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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to James Bond:
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- 1 2 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Ch. 2
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- ↑ Biddulph, Edward (2022-06-30). Double-O Dining: A James Bond Cookbook. BearManor Media.
- ↑ Buckton, Oliver (2021-06-12). The World Is Not Enough: A Biography of Ian Fleming. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-3858-8.
- ↑ Field, Matthew; Chowdhury, Ajay (2015-10-12). Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-6650-4.