The world's most famous spy is James Bond, the fictional character created by British

writer Ian Fleming.

There have been more than 20 movies made based on Bond, fighting villains, you know, Dr.

No, Goldfinger, odd job.

And of course there is the theme song, which you recognize in the first moment it starts.

But there are real spies out there in the world, doing real spycraft.

And it has a lot less to do with handsome British guys jumping out of airplanes or running

across crocodiles, and a lot more to do with libraries and nondescript houses.

That is what actual spycraft looks like.

It is quiet, it is often boring, it is also totally fascinating.

And today our places editors, Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy have two stories about

real world espionage, espionage that may have bored James Bond tears, but is nonetheless

how it actually happens.

Every library holds its share of mysteries, from long forgotten manuscripts to ancient artifacts.

They are also bastions of solitude, the perfect place to hold meetings, conduct research,

and sometimes share secrets.

But really did those secrets ever come to light?

Except for the case of the World Himes study located inside the New York Public Library

in Manhattan, New York.

The room was created in the 1960s by Barbara Tuckney, and is often referred to as exceedingly

quiet, and is dedicated to scholars and writers.

The World Himes study in its veil of silence became the perfect place for Earl Edwin

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