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The Basics of Information Security: Understanding the Fundamentals of InfoSec in Theory and Practice

Syngress Publishing, 2011

Boring, boring, boring. Isn’t this what immediately comes to mind when one sees books on foundational concepts of information security? Monotonous coverage of theory, dry details of history, brief yet inadequate coverage of every topic known to man, even though you know that you’ll never be hired by the NSA as a...

Physics for Game Developers

O'Reilly, 2001

Colliding billiard balls. Missile trajectories. Cornering dynamics in speeding cars. By applying the laws of physics, you can realistically model nearly everything in games that bounces around, flies, rolls, slides, or isn't sitting still, to create compelling, believable content for computer games, simulations, and animation. Physics for Game...

The Best Damn Management Book Ever: 9 Keys to Creating Self-Motivated High Achievers

John Wiley & Sons, 2011

Anyone who knows me knows I am a maniacal sports fan. I religiously follow Major League Baseball (San Francisco Giants), NFL football (New York Giants), and NBA basketball (Boston Celtics). My knowledge of useless sports trivia has won me numerous drinks in more bars than I care to remember. I see nothing wrong with Jimmy Fallon’s...

What Were They Thinking?: The Brainless Blunders That Changed Sports History

Harper Perennial, 2009

In the uninspired corner of publishing that produces too many hackneyed sports titles, the efforts of Kyle Garlett shine.In Garlett's hands, moments that are hilarious or painful (or both, depending on one's rooting interest) become opportunities to extract lessons from delicious ironies.. A fine choice. (amNew York )

In 1919, the...

Stumbling On Wins: Two Economists Expose the Pitfalls on the Road to Victory in Professional Sports

FT Press, 2010

Don’t they want to win? Every sports fan asks that question. And no wonder! Teams have an immense amount of detailed, quantifiable information to draw upon. They have powerful incentives for making good decisions. Everyone sees the results of their choices, and the consequences for failure...

Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS (2nd Edition)

New Riders Publishing, 2007

No matter how visually appealing or content-packed a Web site may be, if it's not adaptable to a variety of situations and reaching the widest possible audience, it isn't really succeeding. In Bulletproof Web Desing, author and Web designer extraordinaire, Dan Cederholm outlines standards-based strategies for building designs that provide...

What We Could Have Done With the Money: 50 Ways to Spend the Trillion Dollars We've Spent on Iraq

Hyperion, 2008

The war in Iraq is not only controversial, it's also astronomically expensive. Now Rob Simpson answers the question many concerned Americans have been asking: Wasn't there some other way the government could have spent one trillion of our tax dollars?

What We Could Have Done with the Money presents 50 thought-provoking spending...

Special Ops: Host and Network Security for Microsoft, UNIX, and Oracle

Syngress Publishing, 2003

As “techies,” we embrace the ability to understand the technology behind how
and why things work, to a point beyond most other people’s interest. Usually
what drives our interest is curiosity, a curiosity very similar to that which we
experienced in childhood.

Curiosity comes in different shapes and sizes...

Wii Fitness For Dummies

For Dummies, 2010

Have fun while getting fit!

Here's how to get the most from your Wii Fitness system

It's a perfect fit — Wii gaming fun designed to improve your overall health and fitness! The advice of these two personal trainers makes it even better. You'll learn to use Wii Fit Plus, EA Sports Active:...

American History Through Literature 1870-1920

Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005

This A-Z, cross-referenced and illustrated title provides a unique overview of the period following the Civil War through the emergence of the United States as a world power at the end of World War I. The set features more than 250 survey entries. Subjects include: political topics (Reform, Women's Suffrage); ideas in context (Scientific...

Adrenaline and the Inner World: An Introduction to Scientific Integrative Medicine

The Johns Hopkins University, 2006

This accessible work is the first in more than seventy-five years to discuss the many roles of adrenaline in regulating the "inner world" of the body. David S. Goldstein, an international authority and award-winning teacher, introduces new concepts concerning the nature of stress and distress across the body's regulatory...

OpenGL Game Programming w/CD (Prima Tech's Game Development)

Course Technology PTR, 2002

OpenGL® Game Programming teaches you how to use OpenGL to create dynamic 3D environments and effects for use in game development. Beginning with the histories of OpenGL and Microsoft® DirectX®, programming essentials for Microsoft Windows®, and 3D theory, you'll quickly move on to lessons on the functionality of OpenGL. Most of the...

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