Books with title The Smugglers

The Diamond Smugglers is a non-fiction work by Ian Fleming that was first published in 1957 in the United Kingdom and in 1958 in the United States. The book is based on two weeks of interviews Fleming undertook with John Collard, a member of the International Diamond Security Organisation (IDSO), which was headed by Sir Percy Sillitoe, the ex-chief of MI5 who worked exclusively for the diamond company De Beers. The IDSO was formed by Sillitoe to combat the smuggling of diamonds from Africa, where, it was estimated, £10 million (£179,484,201 in 2013 pounds[1]) worth of gems were being smuggled out of South Africa alone every year. The book expands upon articles Fleming wrote for The Sunday Times in 1957. Fleming was better known as the author of a series of books about his super-spy creation, James Bond; The Diamond Smugglers this is one of two non-fiction books he wrote. It was broadly well-received, although some reviewers commented on the stories not being new.

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Nine related humorous stories: The Fenelby Tariff The Box of Bon-Bons Kitty's Trunks Billy The Pink Shirt Waist Bridget The Amateur Detective The Field of Dishonor Bobberts Intervenes Tariff Reform The Coup d'État Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) was a native of Muscatine, Iowa. Dropping out of high school to help support the family he worked in a number of jobs including ones in a spice mill, an oatmeal mill, a china store, and a wholesale grocery. Moving to New York City in 1896, he began writing for trade magazines such as the Tailor's Review, the Wall Paper News, and The Decorative Furnisher. In 1905, his humorous short story, Pigs is Pigs appeared in the American Magazine, and the following year it was published in book form. Its phenomenal success allowed Butler to give up editing trade papers and turn to full-time authorship.

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