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The Beginning of Everything (9780062217141)

Robyn Schneider's The Beginning of Everything is a witty and heart-wrenching teen novel that will appeal to fans of books by John Green and Ned Vizzini, novels such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and classics like The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye. Varsity tennis captain Ezra Faulkner was supposed to be homecoming king, but that was before--before his girlfriend cheated on him, before a car accident shattered his leg, and before he fell in love with unpredictable new girl Cassidy Thorpe. As Kirkus said in a starred review, Schneider takes familiar stereotypes and infuses them with plenty of depth. Here are teens who could easily trade barbs and double entendres with the characters that fill John Green's novels. Funny, smart, and including everything from flash mobs to blanket forts to a poodle who just might be the reincarnation of Jay Gatsby, The Beginning of Everything is a refreshing contemporary twist on the classic coming-of-age novel--a heart-wrenching sto...
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Hands on Hacking (9781119561453)

A fast, hands-on introduction to offensive hacking techniques Hands-On Hacking teaches readers to see through the eyes of their adversary and apply hacking techniques to better understand real-world risks to computer networks and data. Readers will benefit from the author's years of experience in the field hacking into computer networks and ultimately training others in the art of cyber-attacks. This book holds no punches and explains the tools, tactics and procedures used by ethical hackers and criminal crackers alike. We will take you on a journey through a hacker's perspective when focused on the computer infrastructure of a target company, exploring how to access the servers and data. Once the information gathering stage is complete, you'll look for flaws and their known exploits-including tools developed by real-world government financed state-actors. An introduction to the same hacking techniques that malicious hackers will use against an organization Written by in...

Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery : A Personal Guide to Turning From Alcoholism and Other AddictionsaEURO"Drugs, Food, Gambling, Sex... (9781459680708)

This book is not just for Jewish people. It's for all people who would gain insight - and strength to heal - from Jewish tradition. All people who are in trouble with alcohol, drugs, or other addictions - food, gambling, and sex Anyone seeking an understanding of the Twelve Steps from a Jewish perspective - regardless of religious background or affiliation Alcoholics and addicts in recovery Codependents Adult children of alcoholics Specialists in recovery and treatment An updated and expanded edition of a recovery classic. A rabbi, a psychiatrist, and many recovering Jewish people share their understanding of the Twelve Jewish Steps of recovery from addiction of all kinds based on conversations with each other -and with God. They present a Jewish perspective on the Twelve Steps and offer consolation, inspiration, and motivation for recovery- for people of all faiths and backgrounds - by drawing on traditional and contemporary Jewish sources and by sharing what recovering people say...

World Atlas Sticker Activity Book : Over 1,000 Stickers! (9781426325670)

Kids will do a lot more than point at places on a map when they pick up this awesome world atlas! It provides a hands-on way for kids to learn about the world through maps, fun facts, activities, and more than 2,000 stickers. From landmarks, to animals, to flags, there's no better way to discover important information about the world than sticker by sticker. Product details For ages 0-5 Format Paperback | 40 pages Dimensions ...

Ejaculate Responsibly : A Whole New Way to Think about Abortion (9781523523184)

In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in post-Roe America. In a series of 28 brief arguments, she deftly makes the case for moving the abortion debate away from controlling and legislating women's bodies and instead directs the focus on men's lack of accountability in preventing unwanted pregnancies. Highly readable, accessible, funny, and unflinching, Blair builds her argument by walking readers through the basics of fertility (men are 50 times more fertile than woman), the unfair burden placed on women when it comes to preventing pregnancy (90% of the birth control market is for women), the wrongheaded stigmas around birth control for men (condoms make sex less pleasurable, vasectomies are scary and emasculating), and the counterintuitive reality that men, who are fertile 100% of the time, take little to no responsibility for preventing pregnancy. The result is a compelling and convincing case for placing the responsib...

Leading with Purpose : How to Engage, Empower & Encourage Your People to Reach Their Full Potential (9780990792437)

Winner of the 2016 Beverly Hills Book Awards -- Entrepreneurship & Small Business Category Winner of 2015 USA Best Book Award -- Leadership Category Winner of 2015 Barnes & Noble Book Seller Recommended Business Books Leadership Lessons from the US Submarine Force You Can Apply to Your Business In 2005, Marc Koehler was brought in to turn around a struggling $7M US-based manufacturing company. He quickly identifies that the business analysis tools he is using for this small firm are drowning it. He decides to go back to his time as a US Nuclear Submarine Officer and recognizes many similarities. Both his sub & the business have a mission, a small team, limited resources, and a dynamically changing environment. With similar conditions, why was the submarine successful, able to accomplish so much under extreme conditions? What tools did it use? What were its best practices? Marc decides that he can apply the same leadership approach and tools to the struggling company. The re...

Mindf*ck : Inside Cambridge Analytica's Plot to Break the World (9781788165006)

'Please please please read Mindf*ck' - Richard Dawkins What if you could peer into the minds of an entire population? What if you could target the weakest with rumours that only they saw? In 2016, an obscure British military contractor turned the world upside down. Funded by a billionaire on a crusade to start his own far-right insurgency, Cambridge Analytica combined psychological research with private Facebook data to make an invisible weapon with the power to change what voters perceived as real. The firm was created to launch the then unknown Steve Bannon's ideological assault on America. But as it honed its dark arts in elections from Trinidad to Nigeria, 24-year-old research director Christopher Wylie began to see what he and his colleagues were unleashing. He had heard the disturbing visions of the investors. He saw what CEO Alexander Nix did behind closed doors. When Britain shocked the world by voting to leave the EU, Wylie realised it was time to expose his old ...