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Books & documents
- Prejudices, fourth series — H. L. Mencken Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- OUT OF THE SHADOWS: THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING (2010) — Committee on Foreign Affairs Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/]
- CIA Reading Room 0005383505: INTELLIGENCE LITERATURE: SUGGESTED READING LIST (2009) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp86b00885r000600870003-3: YOUR MEETING WITH THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (1983) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Hong Kong Daily Press 1936-08-13 (1936) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- China Mail 1922-10-23 (1922) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp84s00553r000100090004-6: CHINA: THE POLITICS OF HU YAOBANG (1983) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90-00965r000604920006-8: VERNON WALTERS DEBUNKING THE IMAGE OF MYSTERIOUS LONE WOLF (1985) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Hong Kong Telegraph 1939-03-28 (1939) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room 16290853: DIRECTORS OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, 1946-2005 (2005) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room 03177758: CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/11/08 (1957) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp99-01448r000401580001-0: GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH (2012) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room 06923310: WILLIAM J. CASEY AS DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE: AN OVERVIEW (2017) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Hong Kong Telegraph 1933-10-20 (1933) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Love in the Shadows (2014) — Madrid, Dylan, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp89b00224r000602110003-4: THE ANNUAL AWARDS TESTIMONIAL DINNER HONORING AMBASSADOR RICHARD HELMS (1987) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90-00965r000706050003-4: THE LONE-WOLF DIPLOMAT (1985) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room 03148937: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/04/21 (1960) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- China Mail 1927-09-06 (1927) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Tolkien's concise universe (1951) — John and Christopher Tolkien [ed] Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/]
- Kick : the true story of JFK's sister and the heir to Chatsworth (2016) — Byrne, Paula, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp79t01146a000300060001-3: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DAILY DIGEST (1951) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp74b00415r000100010002-4: CIA DIRECTOR HELMS (2002) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- China Mail 1924-05-21 (1924) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room 00544404: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS ON JAMES EARL RAY AND HIS ARREST. (1968) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Ambassador of the shadows (Valerian spatiotemporal agent) (1984) — J.-C MeÌzieÌres Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Ambassador of the Shadows (2016) — Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Ambassador of the Shadows Npb (1985) — Christin & Mezieres Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Valerian and Laureline (2013) — Jean-Claude Mézières Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Ambassador of the Shadows (Valerian Spatiotemporal Agent) (1984) — Jean-Claude Mézières, Pierre Christin Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Giant in the shadows (2011) — Jason Emerson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Living in the Shadow of Death : from a Child of War to an Ambassador of Christ (2019) — Samuel Okurut, Misty Thomas, Adrienne Mugwanya, Charity Okurut Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments) (2008) — Cassandra Clare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Roughing It (1872) — Mark Twain Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The life and times of the Shah, 1919-1980 (2008) — Gholam R. Afkhami Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Cornhill Magazine (1860) — George Murray Smith Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The cure (2002) — N. L. Krement︠s︡ov Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Wings of Freedom (2025) — Francisco-Xavier López-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Rockabilly (2011) — Michael Dregni Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- A dog's world (1998) — Christine Hunsicker Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Ancren Riwle (1853) — James Morton Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- House of nails (2016) — Lenny Dykstra Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Paul the man (1928) — Clarence Edward Noble McCartney Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The envoy (2016) — Zalmay Khalilzad Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Procession of doctrine (2006) — Genevieve Burnell Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The men who knew too much (2011) — Susan M. Griffin Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- No excuses, no regrets (2013) — Trent Toone Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Our place in the sun (2009) — Robert A. Wright Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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