A Damsel in Distress
Comedy reigns supreme as the Earl of Marshmoreton's sister's plans for marrying off her relatives to landed gentry go awry.
ISBN: 1406953210
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
Publisher: rbooks
Rating: 4.04
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Jumat, 03 November 2006
Selasa, 24 Oktober 2006
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman has created new materials including archival documents, scientific notes, and found letters of Lord Asriel. Includes a ribbon bookmark.
ISBN: 0375838309
Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Rating: 3.90
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Selasa, 25 Juli 2006
The Silent Service: Ohio Class
The Silent Service: Ohio Class
For years, the Ohio–class submarine served as one of the frontline weapons in America's nuclear Navy. But with the collapse of the USSR, America needs to modernize its arsenal to take into account its new enemies. With that goal, the Navy begins a controversial conversion of the USS Ohio to take America into the future of naval warfare.
The Ohio's ballistic missiles have been replaced, the tubes now capable of a two–pronged attack. What had been used to house ICBMs now can contain SEALs or a new prototype of underwater submarine, a revolutionary undersea fighter that flies through the water, striking targets at will.
Both barrels will be brought to bear against America's newest enemy, Iran. The zealots in power have unleased a terrible two–pronged plan, hoping to attack oil rich nations Oman and the UAE, while at the same time lauching a devasting attack on the American Fifth Fleet in the Gulf. Only one group of sailors and commandos can stop them -- the compliment of the USS Ohio.
ISBN: 0060524391
Author: H. Jay Riker
Publisher: Avon
Rating: 3.67
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Selasa, 13 Juni 2006
West of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief
West of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief
A spiritual and scientific surf quest.
After spending two years in bed with Lyme disease, Steven Kotler had lost everything: his health, his job, his girl, and, he was beginning to suspect, his mind. Kotler, not a religious man, suddenly found himself drawn to the sport of surfing as if it were the cornerstone of a new faith. Why, he wondered, when there was nothing left to believe in, could he begin to believe in something as unlikely as surfing. What was belief anyway? How did it work in the body, the brain, our culture, and human history?
Into this mix came a strange story. In 2003, on a surf trip through Mexico, Kotler heard of "the conductor," a mythical surfer who could control the weather. He'd heard this same tale eight years earlier, in Indonesia, but this time something clicked. With the help of everyone from rebel surfers to rocket scientists, Kotler undertakes a three year globetrotting quest for the origins of this legend. The results are a startling mix of big waves and bigger ideas: a surfer's journey into the biological underpinnings of belief itself.
ISBN: 1596910518
Author: Steven Kotler
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Rating: 3.79
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Sabtu, 01 April 2006
Lightning East to West: Jesus, Gandhi, and the Nuclear Age
Lightning East to West: Jesus, Gandhi, and the Nuclear Age
ISBN: 159752610X
Author: James W. Douglass
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Rating: 4.40
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Minggu, 01 Januari 2006
The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders Deceivers
The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders Deceivers
Hacker extraordinaire Kevin Mitnick delivers the explosive encore to his bestselling "The Art of Deception" Kevin Mitnick, the world's most celebrated hacker, now devotes his life to helping businesses and governments combat data thieves, cybervandals, and other malicious computer intruders. In his bestselling The Art of Deception, Mitnick presented fictionalized case studies that illustrated how savvy computer crackers use "social engineering" to compromise even the most technically secure computer systems. Now, in his new book, Mitnick goes one step further, offering hair-raising stories of real-life computer break-ins-and showing how the victims could have prevented them. Mitnick's reputation within the hacker community gave him unique credibility with the perpetrators of these crimes, who freely shared their stories with him-and whose exploits Mitnick now reveals in detail for the first time, including: A group of friends who won nearly a million dollars in Las Vegas by reverse-engineering slot machines Two teenagers who were persuaded by terrorists to hack into the Lockheed Martin computer systems Two convicts who joined forces to become hackers inside a Texas prison A "Robin Hood" hacker who penetrated the computer systems of many prominent companies-andthen told them how he gained access With riveting "you are there" descriptions of real computer break-ins, indispensable tips on countermeasures security professionals need to implement now, and Mitnick's own acerbic commentary on the crimes he describes, this book is sure to reach a wide audience-and attract the attention of both law enforcement agencies and the media.
ISBN: 0471782661
Author: Kevin D. Mitnick
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Rating: 3.85
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Selasa, 29 November 2005
Seals the Warrior Breed: Enduring Freedom
Seals the Warrior Breed: Enduring Freedom
SEALS THE WARRIOR BREED: ENDURING FREEDOM
Jay H. Riker
The tenth book in the successful SEALS THE WARRIOR BREED series finds the elite members of the Navy SEALs facing their first test in combat after September 11th – in Afghanistan.
In the past, the SEALs have fought for different reasons. In World War II, they fought for freedom, determined to halt the Nazi war machine before it was too late. In Vietnam, they fought for loyalty, willing to risk their lives if it meant protecting their fellow soldiers. Now the place is Afghanistan, and the SEALs will be fighting for something even more personal––revenge.
In the first military action after September 11th, the SEALs are assigned to Afghanistan, the home of the Taliban and a breeding ground for Islamic fundamentalist terrorists. The SEALs know that the men responsible for the most deadly attack on American soil in the country's history could be around the next dune, or inside the next village, and they're determined to get the job done...no matter the cost.
The ever–expanding fan base interested in the U.S. Navy SEALs. This is the fiction series about that elite force.
Fans of the previous books in this series.
Readers who enjoy H.Jay Riker's new submarine series, The Silent Service.
ISBN: 0060585978
Author: H. Jay Riker
Publisher: Avon
Rating: 3.81
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