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Practical MagicPublisher: Berkley Trade | Number Of Pages: 304 | Publication Date: 2003-08-05 | ISBN / ASIN: 0425190374 | EAN: 9780425190371 | 1.4 MB | PDF For most adults, fairy tales are among the childish things we've put away. Alice Hoffman, however, feels differently. Practical Magic starts out as a tale of Gillian and Sally Owens, two orphaned girls whose aunts are witches--of a mild sort. For the past two centuries, Owens women have been blamed for all that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town, ever since their ancestor arrived, rich, independent, and soon accused of theft: "And then one day, a farmer winged a crow in his cornfield, a creature who'd been stealing from him shamelessly for months. When Maria Owens appeared the very next morning with her arm in a sling and her white hand wound up in a white bandage, people felt certain they knew the reason why." The aunts are daily ostracized by the same upstanding citizens who sneak to their house at night for magical love cures. To the sisters they are for the most part benevolently absent, though their bell, book, and candle routine makes life a torment for Gillian, beautiful and blonde and lazy, and Sally, who's all too responsible. But when one of the aunts' cures works too well, ending as a curse, the dangers of real love become all too clear. In Hoffman's world being bewitched, bothered, and bewildered is no mere metaphor--and neither is desire. The elbows of one enamored man pucker a linoleum counter, another walks around with singed cuffs. It's difficult to catch the author's power in brief quotes. She needs space and increment to build her exquisite variations of vision and reality, her matter-of-fact announcements of the preternatural. Practical Magic again and again makes one recall the thrill of hearing at bedtime, "Now will I a tale unfold..." --Kerry Fried For more than two hundred years, the Owens women had been blamed for everything that went wrong in their Massachusetts town. And Gillian and Sally endured that fate as well; as children, the sisters were outsiders. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, but all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape. One would do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they shared brought them back-almost as if by magic...
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Booked to DiePublisher: Charles Scribner's Sons| Number Of Pages: 288 | Publication Date: 1992-01-23 | ISBN / ASIN: 0684193833 | EAN: 9780684193830 | 1 MB | rtf Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway may not always play by the book, but he is an avid collector of rare and first editions. After a local bookscout is killed on his turf, Janeway would like nothing better than to rearrange the suspect's spine. But the suspect, local lowlife Jackie Newton, is a master at eluding the law, and Janeway's wrathful brand of off-duty justice costs him his badge. Turning to his lifelong passion, Janeway opens a small bookshop -- all the while searching for evidence to put Newton away. But when prized volumes in a highly sought-after collection begin to appear, so do dead bodies. Now, Janeway's life is about to start a precarious new chapter as he attempts to find out who's dealing death along with vintage Chandlers and Twains. Includes information on John Dunning's new Cliff Janeway novel, The Bookman's Promise, coming soon in hardcover from Scribner
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| Modern Coin Magic |
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Modern Coin MagicISBN: 0486242587 | Author: J. B. Bobo | Publisher: Dover Publications | Edition: (March, 1982) | Paperback: 367 pages | 3.5 MB The most complete treatise on sleight-of-hand coin conjuring, including best traditional methods and modern innovations. Guides you systematically from basic techniques, through integrated tricks to complete routined acts (18 in all). 510 clear illustrations by Nelson C. Hahne. The best manual for amateurs, an encyclopedic source for professionals. This book is one of the true classics of magic. It contains the basics for almost all of coin magic. In other words you wouldn't have to read any other book and you could still be a top-notch coin magician. MCM contains everything you need to know concerning concealment, production and alteration of coins. It has outstanding plots and routines and patter suggestions. It gives detailed accounts of some of the most cherished and "pet" tricks and routines of some of the finest "coin-men" in history. It is laid out very well with a fine index. It also has a history of coin magic. There is so much here that no matter where you start reading, you'll find yourself saying, "hey, I would really like to learn this!". Even though it is a fascinating read and fun to just glance through and dream over, I contend that if you decide to pick an effect, sleight or routine out of MCM and are determined to make it yours NO MATTER WHAT, you will be rewarded with the true wonder of magical study...RESULTS! Many magic books contain great items but lack good explanation which leads to frustration and lack of fulfillment. MCM has a unique quality about it. I think that is what I like most. It really provides the necessary explanation and instruction to actually teach you...if you let it and stay at it. But you have to want to read and study this book if you want the results. Self-working coin tricks are very rare. While lecturing over the years I had the pleasure to meet many of the contributors of MCM. This was like magic in itself for me. One quick story. I was running the booth for Sasco Magic about 10 years ago at the St. Louis, IBM convention. Needless to say I was demonstrating coin effects, day after day...all day. A number of the true legends of coin magic were at the convention, many of which had effects in the "Bobo Book" (the generic name for MCM). It was a real treat to actually meet them and have them show me the same effects I had read about for years. But the biggest surprise was when Jim Buffaloe, after showing me his phenomenal items, told me that Bobo himself was there and that if I'd like, he'd bring him over to meet me. I could go on and on about the lengthy session that I, along with many other lucky magicians, witnessed that day, but let me say that J.B. Bobo was absolutely no fluke! He could do EVERYTHING in his book to perfection! That was the highlight of the whole convention as far as I was concerned. It was like one of those rare, surreal times we all experience once in a great while. What a trip!
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| Security in Computing 4th Edition |
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Security in Computing (4th Edition)Publisher: Prentice Hall | Print ISBN-10: 0-13-239077-9 | Print ISBN-13: 978-0-13-239077-4 | Pages: 880 | Format: CHM | ISBN: 0321396855 | 752 pages | May 21, 2007 | PDF | 5 Mb The New State-of-the-Art in Information Security: Now Covers the Economics of Cyber Security and the Intersection of Privacy and Information Security For years, IT and security professionals and students have turned to Security in Computing as the definitive guide to information about computer security attacks and countermeasures. In their new fourth edition, Charles P. Pfleeger and Shari Lawrence Pfleeger have thoroughly updated their classic guide to reflect today's newest technologies, standards, and trends. The authors first introduce the core concepts and vocabulary of computer security, including attacks and controls. Next, the authors systematically identify and assess threats now facing programs, operating systems, database systems, and networks. For each threat, they offer best-practice responses. Security in Computing, Fourth Edition, goes beyond technology, covering crucial management issues faced in protecting infrastructure and information. This edition contains an all-new chapter on the economics of cybersecurity, explaining ways to make a business case for security investments. Another new chapter addresses privacy--from data mining and identity theft, to RFID and e-voting. New coverage also includes -Programming mistakes that compromise security: man-in-the-middle, timing, and privilege escalation attacks -Web application threats and vulnerabilities -Networks of compromised systems: bots, botnets, and drones -Rootkits--including the notorious Sony XCP -Wi-Fi network security challenges, standards, and techniques -New malicious code attacks, including false interfaces and keystroke loggers -Improving code quality: software engineering, testing, and liability approaches -Biometric authentication: capabilities and limitations -Using the Advanced Encryption System (AES) more effectively -Balancing dissemination with piracy control in music and other digital content -Countering new cryptanalytic attacks against RSA, DES, and SHA -Responding to the emergence of organized attacker groups pursuing profit
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| Crystal Player v1.98 |
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Crystal Player v1.98 | 3.44 MBCrystalPlayer is advanced video player for Windows 98, 2000, XP & Vista.The video player for PC with on-screen control, equalizer, filters, built-in splitters, capable of playing DivX movies and more....CrystalPlayer Professional features original video kernel allowing high-quality playback from any kind of video source, e.g. video files (.AVI, .MPEG, etc.) or URLs. CrystalPlayer features original video kernel allowing high-quality playback from any kind of video source, e.g. video files (.AVI, .MPEG, etc.), from internet or network. It does not use built-in WindowsMedia environment, so there are no any limitations implied, as with most other players. Supported formats are including, but not limited to: DivX, XVID, MPEG1/2, MPEG4, WMV, Real etc. CrystalPlayer offers uncomparable ability to improve the quality of the videos you're watching. Check Video filters, Video Postprocessing, multisampling and supersampling features. CrystalPlayer Professional Features: New! Full Windows Vista support New! Built-in MPEG4 decoder Skins Speed troubleshooting modes Multilingual support Multicolor on-screen controls and seeking-bar Subtitles External audio track support Playlists with bookmarks Image capturing Runtime help messages Runtime statistics & suggestions Aspect rate and audio/text skew correction Graphical ten band equalizer Video postprocessing Zooming, scrolling & panorama Supersampling Multisampling Video filters Audio filters Automatic codec downloader Native Crystal MPEG1/2 format support Native Crystal AVI format support Crystal MPEG1/2 video decoder Crystal AC3 multichannel audio decoder
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