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Braised Pork
epub | 2.01 MB | English | An Yu | 2020 | Grove Atlantic
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Beautiful, dreamlike, and utterly intoxicating, Braised Pork is the beguiling debut of an outstandingly talented young writer who is based in China but writes in English
One autumn morning, Jia Jia walks into the bathroom of her lavish Beijing apartment to find her husband dead. One minute she was breakfasting with him and packing for an upcoming trip, the next, she finds him motionless in their half-full bathtub. Like something out of a dream, next to the tub Jia Jia discovers a pencil sketch of a strange watery figure, an image that swims into Jia Jia's mind and won't leave.
The mysterious drawing launches Jia Jia on an odyssey across contemporary Beijing, from its high-rise apartments to its hidden bars, as her path crosses some of the people who call the city home, including a jaded bartender who may be able to offer her the kind of love she had long thought impossible. Unencumbered by a marriage that had constrained her, Jia Jia travels into her...
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Little Eyes
epub | 815.41 KB | English | Samanta Schweblin | Oneworld Publications
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A visionary novel about our interconnected world, about the collision of horror and humanity, from the Man Booker-shortlisted master of the spine-tingling tale
One of Huffington Post India's '50 Books to Look Forward to in 2020'
They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Sierra Leone, town squares of Oaxaca, colleges in Tel Aviv, bedrooms in Indiana.
They're not pets, nor ghosts, nor robots. They're real people, but how can a person living in Berlin walk freely through the living room of someone in Sydney? How can someone in Bangkok have breakfast with your children in Buenos Aires, without you knowing? Especially when these people are completely anonymous, unknown, untraceable.
The characters in Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel, Little Eyes, reveal the beauty of connection between far-flung souls - but they also expose the ugly truth of our increasingly linked world....
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The Escape
epub | 843.46 KB | English | C.L. Taylor | 2017 | HarperCollins Publishers
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'Grabs you by the metaphorical throat right from the start and doesn't let up until the end.' Heat "Look after your daughter's things. And your daughter..." When a stranger asks Jo Blackmore for a lift she says yes, then swiftly wishes she hadn't. The stranger kno Jo's name, she kno her husband Max and she's got a glove belonging to Jo's two year old daughter Elise. What begins with a subtle threat swiftly turns into a nightmare as the security officer, social services and even Jo's own husband turn against her. No one believes that Elise is in danger. But Jo kno there's only one way to keep her child safe - RUN. The Sunday Times bestseller returns with her biggest and best book yet. The perfect read for fans of Paula Hawkins and Clare Mackintosh. Praise for C.L. Taylor: 'A gripping and disturbing psychological thriller' Clare Mackintosh 'Absorbing and disturbing' Alex Marwood 'Loved it' Fiona Barton 'Claustrophobic, tense and thrilling' Elizabeth Haynes
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Six Thousand Years of Bread H E Jacob
epub | 5.88 MB | English | H. E. Jacob | Pickle Partners Publishing
About Six Thousand Years of Bread H E Jacob :
Yeast, water, flour, and heat. How could this simple mixture have been the cause of war and plague, celebration and victory supernatural vision and more?
In this remarkable and all-encompassing volume, H. E. Jacob takes us through six thousand dynamic years of bread's role in politics, religion, technology, and beyond.
Who were the first bakers? Why were bakers distrusted during the Middle Ages? How did bread cause Napoleon's defeat? Why were people buried with bread? SIX THOUSAND YEARS OF BREAD has the answers.
Jacob follo the story from its beginning in ancient Egypt and continues through to modern times. The poignant and inspiring conclusion of the book relays the author's experiences in a Nazi concentration camp, subsisting on bread made of sawdust.
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The Return of the Ripper by Anna Elliott, Charles Veley
epub | 413.5 KB | English | Anna Elliott, Charles Veley | Wilton Press
About The Return of the Ripper by Anna Elliott, Charles Veley :
Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James face a new and deadly opponent in book seven of this popular new series.
Our story opens in Victorian London, just before the turn of the century. A diamond mogul wants Sherlock to stop a ring of smugglers. An alluring woman wants Watson to help raise funds for her charity. Lucy and Jack have wedding plans. But when a new series of murders begins in Whitechapel, the Baker Street team learns that they, too, have been targeted by a notorious killer.
The Sherlock and Lucy series has been recommended by the Library of Clean Reads.
For fans of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, Janet Evanovich, Rhys Bowen, L.B. Hathaway, Jacqueline Winspear, Susan Elia Macneal, T E Kinsey, Leighann Dobbs, Charles Todd, Vivian Conroy, Hamilton Crane, Frances Brody, Ashley Weaver, Patricia Wentworth, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterton, Clara Benson, M.C. Beaton, Charles Finch, Gladys Mitchell, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Carola Dunn, Georgette Heyer, Kate Parker, Alyssa Maxwell, Maia Chance, Cecil Freeman Gregg, Barbara Cleverly, Kerry Greenwood, Elizabeth Edmondson, Edmund Crispin, Mary Roberts Rinehart, James Runcie, Catriona McPherson, Anne Perry, Sue Grafton, Martha Grimes, Emma Jameson, Elementary, Murdoch Mysteries, The Artful Detective, Miss Fisher, Robert Masello, Dorothy Gilman, Mrs. Pollifax, Anlon Cully, A Hangman's Daughter Tale, Joy Ellis, Anthony Horowitz, Lady Hardcastle, Detective Lavender, Karen Charlton, cozy mysteries, historical mysteries, historical fiction.
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Praise for the Sherlock and Lucy Series!
Cosy Christmas reading at its best! This series of Sherlock Holmes retellings is a joy to read and proves a worthy addition to the Holmesian canon. In a word . . . fun!
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"It might be difficult to imagine the original Holmes even having an offspring -- much less one he accepts as an investigating partner. Still, the authors make it seem plausible, and for readers who are not purists but rather pleased to see a hint of warmth coming from Holmes, [the Sherlock & Lucy series] is a new way to enjoy Sherlockian mysteries." -- The Santa Barbara Independent
"Elliott (the Twilight of Avon trilogy) and Veley, her father, collaborate on the winning third mystery pairing Sherlock Holmes and his daughter, Lucy James. Readers will look forward to Lucy's further adventures." -- Publishers Weekly (Remember, Remember: A Sherlock Holmes & Lucy James Mystery, Book 3)
"Fans of Holmesian stories, historical fiction, and Victorian romance will all find something to enjoy in the Sherlock Holmes & Lucy James Mystery Series." -- Critical Blast
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"[Lucy James is an] independent, strong feminist young woman who is unafraid to take care of herself even in very uncomfortable situations. This fact alone sets [The Sherlock & Lucy series] apart from most Regency historicals or other Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Women are generally damsels in distress, but not Lucy!" -- Tynga's Revie
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"I absolutely loved Remember, Remember and think it's the perfect book for Sherlock Holmes fans, as well as mystery lovers. I cannot praise this book and its authors enough for this well written and imaginative story." - The Nerdy Girl Express
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"Reading this novel was a very delightful way to spend an afternoon. Remember, Remember will not only appeal to fans of Sherlock Holmes, but also to those who love The Secret Life Anna Blanc, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, and A Curious Beginning. - History from a Woman's Perspective
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"Elliot's writing style is solid and easy to become absorbed in. She gives Lucy a strong narrative voice, which caused the plot to both flow well and pack a punch. Her world building of 1897 London is vivid and skilled, making it a very high point of the novel. She unravels the mystery at a steady pace, showing her talent for creating a storyline that hooks her readers and keeps them wanting more. [...] A very fun story, and an inventive take on some very timeless classics." - The Quirky Book Nerd
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Anna and I are thrilled with the initial response to The Return of the Ripper. The story is told by two narrators, alternating between Dr. Watson's voice and viewpoint - which we try to keep close to that of the original - and Lucy's breezier, more youthful style. Once we had the basic idea, the events that followed - particularly those towards the end - seemed to flow inevitably from each other and from the earlier books. Both Watson and Lucy seemed to demand that we record them!
We hope our readers will enjoy the result.
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Microsoft Teams For Dummies by Rosemarie Withee
epub | 14.1 MB | English | Rosemarie Withee | Wiley
About Microsoft Teams For Dummies by Rosemarie Withee :
Discover the power of Microsoft Teams
Millions of people access Microsoft Teams every day to assist with the collaboration it takes to get work done. That number continues to grow thanks to the countless communication tools for working with associates inside and outside your organization you can find in Microsoft Teams.
If you're new to Microsoft Teams, start here. This book will give you must-have insight on chatting, file sharing, organizing teams, using video communication, and more. You'll also see just how you should be doing things, with best-practice recommendations and ideas for integrating Microsoft Teams into your existing workflo.
Learn your way around Microsoft Teams and set up the interface Communicate via chat and video chat, inside and outside your org Integrate Teams with other Office apps for seamless collaboration Use Teams to optimize your meetings, build a knowledge wiki, and...
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Stan Lee's Master Class Stan Lee
mobi | 80.82 MB | Stan Lee | 2019 | Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
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From the co-creator of the Mighty Marvel Universe and some of the most popular comic book characters of all time comes an in-depth comics drawing instruction book revealing the tools, styles, and techniques of today's top comics artists.Focusing on topics like anatomy, perspective, and character design, as well as brand new topics like manga art styles, digital art, and more, Stan Lee's Master Class is the next step for those looking to perfect their superhero rendering and create fantastic worlds perfect for today's modern comic book audience. With examples from his classic collaborations at Marvel Comics and from today's top comics artists, Lee builds on concepts only touched upon in his previous instructional offerings and provides a pathway for aspiring artists to bring their comic book artwork to professional-quality levels.
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Jack Patterson [Brady Hawk 09] Seek and Destroy
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<p style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 14px"> Brady Hawk has been the last line of defense between ruthless terrorists and untold bloodshed. But this time, he can't win . . . As hundreds of thousand of '.s make the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Katarina Petrov seeks to undermine the United States' tenuous trust with the international community with a false flag. With The Chamber, Petrov's shadow organization, struggling to maintain its control among the power brokers of the world, she engages Hawk and the Firestorm team in a dangerous game. And in this showdown, it's winner take all.
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Jack Patterson [Brady Hawk 11] Hard Target
epub | 211.47 KB | English | R.J. Patterson | Green E-Books
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<p style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 14px"> Fear has evolved-and it's more frightening than ever. Upon learning about the theft of a new weapons system by Al Hasib, the Pentagon braces for the worst. Yet they have no idea where the terrorists will strike first. When the United States' best intelligence and military organizations run into a brick wall, they turn to Brady Hawk and the Firestorm team for answers. Hawk must uncover Al Hasib's intended target and capture the weapons system before it's too late. But in order to succeed, Hawk must come face-to-face with his arch nemesis Karif Fazil in a high-stakes showdown.
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Fortitude by Dan Crenshaw
epub | 573.44 KB | English | Dan Crenshaw | Grand Central Publishing
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p.p1 margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: #201f1e p.p2 margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: #201f1e Jordan Peterson's Twelve Rules for Life meets Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's Extreme Ownership in this tough-love leadership book from a Navy SEAL and rising star in Republican politics. p.p1 margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: #201f1e p.p2 margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: #201f1e In 2012, on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device left Dan Crenshaw's right eye destroyed and his left blinded. Only through the careful hand of his surgeons, and what doctors called a miracle, did Crenshaw's left eye recover partial vision. roadside And yet, he persevered, completing two more deployments. Why? There are certain stories we tell ourselves about the hardships we face - we can...
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Sixteenth Watch by Myke Cole
epub | 5.92 MB | English | Myke Cole | Watkins Media
About Sixteenth Watch by Myke Cole :
The Coast Guard must prevent the first lunar war in history.
A lifelong Search-and-Rescuewoman, Coast Guard Captain Jane Oliver is ready for a peaceful retirement. But when tragedy strikes, Oliver loses her husband and her plans for the future, and finds herself thrust into a role she's not prepared for. Suddenly at the helm of the Coast Guard's elite SAR-1 lunar unit, Oliver is the only woman who can prevent the first lunar war in history, a conflict that will surely consume not only the moon, but earth as well.
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Dads vs Zombies by Benjamin Wallace
epub | 1.07 MB | English | Benjamin Wallace | Benjamin Wallace
About Dads vs Zombies by Benjamin Wallace :
It used to be a quiet neighborhood.
John, Chris and Erik are neighbors in the quaint subdivision of The Creeks of Sage Valley Phase II. The three men happily live the typical suburban family life. Their only real problems have been with each other and the draconian rules of the HOA. But, that all changes when the dead rise from their graves and walk the Earth.
Now, they must reluctantly join together to survive the spreading apocalypse and find their families. Personal fears, long buried secrets and their own personalities threaten to tear the group apart as they make their way across the zombie ridden landscape in Dads vs. Zombies.
Will they find their families? Will they survive the thing that wasn't Bill? Who or what is Captain Awesome? Find out in Dads vs. Zombies, a laugh-out-loud look at family, fatherhood and the living dead.
If you like action, adventure and hilarious, quick-witted banter, you'll love Dads vs. Zombies.
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Race Against Time by Jerry Mitchell
epub | 2.18 MB | Jerry Mitchell | Simon & Schuster
About Race Against Time by Jerry Mitchell :
An award-winning investigative reporter shares the real-life detective story of how Klansmen came to justice in notorious unsolved civil rights cold cases-decades after they had gotten away with murder.
On June 21, 1964, more than twenty Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers. The killings, in what would become known as the "Mississippi Burning" case, were among the most brazen acts of violence during the Civil Rights Movement. And even though the killers' identities, including the sheriff's deputy, were an open secret, no one was charged with murder in the months and years that followed.
It took forty-one years before the mastermind was brought to trial and finally convicted for the three innocent lives he took. If there is one man who helped pave the way for justice, it is investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell.
In Race Against Time, Mitchell takes readers on the twisting, pulse-racing road that led to the reopening of four of...
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Bound to the Fire by Kelley Fanto Deetz
epub | 1.6 MB | English | Kelley Fanto Deetz | The University Press of Kentucky
About Bound to the Fire by Kelley Fanto Deetz :
In grocery store aisles and kitchens across the country, smiling images of "Aunt Jemima" and other historical and fictional black cooks can be found on various food products and in advertising. Although these images are sanitized and romanticized in American popular culture, they represent the untold stories of enslaved men and women who had a significant impact on the nation's culinary and hospitality traditions even as they were forced to prepare food for their oppressors.Kelley Fanto Deetz dra upon archaeological evidence, cookbooks, plantation records, and folklore to present a nuanced study of the lives of enslaved plantation cooks from colonial times through emancipation and beyond. She reveals how these men and women were literally "bound to the fire" as they lived and worked in the sweltering and often fetid conditions of plantation house kitchens. These highly skilled cooks drew upon skills and ingredients brought with them from their African homelands to...
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The Year 1000 by Valerie Hansen
epub | 79.98 MB | English | Valerie Hansen | Scribner
About The Year 1000 by Valerie Hansen :
From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a groundbreaking work of history showing that bold explorations and daring trade missions connected all of the world's great societies for the first time at the end of the first millennium.
People often believe that the years immediately prior to AD 1000 were, with just a few exceptions, lacking in any major cultural developments or geopolitical encounters, that the Europeans hadn't yet reached North America, and that the farthest feat of sea travel was the Vikings' invasion of Britain. But how, then, to explain the presence of blonde-haired people in Maya temple murals at Chichén Itzá, Mexico? Could it be possible that the Vikings had found their way to the Americas during the height of the Maya empire?
Valerie Hansen, an award-winning historian, argues that the year 1000 was the world's first point of major cultural exchange and exploration. Drawing on nearly thirty years of research, she presents a compelling account of first encounters between disparate societies, which sparked conflict and collaboration eerily reminiscent of our contemporary moment.
For readers of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel and Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens , The Year 1000 is an intellectually daring, provocative account that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about how the modern world came to be. It will also hold up a mirror to the hopes and fears we experience today.
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"Vivid and edifying. [Hansen] displays a remarkable lightness of touch while stuffing the book full of fascinating details, and easily toggles between the big picture and local affairs. This astonishingly comprehensive account casts world history in a brilliant new light." - Publishers Weekly
"Full of eye-opening surprises. Hansen tells a rich and fascinating story of the many ways that far-flung societies a millennium ago forged connections....A masterly work of scholarship." -Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance
"The myth of the 'European Middle Ages' dissolves in the ocean currents and trade winds of this stimulating account.Bolstered by facts and enlivened by intriguing theories, Hansen's book presents a world of objects, ideas, people, animals, and know-how constantly on the move." -Barbara H. Rosenwein, author of A Short History of the Middle Ages and Generations of Feeling
"Valerie Hansen takes us on an informative and entertaining romp around the world of a thousand years ago, on everything from Viking longboats to camel caravans...Anyone who thinks that globalization is something new needs to read this book!" -Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules-for Now
"A whole new way of looking at the world. If you have the idea that medieval history was a time when there were few connections between those who inhabited different places on the map, this book will reorient you in the most stimulating way possible..Brilliant." -Rana Mitter, author of Forgotten Ally
"Hansen has not only fashioned a coherent and original vision of the world in the year 1000, in itself a remarkable feat of scholarship, but described it in a clear, concrete, and absorbing narrative that will entertain and enlighten every reader." -R.I. Moore, author of The First European Revolution and The War on Heresy
"Elegantly written and meticulously researched.a whirlwind world tour that challenges the notion of a more recently hyper-connected globe." -Sarah Parcak, author of Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past
"Spotlighting the encounters of Norse, Maya, African, Chinese, and Arabic peoples-and more-the book sho how their coming together in war and peace, and commerce and culture, profoundly shaped the world to come. A lively read filled with surprises." -Joanne B. Freeman, author of Affairs of Honor and The Field of Blood
"The world has been connected longer than the collegebooks tell you, a whole millennium longer at least: connections of gold and spices, dragons and slaves and faith. Valerie Hansen teases out the unfamiliar links between Chinese markets, Baghdad fortunes, strange blonds on the walls of Mayan temples, and Vikings on Russian rivers in a careful but accessible and truly global history." -Michael Pye, author of The Edge of the World
"Remarkable. More than a history of global trade, this is a story of human encounters brought to life by vignettes and voices from every corner of a connected medieval planet." -Nile Green, author of Sufism: A Global History
"Bold and entertaining.ultimately, a celebration of difference-and readiness-for the unfamiliar." -Arezou Azad, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and Humboldt Fellow at the Freie University of Berlin
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Valerie Hansen is the Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University, where she teaches Chinese and world history. An accomplished scholar and author, she traveled to nearly twenty countries to conduct research for The Year 1000. She is also the author of The Silk Road: A New History and The Open Empire.
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Talking With Psychopaths and Savages by Christopher Berry Dee
epub | 310.41 KB | English | Christopher Berry-Dee | 2017 | John Blake Publishing
About Talking With Psychopaths and Savages by Christopher Berry Dee :
LOOK AROUND YOU, BECAUSE THE PERSON SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU COULD BE A COLD, HEARTLESS MURDERER.
In Talking With Psychopaths and Savages, bestselling author and criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee takes readers deep inside the dark minds of some of the most pitiless and dangerous people alive. Having spent years interviewing imprisoned criminals - including notorious serial killers - he discovered that the lack of remorse these people showed was in many ways even more terrifying than the crimes they had committed.
Yet in the course of these conversations, the author also had the chance to interview his subjects' psychiatrists and, in doing so, uncovered a terrible truth: a monster can be hidden behind a friendly face. Some of these experts, he found, proved to have more in common with their patients than he would ever have expected.
This book examines horrific crimes committed by some of the most remorseless and merciless people ever to have lived, revealing...
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Autumn Magic by T M Cromer
epub | 793.06 KB | English | 978-0-9975322-7-2 | T.M. Cromer | TM Cromer Books
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Autumn Thorne believed she discovered the perfect love. Yet the moment she revealed she was a witch, her relationship went to hell in a handbasket. Nearly a decade later, in an ironic twist of fate, the man who shunned her sho up on her doorstep and asks for her help to develop his own latent powers.For the better part of nine years, Keaton Carlyle has tried to forget the one woman whose very touch made him burn with uncontrollable desire. Now, left with no choice, he must seek her out to master the magic building within. But the more time Keaton spends with Autumn, the more he realizes his old feelings for her have never truly been extinguished and the flames blaze hotter than ever.When Autumn sets off on a mission to uncover an ancient artifact crucial to saving her mother, Keaton is hot on her heels, determined to make up for the wrongs of the past and rescue Autumn from the clutches of the madman holding her hostage. Faced with life or death, they must learn...
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Click Here to Kill Everybody Security and Survival in a Hyper connected World by Bruce Schneier
epub | 772.83 KB | English | Bruce Schneier | 2018 | W. W. Norton & Company
About Click Here to Kill Everybody Security and Survival in a Hyper connected World by Bruce Schneier :
A world of "smart" devices means the Internet can kill people. We need to act. Now.
Everything is a computer. Ovens are computers that make things hot; refrigerators are computers that keep things cold. These computers-from home thermostats to chemical plants-are all online. The Internet, once a virtual abstraction, can now sense and touch the physical world.
As we open our lives to this future, often called the Internet of Things, we are beginning to see its enormous potential in ideas like driverless cars, smart cities, and personal agents equipped with their own behavioral algorithms. But every knife cuts two ways.
All computers can be hacked. And Internet-connected computers are the most vulnerable. Forget data theft: cutting-edge digital attackers can now crash your car, your pacemaker, and the nation's power grid. In Click Here to Kill Everybody, renowned expert and best-selling author Bruce Schneier examines the hidden risks of this new...
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The Case for Climate Capitalism by Tom Rand
epub | 540.49 KB | English | Tom Rand | 2020 | ECW Press
About The Case for Climate Capitalism by Tom Rand :
A call for the Left and Right - the business community and environmentalists, bankers and activists - to join together, reclaim capitalism, and force profits to align with the planetA warming climate and a general distrust of Wall Street has opened a new cultural divide among those who otherwise agree we must mitigate climate risk: anti-market critics such as Naomi Klein target capitalism itself as a root cause of climate change while climate-savvy business leaders believe we can largely continue with business as usual by tinkering around the edges of our economic system.
Rand argues that both sides in this emerging cultural war are ill-equipped to provide solutions to the climate crisis, and each is remarkably naïve in their view of capitalism. On one hand, we cannot possibly transition off fossil fuels without the financial might and entrepreneurial talent market forces alone can unlock. On the other, without radical changes to the way markets operate, capitalism will take us right off the climate cliff.
Rejecting the old Left/Right ideologies, Rand develops a more pragmatic view capable of delivering practical solutions to this critical problem. A renewed capitalism harnessed to the task is the only way we might replace fossil fuels fast enough to mitigate severe climate risk. If we leave our dogma at the door, Rand argues, we might just build an economy that survives the century. **
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Method 15 33 by Shannon Kirk
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About Method 15 33 by Shannon Kirk :
Imagine a helpless, pregnant 16-year-old who's just been yanked from the serenity of her home and shoved into a dirty van. Kidnapped...Alone...Terrified.Now forget her...Picture instead a pregnant, 16-year-old, manipulative prodigy. She is shoved into a dirty van and, from the first moment of her kidnapping, feels a calm desire for two things: to save her unborn son and to exact merciless revenge.She is methodical-calculating- scientific in her plotting. A clinical sociopath? Leaving nothing to chance, secure in her timing and practice, she waits-for the perfect moment to strike. Method 15/33 is what happens when the victim is just as cold as the captors.The agents trying to find a kidnapped girl have their own frustrations and desires wrapped into this chilling drama. In the twists of intersecting stories, one is left to ponder. Who is the victim? Who is the aggressor?
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