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The Encyclopedia of the Cold War: A Political, Social, and Military History, 5 Volume Set

ABC Clio, 2007

A comprehensive five-volume reference on the defining conflict of the second half of the 20th century, covering all aspects of the Cold War as it influenced events around the world.

• 1,299 entries covering all facets of the Cold War from its origins to its aftermath, including all political, diplomatic, military,...

Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, Second Edition

John Wiley & Sons, 1995

There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files. This book is about the latter.

If I take a letter, lock it in a safe, hide the safe somewhere in New York, then tell you to read the letter,...

Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect

University of Chicago Press, 2006

At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. Catapulted to fame as director of the Los Alamos atomic weapons laboratory, Oppenheimer occupied a key position in the compact between science and the...

Business and Competitive Analysis: Effective Application of New and Classic Methods

FT Press, 2007

“I believe that this book will fill a great need for both full-time competitive intelligence practitioners, and those looking to add analytical skills to their managerial tool kit.”
--Bill Fiora, Partner and Founder, Outward Insights

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Heroes: David Bowie and Berlin (Reverb)

Reaktion Books, 2014

In 1976, David Bowie left Los Angeles and the success of his celebrated albums Diamond Dogs and Young Americans for Europe. The rocker settled in Berlin, where he would make his “Berlin Trilogy”âthe albums Low, Heroes, and Lodger, which are now considered some of the most critically...

The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software

Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2010

Get ready to kick some software project butt. By learning the ways of the agile samurai you will discover:

* how to create plans and schedules your customer and your team can believe in

what characteristics make a good agile team and how to form your own

High Performance Python: Practical Performant Programming for Humans

O'Reilly, 2014

Your Python code may run correctly, but you need it to run faster. By exploring the fundamental theory behind design choices, this practical guide helps you gain a deeper understanding of Python’s implementation. You’ll learn how to locate performance bottlenecks and significantly speed up your code in high-data-volume...

King Zeno: A Novel

Macmillan Technical, 2018

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a Paris Review Staff Pick

A January Pick by Salon, Town and Country, Southern Living, and LA Magazine

New Orleans, 1918. The birth of jazz, the Spanish flu, an ax murderer on the loose. The lives of a...

JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters

Orbis Books, 2008

BRAND NEW HARDBACKWe can know the essential truth of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. That truth can set us free.

Thanks to the pioneer investigators into President Kennedy's murder, the truth-telling of many witnesses, and a recent flood of documents through the JFK Records Act, the truth is available. Not only can the...

Great Feuds in Mathematics: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Mathematical disputes offer indisputable proof that great mathematical minds are calculating in more ways than one. Fueled by greed, jealousy, ambition, and ego, they have plots worthy of a soap opera, pitting brother against brother, father against son, and student against mentor.

In the sixteenth century, Cardano and Tartaglia battled...

Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution: From Copernicus to Newton (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Vol. 1800)

Routledge, 2000

When Garland Publishing invited me several years ago to edit an encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution, I welcomed the opportunity. Here was a means of providing a wider audience with the fruits of the most recent scholarly research on a fascinating complex of events that helped shape the modern world. The study of the origins of modern science...

Seven Deadliest Network Attacks (Syngress Seven Deadliest Attacks)

Syngress Publishing, 2010

Do you need to keep up with the latest hacks, attacks, and exploits effecting networks? Then you need Seven Deadliest Network Attacks. This book pinpoints the most dangerous hacks and exploits specific to networks, laying out the anatomy of these attacks including how to make your system more secure. You will discover the best ways to defend...

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