Ebooks Review

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA /by Tim Weiner.
For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change th ... Read more »

Materials Handbook: A Concise Desktop Reference /by Francois Cardarelli.
The unique and practical Materials Handbook (second edition) provides quick and easy access to data on the physical and chemical properties of all classes of materials.
The second edition has been much expanded to include wh ... Read more »

How to Get Ideas /by Jack Foster. Most people would agree that to get an idea you must first gather all the necessary information; second, work at finding an idea; and third, forget about it and wait for inspiration to hit. The third part’s easy, but hardly anybody tells you how to do the first two. Worse, nob ... Read more »

Bees of the World /by Christopher O'Toole, Anthony Raw. You may hate their sting -- but their honey is sweet, and they do wonderful things for the environment.
Find out what kinds of nests they build, how they collect and distribute pollen among plants, and the way in which natural selection has brough ... Read more »

Math puzzles and games /by Michael Holt. A collection of old and new problems, puzzles, games, and diversions based on probability, geometry, number patterns, magic squares, and the laws of physics.
Table of Contents:
Introduction VII
1. Number Problems 1
2. Number Patterns 21
3. M ... Read more »

Hacking Exposed Linux, 3rd Edition /by ISECOM. This authoritative guide will help you secure your Linux network--whether you use Linux as a desktop OS, for Internet services, for telecommunications, or for wireless services.
Completely rewritten the ISECOM way, Hacking Exposed Linux ... Read more »

Understanding IPv6: Your Essential Guide to IPv6 on Windows Networks /by Joseph Davies. Get in-depth technical information to put IPv6 technology to work—including networks with hardware running Windows 8 and Windows Server® 2012. Written by a networking expert, this reference explains IPv6 features an ... Read more »

A History of Mathematics / by Carl B. Boyer, Uta C. Merzbach. For more than forty years, A History of Mathematics has been the reference of choice for those looking to learn about the fascinating history of humankind’s relationship with numbers, shapes, and patterns. This revised edition features up-to-date co ... Read more »

Dunkirk - The Men They Left Behind / by Sean Longden. At 2am on the morning of the 3rd of June 1940, General Harold Alexander searched along the quayside, holding onto his megaphone and called _Is anyone there? Is anyone there?_ before turning his boat back towards England.Tradition tells u ... Read more »

Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and javascript /by Kraig Brockschmidt. Apply your existing skills with HTML, CSS, and javascript—and start building your own Windows 8 apps now. As a member of the Windows Ecosystem team, the author has trained hundreds of Microsoft engineers and has be ... Read more »

Tips for Teaching Pronunciation: A Practical Approach /by Linda Lane. Tips for Teaching Pronunciation shows English language teachers how to teach the North American sound system. This practical reference book provides practical tips, clear explanations, diagrams, and sample classroom activities.
Each chapter ... Read more »

Occult America: White House Seances, Ouija Circles, Masons, and the Secret Mystic History of Our Nation /by Mitch Horowitz. From its earliest days, America served as an arena for the revolutions in alternative spirituality that eventually swept the globe.
Esoteric philosophies and personas from F ... Read more »

The Germanic Languages /by Ekkehard Konig,Johan van der Auwera. The Germanic Languages provides a unique survey of twelve Germanic languages from English and German to Faroese and Yiddish. Spoken by more than 450 million native speakers worldwide, the Germanic languages have unrivalled ... Read more »

Your Prosperity Paradigm /by Leslie Fieger. The proven step-by-step process to creating and living a super successful life that everyone can apply immediately to create success in all areas of life, physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and material.
The author of this book does not dispense ... Read more »

Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements /by Krishna G. Palepu,Paul M. Healy,Victor L Bernard. This combined text-workbook is divided into concise learning parts that cover both the why and how of accounting. For use after the intermediate accounting course, this book supplies ... Read more »