A delightful comedy of manners with a touch of mystery, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym territory. In a provincial university town Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty wife, becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband Alan’s ambitions. When she volunteers as a reader to a blind, esteemed anthropologist, Alan seizes the opportunity to steal his papers – research that could both advance his reputation while refuting the findings of a respected colleague.
Author: Barbara Pym; Kate Saunders Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group ISBN: 9780748128112 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: May 2012 224 pages
The gentleman thief Arsene Lupin returns in this intricately plotted tale of disguises, loot, and love. Once more Lupin is at large, snatching fortunes from under the noses of the wealthy – but this time he may have met his match in a bright school student who manages to penetrate his secrets.
Author: Maurice Leblanc Publisher: Andrews UK ISBN: 9781849895293 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: July 2011 210 pages
Publishers of the science publishing scene comment on key developments throughout the 20th century. Some characteristic publishing enterprises, commercial and society owned, are described in a series of articles, followed by analysis of developments and possible changes to come.
A practical, up to date guide, identifying the essential ingredients of a successful resume for the social service professional. Helps you write a concise, stylish, and effective resume that will get noticed.
Author: Editors of VGM Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education ISBN: 9780071388191 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: May 2000 161 pages
Financial institutions, as gateways to the financial system, to economic power and possibilities, are one of the major vehicles for money laundering and therefore also represent an important means to prevent this type of crime. The compliance officer symbolises a part of this private investment in anti money laundering (AML) and as a bank employee is responsible for the implementation of governmental objectives, trapped between crime fighting objectives and commercial goals. The duality of the involvement of private partners in the AML complex and the vastness of the system serves as a background for a new book looking at the functioning, values and perceptions of actors within this system.
With thorough analysis of original empirical date, Verhage provides a rich and illustrative insight in the world of compliance officers and the sometimes paradoxical AML system that they have to work within.
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Author: Antoinette Verhage Publisher: Taylor and Francis ISBN: 9781136808647 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release:
In 1615 the poet and writer Gervase Markham published an extraordinary handbook for housewives, containing advice on everything from planting herbs to brewing beer, feeding animals to distilling perfume, with recipes for a variety of dishes such as trifle, pancakes and salads (not to mention some amusingly tart words on how the ideal wife should behave). Aimed at middle-class women who would share in household tasks with their servants in the kitchen, this companionable and opinionated book offers a richly enjoyable glimpse of the way we lived, worked and ate 400 years ago.
Identify and safeguard your network against both internal and external threats, hackers, and malware attacks
About This Book
Lay your hands on physical and virtual evidence to understand the sort of crime committed by capturing and analyzing network traffic
Connect the dots by understanding web proxies, firewalls, and routers to close in on your suspect
A hands-on guide to help you solve your case with malware forensic methods and network behaviors
Who This Book Is For
If you are a network administrator, system administrator, information security, or forensics professional and wish to learn network forensic to track the intrusions through network-based evidence, then this book is for you. Basic knowledge of Linux and networking concepts is expected.
What You Will Learn
Understand Internetworking, sources of network-based evidence and other basic technical fundamentals, including the tools that will be used throughout the book
Acquire evidence using traffic acquisition software and know how to manage and handle the evidence
Perform packet analysis by capturing and collecting data, along with content analysis
Locate wireless devices, as well as capturing and analyzing wireless traffic data packets
Implement protocol analysis and content matching; acquire evidence from NIDS/NIPS
Act upon the data and evidence gathered by being able to connect the dots and draw links between various events
Apply logging and interfaces, along with analyzing web proxies and understanding encrypted web traffic
Use IOCs (Indicators of Compromise) and build real-world forensic solutions, dealing with malware
In Detail
We live in a highly networked world. Every digital device—phone, tablet, or computer is connected to each other, in one way or another. In this new age of connected networks, there is network crime. Network forensics is the brave new frontier of digital investigation and information security professionals to extend their abilities to catch miscreants on the network.
The book starts with an introduction to the world of network forensics and investigations. You will begin by getting an understanding of how to gather both physical and virtual evidence, intercepting and analyzing network data, wireless data packets, investigating intrusions, and so on. You will further explore the technology, tools, and investigating methods using malware forensics, network tunneling, and behaviors. By the end of the book, you will gain a complete understanding of how to successfully close a case.
Style and approach
An easy-to-follow book filled with real-world case studies and applications. Each topic is explained along with all the practical tools and software needed, allowing the reader to use a completely hands-on approach.
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Author: Samir Datt Publisher: Packt Publishing ISBN: 9781785282126 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release:
U.S.–Haiti Relations in the Lead Up to the 1915 Occupation
The year 2015 marked the centennial of the 1915 United States occupation of Haiti and Haiti’s resistance to that signal event in its history. This study surveys the issues of economics, race, and realpolitik embedded in the political economy of U.S. interactions with Haiti that resulted in occupation. It then interrogates what constitutes the “state” as it pertains to foreign policy, along with an inspection of who benefits from empire. This approach eschews tired dichotomies of whether or not the United States as a whole materially benefited from empire to instead simply look at who individually gained and what were the capacities of these beneficiaries to craft policy. Next it delivers insights derived from a forensic analysis of Woodrow Wilson’s perception of race and his decision to intervene in Haiti. Attitudes enabling United States military leaders to implement a policy of occupation are provided through a study of Admiral William Caperton’s role in the intervention. The focus then telescopes out to inspect the role played by the press, especially as booster for commercial opportunities. In short, the project answers the questions of why, who, and how American empire was undertaken through the case study of Haiti and its occupation in 1915.
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Author: Jeffrey Sommers; Patrick Delices Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 9781498509152 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: November 2015 174 pages
“The human body is the most beautiful thing to us, both inside and out.” –Nick & Brian Wolfe
Inside the Magical World of Bodypainting
From fine art to fashion and from advertising to competition, the world of bodypainting is vast and beautiful. With The Human Canvas you will get front row seats to the pageantry of mind-blowing images from accomplished artists around the world. Many of these artists have won the coveted championship at the World Bodypainting Festival and every one holds a special place within this secret, joyful world of creativity and art. With gorgeous images and inside peeks into the minds and processes of the artists, this book will inspire and amaze you.
This book was inspired by the World Champion artists Brian Wolfe, who succumbed in his fight against pancreatic cancer in October 2013. A portion of the proceeds from this project will go to support Brian Wolfe’s wife and young daughter.
About the World Bodypainting Festival
The World Bodypainting Festival in Austria has been one of the driving forces in bodypainting over the past two decades. This event hosts the World Bodypainting Championships and has distinguished and encouraged the art form.
Receiving hundreds of hours of broadcast time each year, the World Bodypainting Festival has carried this art form into the consciousness of everyday people on almost every continent. It has brought together a massive artistic community with years of history, creativity and experience.
“Imagine a painter who can create an image from an idea in the fullness of color, design and expression, and then imagine this artist asking their canvas to sing, dance or scream.” –Karala B.
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Author: Karala Barendregt Publisher: F+W Media ISBN: 9781440337123 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: October 2014 208 pages
This book examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary German fighter aces of World War II. It explains why only a small minority of pilots – those in whom the desire for combat overrode everything – accounted for so large a proportion of the victories. It surveys the skills that a successful fighter pilot must have – a natural aptitude for flying, marksmanship, keen eyesight – and the way in which fighter tactics have developed. The book examines the history of the classic fighter aircraft that were flown, such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke Wulf Fw 190, and examines each type's characteristics, advantages and disadvantages in combat. The accounts of the experiences of fighter pilots are based on archival research, diaries, letters, published and unpublished memoirs and personal interviews with veterans. The pilots included are Werner Molders, Gunther Rall, Adolf Galland, Erich Hartmann and Johannes Steinhoff.
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Author: Philip Kaplan Publisher: Pen and Sword ISBN: 9781473814073 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: March 2007 208 pages
