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Ian Fleming’s world travels and interests, as well as his journalism and wartime experiences, lent authority to everything he wrote. In 1959, the Sunday Times commissioned Fleming to write a series of dispatches from the world’s most beguiling locales. The result was Thrilling Cities, a masterpiece of well-observed travelogue that stands ably alongside the author’s Bond canon. From Hong Kong to Honolulu, New York to Naples, he left the bright main streets for the back alleys, abandoning tourist sites in favor of underground haunts, and mingling with celebrities, gangsters and geishas.

James Bond is shattered by the murder of his wife at the hands of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, and only the prospect of a particularly challenging mission can draw him out of his deep depression. Determined to restore 007 to his former effectiveness, M sends Bond to Japan, where a criminal mastermind is using a poisonous garden inside a rocky island fortress to lure people to their deaths. Bond will have to infiltrate and destroy this mysterious "Castle of Death" in exchange for top secret Japanese intelligence.

Bond may have a license to kill, but “Pistols” Scaramanga has a talent for it. He’s a KGB-trained assassin who’s left a trail of dead British Secret Service agents in his wake. His weapon of choice? A gold-plated Colt .45. In the aftermath of his brainwashing by the Soviets, Bond is given one last chance to win back M’s trust: terminate Scaramanga before he strikes MI6 again.

Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6’s Jamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the vacation is over. On this island, all suspicious activity leads inexorably to Dr. Julius No, a reclusive megalomaniac with steel pincers for hands. To find out what the good doctor is hiding, 007 must enlist the aid of local fisherman Quarrel and alluring beachcomber Honeychile Rider.

SMERSH, the Russian intelligence unit whose acronym stands for “Death to Spies,” is hell-bent on destroying Special Agent James Bond. His death would deal a catastrophic hammer blow to the heart of the British Secret Service. The lure? A beautiful woman who needs 007’s help. Tatiana Romanova is a Russian spy who promises to hand over the prized Spektor decoding machine if Bond aids her defection. Bond suspects a trap but can’t resist the opportunity to give the British the upper hand in a chilling new front of the Cold War.

The Spangled Mob are no ordinary American gangsters. They prey on the addictions of the wealthy and treat the poor as collateral. Their ruthless desire for power and fierce brotherly loyalty make them deadly and invincible. James Bond must go deep undercover in his urgent new assignment: to destroy their millionaire masterminds, Jack and Seraffimo Spang. But the Spangs’ cruel influence is everywhere, from dusty African diamond mines to the frenzied gambling dens of Las Vegas. Can Bond find his men before his cover is blown?

James Bond is not an easily intimidated man, but it’s hard not to feel unnerved in the presence of Mr. Big. A ruthless Harlem gangster who uses superstition and fear to control his vast criminal empire, he’s also one of SMERSH’s top American operatives. Mr. Big has been smuggling British pirate treasure to New York from a remote Jamaican island and funneling the proceeds to Moscow.

Sir Hugo Drax is a multimillionaire tycoon and war hero, revered by the British public for his new Moonraker missile defense system. But there’s more to this enigmatic millionaire than he lets on. When M suspects Drax of cheating at cards, he is baffled that the patriot would risk his reputation and his rocket program on a game, so he assigns Bond to infiltrate Drax’s circle.

Die meisterhaft erzählten Agenten- und Spionageromane aus der Feder Ian Flemings erstmals UNCUT! Für James Bond, Geheimagent 007, kann Spionage eine dreckige Angelegenheit sein. Ob er einen unberechenbaren Major aufspürt, der ein tödliches Geheimnis mit in die Karibik genommen hat, einen russischen Agenten identifiziert, der aus undurchsichtigen Gründen für ein Fabergé-Ei in einem Sotheby’s Auktionshaus bietet, oder unbarmherzig einen Auftragskiller in einer Heckenschützen-Gasse zwischen Ost- und Westberlin niederschießt – Bond schließt den Fall ab – mit verbissener Zielstrebigkeit.

In 1957, as the Cold War raged, Ian Fleming took a respite from writing James Bond to craft a work of nonfiction every bit as tense as a Bond adventure. Aided by an ex-MI5 agent and International Diamond Security Organization operative going by the alias “John Blaize,” Fleming chronicled the IDSO’s infiltration of the “million-carat network”―the world’s most notorious diamond smuggling ring.

Der einer Gehirnwäsche unterzogene Bond hat versucht, M, seinen Chef, zu ermorden, und ist gescheitert. Nun muss Bond beweisen, dass er in alter Form zurück und wieder vertrauenswürdig ist. „Alles“, was 007 zu tun hat, ist, den tödlichsten Auftragskiller der Welt zur Strecke zu bringen – Paco „Pistols“ Scaramanga, der Mann mit dem goldenen Colt. Doch trotz seiner Lizenz zum Töten ist 007 kein Mörder. So beschließt er auf der Suche nach Scaramanga in der schwülen Hitze Jamaikas, die kriminelle Vereinigung des Killers zu infiltrieren. Bald schon wird ihm klar, dass er seinen Gegner so schnell wie möglich erledigen muss.

Bond, ein gebrochener Mann nach dem Mord an seiner Frau durch Ernst Stavro Blofeld, will dem Agentenleben entsagen und gefährdet so sich selbst und seine Kollegen. M, der nicht bereit ist, den Verlust einer seiner besten Agenten zu akzeptieren, schickt 007 nach Japan auf eine letzte, fast unlösbare Mission. Aber Japan besiegelt Bonds Untergang, als er in einer mysteriösen Residenz, bekannt als „Schloss des Todes“, auf einen alten, wiederbelebten Feind trifft. Alle Zeichen deuten auf das Ende des britischen Agenten hin... und diesmal scheint selbst Bond dem nichts entgegen halten zu können.

Als Bond eine leichtsinnige, junge Frau vor der Selbstzerstörung bewahrt, stößt er auf die Spur einer der gefährlichsten Männer der Welt – Ernst Stavro Blofeld, der Kopf hinter SPECTRE. In der schneebedeckten Feste seiner alpinen Station betreibt Blofeld Forschungen, die die Sicherheit der gesamten Welt bedrohen könnten. Um die Pläne des kriminellen Genies zu vereiteln, muss Bond sich selbst und die lebenswichtigen Informationen, die er gesammelt hat, den SPECTRE-Agenten entreißen und aus der Station retten. Das bedarf der Hilfe einer Person, die weiß, wie man auf Hochtouren läuft.

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Ian Fleming was best known for bringing to life the legendary character of James Bond, one of the most beloved and enduring icons of our time, but he was perhaps even more interesting than his creation. His career in Naval Intelligence and extensive travels around the world gave Fleming a keen eye and the authority to write on a wide range of topics beyond Bond’s adventures. This collection contains a selection of journalism and other writings by Fleming, covering his wartime experiences, reflections on crime and espionage, and the process of writing his novels, among other topics.

The Original James Bond Collection, Vol 2 has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

The Original James Bond Collection, Vol 1 has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

The Original James Bond Collection, Vol 3 has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

The Original James Bond Collection, Vol 4 has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.