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901) The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A 2023 Audie Award winner!
"Ever careful in his pacing, BD Wong narrates this cybersecurity tale as if he's pitching the story for a movie."- AudioFile
A real-life technological thriller about a band of eccentric misfits taking on the biggest cybersecurity threats of our time.
"What Michael Lewis did for baseball in Moneyball, Dudley and Golden do brilliantly for the world of ransomware and
902) Tornadoes
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Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Readers will learn about how and why tornadoes form and important safety measures to take when a tornado happens. This title is informative yet simple. Big text and simple sentences combined with vibrant photographs will entertain readers, teach them scientific facts, and strengthen their reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
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Series
Publisher
Sky Pony
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Fortnite: Battle Royale Hacks: Mobileoffers a comprehensive introduction to playing this massively multiplayer, online-based game while on-the-go from a smartphone or tablet. For example, it focuses on customizing the game controls using the Customizable HUD (Head-Up Display) interface and discuss the pros and cons of using a Cellular Data Connection versus a Wi-Fi Internet connection when playing.
Each section of this unofficial strategy...
Each section of this unofficial strategy...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
From world-renowned autism spokesperson, scientist, and inventor Temple Grandin — a book of personal stories, inventions, and facts that will blow young inventors' minds and make them soar.
Have you ever wondered what makes a kite fly or a boat float? Have you ever thought about why snowflakes are symmetrical, or why golf balls have dimples? Have you ever tried to make a kaleidoscope or build a pair of stilts?
In Calling All...
Have you ever wondered what makes a kite fly or a boat float? Have you ever thought about why snowflakes are symmetrical, or why golf balls have dimples? Have you ever tried to make a kaleidoscope or build a pair of stilts?
In Calling All...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sky Pony
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The Ultimate Fortnite Guide... There is no second place!
Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks is the Fortnite strategy book you've been waiting for! This Fortnite Battle Royale book focuses on the seven core elements of gameplay, giving you the TOP SECRET know-how to turn you into a Fortnite pro. This Fortnite strategy guide includes:
Character Section, Customization, and Improvement
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Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks is the Fortnite strategy book you've been waiting for! This Fortnite Battle Royale book focuses on the seven core elements of gameplay, giving you the TOP SECRET know-how to turn you into a Fortnite pro. This Fortnite strategy guide includes:
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"We all have a vague sense that social media is bad for our minds, for our children, and for our democracies. But the truth is that its reach and impact run far deeper than we have understood. Building on years of international reporting, Max Fisher tells the gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks preyed on psychological frailties to create the algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme...
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"For the first time, a Neuroscientist and Senior Lecturer at MIT reveals the surprising science that supports The Law of Attraction as an effective tool for self-discovery and offers a guide to discovering your authentic self and accessing your best life now"--
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The definitive book on helping kids navigate growing up in a world where nearly every moment of their lives can be shared and compared
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
With social media and constant connection, the boundaries of privacy are stretched thin. Growing Up in Public shows parents how to help tweens and teens navigate boundaries, identity, privacy, and reputation in their digital world.
We can track...
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
With social media and constant connection, the boundaries of privacy are stretched thin. Growing Up in Public shows parents how to help tweens and teens navigate boundaries, identity, privacy, and reputation in their digital world.
We can track...
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or astronauts walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used their knowledge, pencils, adding machines, and writing paper to calculate the orbital mechanics needed to launch spacecraft. Katherine Johnson was one of these mathematicians who used trajectories and complex equations to chart the space program. Even as Virginia's Jim Crow laws were in place in the early...
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Language
English
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"Award-winning writer and lifelong fisherman Paul Greenberg takes us on a culinary journey, exploring the history of the fish that dominate our menus -- salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna -- and investigating where each stands at this critical moment in time." -- Dust jacket.
912) Thunderstruck
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Description
Tells the interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication--whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. Set in Edwardian London, an era of séances, science, and fog, and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those years when great shipping...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For parents who didn't grow up with smartphones but can't let go of them now, expert advice on raising kids in our constantly connected world Most kids get their first smartphone at the same time that they're experiencing major developmental changes. Making mistakes has always been a part of growing up, but how do parents help their kids navigate childhood and adolescence at a time when social media has the potential to magnify the consequences of...
914) ABCs of space
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This book introduces a topic of astronomy for every letter of the alphabet, from asteroids to zenith.
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"A chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War."--Provided by publisher.
On October 15, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur convinced President Harry Truman that the Communist forces of Kim Il-sung would be utterly defeated by Thanksgiving. The Chinese, he said with near certainty, would not intervene in the war. As he was speaking, 300,000 Red Chinese soldiers...
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
From the author of Hacks for Minecrafters comes the updated 1.13 guide to using command blocks in the world of Minecraft!
If you want to be the best at Minecraft, you've got to read up on the latest tricks. This book is packed with full-color screenshots showing the newest, coolest ways to use one of Minecraft's coolest features. With Hacks for Minecrafters: Command Blocks, kids will learn everything they need to know about manipulating and programming...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"An urgent and expert investigation into behavioral addiction, the dark flipside of today's unavoidable digital technologies, and how we can turn the tide to regain control. Behavioral addiction may prove to be one of the most important fields of social, medical, and psychological research in our lifetime. The idea that behaviors can be being addictive is new, but the threat is near universal. Experts are just beginning to acknowledge that we are...