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Last Call for Blackford Oakes

A Blackford Oakes Mystery

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Series Audiobook 11 - The Blackford Oakes Mysteries
Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

Over twenty years ago, William F. Buckley Jr. launched the dashing character of Blackford Oakes like a missile over the literary landscape. This newly minted CIA agent—brainy, bold, and complex—began his career by saving the queen of England and quickly took his place in the pantheon of master spies drawn up by Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, and John le Carré.Against the backdrop of Cold War ... Read more

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Over twenty years ago, William F. Buckley Jr. launched the dashing character of Blackford Oakes like a missile over the literary landscape. This newly minted CIA agent—brainy, bold, and complex—began his career by saving the queen of England and quickly took his place in the pantheon of master spies drawn up by Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, and John le Carré.Against the backdrop of Cold War
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High Jinx

by William F. Buckley ...

Narrated by Christopher Hurt ...

Series Audiobook 7 - The Blackford Oakes Mysteries
Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

As Anatole Broyard of the New York Times has so aptly said, "If le Carr├® is the Henry James of suspense fiction, Buckley, if he chose, might be the Waugh." Bill Buckley has created a handsome American hero, Blackford Oakes, who happens to be an irreverent Yale-and-CIA-trained superspy.The year is 1954. Stalin has died in Moscow and a deadly earnest power play nears its conclusion. Meanwhile, ... Read more

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As Anatole Broyard of the New York Times has so aptly said, "If le Carr├® is the Henry James of suspense fiction, Buckley, if he chose, might be the Waugh." Bill Buckley has created a handsome American hero, Blackford Oakes, who happens to be an irreverent Yale-and-CIA-trained superspy.The year is 1954. Stalin has died in Moscow and a deadly earnest power play nears its conclusion. Meanwhile,
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The Story of Henri Tod

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Series Audiobook 5 - The Blackford Oakes Mysteries
Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

It is 1961 in Berlin, and the Cold War is at its most chilling. Suave CIA agent Blackford Oakes has come to investigate.Brilliant, charismatic, and with a tragic past, Henri Tod is head of Bruderschaft, the underground anti-Communist organization. Oakes will need his help in cracking the dark plots the Eastern bloc powers are hatching. And the KGB have found the one chink in Tod’s armor. ... Read more

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It is 1961 in Berlin, and the Cold War is at its most chilling. Suave CIA agent Blackford Oakes has come to investigate.Brilliant, charismatic, and with a tragic past, Henri Tod is head of Bruderschaft, the underground anti-Communist organization. Oakes will need his help in cracking the dark plots the Eastern bloc powers are hatching. And the KGB have found the one chink in Tod’s armor.
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See You Later, Alligator

A Blackford Oakes Mystery

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Series Audiobook 6 - The Blackford Oakes Mysteries
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10 hours 30 min

The year is 1961; the setting, Havana. CIA super-secret agent Blackford Oakes has been sent there on a mission, only to find himself in the eye of an international political hurricane.President Kennedy has selected Oakes to meet with Che Guevara inside Castro’s Cuba as part of Operation Alligator, a daring plan to bring about an era of détente in East-West relations. The communists, however, have ... Read more

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The year is 1961; the setting, Havana. CIA super-secret agent Blackford Oakes has been sent there on a mission, only to find himself in the eye of an international political hurricane.President Kennedy has selected Oakes to meet with Che Guevara inside Castro’s Cuba as part of Operation Alligator, a daring plan to bring about an era of détente in East-West relations. The communists, however, have
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Who’s on First

A Blackford Oakes Mystery

by William F. Buckley ...

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Series Audiobook 3 - The Blackford Oakes Mysteries
Unabridged

7 hours 11 min

It’s 1956, and the Cold War is hot. Hungary has just fallen, and Blackford Oakes is back from Budapest, puzzling over a betrayal and mourning a tragedy he couldn’t prevent. But in Washington, as in the Kremlin, all attention is focused on the race to put the first satellite in space. Ironically, each has the secrets the other needs. The solution: kidnap a pair of extraordinary Russian scientists ... Read more

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It’s 1956, and the Cold War is hot. Hungary has just fallen, and Blackford Oakes is back from Budapest, puzzling over a betrayal and mourning a tragedy he couldn’t prevent. But in Washington, as in the Kremlin, all attention is focused on the race to put the first satellite in space. Ironically, each has the secrets the other needs. The solution: kidnap a pair of extraordinary Russian scientists
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Saving the Queen

A Blackford Oakes Mystery

by William F. Buckley ...

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Series Audiobook 1 - The Blackford Oakes Mysteries
Unabridged

10 hours 15 min

President Truman is near the end of his term in office, and Great Britain has a new queen. It is 1952, the Cold War is heating up, and vital military secrets are falling into Soviet hands. The CIA faces a delicate dilemma—for the source of the leaks has been traced directly to the Queen's chambers. The situation must be resolved but without damaging the young Queen's self-confidence and public ... Read more

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President Truman is near the end of his term in office, and Great Britain has a new queen. It is 1952, the Cold War is heating up, and vital military secrets are falling into Soviet hands. The CIA faces a delicate dilemma—for the source of the leaks has been traced directly to the Queen's chambers. The situation must be resolved but without damaging the young Queen's self-confidence and public
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The Morality of Laughter

by F. H. Buckley ...

“Bravo! I’ll say nothing funny about it, for it is asuperior piece of work.”—P. J. O’Rourke“F. H. Buckley’s The Morality of Laughter is at oncea humorous look at serious matters and a seriousbook about humor.”—Crisis Magazine“Buckley has written a . ne and funny book that willbe read with pleasure and instruction.”—First Things“. . . written elegantly and often wittily. . . .”—Nat... ... Read more

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“Bravo! I’ll say nothing funny about it, for it is asuperior piece of work.”—P. J. O’Rourke“F. H. Buckley’s The Morality of Laughter is at oncea humorous look at serious matters and a seriousbook about humor.”—Crisis Magazine“Buckley has written a . ne and funny book that willbe read with pleasure and instruction.”—First Things“. . . written elegantly and often wittily. . . .”—Nat...
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Tucker's Last Stand

by William F. Buckley ...

Series series The Blackford Oakes Mysteries
A CIA agent goes from the White House swimming pool to the sweltering jungles of Vietnam in this novel in the New York Times–bestselling series: "A romp" ( The Wall Street Journal).It starts with a naked president. Blackford Oakes, the most elegant spy in the CIA, meets Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House swimming pool, and has no choice but to accept the president's invitation to skinny-dip. ... Read more

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A CIA agent goes from the White House swimming pool to the sweltering jungles of Vietnam in this novel in the New York Times–bestselling series: "A romp" ( The Wall Street Journal).It starts with a naked president. Blackford Oakes, the most elegant spy in the CIA, meets Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House swimming pool, and has no choice but to accept the president's invitation to skinny-dip.
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Up From Liberalism

by William F. Buckley Jr. ...

William Frank Buckley Jr.'s third book, originally published in 1959, is an urbane and controversial attack on the manners and meaning of American Liberalism in the 1950s. His thesis is that the leading American liberals can be shown, in their speeches and statements, in the tacit premises that underlie their words and deeds, to be suffering from a long, but definable list of social and ... Read more

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William Frank Buckley Jr.'s third book, originally published in 1959, is an urbane and controversial attack on the manners and meaning of American Liberalism in the 1950s. His thesis is that the leading American liberals can be shown, in their speeches and statements, in the tacit premises that underlie their words and deeds, to be suffering from a long, but definable list of social and
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Mongoose, R.I.P.

by William F. Buckley ...

Series Book 8 - The Blackford Oakes Mysteries
Blackford Oakes launches a wild attempt to kill Castro on behalf of the CIAEver since the botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs, Fidel Castro has run amok. He has executed thousands of his enemies, driven his countrymen to emigrate, and done everything possible to run Cuba into the ground—all in a deliberate attempt to humiliate the White House. At least, that's how the situation looks from 1600 ... Read more

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Blackford Oakes launches a wild attempt to kill Castro on behalf of the CIAEver since the botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs, Fidel Castro has run amok. He has executed thousands of his enemies, driven his countrymen to emigrate, and done everything possible to run Cuba into the ground—all in a deliberate attempt to humiliate the White House. At least, that's how the situation looks from 1600
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Saving the Queen

by William F. Buckley ...

Series Book 1 - The Blackford Oakes Mysteries
New York Times bestseller: The first mystery featuring the sophisticated deep-cover CIA agent: "Rollickingly ribald . . . Consistently witty." — Los Angeles Times Book ReviewBlackford Oakes has never been afraid of obeying orders. During the war, it's what kept him alive. When he leaves the air force for Yale, Oakes is studious, temperate, and polite. He knows how to follow rules—but he also ... Read more

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New York Times bestseller: The first mystery featuring the sophisticated deep-cover CIA agent: "Rollickingly ribald . . . Consistently witty." — Los Angeles Times Book ReviewBlackford Oakes has never been afraid of obeying orders. During the war, it's what kept him alive. When he leaves the air force for Yale, Oakes is studious, temperate, and polite. He knows how to follow rules—but he also
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Last Call for Blackford Oakes

by William F. Buckley ...

Series Book 11 - The Blackford Oakes Mysteries
The brilliant CIA agent goes up against infamous Soviet spy Kim Philby in this "lively, entertaining" Cold War thriller ( Publishers Weekly).Blackford "Blackie" Oakes is the greatest spy in American history, but he's no longer allowed behind enemy lines. As the former director of covert operations for the CIA, he knows too much to risk falling into enemy hands. But something has come up that ... Read more

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The brilliant CIA agent goes up against infamous Soviet spy Kim Philby in this "lively, entertaining" Cold War thriller ( Publishers Weekly).Blackford "Blackie" Oakes is the greatest spy in American history, but he's no longer allowed behind enemy lines. As the former director of covert operations for the CIA, he knows too much to risk falling into enemy hands. But something has come up that
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