Daniel Shiffman

Like new, except that cover is a bit curved, not much though 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Pennsylvania

How can we capture the unpredictable evolutionary and emergent properties of nature in software? How can understanding the mathematical principles behind our physical world help us to create digital worlds? This book focuses on a range of programming strategies and techniques behind computer simulations of natural systems, from elementary concepts in mathematics and physics to more advanced algorithms that enable sophisticated visual results. Readers will progress from building a basic physics engine to creating intelligent moving objects and complex systems, setting the foundation for further experiments in generative design. Subjects covered include forces, trigonometry, fractals, cellular automata, self-organization, and genetic algorithms. The book's examples are written in Processing, an open-source language and development environment built on top of the Java programming language. On the book's website (http: //www.natureofcode.com), the examples run in the browser via Processing's JavaScript mode.

The Nature of Code

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Jeffrey S. Saltz

Jeffrey Morgan Stanton

An Introduction to Data Science by Jeffrey S. Saltz and Jeffrey M. Stanton is an easy-to-read, gentle introduction for people with a wide range of backgrounds into the world of data science. Needing no prior coding experience or a deep understanding of statistics, this book uses the R programming language and RStudio® platform to make data science welcoming and accessible for all learners. After introducing the basics of data science, the book builds on each previous concept to explain R programming from the ground up. Readers will learn essential skills in data science through demonstrations of how to use data to construct models, predict outcomes, and visualize data.

An Introduction to Data Science

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Aldous Huxley

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future -- of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class. This powerful work of speculative fiction sheds a blazing critical light on the present and is considered to be Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. Following Brave New World is the nonfiction work Brave New World Revisited, first published in 1958. It is a fascinating work in which Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with the prophetic fantasy envisioned in Brave New World, including threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion.

Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited

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Marcel Proust

Lydia Davis

In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Swann's Way

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Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals

Don't simply show your data—tell a story with it! Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You'll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story. The lessons in this illuminative text are grounded in theory, but made accessible through numerous real-world examples—ready for immediate application to your next graph or presentation. Storytelling is not an inherent skill, especially when it comes to data visualization, and the tools at our disposal don't make it any easier. This book demonstrates how to go beyond conventional tools to reach the root of your data, and how to use your data to create an engaging, informative, compelling story. Specifically, you'll learn how to: Understand the importance of context and audience Determine the appropriate type of graph for your situation Recognize and eliminate the clutter clouding your information Direct your audience's attention to the most important parts of your data Think like a designer and utilize concepts of design in data visualization Leverage the power of storytelling to help your message resonate with your audience Together, the lessons in this book will help you turn your data into high impact visual stories that stick with your audience. Rid your world of ineffective graphs, one exploding 3D pie chart at a time. There is a story in your data—Storytelling with Data will give you the skills and power to tell it!

Storytelling with Data

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Phillip L. Wylie

Kim Crawley

Starting a Career As an Ethical Hacker

The Pentester BluePrint

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David Kennedy

Jim O'Gorman

Devon Kearns

Mati Aharoni

The Penetration Tester's Guide

The Metasploit Framework makes discovering, exploiting, and sharing vulnerabilities quick and relatively painless. But while Metasploit is used by security professionals everywhere, the tool can be hard to grasp for first-time users. Metasploit- The Penetration Tester's Guide fills this gap by teaching you how to harness the Framework and interact with the vibrant community of Metasploit contributors.

Once you've built your foundation for penetration testing, you'll learn the Framework's conventions, interfaces, and module system as you launch simulated attacks. You'll move on to advanced penetration testing techniques, including network reconnaissance and enumeration, client-side attacks, wireless attacks, and targeted social-engineering attacks.

Learn how to-
-Find and exploit unmaintained, misconfigured, and unpatched systems
-Perform reconnaissance and find valuable information about your target
-Bypass anti-virus technologies and circumvent security controls
-Integrate Nmap, NeXpose, and Nessus with Metasploit to automate discovery
-Use the Meterpreter shell to launch further attacks from inside the network
-Harness standalone Metasploit utilities, third-party tools, and plug-ins
-Learn how to write your own Meterpreter post exploitation modules and scripts

You'll even touch on exploit discovery for zero-day research, write a fuzzer, port existing exploits into the Framework, and learn how to cover your tracks. Whether your goal is to secure your own networks or to put someone else's to the test, Metasploit- The Penetration Tester's Guide will take you there and beyond.

Metasploit

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John Le Carré

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A spy known as Thomas, working for British Intelligence, attempts to infiltrate the entourage of Roper, an Englishman fitting together the pieces for a monumental arms-for-cocaine deal. 450,000 first printing. $300,000 ad/promo.

The Night Manager

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Cormac McCarthy

Border Trilogy (1)

Cut off from the life of ranching he has come to love by his grandfather's death, John Grady Cole flees to Mexico, where he and his two companions embark on a rugged and cruelly idyllic adventure

All the Pretty Horses

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Border Trilogy (3)

The conclusion of the Border trilogy describes the friendship of John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, two cowboys working on a New Mexico ranch in the 1950s

Cities of the Plain

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Dan Brown

A Thriller

A former National Security Agency programmer threatens to release a mathematical formula that will allow organized crime and terrorism to skyrocket, unless the code-breaking computer that is used to keep them in check but that violates civil rights is exposed to the public. Reissue.

Digital Fortress

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Philip Becnel

Private Investigator Entry Level (02E) (2022 Edition)

Introduction to Conducting Private Investigations

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John le Carré

A George Smiley Novel

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies. 

"You are either good or bad, and both are dangerous."

It would have been an easy job for the Circus: a can of film couriered from Helsinki to London. In the past the Circus handled all things political, while the Department dealt with matters military. But the Department has been moribund since the War, its resources siphoned away. Now, one of their agents is dead, and vital evidence verifying the presence of Soviet missiles near the West German border is gone. John Avery is the Department's younger member and its last hope. Charged with handling Fred Leiser, a German-speaking Pole left over from the War, Avery must infiltrate the East and restore his masters' former glory.

John le Carre's The Looking Glass War is a scorching portrayal of misplaced loyalties and innocence lost.

With an introduction by the author.

The Looking Glass War

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Our Kind of Traitor; and The Night Manager, now a television series starring Tom Hiddleston.

The 50th-anniversary edition of the bestselling novel that launched John le Carré's career worldwide

In the shadow of the newly erected Berlin Wall, Alec Leamas watches as his last agent is shot dead by East German sentries. For Leamas, the head of Berlin Station, the Cold War is over. As he faces the prospect of retirement or worse--a desk job--Control offers him a unique opportunity for revenge. Assuming the guise of an embittered and dissolute ex-agent, Leamas is set up to trap Mundt, the deputy director of the East German Intelligence Service--with himself as the bait. In the background is George Smiley, ready to make the game play out just as Control wants.

Setting a standard that has never been surpassed, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a devastating tale of duplicity and espionage.



The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

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Yuval Noah Harari

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A Brief History of Tomorrow

Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods. Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda. What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus. With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.

Homo Deus

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Coming September 5, a new novel from New York Times bestselling author John le Carr�

A Legacy of Spies

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Burton G. Malkiel

The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

Today's stock market is not for the faint-hearted. At a time when high-frequency traders and hedge funds seem to have the upper hand, one might ask what the average investor is to do.

Turn to the rock-solid advice in Burton G. Malkiel's best-selling guide to investing. A Random Walk Down Wall Street now features new material on exchange traded funds and investment opportunities in emerging markets as well as a brand-new chapter on "smart beta" funds. And as always, Malkiel's core insights--on stocks, bonds and money markets as well as property investment trusts and tangible assets--along with the book's life-cycle guide to investing, will restore confidence and composure to anyone seeking a calm route through today's financial markets.

A Random Walk down Wall Street

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William J. Bernstein

Profit through good times and bad with a resilient, diversified portfolio The Intelligent Asset Allocator has helped thousands of people like you build wealth through carefully diversified portfolios. Now, with global markets in constant flux, balancing risk and reward is more critical than ever. Self-taught investor William Bernstein offers no gimmicks, inside secrets, or magic solutions—just the facts about investing and calm, smart advice on how to build and manage a portfolio designed for the long run. This is all you need, despite claims of the advisors and pundits looking to profit from your hard-earned money. This easy-to-understand guide provides everything you need, including: * The basics of finance—historical, psychological, and institutional * Time-tested strategies for improving the risk/reward ratio * Ways to sharpen your focus to improve portfolio management Bernstein walks you through the fundamentals of important topics like multiple-asset portfolios, optimal asset allocations, market efficiency, and strategy implementation. No one knows the future of markets. Your forecast is as good as that of the last financial pundit you saw on TV. Trust your instincts, trust your research, and trust the proven-effect approach of The Intelligent Asset Allocator, and your portfolio will deliver returns through the blue skies and storms of financial markets.

The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk

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Asset Allocation for Investing Adults

Rational Expectations

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Jurgen Appelo

Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders

In many organizations, management is the biggest obstacle to successful Agile development. Unfortunately, reliable guidance on Agile management has been scarce indeed. Now, leading Agile manager Jurgen Appelo fills that gap, introducing a realistic approach to leading, managing, and growing your Agile team or organization.

 

Writing for current managers and developers moving into management, Appelo shares insights that are grounded in modern complex systems theory, reflecting the intense complexity of modern software development. Appelo's Management 3.0 model recognizes that today's organizations are living, networked systems; and that management is primarily about people and relationships.

 

Management 3.0 doesn't offer mere checklists or prescriptions to follow slavishly; rather, it deepens your understanding of how organizations and Agile teams work and gives you tools to solve your own problems. Drawing on his extensive experience as an Agile manager, the author identifies the most important practices of Agile management and helps you improve each of them.

 

Coverage includes

 

* Getting beyond "Management 1.0" control and "Management 2.0" fads

* Understanding how complexity affects your organization

* Keeping your people active, creative, innovative, and motivated

* Giving teams the care and authority they need to grow on their own

* Defining boundaries so teams can succeed in alignment with business goals

* Sowing the seeds for a culture of software craftsmanship

* Crafting an organizational network that promotes success

* Implementing continuous improvement that actually works

 

Thoroughly pragmatic-and never trendy-Jurgen Appelo's Management 3.0 helps you bring greater agility to any software organization, team, or project.

 

Management 3. 0

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Doug Hellmann

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Provides information on the Python 2.7 library offering code and output examples for working with such tasks as text, data types, algorithms, math, file systems, networking, XML, email, and runtime.

The Python 3 Standard Library by Example

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Daniel Dieterle

Cover is folded a bit, but otherwise is completely new inside.

Advanced Security Testing with Kali Linux

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Basic Security Testing with Kali Linux, Third Edition Kali Linux (2018) is an Ethical Hacking platform that allows security professionals to use the same tools and techniques that a hacker would use, so they can find security issues before the attackers do. In Basic Security Testing with Kali Linux, you will learn basic examples of how hackers find out information about your company, find weaknesses in your security, how they gain access to your systems, and most importantly, how to stop them. Completely updated for 2018, this hands on step-by-step guide covers: Kali Linux Overview & Usage Shodan (the "Hacker's Google") Metasploit Tutorials Exploiting Windows and Linux Systems Escalating Privileges in Windows Cracking Passwords and Obtaining Clear Text Passwords Wi-Fi Attacks Kali on a Raspberry Pi & Android Securing your Network And Much More! /ul> Though no computer can be completely "Hacker Proof" knowing how an attacker works will help put you on the right track of better securing your network!

Basic Security Testing with Kali Linux, Third Edition

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Peter Kim

Practical Guide to Penetration Testing

Just as a professional athlete doesn't show up without a solid game plan, ethical hackers, IT professionals, and security researchers should not be unprepared, either. The Hacker Playbook provides them their own game plans. Written by a longtime security professional and CEO of Secure Planet, LLC, this step-by-step guide to the "game" of penetration hacking features hands-on examples and helpful advice from the top of the field.

Through a series of football-style "plays," this straightforward guide gets to the root of many of the roadblocks people may face while penetration testing-including attacking different types of networks, pivoting through security controls, and evading antivirus software.

From "Pregame" research to "The Drive" and "The Lateral Pass," the practical plays listed can be read in order or referenced as needed. Either way, the valuable advice within will put you in the mindset of a penetration tester of a Fortune 500 company, regardless of your career or level of experience.

Whether you're downing energy drinks while desperately looking for an exploit, or preparing for an exciting new job in IT security, this guide is an essential part of any ethical hacker's library-so there's no reason not to get in the game.

The Hacker Playbook

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Swann's Way

Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

Storytelling with Data

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The Pentester BluePrint

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All the Pretty Horses

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Cities of the Plain

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Digital Fortress

Philip Becnel

Introduction to Conducting Private Investigations

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The Looking Glass War

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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Yuval Noah Harari

Homo Deus

John Le Carré

A Legacy of Spies

Burton G. Malkiel

A Random Walk down Wall Street

William J. Bernstein

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Rational Expectations

Jurgen Appelo

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Doug Hellmann

The Python 3 Standard Library by Example

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Basic Security Testing with Kali Linux, Third Edition

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