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1) Cryptography
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
Explores the subject of cryptography, examining how various ciphers were developed and used through history by monarchs, spies, and soldiers. Also discusses the future of the field. Includes a glossary, further resources, and tips for creating secret messages.
Author
Series
Final hour volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablance
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
441 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
x, 422 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The complete untold story of the cracking of the infamous Nazi code
Most histories of the cracking of the elusive Enigma code focus on the work done by the codebreakers at Bletchley Park, Britain's famous World War II counterintelligence station. In this fascinating account, however, we are told, for the first time, the hair-raising stories of the heroic British and American sailors, spies, and secret agents who put their lives on the line to provide...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
World War I is often viewed as a war fought by armies of millions living and fighting in trenches, aided by brutal machinery that cost the lives of many. But behind all of this an intellectual war was also being fought between engineers, chemists, code-breakers, physicists, doctors, mathematicians, and intelligence gatherers. This hidden war was to make a positive and lasting contribution to how war was conducted on land, at sea, and in the air, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
In this picture book biography, young readers will learn all about Elizebeth Friedman (1892-1980), a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA's first cryptology unit. Her story came to light when her secret papers were finally declassified in 2015. From thwarting notorious rumrunners with only paper and pencil to "counter-spying into the minds and activities of" Nazis, Elizebeth held a pivotal...
7) Codebreaker
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It tells the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work decoding thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII. A suburban wife and mother who led a secret double life, her remarkable contributions to the science of cryptology would only come to light decades after her death when classified...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction chronicle of the courageous efforts of remarkable young women recruited by the US government to crack German and Japanese military codes during World War II."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann-Raintree
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.
Language
English
Description
Briefly explores the work of a number of spies and code breakers working against the Nazis in World War II, such as agents code named "Garbo" and "Agent Zigzag," as well as Alan Turing and Barbara Lauwers.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"1943. As war in the Pacific rages on, Isabel Cooper and her codebreaker colleagues huddle in "the dungeon" at Station HYPO in Pearl Harbor, deciphering secrets plucked from the airwaves in a race to bring down the enemy. Isabel has only one wish: to avenge her brother's death. But she soon finds life has other plans when she meets his best friend, a hotshot pilot with secrets of his own. 1965. Fledgling journalist Lu Freitas comes home to Hawai'i...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From Pearl Harbor to Bletchley Park, readers will learn the true stories of the brave men and women who worked behind the scenes to crack codes and gain information during World War II"--
Author
Publisher
London
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiii, 823 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
For a hundred years GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters has been at the forefront of British secret statecraft. Born out of the need to support military operations in the First World War, and fought over ever since, today it is the UK's biggest intelligence, security and cyber agency and a powerful tool of the British state. Famed primarily for its codebreaking achievements at Bletchley Park against Enigma ciphers in the Second World War,...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring graphic novel about Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaking pioneer who changed the course of World War II. Nazi spy rings! No-good gangsters! Shakespearian lies! Discover the courageous woman who cracked all these cases and more-with only a pencil and paper. The youngest of ten siblings, Elizebeth Friedman stood out from an early age with brilliant language skills and a passion for English literature. Eventually, these talents led to a new...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Geniuses at War is the dramatic, untold story of the brilliant team who built the world's first digital electronic computer at Bletchley Park, during a critical time in World War II. Decoding the communication of the Nazi high command was imperative for the success of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Nazi missives were encrypted by the "Tunny" cipher, a code that was orders of magnitude more difficult to crack than the infamous Enigma code. But...
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xvi, 444 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of Elizebeth Smith, who met and married groundbreaking cryptologist William Friedman and worked with him to discover and expose Nazi spy rings in South America by cracking multiple versions of the Enigma machine.
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act... Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they're living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amidst one of the greatest secrets of World War II -- Britain's eccentric codebreaking factory at Bletchley Park. As Jakob joins Bletchley's top minds to crack the Nazi's Enigma cipher, fourteen-year-old...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
ix, 260 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction manuscript for young readers about a group of Allied spies and codebreakers that cracked the Nazis's infamous cypher, allowing them to read secret military messages and turn the tide of World War II. During WWII, as the Germans waged war, every Nazi plan, every attack, was sent over radio. But to the Allies listening in, the messages sounded like gibberish. The communications were encoded with a powerful cypher--unless you could unlock...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Hailey Gordon is looking to make some fast cash to help pay her tuition when she's caught counting cards at the Encore casino in Boston. She grabs her winnings and makes her escape. With guards closing in, she dives into an unlocked room to hide...only to find a dead body. Recently released from prison, Nick Patterson hasn't felt hope in a long time, but the job he "inherited" in prison promises to change that. He enters hotel room 633 to find that...