Subject(s): Computer security | Computer networks -- Security measures | Data protection | Data encryption (Computer science) Summary: "This text provides a classroom-tested, practical introduction to software design and implementation, cryptographic tools, and networking issues while addressing social, economic, and political implications.

Subject(s): Ford, Doc (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Marine biologists -- Fiction | Extremists -- Fiction | Hostages -- Fiction | Environmentalists -- Fiction | Russians -- Fiction | Islands -- Fiction | Hostage negotiations -- Fiction | Divers -- Fiction | Florida -- Fiction | Florida Keys (Fla.) -- Fiction Summary: Sneaking an underwater

Subject(s): Africa -- Politics and government | Insurgency -- History -- Africa | Africa -- Foreign relations | Africa -- Foreign economic relations Summary: "Foreign Intervention in Africa chronicles the foreign political and military interventions in Africa during the periods of decolonization (1956-1975) and the Cold War (1945-1991), as

Subject(s): North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Afghanistan | Afghan War, 2001- | International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) Summary: "Modern warfare is almost always multilateral to one degree or another, requiring countries to cooperate as allies or coalition partners. Yet as the war in Afghanistan has made abundantly clear,

Subject(s): New products Summary: "Preface The current marketplace is undergoing an accelerated pace of change that challenges corporations to apply new techniques to respond rapidly to this ever-developing environment. At the center of this change is a new generation of customers. As the industry adopts a consumer focus in its product deve

Subject(s): Short-term memory | Memory | Cognitive psychology & cognition Summary: Working memory -- the conscious processing of information -- is increasingly recognized as one of the most important aspects of intelligence. This fundamental cognitive skill is deeply connected to a great variety of human experience -- from our childhood, to

Subject(s): Structural dynamics | Plates (Engineering) -- Vibration | Girders -- Vibration Summary: "Structural Vibration: Exact Solutions for Strings, Membranes, Beams, and Plates offers an introduction to structural vibration and highlights the importance of the natural frequencies in design. It focuses on free vibrations for analysis and

Subject(s): Materials -- Mechanical properties Summary: "Mechanics of Materials uniformly incorporates the fundamentals into analytical methods, modeling approaches, numerical methods, experimental procedures, and design techniques in a systematic manner throughout the main chapters. The practical application of the concepts, approaches, an

Subject(s): Biomass energy | Combustion Summary: "An important goal of the extended use of biomass is replacing fossil fuels. Potentially, all global energy needs can be covered with biomass if the utilization is efficient enough. This book provides the state of the art in the field of efficient conversion of biomass, covering most technica

Subject(s): Steel, Structural | Building, Iron and steel Summary: "The fourth edition of a perennial bestseller, this book describes the design theory and code requirements for common structures, connections, elements and frames and contains detailed explanations of the principles underlying steel design for final year undergraduate student