The Spy's Guide: Office Espionage [Paperback]

H. Keith Melton (Author), Craig Piligian (Author), Duane Swierczynski (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2003

Advance Your Career—With Espionage!
 
In today’s business world, information is everything—and no one gathers information more effectively than spies. So why not bring real spying techniques into your workplace? The same tactics developed by professional intelligence agents can be used at businesses of any size to help you get ahead fast! The Spy’s Guide: Office Espionage features illustrated instructions on planting “bugs,” disguising your identity at a trade show, sending anonymous e-mails, and much more. You’ll also discover techniques for:
 
     •  encrypting your address book
     •  photographing confidential documents
     •  reassembling shredded reports
     •  securing your desk
     •  using invisible inks
     •  and much more!
 
The authors also share the real-life exploits of professional spies in the CIA, the KGB, Fortune 500 companies, and other business settings. Now put these tactics to work for yourself!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

H. Keith Melton is one of the world’s foremost experts on the technology of espionage. He is the author of Ultimate Spy, and serves on the board of directors for The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. Craig Piligian is an Emmy Award-winning television producer with an extensive knowledge of espionage tradecraft. Duane Swierczynski is a freelance writer living in Philadelphia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Quirk Books (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931686602
• ISBN-13: 978-1931686600
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #548,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful, More Than Enough Info for Any Working Stiff, March 23, 2005

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Keith Kimmel "Free Thinker, Constant Reader" (OK USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Spy's Guide: Office Espionage (Paperback)

I picked up a copy of this title from a local Barnes & Noble bookstore. Oddly enough, the title was shelved in the humor section, which didn't make much sense to me as the book isn't particularly entertaining but takes a rather serious, right-to-the-point approach to the business of using questionable means to further your career.

The Spy's Guide: Office Espionage will tech you how to: take an impression of a key for duplication, secure a hotel room, check your conference room for bugs, bug a conference room, reassemble shredded documents, copy documents without leaving a trace as to what copier was used, conceal objects in a bottle of water, sneak into a tradeshow without being noticed, use your cell phone to your advantage, make untraceable phone calls and faxes, keep your private conversations private and much more.

As slim as this volume is, it is surprisingly through and complete. For your average working stiff, this will be more than adequate for taking your game to the next level.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, educational, and disturbingly accurate, October 12, 2003

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Jeff Cross "His Illustriousness" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Spy's Guide: Office Espionage (Paperback)

This book contains espionage techniques that has shocked a former KGB major general with its accuracy, as he'd spent twenty years trying to figure out this stuff during the Cold War. Each tactic and method--some amusing, others possibly illegal--such as how to determine leaks in your company, how to determine mail tampering, how to use cellphones as eavesdropping tools, and how to infiltrate your competitors' meetings all come with little true-life examples of similar tactics being used in the field. As with similar books like the WORST-CASE SCENARIO series, DO NO TRY THIS AT HOME, and THE ACTION HERO(INE)'S HANDBOOKs, it's all for entertainment purposes only, but it does make for excellent research material.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for a smile, June 14, 2004

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Maggie "of the Great White North" (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Spy's Guide: Office Espionage (Paperback)

If you are shopping for a conspiracy theorist, than this is not the book for you.

This is a light, fun book that is a quick and easy read. I bought as a gift for someone who loved James Bond-type stuff. He loved the book, and it was passed around the party and we all had a good giggle.

There are a few creepy things in the book (like learning about how you can figure out someone's computer password), and it will likely make you a little more paranoid than you were before.

Just don't buy this expecting to come away with super-spy type powers. It is more of a good stocking-stuffer/birthday type gift.