BoD: Silence on the Wire
We’re don’t usually cover techie books here but this thick tome is chock-full of geek-talk about surveillance and security issues that effect us every day. With the rise of 24/7 eyes in the sky, Michal Zalewski’s book gets into the nitty gritty of computer security, giving us examples of how bad guys can sneak in…
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I’m a bit of an architecture buff and I ran across this book last night that looked really cool… MiMo: Miami Modern Revealed by Eric Nash and Randall Robinson is described as “the first comprehensive survey of the rich postwar architecture that epitomizes the romance and energy that is Miami. Well-known for its revitalized South…
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Cynthia Shearer is an amazingly kind woman, whose generosity is suprassed only by her writing talent. Author of the 1995 novel Wonder Book of Air, Shearer returns with her latest novel entitled The Celestial Jukebox. I’m working on a detailed book review, but in the meantime, here’s what Publishers Weekly had to say about this…
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Mystery novelist Laura Lippman is hardly a newcomer to the genre. Author of twelve books, she is nevertheless climbing the ranks of great crime writers with her latest novel To the Power of Three. This novel transports the reader inside the investigation of a school shooting. The “three” in the title is a reference to…
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Just because it’s summer and I’m wishing that I were strolling amongst the crowds, the bands, and eccentric guests at a fine party… today’s Book of the Day is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Many books affect you on an emotional level. And many other books affect you on an intellectual level. The Great…
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