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Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy, in these landmark 70th anniversary reissues of Ian Flemings classic series.James Bond is marked for death by the Soviet counterintelligence agency SMERSH in Ian Flemings masterful spy thriller, and the novel that President John F. Kennedy named one of his favorite books of all time.SMERSH stands for Death to Spies and theres no secret agent theyd like to disgrace and destroy more than 007. But ensnaring the British Secret Services most lethal operative will require a lure so tempting even he cant resist. Enter Tatiana Romanova, a ravishing Russian spy whose defection springs a trap designed with clockwork precision. Her mission: seduce Bond, then flee to the West on the Orient Express. Waiting in the shadows are two of Ian Flemings most vividly drawn villains: Red Grant, SMERSHs deadliest assassin, and the sinister operations chief Rosa Klebb - five feet four inches of pure killing power.Bursting with action and intrigue, From Russia with Love is one of the best-loved books in the Bond canon - an instant classic that set the standard for sophisticated literary spycraft for decades to come.

Vuelve James Bond.Vuelve 007. James Bond afronta un juego de azar mortal esta legendaria primera novela del agente 007, de Ian Fleming. Le Chiffre es un agente despiadado y el encargado de la financiacion de una celula sovietica del SMERSH en Francia, pero esta a punto de arruinarse despues de apostar el dinero de un cliente. Durante años, Le Chiffre ha sido uno de los principales objetivos del Servicio Secreto britanico. Para acabar con el, el servicio envia a su mejor jugador, James Bond, a una arriesgada mision en el casino de Royale-les-Eaux: una partida de baccarat de alto riesgo para dejar en la bancarrota a Le Chiffre. Con las cartas en su contra y los agentes del SMERSH amenazando con matar a Bond y a su bella acompañante, Vesper Lynd, 007 necesita cambiar su suerte antes de arriesgar sus vidas.

One day in April 1957 I had just answered a letter from an expert in unarmed combat writing from a cover address in Mexico City, and I was thanking a fan in Chile, when my telephone rangThe Diamond Smugglers is the true story of an operation responsible for smuggling millions of pounds worth of precious gems out of Africa. Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, drew on interviews with the reluctant hero of the diamond companies counter-attack to explore the world of the real master criminals of his time.The result rivals Flemings greatest spy novels.An essential piece of reporting, written in Ian Flemings own clear and vivid prose. Rediscover this incredible piece of historical writing.

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Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.The last collection of James Bond adventures from Ian Fleming, Octopussy and The Living Daylights features four tales of intrigue that push 007 to the limit and find the secret agent questioning where he can go from there...In "Octopussy," a former operative in the Second World War must face the consequences of past sins when James Bond knocks on the door of his Caribbean fortress, and in "The Property of a Lady" Bond deciphersthe elaborate codes of a Sothebys bidding war in order to catch a KGB agent. "007 in New York" takes Bond to the titular city to warn an ex_x0002_agent of her boyfriends secret KGB affiliation. And "The Living Daylights" sends Bond to Berlin to protect a British agent before an assassin strikes.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.An international diamond-smuggling pipeline has opened up and theBritish Treasury wants to know whos controlling it. Impersonating a captured courier named Peter Franks, Bond infiltrates the criminal ring and finds an unlikely ally in Tiffany Case. As the rings stateside go-between, she may be just another link in the chain, but Tiffany is also Bonds best shot at finding the elusive figure at the head of the operation - a syndicate boss known only by the initials "ABC." But if Bonds cover gets blown, hell find that the only thing harder than a diamond is surviving the payback of a pair of murderous henchmen.With a sparkling trail of smuggled gems as bait, Diamonds Are Forever leads Bond on a globe-hopping mission where deadly assassins lurk behind every corner.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6sJamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the vacation is over.On this island, all suspicious activity leads inexorably to Dr. Julius No, a reclusive megalomaniac with steel pincers for hands. To find out what the good doctor is hiding, 007 must enlist the aid of local fisherman Quarrel and alluring beachcomber Honeychile Rider. Together they will combat a local legend the natives call "the Dragon," before Bond alonemust face the most punishing test of all: an obstacle course - designed by the sadistic Dr. No himself that measures the limits of the human bodys capacity for agony.

Author Ian Fleming directs the Developing People Pocketbook at full time trainers and managers with staff training as part of their jobs. He deals with training needs identification, the pros and cons of different training methods, learning styles and learning blocks, finding and briefing external trainers, assessing the outcome and applying the learning. Reviewing an earlier edition of this title, Training Education Employment Journal wrote: A worthy overview of training needs identification, design, delivery and evaluation. Read this and you could save many hours ploughing through far less accessible tomes on the subject.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.Upon Ms insistence, James Bond takes a two-week respite in a secluded natural health spa. But amid the bland teas, tasteless yogurts, and the spine stretcher the guests lovingly call "The Rack," Bond stumbles onto the trail of a lethal man with ties to a new secret organisation called SPECTRE. When SPECTRE hijacks two A-bombs, a frantic global search for the weapons ensues, and Ms hunch that the plane containing the bombs will make a clean drop into the ocean sends Bond to the Bahamas to investigate.On the island paradise, 007 finds a wealthy pleasure seekers treasure hunt and meets Domino Vitali, the gorgeous mistress of Emilio Largo, otherwise known as SPECTREs Number 1. But as powerful as Number 1 is, he works for someone else: Ernst Stavro Blofeld, a peculiar man with a deadly creative mind.The ninth novel in Ian Flemings James Bond series, Thunderball marks the beginnings of one of the most iconic villains in history, and the only match for the wits of James Bond.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.A collection of both classic intrigue and intrepid self-examination, For Your Eyes Only packs full, vibrant worlds into five classic tales."From a View to a Kill" whisks Bond to the French countryside where he must go undercover to expose a deadly secret-intelligence plot, and in "For Your Eyes Only," 007 is absorbed into a private vendetta of Ms, blurring the lines between the personal and professional. In "Quantum of Solace," Bond attends a dinner party in the Bahamas and learns how passion can soon twist into cruelty, while "Risico" forces the secret agent to fight for the lesser of two evils in a smuggling war set amid the Mediterranean. Finally, "The Hildebrand Rarity" lands 007 in an old-fashioned murder mystery at sea, where even he has a secret to keep.

James Bond conoce a una mujer extraordinariamente cautivadora, la condesa Teresa di Vicenzo. Junto a ella se ve envuelto en una tumultuosa misión cuando el espía británico trata de llegar, a través del padre de la joven, hasta el mismisimo lider de SPECTRE, una terrible organizacion criminal internacional. Para conseguir sus objetivos, Bond debe viajar a lo largo del mundo, infiltrarse entre los mas astutos criminales, enfrentarse a los terribles planes de SPECTRE para desarrollar una guerra biologica contra Inglaterra, y afrontar... ¿su propia boda? Una de las mas apasionantes y sorprendentes aventuras del espia mas famoso de todos los tiempos:Creado en 1953 por Ian Fleming, James Bond es uno de los personajes mas famosos de la iconografia popular en todos sus medios, especialmente en literatura y en cine. Maximo exponente de un genero mas vital que nunca, el agente 007 es el espia por antonomasia, aunque sus novelas, inexplicablemente, han resultado durante mucho tiempo imposibles de encontrar en el mercado español. Ahora, ECC Ediciones ofrece una nueva edicion completa de los 14 titulos que componen toda la produccion de Bond salida de la pluma de su creador literario, con nuevas y muy cuidadas traducciones.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.Bond may have a license to kill, but "Pistols" Scaramanga has a talent for it. Hes a KGB-trained assassin whos left a trail of dead British Secret Service agents in his wake. His weapon of choice? A gold-plated Colt .45.In the aftermath of his brainwashing by the Soviets, Bond is given one last chance to win back Ms trust: terminate Scaramanga before he strikes MI6 again. Traveling to Jamaica under an assumed name, Bond manages to infiltrate Scaramangas organisation and soon discovers that the hit mans criminal ambitions have expanded to include arson, drug smuggling, and industrial sabotage. Worst of all for Bond, Scaramanga has a golden bullet inscribed with the numbers 007 and hes eager to put it to use.Under the heat of the Caribbean sun, Bond faces a seemingly impossible task: win a duel against the Man with the Golden Gun.

With the proceeds from his latest invention, Crackpot Whistling Sweets, Commander Caractacus Pott buys his family their first car. It looks like a wreck, but once restored it turns out to be no ordinary vehicle; Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is a magical car which can fly, swim and even think. Chitty and the eccentric, plucky Pott family set off on a succession of increasingly perilous adventures that take them across the English Channel and all the way to Paris. First published in 1964, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was Ian Fleming's only children's book, written for his son Caspar. Fleming was inspired by a celebrated English racing car nicknamed 'Chitty-Bang-Bang', which was built and raced by Count Louis Zborowski in the 1920s. This stunning edition features gorgeous illustrations by Joe Berger. Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Creado en 1953 por Ian Fleming, James Bond es uno de los personajes más famosos de la iconografía popular en todos sus medios, especialmente en literatura y en cine. Máximo exponente de un género más vital que nunca, el agente 007 es el espia por antonomasia, aunque sus novelas, inexplicablemente, han resultado durante mucho tiempo imposibles de encontrar en el mercado español. Ahora, ECC Ediciones ofrece una nueva edicion completa de los 14 titulos que componen toda la produccion de Bond salida de la pluma de su creador literario, con nuevas y muy cuidadas traducciones. Panorama para matar, Solo para sus ojos, Cantidad de consuelo, Maximo riesgo y La rareza de Hildebrand son los cinco escalofriantes relatos que componen esta nueva entrega del espia 007. En ellos, Bond se vera envuelto en una escabrosa mision de la OTAN donde habra de investigar un asesinato, se enfrentara a un jerarca nazi en la Cuba de Baptista, hablara del amor y la crueldad que a veces este implica con el gobernador de Bahamas, tratara de destruir una operacion de contrabando de drogas en Italia, y sera testigo de las retorcidas relaciones de un millonario americano con su esposa y el criado de ambos durante un extraño viaje maritimo. Espionaje, bellas mujeres, apasionantes dialogos y accion a raudales siempre rodean a Bond... James Bond.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.As the super patriot and war veteran whos bankrolling Britains top secret Moonraker rocket program, Sir Hugo Drax should be above reproach. But theres more to this enigmatic millionaire than he lets on. When M suspects Drax of cheating at cards in an exclusive gentlemans club, he sends Bond in to investigate. But exposing the deception only enrages Drax - and now 007 must outwit an angry man with the power to loose a nuclear warhead on London.The mysterious death of the head of security at Draxs missile base gives Bond the perfect opportunity to go undercover to find out the secret agenda of the supposed British war hero. With the help of another agent, the lustrous Gala Brand, 007 learns the truth about Draxs battle scars, his wartime allegiances - and his murderous plans for the deployment of Moonraker.

On November 2nd armed with a sheaf of visas...one suitcase...and my typewriter, I left humdrum London for the thrilling cities of the world...In 1959, Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, was commissioned by the Sunday Times to explore fourteen of the worlds most exotic cities. Fleming saw it all with a thriller writers eye. From Hong Kong to Honolulu, New York to Naples, he left the bright main streets for the back alleys, abandoning tourist sites in favour of undergroundhaunts, and mingling with celebrities, gangsters and geishas. The result is a series of vivid snapshots of a mysterious, vanished world.Take an adventure with the one and only Ian Fleming to Hong Kong, Macau, Tokyo, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Geneva, Naples and Monte Carlo. An unforgettable and uniquely personal journey through the sights, sounds, food and drink of some of the thrilling cities in the world.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.James Bond is marked for death by the Soviet counterintelligenceagency SMERSH in Ian Flemings masterful spy thriller, and the novel that President John F. Kennedy named one of his favourite books of all time.SMERSH stands for "Death to Spies" and theres no secret agent theyd like to disgrace and destroy more than 007. But ensnaring the British Secret Services most lethal operative will require a lure so tempting even he cant resist. Enter Tatiana Romanova, a ravishing Russian spy whose "defection" springs a trap designed with clockwork precision. Her mission: seduce Bond, then flee to the West on the Orient Express. Waiting in the shadows are two of Ian Flemings most vividly drawn villains: Red Grant, SMERSHs deadliest assassin, and the sinister operations chief Rosa Klebb - five feet four inches of pure killing power.Bursting with action and intrigue, From Russia with Love is one of the best-loved books in the Bond canon - an instant classic that set the standard for sophisticated literary spycraft for decades to come.

Creado en 1953 por Ian Fleming, James Bond es uno de los personajes más famosos de la iconografía popular en todos sus medios, especialmente en literatura y en cine. Máximo exponente de un género más vital que nunca, el agente 007 es el espia por antonomasia, aunque sus novelas, inexplicablemente, han resultado durante mucho tiempo imposibles de encontrar en el mercado español. Ahora, ECC Ediciones ofrece una nueva edicion completa de los 14 titulos que componen toda la produccion de Bond salida de la pluma de su creador literario, con nuevas y muy cuidadas traducciones. Vivienne Michel, una joven canadiense, trata de huir de un pasado lleno de decepciones amorosas. Inicia un viaje por Estados Unidos y termina hospedandose en un pequeño hotel de carretera. No mucho despues, dos peligrosos asesinos llegan al hotel y Vivienne se ve amenazada por el terrible peligro que representan. Pero entonces entra en juego un ingles tremendamente carismatico, que se enfrentara a muerte a los asesinos y hara que la joven, que se siente fascinada por el britanico, recupere la esperanza en la vida. Y es que el gelido ingles no es otro que cierto espia internacional de gran talento para resolver crimenes y conquistar mujeres llamado Bond... James Bond

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.James Bond is not a superstitious man, but its hard not to feel unnerved in the presence of Mr. Big. A ruthless Harlem gangster who uses voodoo to control his criminal empire, hes also one of SMERSHs top American operatives. Mr. Big has been smuggling British pirate treasure to New York from a remote Jamaican island - and funneling the proceeds to Moscow. With help from Solitaire, Mr. Bigs beautiful and enigmatic Creole fortune teller, and his old friend Felix Leiter, 007 must locate the crime lords hideout, sabotage his operation, and reclaim the pirate hoard for England.From the jazz joints of Harlem to the shark-infested waters of the Florida Everglades, Live and Let Die sends Bond headlong into the exotic.