you've dreamed of. This book is the perfect guide for civilians who want to learn the ins and outs of this fascinating field. Table of Contents: Value of Multiple Intelligence Sources Going Gray Clandestine Operations Recruitment Steps Cultivation of Assets Agent Recruitment Cutouts The Burn Notice Reasons Why People Become Spies Using Force As Persuasion Needed Resources Recognition Signals How operatives stay sober Interrogation and Interviews OSINT Securing the Stolen Information Bridging The Communication Gap Between The Case Officer And The Spy Safe Houses Emotions and Stress Management Social Engineering Pretexting What To Do When Challenged Cover Identity Foot Surveillance Automobile Surveillance Fixed Surveillance Cleaning Runs Overt and Covert Surveillance Installing A Hidden Camera Quickly And Carefully How a spy would install the equipment Spycraft using Artificial Intelligence Offensive Driving GRAB YOUR COPY TODAY!

Espionage enthusiasts, connoisseurs of reconnaissance and intelligence aficionados rejoice! Spycraft is the perfect book for kids with a sense of daring and adventure, this book contains all the tips and tricks that readers need to become secret agents.

Covers all aspects of espionage, including such topics as secret operations, disguises, funding, surveillance, codes and ciphers, cameras, moles, double agents, interrogation, forgery, and black propaganda, presented in a training manual format.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. “The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉ Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist • Shortlisted for the Bailie Giffords Prize in Nonfiction If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6. For nearly a decade, as the Cold War reached its twilight, Gordievsky helped the West turn the tables on the KGB, exposing Russian spies and helping to foil countless intelligence plots, as the Soviet leadership grew increasingly paranoid at the United States's nuclear first-strike capabilities and brought the world closer to the brink of war. Desperate to keep the circle of trust close, MI6 never revealed Gordievsky's name to its counterparts in the CIA, which in turn grew obsessed with figuring out the identity of Britain's obviously top-level source. Their obsession ultimately doomed Gordievsky: the CIA officer assigned to identify him was none other than Aldrich Ames, the man who would become infamous for secretly spying for the Soviets. Unfolding the delicious three-way gamesmanship between America, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and culminating in the gripping cinematic beat-by-beat of Gordievsky's nail-biting escape from Moscow in 1985, Ben Macintyre's latest may be his best yet. Like the greatest novels of John le Carré, it brings readers deep into a world of treachery and betrayal, where the lines bleed between the personal and the professional, and one man's hatred of communism had the power to change the future of nations.

An insider's tour of the past half-century's espionage technologies also recounts some of the CIA's most secretive operations and how they have been performed using state-of-the-art spy instruments.