Free Books & Children's Stories Online: 2003

Selasa, 25 November 2003

Seals the Warrior Breed: Casualties of War

Seals the Warrior Breed: Casualties of War

Seals the Warrior Breed: Casualties of War

The Snake in the DesertThe first generation of SEALs was forged in the steaming jungles of Vietnam, their deadly skills honed by combat. But jealousy brewing within the U.S. military bureaucracy threatened the future of the warrior elite, and shortsighted thinking forced them into pitched battles in Grenada and Panama that the SEALs shouldn't have fought and couldn't have won. Now the opportunity has finally come for redemption when the tanks of a ruthless Middle Eastern despot roll across the unprotected borders of a neighboring nation. Here, in a world of blood and oil, a new generation of SEALs is going in first to fight a new kind of war on its terms -- as Hunter–Killer teams of America's deadliest commandos plunge into a fast and murderous game of hide-seek-and-strike on Iraqi sands.

ISBN: 0380795108

Author: H. Jay Riker

Publisher: Avon

Rating: 4.05

Jumat, 17 Oktober 2003

The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security

The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security

The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security

The world's most infamous hacker offers an insider's view of the low-tech threats to high-tech security
Kevin Mitnick's exploits as a cyber-desperado and fugitive form one of the most exhaustive FBI manhunts in history and have spawned dozens of articles, books, films, and documentaries. Since his release from federal prison, in 1998, Mitnick has turned his life around and established himself as one of the most sought-after computer security experts worldwide. Now, in The Art of Deception, the world's most notorious hacker gives new meaning to the old adage, "It takes a thief to catch a thief."
Focusing on the human factors involved with information security, Mitnick explains why all the firewalls and encryption protocols in the world will never be enough to stop a savvy grifter intent on rifling a corporate database or an irate employee determined to crash a system. With the help of many fascinating true stories of successful attacks on business and government, he illustrates just how susceptible even the most locked-down information systems are to a slick con artist impersonating an IRS agent. Narrating from the points of view of both the attacker and the victims, he explains why each attack was so successful and how it could have been prevented in an engaging and highly readable style reminiscent of a true-crime novel. And, perhaps most importantly, Mitnick offers advice for preventing these types of social engineering hacks through security protocols, training programs, and manuals that address the human element of security.

ISBN: 076454280X

Author: Kevin D. Mitnick

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Rating: 3.76

Selasa, 09 September 2003

The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)

The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)

The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)

In the astonishing finale to the His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra and Will are in unspeakable danger. With help from Iorek Byrnison the armored bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a dank and gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone. All the while, Dr. Mary Malone builds a magnificent Amber Spyglass. An assassin hunts her down, and Lord Asriel, with a troop of shining angels, fights his mighty rebellion, in a battle of strange allies—and shocking sacrifice.

As war rages and Dust drains from the sky, the fate of the living—and the dead—finally comes to depend on two children and the simple truth of one simple story.

A New York Times Bestseller
A Newsweek Top 100 Book of All Time
An Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest Novel
Winner of the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year Award.
Winner of the British Book Award (Children's)

"Pullman has created the last great fantasy masterpiece of the twentieth century. An astounding achievement." --The Cincinnati Enquirer
"Breathtaking adventure . . . a terrific story, eloquently told." --The Boston Globe
"War, politics, magic, science, individual lives and cosmic destinies are all here . . . shaped and assembled into a narrative of tremendous pace by a man with a generous, precise intelligence. I am completely enchanted." --The New York Times Book Review
"Masterful. . . . This title confirms Pullman's inclusion in the company of C. S. Lewis and Tolkien." --Smithsonian Magazine

ISBN: 0440238153

Author: Philip Pullman

Publisher: Laurel Leaf

Rating: 4.04

The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)

The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)

The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)

Here is the highly anticipated second installment of Philip Pullman's epic fantasy trilogy, begun with the critically acclaimed The Golden Compass. Lyra and Will, her newfound friend, tumble separately into the strange tropical otherworld of Cittàgazze, "the city of magpies," where adults are curiously absent and children run wild. Here their lives become inextricably entwined when Lyra's alethiometer gives her a simple command: find Will's father. Their search is plagued with obstacles--some familiar and some horribly new and unfathomable--but it eventually brings them closer to Will's father and to the Subtle Knife, a deadly, magical, ancient tool that cuts windows between worlds. Through it all, Will and Lyra find themselves hurtling toward the center of a fierce battle against a force so awesome that leagues of mortals, witches, beasts, and spirits from every world are uniting in fear and anger against it. This breathtaking sequel will leave readers eager for the third and final volume of His Dark Materials.

ISBN: 0440238145

Author: Philip Pullman

Publisher: Laurel Leaf

Rating: 4.09

Selasa, 17 Juni 2003

Lives of the Mind: The Use and Abuse of Intelligence from Hegel to Wodehouse

Lives of the Mind: The Use and Abuse of Intelligence from Hegel to Wodehouse

Lives of the Mind: The Use and Abuse of Intelligence from Hegel to Wodehouse

In the faculty of writing nonsense, the English critic Walter Bagehot once observed, stupidity is no match for genius. In Lives of the Mind, Roger Kimball, one of the best of our cultural critics, offers a lively and penetrating study of genius and pseudo-genius at work and investigates the use and abuse of intelligence. When does a love of ideas become a dangerous infatuation? What antidotes are there for the silliness of unanchored intellect? Drawing on figures as various as Plutarch and Hegel, Kierkegaard and P. G. Wodehouse, Elias Canetti and Anthony Trollope, Bagehot and Wittgenstein and Sybille Bedford, Mr. Kimball provides a sharply observed tour of Western intellectual and artistic aspiration. He shows what happens when intellect trumps common sense, and how an affirmation of shared values and ordinary reality can rescue us from the temptations of the higher stupidity. Part cautionary tale, part literary celebration, Lives of the Mind is a witty, deeply engaging guide for the perplexed. The New York Times Book Review has called Mr. Kimball a scathing critic but one whose tirades are usually justified....His intellectual rigor is refreshing. And Gertrude Himmelfarb has written: His essays reflect a steadiness of mind, a coherence, conviction, and passion that make him one of the most candid and perceptive critics of American culture. "

ISBN: 1566635241

Author: Roger Kimball

Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher

Rating: 3.92

Minggu, 01 Juni 2003

A Checklist of P. G. Wodehouse

A Checklist of P. G. Wodehouse

A Checklist of P. G. Wodehouse

ISBN: 0893662798

Author: Aaron Williams

Publisher: Ultramarine Pub Co

Rating: 5.00

Senin, 14 April 2003

The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria (Sano Ichiro, #7)

The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria (Sano Ichiro, #7)

The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria (Sano Ichiro, #7)

In feudal Japan, passion and secrets lead to murder. . .

From A Remote, Exotic World. . .
Sano Ichiro, Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, awakens from a turbulent dream into a real-life nightmare. Lord Matsudaira Mitsuyoshi, the shogun's cousin and heir, has been murdered after a night of debauchery in the city's pleasure quarter...

Comes A Danger All Too Close To Home. . .
The matter requires Sano's personal attention-more personal than Sano at first imagines. For he soon discovers that Mitsuyoshi's companion for the evening was none other than the alluring Lady Wisteria, a woman whom Sano himself once knew intimately before he was married to his beloved wife, Reiko. But the memory of Wisteria still stirs him, and it is with both dismay and relief that he learns she has vanished along with her pillow book, a diary that may contain valuable clues. The circumstances trouble him, as does the possibility that he and Wisteria might meet again with dangerous consequences. . .

In The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria, Laura Joh Rowland once again has written a book in which "an exotic setting, seventeenth-century Japan, and a splendid mystery...make for grand entertainment" (New York Daily News).

ISBN: 0312983786

Author: Laura Joh Rowland

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Rating: 3.89

Senin, 31 Maret 2003

Summer Moonshine

Summer Moonshine

Summer Moonshine

ISBN: 1585673900

Author: P.G. Wodehouse

Publisher: Overlook Books

Rating: 4.10

Senin, 10 Maret 2003

William Shakespeare’s: Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Retellings, #6)

William Shakespeare’s: Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Retellings, #6)

William Shakespeare’s: Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Retellings, #6)

Bruce Coville follows his earlier critically acclaimed retellings of Shakespeare's works with a lively interpretation of one of the Bard's most beloved comedies. In this boisterous tale of hidden identities and misplaced love, Coville once again weaves his own lyrical prose together with pivotal lines from Twelfth Night.

Tim Raglin has captured all the hilarity of the play in his expressively comic illustrations. Shakespeare enthusiasts and newcomers alike will delight in this faithful, merry adaptation.

ISBN: 0803723180

Author: Bruce Coville

Publisher: Dial

Rating: 4.14

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