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Curious about surveillance? Wondering about the security of your computer or phone? These are just a couple of starting points. The author, with decades of experience in the field, takes us on a journey through the digital landscape. Exhaustively researched, with hundreds of links, it's nevertheless written in an informal and entertaining style. Do you know the difference between "a web browser" and "the internet"? That's about all you'll need, to start. When you're done with this book, you'll know more than most IT (information technology) professionals do about digital security. You'll be able to analyze the claims made by tech bloggers and those who flog their own products. You'll know mu...
A Book of the Year in The Observer and The Times and winner of the Visionary Honours Award. 'David Harewood writes with rare honesty and fearless self-analysis about his experiences of racism and what ultimately led to his descent into psychosis . . . This book is, in itself, a physical manifestation of that hopeful journey.' - David Olusoga, author of Black and British This powerful and provocative memoir charts critically acclaimed actor David Harewood’s life from working class Birmingham to the bright lights of Hollywood. He shares insights from his recovery after an experience of psychosis and uncovers devastating family history. Maybe I Don't Belong Here is a groundbreaking account of...
Seven stories, written in one month. Crime, fantasy, science fiction, humor...it's a sideways look into the strangeness of an author's mind. The author's second collection, The Challenge, was published in October 2015. His third novel, The Secret (September 2015) is a near-future post-apocalyptic supernatural thriller. Come on in. The water's fine... Saints Alive! (in which Harry Saunders discovers a large egg in his bathtub)Thursday Night Game (Jack, meet Bea. Your game just changed. Forever.) Not for Hire (an assassin rethinks his approach to customers)Freethought (it can be dangerous to let your mind wander on an airplane)Accidentally on Purpose (concerning a train that needed to be stolen)...come what may (if ants are our successors, do we still declare victory?)Hard Roads (a trucker explains: the rigs are supposed to move)
Two friends growing up in a small New England mill town share a misspent youth full of mischief and mayhem. Events around the Vietnam War lead their lives in completely different directions. While they maintain their friendship, the direction of their lives could not possibly be any more different. One chooses a career in law, while the other leads a double life that includes killing for hire. In the end, they are reunited in an effort to bring sanity back to their lives.
Biographical sketch of Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801), plus some of his papers.
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