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A collection of both classic intrigue and intrepid self-examination, For Your Eyes Only packs full, vibrant worlds into five classic tales.

In “Octopussy,” a former operative in the Second World War must face the consequences of past sins when James Bond knocks on the door of his Caribbean fortress, and in “The Property of a Lady” Bond deciphers the elaborate codes of a Sotheby’s bidding war in order to catch a KGB agent. “007 in New York” takes Bond to the titular city to warn an ex-agent of her boyfriend’s secret KGB affiliation. And “The Living Daylights” sends Bond to Berlin to protect a British agent before an assassin strikes.

Une partie de canasta se révèle truquée et une fille en or finit par y mourir. Il semble qu'Auric Goldfinger soit un mauvais perdant quand il s'agit de cartes. C'est aussi le trafiquant d'or le plus impitoyable et le plus prospère du monde. En suivant sa trace, James Bond découvre que le vrai jeu de Goldfinger est le vol de quinze milliards de dollars de lingots du gouvernement américain. La dernière main est jouée à Fort Knox, dans une démonstration spectaculaire de tromperie et d'intrigue.

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.

Vivienne Michel, a precocious French Canadian raised in the United Kingdom, feels like a foreigner in every land. With only a supercharged Vespa and a handful of American dollars, she travels down winding roads into the pine forests of the Adirondacks. After stopping at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court and being coerced into caretaking at the vacant motel for the night, Viv opens the door to two armed mobsters and realizes being a woman alone is no easy task. But when a third stranger arrives—a confident Englishman with a keen sense for sizing things up—the tables are turned.

En ellos, Bond se verá envuelto en una escabrosa misión de la OTAN donde habrá de investigar un asesinato, se enfrentará a un jerarca nazi en la Cuba de Baptista, hablará del amor y la crueldad que a veces este implica con el gobernador de Bahamas, tratará de destruir una operación de contrabando de drogas en Italia, y será testigo de las retorcidas relaciones de un millonario americano con su esposa y el criado de ambos durante un extraño viaje marítimo.

Ernst Stavro Blofeld, chef de l'organisation terroriste SPECTRE, a détourné un avion américain chargé d'armes atomiques. Si ses exigences ne sont pas satisfaites, il détruira l'une des principales villes du monde. Ne disposant que d'une semaine pour retrouver les bombes manquantes, Bond se rend aux Bahamas où il rencontre le bras droit de Blofeld, Emilio Largo, et sa maîtresse Domino. Alors que le temps presse, Bond apprend que les requins ne sont pas les seuls tueurs de la mer des Caraïbes.

For James Bond and the British Secret Service, the stakes couldn’t be higher. 007’s mission is to neutralise the Russian operative Le Chiffre by ruining him at the baccarat table, forcing his Soviet masters to ‘retire’ him. When Le Chiffre hits a losing streak, Bond discovers his luck is in – that is, until he meets Vesper Lynd, a glamorous agent who might yet prove to be his downfall.

A mysterious suicide. An airbus A380 heads over the Colorado mountains, before crashing through the snow clouds. The only bridge over the River Styx is taken out. No phones, no internet, no communication with the outside world. Then things start to get strange. Welcome to a town called Hell. This collaborative collection of short stories takes place over the last seven days in Hell. Poisonous green slime, murderous rampages, talking trees, rogue wolf-packs - the residents of Hell are having a bad week.

Vivienne Michel, una joven canadiense, trata de huir de un pasado lleno de decepciones amorosas. Inicia un viaje por Estados Unidos y termina hospedándose en un pequeño hotel de carretera. No mucho después, dos peligrosos asesinos llegan al hotel y Vivienne se ve amenazada por el terrible peligro que representan. Pero entonces entra en juego un inglés tremendamente carismático, que se enfrentará a muerte a los asesinos y hará que la joven, que se siente fascinada por el británico, recupere la esperanza en la vida.

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. Now 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 est la cible de la SMERSH qui veut l'éliminer à tout prix. La malveillante colonelle Rosa Klebb lui a tendu un piège à Istanbul en utilisant comme appât la machine à décoder Spektor, qui doit être livrée par l'irrésistible Tatiana Romanova. L'assassin étant Red Grant, un psychopathe qui a fait défection à l'Ouest, Bond et Tatiana deviennent les pions d'un jeu de chassé-croisé qui atteint sa finalité mortelle dans l'Orient-Express.

Des diamants sont passés en contrebande à grande échelle de l'Afrique à l'Amérique en passant par la Grande-Bretagne. La mission de 007 est de démanteler ce réseau de contrebande. Cette mission dangereuse l'emmène à l'hippodrome et aux bains de boue de Saratoga Springs, aux tables de jeu de Las Vegas, à la ville fantôme de Spectreville et bien au-delà. La mafia étoilée menace d'être trop forte, même pour Bond, mais il peut compter sur l'aide de Tiffany Case, une co-conspiratrice.

Moonraker (1955) is the third novel by the British author Ian Fleming that features secret service agent James Bond. Based on a Fleming screenplay, the plot involves industrialist Hugo Drax and a prototype missile intended for the defense of the United Kingdom. Drax, however, intends to use it for an opposite purpose. The novel’s themes include the idea of the traitor within, the Cold War, totalitarian ideologies, and nuclear apocalypse.

Live and Let Die is the second novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series of stories. Set in London, New York City, Florida, and Jamaica, the story follows Bond's pursuit of "Mr Big, a criminal who works with the Soviet secret service and is involved in the world of voodoo. Mr. Big is smuggling pirate treasure from the Caribbean to New York and funnelling the proceeds to Moscow. Bond‘s job is to sabotage Mr Big’s operation and reclaim the treasure for the United Kingdom.

James Bond semble incapable de reprendre sa fonction après la mort de sa femme. Déterminé à refaire de 007 l'agent efficace qu'il était, M l'envoie en mission au Japon, au mystérieux "Château de la Mort" et dans le repaire d'un vieil et terrifiant ennemi. Pour Bond et Blofeld, ce sera leur dernière rencontre. Seul l'un d'entre eux peut survivre.

Casino Royale, the first novel by the British author Ian Fleming, was published in 1953. As the first James Bond book, it paved the way for a further 11 novels and two short story collections by Fleming, and numerous further Bond novels by other authors. It tells the story of the British secret agent James Bond, gambling at the casino in Royale-les-Eaux to bankrupt the treasurer of a communist union who is a secret member of Soviet state intelligence. The novel is packed with intrigue, action, close escapes, clever spy gadgets, intrigue, and glamorous women.

In his Alpine base, Blofeld is developing biological weapons that will devastate Britain. Unaware of the danger, James Bond is about to marryTeresa di Vicenzo, the daughter of a Corsican Mafioso. But then he is sent to Switzerland. Bond’s marriage and Blofeld’s schemes disintegrate in a blizzard of gunfire and high-explosives from which neither man emerges the victor.

James Bond seems unable to function after the death of his wife. Determined to restore 007 to the effective agent he used to be, M sends him on a mission to Japan, to the mysterious ‘Castle of Death’ and into the lair of an old and terrifying enemy. For Bond and Blofeld, this will be their final encounter. Only one of them can survive.

Le projet Moonraker a un commanditaire millionnaire, le héros de guerre Sir Hugo Drax—un homme qui, semble-t-il, triche aux cartes. Avec une fusée balistique en jeu, l'exposition de Sir Hugo pourrait menacer le dernier système de défense de la Grande-Bretagne. James Bond est donc chargé d'enquêter. Passant du club de jeu le plus exclusif de Londres à un silo à missiles sur la côte de la Manche, 007 et son assistante de la branche spéciale, Gala Brand, découvrent que Drax est bien plus que ce que l'on croit.