In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell--clear across England and, indeed, clear across the world--making it pos[...]

Stimulating treasury of entertaining tricks, stunts and magical effects based on such mathematical principles and ideas as magic squares, the Fibonacci Series, Moebius strips, cycloids, topology and more. Only simple props required: from playing cards and matches to coins. No magic or mathematical s[...]

Kevin Mitnick, the world's most wanted computer hacker, managed to hack into some of the country's most powerful - and seemingly impenetrable - agencies and companies. By conning employees into giving him private information and maneuvering through layers of security, he gained access to data that n[...]

Hacker extraordinaire, Kevin Mitnick delivers the explosive encore to his bestselling "The Art of Deception". Kevin Mitnick, the world's most celebrated hacker, now devotes his life to helping businesses and governments combat data thieves, cybervandals, and other malicious computer intruders. In hi[...]

A History of Chile chronicles the nation?s political, social, and economic evolution from its independence until the early years of the Lagos regime. Employing primary and secondary materials, it explores the growth of Chile?s agricultural economy, during which the large landed estates appeared; the[...]

The world's most infamous hacker offers an insider's view of the low-tech threats to high-tech security Kevin Mitnick's exploits as a cyber-desperado and fugitive form one of the most exhaustive FBI manhunts in history and have spawned dozens of articles, books, films, and documentaries. Since his r[...]

The former director of the Federal Energy Administration chronicles his many adventures, including crossing the Arctic Sea in a sailboat. Original.[...]

In the course of our enduring quest for knowledge about ourselves and our universe, we haven t found answers to one of our most fundamental questions: Does life exist anywhere else in the universe? Ten years and billions of dollars in the making, the Mars rover "Curiosity" is poised to answer this a[...]

Former Senior Vice President of Apple and close colleague of Steve Jobs throughout his tenure, Elliot takes readers on a tour through Jobs's astonishing career. From the inception of game-changing products, to his stunning fall from grace, and his rebirth at the helm of Apple as he developed the iPo[...]