Description: Books and DVDs about creating codes and ciphers, along with historical uses of codes and ciphers.
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Last updated: July 4, 2011, 2:45 pm

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Book

• George Washington, spymaster : how the Americans outspied the British and won the Revolutionary War (2004)
• Allen, Thomas B.
• Call number: J 973.385 Al
• Added to list on June 29, 2011, 6:25 pm
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2

Book

• The book of codes : understanding the world of hidden messages : an illustrated guide to signs, symbols, ciphers, and secret languages (2009)
• Call number: 652.8 Bo
• Added to list on June 29, 2011, 6:26 pm
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3

Book

• Mysterious messages : a history of codes and ciphers (2009)
• Blackwood, Gary L.
• Call number: Y 652.8 Bl
• Added to list on June 29, 2011, 6:27 pm
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4

Book

• Top secret : a handbook of codes, ciphers, and secret writing (2004)
• Janeczko, Paul B.
• Call number: Y 652.8 Ja
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Book

• Secret messages : concealment, codes, and other types of ingenious communication (2001)
• Butler, William S.
• Call number: 652.8 Bu
• Added to list on June 29, 2011, 6:28 pm
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6

Book

• Hidden in plain view : the secret story of quilts and the underground railroad (1999)
• Tobin, Jacqueline, 1950-
• Call number: Black Studies 973.711 To
• Added to list on June 29, 2011, 6:29 pm
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7

DVD

• True whispers : the story of the Navajo code talkers (2007)
• Call number: DVD 940.54 Tr
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8

Book

• Unsung heroes of World War Ⅱ : the story of the Navajo code talkers (1998)
• Durrett, Deanne, 1940-
• Call number: Y 940.548 Du
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9

DVD

• Decoding Nazi secrets (2007)
• Call number: DVD 943.086 De
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10

Book

• Seizing the enigma : the race to break the German U-boat codes, 1939-1943 (1991)
• Kahn, David, 1930-
• Call number: 940.548 Ka
• Added to list on June 29, 2011, 6:31 pm
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Book

• Battle of wits : the complete story of codebreaking in World War Ⅱ (2000)
• Budiansky, Stephen.
• Call number: 940.548 Bu
• Added to list on June 29, 2011, 6:31 pm
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• Downtown 2nd Fl., Pittsfield Adult

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12

Book

• The emperor's codes : the breaking of Japan's secret ciphers (2000)
• Smith, Michael, 1952 May 1-
• Call number: 940.548 Sm
• Added to list on June 29, 2011, 6:31 pm
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13

Book

• The code book : the science of secrecy from ancient Egypt to quantum cryptography (1999)
• Singh, Simon.
• Call number: 652.8 Si
• Added to list on July 4, 2011, 2:45 pm
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• Malletts Adult

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