You were once a newborn. It’s probably hard to imagine
that now, sitting comfortably in your seat, wearing your
clothes and reading this sentence. But there was a time when
you were naked and new, bloody and blind, crying and cold.
You were conscious in that moment, but will never remember
it. You emerged from your...
"A wise and thorough investigation." - Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower and The Terror Years
Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria -- journalists and aid workers -- began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the...
NOT MANY COUNTRIES compel their citizens to vote, but
Australia is one. Voting is compulsory in nineteen of the world’s
166 electoral democracies and only nine strictly enforce it.
None of Europe’s most influential democracies has it, and none
of the countries in the mainstream of Australia’s...
The little-known story of an iconic photographer, whose work captured?and influenced?a critical moment in American history.
Who was Ernest Withers? Most Americans may not know the name, but they do know his photographs. Withers took some of the most legendary images of the 1950s and ’60s: Martin...
Have you ever felt like there’s just not enough time in the day...?For those of us with dreams and goals that we long to see accomplished in our lives, this frustration can be all-too-common. We find ourselves extremely busy, yet still, we struggle to find time for even the tasks we deem most important or the activities that bring us the...
Crypto Dictionary is your full reference resource for all things cryptography.
Cryptography from A5/0 to ZRTP
Expand your mind—and your crypto knowledge—with the ultimate desktop dictionary for all things cryptography. Written by a globally recognized cryptographer for...
An intimate true account of Americans at war, Days of Steel Rain is an epic drama about an unlikely group of men forced to work together in the face of an increasingly desperate enemy during the final year of World War II.
Sprawling across the Pacific, this untold story follows the crew of...
This book teaches system programming with the latest versions of C through a set of practical examples and problems. It covers the development of a handful of programs, implementing efficient coding examples.
Practical System Programming with C contains three main parts: getting your hands dirty with...
