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| "BBC Earth: Where Animals Live - Ladybird Readers Level 3" |
| "Animals can live in many different parts of the world - on hot sand in the cold Arctic in forests and on mountainsLadybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales popular characters modern stories and non-fiction written for young learners of English as a foreign or second languageBeautifully illustrated and carefully written the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading writing speaking listening and critical thinking skillsThe five levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework and include language activities that provide preparation for the Cambridge English Young Learners (YLE) Starters Movers and Flyers exams BBC Earth Where Animals Live a Level 3 Reader is A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses some expression of future meaning comparisons contractions and relative clauses"
Price: 4.49 |
| "15 Minute French" |
| "The perfect book for anyone who wants to learn French fast Comes with a free downloadable audio app for Apple and Android phones enabling learners to hear words and phrases spoken by native French speakers12 themed chapters are broken down into 15-minute daily lessons spanning a range of practical themes from socialising to doing business Each lesson combines French vocabulary and grammar essentials with full-colour photographs for a user-friendly accessible language guide The ideal French language course for beginners the 15-Minute language series will teach you how to speak a new language in just 12 weeksTopics covered introductions eating and drinking making arrangements travel getting about accommodation shopping work and study health at home services leisure and socialising with a menu guide and two-language dictionary"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Mandarin Chinese English Bilingual Visual Dictionary" |
| "With over 10000 fully illustrated terms arranged by theme and an audio app Mandarin Chinese language learning has never been easier Perfect for tourist and business travellers alike DK's Bilingual Visual Dictionary series is by your side when buying food talking about work discussing health and studying language Stunning visuals and comprehensive indexes combine to make the Mandarin Chinese English Bilingual Visual Dictionary your indispensable Mandarin Chinese language companion Fully updated to reflect recent changes in technology and clothing the Mandarin Chinese English Bilingual Visual Dictionary also features an easy-to-use free audio app available on the App Store and Google Play enabling you to hear terms spoken out loud Learn and retain all the key phrases you need to know and perfect your pronunciation with audio help"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Boy : Tales of Childhood" |
| "Boy is Roald Dahl&39;s extraordinary glimpse into his childhood and early life &39;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details This is not an autobiography I would never write a history of myself On the other hand throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten &39; Boy is a funny insightful and at times grotesque glimpse into the early life of Roald Dahl one of the world&39;s favourite authors We discover his experiences of the English public school system the idyllic paradise of summer holidays in Norway the pleasures (and pains) of the sweetshop and how it is that he avoided being a Boazer This is the unadulterated childhood - sad and funny macabre and delightful - that inspired Britain&39;s favourite storyteller and also speaks of an age which vanished with the coming of the Second World War &39;A shimmering fabric of his yesterdays the magic and the hurt&39; Observer &39;As frightening and funny as his fiction&39; The New York Times Book Review &39;Superbly written A glimpse of a brilliant eccentric&39; New Statesman Roald Dahl the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory James and the Giant Peach Matilda and many more classics for children also wrote scores of short stories for adults These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play Roald Dahl&39;s Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson Roald Dahl&39;s stories continue to make readers shiver today"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Em and the Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Brilliantly comic and almost unbearably moving Jerry Pinto's Em and the Big Hoom is one of the most powerful and original fiction debuts of recent years 'Profoundly moving I cannot remember when I last read something as touching as this' Amitav Ghosh 'Hilarious reckless brilliant' Kiran Desai In a tiny flat in Bombay Imelda Mendes - Em to her family - is by turns flamboyant maniacally affectionate and cruelly candid Her husband - Augustine the 'Big Hoom' - and two children must endure her 'microweathers' swings from searing joy to brooding malevolence And here is the story of how this family of four came to be Of how Imelda was courted by Augustine - 'Hello Buttercup' - and of how with the passage of time and the arrival of her children she slowly turned into Em loving and loathing a world terrified of her extravagant excesses 'A near-perfect account of a psychologically troubled mother Touching and funny' Irish Times 'Delightful Pinto is quite a genius with dialogue' Guardian Jerry Pinto has been a mathematics tutor school librarian and journalist and is now associated with MelJol an NGO that works in the sphere of child rights He has edited several anthologies including most recently an anthology on his native city Mumbai"
Price: 3.99 |
| "About a Boy Paperback" |
| "Nick Hornby&39;s second bestselling novel is about sex manliness and fatherhood Will is thirty-six comfortable and child-free And he&39;s discovered a brilliant new way of meeting women - through single-parent groups Marcus is twelve and a little bitnerdish he&39;s got the kind of mother who made him listen to Joni Mitchell rather than Nirvana Perhaps they can help each other out a little bit and both can start to act their age"
Price: 6.49 |
| Slam |
| "'There was this time when everything seemed to have come together And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up'Sam is sixteen and a skater Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings skating skateboarding There's no ice Life is ticking along nicely for Sam his mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend he's thinking about college and he's met someone AliciaThen a little accident happens One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life Sam can't run (let alone skate) away from this one He's a boy facing a man's problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them?"
Price: 6.99 |
| Brooklyn |
| "Colm Toibin&39;s Brooklyn is a devastating story of love loss and one woman&39;s terrible choice between duty and personal freedom It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey as for so many young Irish girls opportunities are scarce So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York Eilis knows she must go leaving behind her family and her home for the first time Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed She is far from home - and homesick And just as she takes tentative steps towards friendship and perhaps something more Eilis receives news which sends her back to Ireland There she will be confronted by a terrible dilemma - a devastating choice between duty and one great love &39;With this elating and humane novel Colm Tóibín has produced a masterwork&39; Sunday Times &39;Unforgettable&39; Spectator &39;The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time&39; Zoë Heller Guardian Books of the Year &39;Magnificent&39; Sunday Telegraph &39;A work of such skill understatement and sly jewelled merriment could haunt your life&39; Ali Smith TLS Books of the Year When you are finished why not read the companion novel Nora Webster"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Quiet Power : Growing Up as an Introvert in a World That Can't Stop Talking" |
| "The highly anticipated follow-up to the sensational bestseller Quiet - empowering introverted children teens and young adultsSusan Cain sparked a worldwide conversation with Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking She inspired millions of people and permanently changed the way we see introverts - and the way introverts see themselves Now she takes the Quiet Revolution to a younger audienceChildhood adolescence and your early twenties are times wrought with insecurity and self-doubt Your search for your place in the world can seem daunting Focusing on the strengths and challenges of being introverted Quiet Power is full of examples from school family life and friendship applying the breakthrough discoveries of Quiet to readers that so badly need themThis insightful accessible and empowering book is eye-opening to extroverts and introverts alike Unlock your hidden superpower and give yourself the tools to make a mark - in your own quiet way"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Yaa Gyasi Homegoing Paperback" |
| "Selected for Granta&39;s Best of Young American Novelists 2017 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book Shortlisted for the PENRobert W Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Effia and Esi two sisters with two very different destinies One sold into slavery; one a slave trader&39;s wife The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem spanning three continents and seven generations Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Yorkshire : A lyrical history of England's greatest county" |
| "Yorkshire it has been said is 'a continent unto itself' a region where mountain plain coast downs fen and heath lie close By weaving history family stories travelogue and ecology Richard Morris reveals how Yorkshire took shape as a landscape and in literature legend and popular regardWe descend into the county's netherworld of caves and mines and face episodes at once brave and dark such as the part played by Whitby and Hull in emptying Arctic waters of whales or the re-routing of rivers and destruction of Yorkshire's fens We are introduced to discoverers and inventions meet the people who came and went encounter real and fabled heroes and discover why from the Iron Age to the Cold War Yorkshire has been such a key place in times of tension and struggleIn a wide-ranging and lyrical narrative Morris finds that for as far back as we can look Yorkshire has been a region of unique presence with links around the world"
Price: 17.49 |
| "The Cheviot Hills, Jedburgh & Wooler : OL 16" |
| "OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map and is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding and off-road cycling The OS Explorer range of OL maps now includes a digital version of the paper map accessed through the OS smartphone app OS Maps Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs and visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths and bridleways"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Ordnance Survey Explorer OL25 Eastbourne & Beachy Head Map With Digital Version" |
| "OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey&39;s most detailed map and is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding and off-road cycling The OS Explorer range of OL maps now includes a digital version of the paper map accessed through the OS smartphone app OS Maps Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs and visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths and bridleways"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Ben Lawers & Glen Lyon, Loch Tay, Killin & Kenmore : OL 48" |
| "OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map and is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding and off-road cycling The OS Explorer range of OL maps now includes a digital version of the paper map accessed through the OS smartphone app OS Maps Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs and visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths and bridleways"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Harvest by Jim Crace (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Winner of the 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Winner of the 2014 James Tait Black Prize Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlisted for the 2013 Goldsmiths Prize Shortlisted for the 2014 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction As late summer steals in and the final pearls of barley are gleaned a village comes under threat A trio of outsiders - two men and a dangerously magnetic woman - arrives on the woodland borders triggering a series of events that will see Walter Thirsk&39;s village unmade in just seven days the harvest blackened by smoke and fear cruel punishment meted out to the innocent and allegations of witchcraft But something even darker is at the heart of Walter&39;s story and he will be the only man left to tell it"
Price: 7.49 |
| "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "Heartbreaking? Certainly Staggering? Yes I'd say so And if genius is capturing the universal in a fresh and memorable way call it that too' Anthony Quinn Sunday Times Is this how all orphans would speak - I am at once pitiful and monstrous I know - if they had Dave Eggers's prodigious linguistic gifts? For he does write wonderfully and this is an extremely impressive debut' John Banville Irish Times A virtuosic piece of writing a big daring manic-depressive stew of a book that noisily announces the debut of a talented - yes staggeringly talented - new writer' - Michiko Kakutani New York Times Exhilarating Profoundly moving occasionally angry and often hilarious A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is finally a finite book of jest which is why it succeeds so brilliantly' - New York Times Book Review What is really shocking and exciting is the book's sheer rage AHWOSG is truly ferocious like any work of genius Eggers - self-reliant transcendent expansive - is Emerson's ideal Young American The book does itself justice it is a settling of accounts And it is almost too good to be believed' - London Review of Books A hilarious book In it literary gamesmanship and self-consciousness are trained on life's most unendurable experience used to examine a memory too scorching to stare at as one views an eclipse by projecting sunlight onto paper through a pinhole' - Time Eggers evokes the terrible beauty of youth like a young Bob Dylan frothing with furious anger He takes us close shows us as much as he can bear His book is a comic and moving witness that transcends and transgresses formal boundaries' - Washington Post"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Four Swans: A Novel of Cornwall 1795-1797 by Winston Graham (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "The Four Swans is the sixth novel in Winston Graham's sweeping series of Cornwall PoldarkCornwall 1795-1797 Although Ross Poldark - now something of a war hero - seems secure in his hard-won prosperity a new dilemma faces him in the sudden infatuation of a young naval officer for his wife DemelzaAll four women - the four swans - whose lives touch Ross's face a crisis in these years For his wife Demelza his old love Elizabeth his friend's new wife Caroline and for the unhappy Morwenna Chynoweth these are times of stress and conflict The Four Swans is followed by the seventh book in the Poldark series The Angry Tide"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Warleggan: A Novel of Cornwall 1792-1793 by Winston Graham (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Warleggan is the fourth novel in Winston Graham's hugely popular Poldark series which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan TurnerCornwall 1792 Ross plunges into a highly speculative mining venture which threatens not only his family's financial security but also his turbulent marriage to Demelza When Ross and Elizabeth's old attraction rekindles itself Demelza retaliates by becoming dangerously involved with a handsome Scottish cavalry officer With bankruptcy an increasingly real possibility the Poldarks seem to be facing disaster on all frontsWarleggan is followed by the fifth book in this bestselling series The Black Moon 'From the incomparable Winston Graham who has everything that everyone else has then a whole lot more' Guardian"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Bend It Like Beckham by Narinder Dhami (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "Read the novelisation of the hit film starring Kiera Knightley and Jonathathan Rhys MeyersJess just wants to play football but her wedding-obsessed parents have other ideas so she hides it from them But when Jess and her friend Jules join a ladies team and get spotted by a talent scout it all kicks off Bend it Like Beckham is now a West End musical - opening in London in May 2015"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Bullies, Bigmouths and So-Called Friends: 4 by Jenny Alexander (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "Most books about bullying tell children how to act without addressing how they feel But the usual advice to 'ignore it' or 'say something smart' is doomed to fail as you can't act brave and confident if you feel stressed and helpless insideJenny Alexander's approach is to develop readers' psychological defences Through an entertaining mix of exercises quizzes and fictional scenarios she combines common sense with simple cognitive therapy techniques to build up children's self esteem Her tone is humorous and upbeat but always sensitive to the reader's feelingsThis new updated edition takes account of recent technologies such as texting MSN and bluejacking which are increasingly abused by bullies"
Price: 4.49 |
| "Amsterdam : A History of the World's Most Liberal City" |
| "Amsterdam is not just any city Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins - Paris London Berlin - and has influenced the modern world to a degree that few other cities have Sweeping across the city's colourful thousand year history Amsterdam will bring the place to life its sights and smells; its politics and people Concentrating on two significant periods - the late 1500s to the mid 1600s and then from the Second World War to the present Russell Shorto's masterful biography looks at Amsterdam's central preoccupations Just as fin-de-siecle Vienna was the birthplace of psychoanalysis seventeenth century Amsterdam was the wellspring of liberalism and today it is still a city that takes individual freedom very seriously A wonderfully evocative book that takes Amsterdam's dramatic past and present and populates it with a whole host of colourful characters Amsterdam is the definitive book on this great city"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Destined : Number 9 in series" |
| "'I knew forcing a confrontation with Neferet here and now wasn't smart But I couldn't stop myself ' Zoey finds herself weakened this time by the brutal death of her mother While Neferet gathers the forces of Darkness Zoey must battle grief to rally her own troops; not least Stevie Rae and her newly human consort Rephaim who has finally turned his back on his cruel immortal father Kalona Working to create chaos at the House of Night Neferet has joined with the White Bull of pure evil to create a vessel of Darkness a beautiful boy named Aurox Yet this strange Dark creature is somehow drawn to be near Zoey - and even to protect her"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Early One Morning" |
| "A grey dawn in 1943 on a street in Rome two young women complete strangers to each other lock eyes for a single momentOne of the women Chiara Ravello is about to flee the occupied city for the safety of her grandparents' house in the hills The other has been herded on to a truck with her husband and their young children and will shortly be driven off into the darkness In that endless-seeming moment before she has time to think about what she is doing Chiara makes a decision that changes her life for ever Loudly claiming the woman's son as her own nephew she demands his immediate return; only as the trucks depart does she begin to realize what she has done She is twenty-seven single with a sister who needs her constant care a hazardous journey ahead of her and now a child in her charge - a child with no papers who refuses to speak and gives every indication that he will bolt at the first opportunity Three decades later Chiara lives alone in Rome a self-contained self-possessed woman working as a translator and to all appearances quite content with a life which revolves around work friends music and the theatre But always in the background is the shadow of Daniele the boy from the truck whose absence haunts her every moment Gradually we learn of the havoc wrought on Chiara her family and her friends by the boy she rescued and how he eventually broke her heart And when she receives a phone call from a teenage girl named Maria claiming to be Daniele's daughter Chiara knows that it is time for her to face up to the past This epic novel is an unforgettably powerful suspenseful heartbreaking and inspiring tale of love loss and war's reverberations down the years"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Gillian McCain, Legs McNeil (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "What Britain refined America defined Assembled by two key figures at the heart of the movement and told through the voices o musicians artists iconoclastic reporters and entrepreneurial groupies PLEASE KILL ME is the full decadent story of the American punk scene through the early years of Andy Warhol's Factory to the New York underground of Max's Kansas City and later its heyday at CBGB's spiritual home to the Ramones Talking Heads Television and BlondiePLEASE KILL ME goes backstage and behind apartment doors to chronicle the sex drugs and power struggles that were the very fabric of the American punk community to the time before piercing and tattoos became commonplace and when every concert new band and fashion statement marked an absolute first From Iggy Pop and Lou Reed to the Clash and the Sex Pistols (the first time around) McNeil and McCain document a time of glorious self-destruction and perverse innocence - possibly the last time so many will so much fun in the pursuit of excess"
Price: 11.49 |
| "Attention All Shipping : A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast" |
| "This solemn rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems songs and novels in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms and galesSitting at home listening to the shipping forecast can be a cosily reassuring experience There's no danger of a westerly gale eight veering southwesterly increasing nine later (visibility poor) gusting through your average suburban living room blowing the Sunday papers all over the place and startling the catYet familiar though the sea areas are by name few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain In ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice those mysterious regions whose names seem often to bear no relation to conventional geography Armchair travel will never be the same again"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Dare to be Kind : How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World" |
| "'Lizzie is making our culture a kinder one by encouraging people to undermine hate through self-acceptance and everyday acts of empathy Her heart and humour shine through on every page!' -Lilly Singh entertainer comedian and author of How to Be a BawseCelebrated motivational speaker and YouTube sensation Lizzie Velasquez shows us how we can learn to accept all parts of ourselves and others to create a culture of kindness and a more compassionate worldBorn with a rare genetic condition Lizzie Velasquez always knew she was different but it wasn't until she was much older that she understood what that meant to others At seventeen she came across a viral video entitled 'World's Ugliest Woman'- only to discover that it featured her In response she decided to stand up on behalf of victims everywhere and created one of YouTube's most popular motivational channels and a TEDx talk that has drawn tens of millions of viewers In this daring inspiring book Lizzie reveals the hidden forces that give rise to self-doubt shame and cruelty and empowers us to redirect them to unlock empathy and kindness for ourselves and others Through her own battles with anxiety and coping with disappointment she demonstrates how we can overcome obstacles and move forward with greater positivityDare to Be Kind presents the path to acceptance love and tolerance and offers a blueprint for how to lead a resilient life and ultimately forge a radically compassionate world"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Good Profit How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World's Most Successful Companies Paperback / softback" |
| "A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERKoch Industries is one of the largest private companies in the world with an estimated worth of 100 billion But what makes this company so profitable? You won&39;t find its name on the connectors in your smartphone or your baby&39;s ultra-absorbent nappies but Koch makes these and many other innovations driven by its Market-Based Management (R) system for generating good profit Good profit results from products and services that improve people&39;s lives It results from a culture where employees are empowered to be entrepreneurial and customer-focused Drawing on stories from his nearly six decades in business Charles Koch shows how any company industry or organisation can Thrive in spite of disruption and changing consumer values Create accountability with ownership and decision rights for employees based on their comparative advantages and contributions not job title Foster a culture of knowledge-sharing that rejects bureaucracy and hierarchy Offer employees compensation limited only by the value they create - not budgets or policyA must-read for leaders entrepreneurs students and anyone who wants a more civil fair and prosperous society Good Profit is destined to rank as one of the greatest management books of all time &39;This book helps show you the way to good profit - whether you work for an international supermarket chain a medium-sized regional business or your own start-up&39; John Mackey Co-Founder and Co-CEO Whole Foods Market"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Salt Fix : Why the Experts Got it All Wrong and How Eating More Might Save Your Life" |
| "'Dr DiNicolantonio takes us away from hype and hyperbole to a place of rationality as it relates to salt This extensively researched text lets us finally erase the guilt all of us felt when catering to our desire for this important mineral' David Perlmutter MD bestselling author of Grain Brain and The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan A leading cardiovascular research scientist upends the low-salt myth proving that salt may be one solution to - rather than a cause of - the chronic disease crisisWe've all heard the recommendation no more than a teaspoon of salt a day for a healthy heart But there's one big problem with this the majority of us don't need to watch our salt For most salt protects against a host of aliments including internal starvation insulin resistance diabetes and heart disease - not to mention it tastes great Dr DiNicolantonio reveals the eye-opening story a never-been-told century-spanning drama of competing egos and interests of how salt became unfairly demonised (The real culprit? Another white crystal - sugar)Sure to change the conversation about this historically treasured substance The Salt Fix elegantly weaves research into a fascinating new understanding of salt's essential role in your health and what happens when you aren't getting enoughDr DiNicolantonio shows how eating the right amount of this essential mineral will help you beat sugar cravings achieve weight loss improve athletic performance increase fertility and thrive with a healthy heart Finally he offers a transformative six-step programme for re-calibrating your innate salt thermostat so that you can simply listen to your cravings to achieve your ideal salt intake"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World by Bruce Schneier (Hardback, 2003)" |
| "Many of us especially since 911 have become personally concerned about issues of security and this is no surprise Security is near the top of government and corporate agendas around the globe Security-related stories appear on the front page everyday How well though do any of us truly understand what achieving real security involves?In Beyond Fear Bruce Schneier invites us to take a critical look at not just the threats to our security but the ways in which we're encouraged to think about security by law enforcement agencies businesses of all shapes and sizes and our national governments and militaries Schneier believes we all can and should be better security consumers and that the trade-offs we make in the name of security - in terms of cash outlays taxes inconvenience and diminished freedoms - should be part of an ongoing negotiation in our personal professional and civic lives and the subject of an open and informed national discussionWith a well-deserved reputation for original and sometimes iconoclastic thought Schneier has a lot to say that is provocative counter-intuitive and just plain good sense He explains in detail for example why we need to design security systems that don't just work well but fail well and why secrecy on the part of government often undermines security He also believes for instance that national ID cards are an exceptionally bad idea technically unsound and even destructive of security And contrary to a lot of current nay-sayers he thinks online shopping is fundamentally safe and that many of the new airline security measure (though by no means all) are actually quite effective A skeptic of much that's promised by highly touted technologies like biometrics Schneier is also a refreshingly positive problem-solving force in the often self-dramatizing and fear-mongering world of security punditsSchneier helps the reader to understand the issues at stake and how to best come to one's own conclusions including the vast infrastructure we already have in place and the vaster systems--some useful others useless or worse--that we're being asked to submit to and pay forBruce Schneier is the author of seven books including Applied Cryptography (which Wired called the one book the National Security Agency wanted never to be published) and Secrets and Lies (described in Fortune as startlingly livelya jewel box of little surprises you can actually use) He is also Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Counterpane Internet Security Inc and publishes Crypto-Gram one of the most widely read newsletters in the field of online security"
Price: 20.49 |
| "The Practice of Surgical Pathology : A Beginner's Guide to the Diagnostic Process" |
| "In pathology education within North America there exists a wide gap in the pedagogy between medical school and residency As a result the pathology intern often comes into residency unprepared Completely illustrated in color this book lays the foundation of practical pathology and provides a scaffold on which to build a knowledge base It includes basic introductory material and progresses through each organ system Within each chapter there is a brief review of salient normal histology a discussion of typical specimen types a strategic approach to the specimen and a discussion of how the multitude of different diagnoses relate to each other"
Price: 73.49 |
