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Agent Molière : the life of John Cairncross, the fifth man of the Cambridge Spy Circle / Geoff Andrews. - London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. - IX, [1], 302 strony : ilustracje ; 22 cm.

Author

Andrews Geoff. Autor

Form of Work

Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

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Cairncross, John (1913-1995) KGB Szpiedzy Cambridge (Wielka Brytania, hrabstwo Cambridgeshire)

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Biografia Opracowanie

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Bezpieczeństwo i wojskowość

Książka w języku angielskim. The Cambridge Spies continue to fascinate - but one of them, John Cairncross, has always been more of an enigma than the others. He worked alone and was driven by his hostility to Fascism rather than to the promotion of Communism. During his war-time work at Bletchley Park, he passed documents to the Soviets which went on to influence the Battle of Kursk. Geoff Andrews gained exclusive access to the Cairncross papers and secrets, and has spoken to friends, relatives and former colleagues. In his portrait, a complex individual emerges - a scholar as well as a spy - whose motivations have often been misunderstood. After his resignation from the Civil Service, Cairncross moved to Italy and there he rebuilt his life as a foreign correspondent, editor and university professor. This gave him new circles and friendships - which included the writer Graham Greene - while he always lived with the fear that his earlier espionage would come to light.

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Licence to thrill : a cultural history of the James Bond films / James Chapman. - Third edition. - London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydnay : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. - XV, [1], 308 stron ; 24 cm.

(Cinema and Society Series)

Author

Chapman James (1968- ). Autor

Form of Work

Książki Publikacje popularnonaukowe

Subject

James Bond (postać fikcyjna) Fleming Ian (1908-1964) Film angielski Kino kultowe Produkcja filmowa Wielka Brytania

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Kultura i sztuka Historia

Bibliografia na stronach [285]-296. Indeks.

Książka w języku angielskim. In this new edition of Licence To Thrill, James Chapman builds upon the success of his classic work, regarded as the definitive scholarly study of the history of the James Bond film series from the first picture, Dr No (1962), to the present. He considers the origins of the films in the spy thrillers of Ian Fleming and examines the production histories of the films in the contexts of the British and international film industries. This edition includes a new introduction and chapters on Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021). Chapman explores how the films have changed over time in response to developments in the wider film culture and society at large. He charts the ever-evolving Bond formula, analysing the films' representations of nationhood, class, and gender in a constantly shifting cinematic and ideological landscape.

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Russia's war on everybody and what it means for you / Keir Giles. - London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. - XXI, [1], 242 strony ; 24 cm.

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Giles Keir (1968- ). Autor

Form of Work

Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

Subject

NATO Agresja rosyjska na Ukrainę (2022) Polityka międzynarodowa Wojna rosyjsko-ukraińska (2014- ) Europa Rosja Stany Zjednoczone (USA) Ukraina

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Bezpieczeństwo i wojskowość Polityka, politologia, administracja publiczna

Książka w języku angielskim. Russia's 2022 attack on Ukraine saw confrontation between Moscow and the West spill over into open conflict once again. But Russia has also been waging a clandestine war against the West for decades. Hostile acts abroad, from poisoning dissidents to shooting down airliners, interfering in elections, spying, hacking and murdering, have long seemed to be the Kremlin's daily business. But what is it all for? Why does Russia consistently behave like this? And what does it achieve? Now containing a new preface to the paperback edition, Keir Giles explains how and why Russia pushes for more power and influence wherever it can reach, far beyond Ukraine - and what it means not just for governments, but for ordinary people. Bringing together stories from the military, politics, diplomacy, espionage, cyber power, organised crime and more, Giles describes how Moscow conducts its campaigns across the globe, and how nobody is too unimportant to be caught up in them. By lifting the lid on the daily struggle going on behind the scenes to protect governments, businesses, societies and people from Russian hostile activity, Russia's War On Everybody shows how Moscow's hostile intentions for the rest of the world are far broader and more ambitious, and the ways it tries to achieve them far more pervasive and damaging, than we realise.

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Christian atheism : how to be a real materialist / Slavoj Žižek. - Third reprint. - London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. - VIII, 300 stron ; 22 cm.

Author

Žižek Slavoj (1949- ). Autor

Form of Work

Publikacje popularnonaukowe

Subject

Ateizm Chrześcijaństwo Materializm dialektyczny

Genre/Form

Monografia

Domain

Religia i duchowość

Indeks.

Książka w języku angielskim. Christian atheism is a unique insight into Žižek's theological project and the first book-length exploration of his religious thinking. In his own words, to become a true dialectical materialist, one should go through the Christian experience. Crucial to his whole conception of 'experience' is not some kind of spiritual revelation but rather the logic of materialistic thought. Drawing on traditions and subjects as broad as Buddhist thought, dialectical materialism, political subjectivity, quantum physics, AI and chatbots, this book articulates Žižek''s idea of a religious life for the first time.

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