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The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS: Solving Crime with Mathematics

Plume, 2007

“Numb3rs looks like a winn3r.”
—USA Today

The companion to the hit CBS crime series Numb3rs presents the fascinating way mathematics is used to fight real-life crime

Using the popular CBS prime-time TV crime series Numb3rs as a...

Mafiaboy: How I Cracked the Internet and Why It's Still Broken

Viking Adult, 2008

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.

"HOT ON THE TRAIL OF 'MAFIABOY" read a headline on technology news site Wired.com on February 15,...

Serial Killer Investigations

Summersdale Publishers, 2007

In 1977, FBI Special Agent Robert Ressler first used the term ‘serial killer’ after a visit to Bramshill Police Academy, near London, where someone referred to a ‘serial burglar’. The inspired coinage was soon in general use to describe killers such as necrophile Ed Kemper (ten victims), schizophrenic Herb Mullin (14),...

Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty

Syngress Publishing, 2004

"If I had this book 10 years ago, the FBI would never have found me!" -- Kevin Mitnick This book has something for everyone---from the beginner hobbyist with no electronics or coding experience to the self-proclaimed "gadget geek." Take an ordinary piece of equipment and turn it into a personal work of art. Build upon an...

Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football

Princeton Press, 2009

If you have picked up this book you surely love sports and you probably like math. You may have read Michael Lewis’s great book Moneyball, which describes how the Oakland A’s used mathematical analysis to help them compete successfully with the New York Yankees even though the average annual payroll for the A’s is less than 40...

Scientology

Oxford University Press, 2009

Scientology is arguably the most persistently controversial of all contemporary New Religious Movements. The Church of Scientology has been involved in battles over tax issues, a ten-year conflict with the Food and Drug Administration, extended turmoil with a number of European governments, and has even been subjected to FBI raids in Washington,...

The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

The hacker subculture — shrouded in mystery, spiced with a hint of glamour, and thoroughly misunderstood by those who don't belong — was revealed in the original edition of The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey. The book became an instant bestseller. If you're a 2600 subscriber, a member of the hacker community, a geek freak, or simply a...

Conquest in Cyberspace: National Security and Information Warfare

Cambridge University Press, 2007

With billions of computers in existence, cyberspace, 'the virtual world created when they are connected,' is said to be the new medium of power. Computer hackers operating from anywhere can enter cyberspace and take control of other people's computers, stealing their information, corrupting their workings, and shutting them down. Modern societies...

Mike Meyers' A+ Guide: PC Technician (Exams 220-602, 220-603 & 220-604)

McGraw-Hill, 2007

Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career

Mike Meyers, the leading authority on CompTIA A+ training and certification, has helped hundreds of thousands of people master the skills covered on the CompTIA A+ exams--and now he can help you, too. Completely updated for the new CompTIA A+ standards, Mike Meyers' CompTIA...

Mike Meyers' A+ Certification Passport, Third Edition

McGraw-Hill, 2007

From the #1 Name in Professional Certification

Get on the road to becoming an A+ certified professional with this concise, affordable, and portable study tool. Certification training guru Mike Meyers and Tracey Rosenblath will guide you on your career path, providing expert tips and sound advice along the way. With an intensive focus on only...

Vatican assassins: "wounded in the house of my friends"

Halycon Unified Services, 2001

Eric Jon Phelps gives the past and present diabolical history of the Society of Jesus. Its Second Thirty Years' War (1914-1945), including the Jewish, Lutheran, Orthodox and Buddhist Holocausts, was vengeance for the Order's expulsion from Europe and Asia during the Nineteenth Century.

Its Cold War was the coninuation of the killing of...

Mind + Body

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2008

Chris Baker considered himself a normal teenager until shortly before his eighteenth birthday when his father died mysteriously, leaving behind an unexpected fortune. Everything changed after that. Now in the crosshairs of the FBI, the Marine Corps, Interpol, and a handful of trained killers, Chris finds himself in a world of guns, assassins,...

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