This book provides a reference guide for anyone who wants to get up to speed on computer network concepts and networking technologies. Because each piece of networking hardware and software operates differently, it would require a book the size of the New York City white pages to cover all aspects of the subject. Thus, this book concentrates on fundamental concepts. Emphasis is placed on understanding how the major components of a computer network function and how to use proven practices to deploy, upgrade, and maintain the network.

The book is divided into six parts. Each part provides a body of information that covers a specific area pertaining to computer networks.

Part I, “What Is Networking?”, introduces networking, including an overview of the primary components of computer networks. This part explains the broader issues of how hardware and software function to support the interworking of computers, servers, routers, and other devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Networking Like a Pro builds upon itself with real life examples from the authors’ extensive experiences. It investigates your mindset about networking, moves on to strategies, shows how to make your network work for you and then gives you the secrets of the masters.

With all the hype and talk about social media this book stands out as a face to face networking book. In Networking like a Pro, turning contacts into connections, Ivan shares some great tips and ideas on how you can turn networking events into money making opportunities. Ivan Misner lays out a system and process for raising networking to a whole new level. Read the rest of this entry »

Super powered humans started appearing 30 years ago. Now, they are everywhere. Bob Moore, Private Eye, dares to investigate those who could incinerate him with a thought. When he is called to help a super from his past, however, he’ll be pushed to his limit. When supers and the police think there is no crime, can he get to the truth? Will he want to for the man that destroyed his marriage?

Bob Moore is a private investigator with a select clientele – ‘Super’s',those with special powers who are a part of everyday society. He reluctantly takes on a case to investigate the alleged disappearance of Doc Arts patients despite the general skepticism and his dislike of the man. Just as Moore decides to quit he witnesses a gruesome death and Moore is determined to find the callous murderer. Read the rest of this entry »

The Killing Joke, one of favorite Batman stories ever, stirred a bit of controversy because the story involves the Joker brutally, pointlessly shooting Commissioner Gordon’s daughter in the spine. This is a no-holds-barred take on a truly insane criminal mind, masterfully written by British comics writer Alan Moore. The art by Brian Bolland is so appealing that his depiction of the Joker became a standard and was imitated by many artists to follow.

This classic, infamous story in the Batman saga has been recolored with a more effectively cooler palette and set into context with an introduction and an afterword. Escaped from Arkham Asylum, villain deluxe Joker shoots Barbara “Batgirl” Gordon as part of his plan to drive her police commissioner father insane. Intending to prove that anyone can go mad after “one bad day” as he describes in his putative origin story, the Joker also kidnaps and torments Commissioner Gordon. Read the rest of this entry »

Gulliver’s Travels describes the four fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a kindly ship’s surgeon. Swift portrays him as an observer, a reporter, and a victim of circumstance. His travels take him to Lilliput where he is a giant observing tiny people. In Brobdingnag, the tables are reversed and he is the tiny person in a land of giants where he is exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs.

The flying island of Laputa is the scene of his next voyage. The people plan and plot as their country lies in ruins. It is a world of illusion and distorted values. The fourth and final voyage takes him to the home of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses who rule the land. He also encounters Yahoos, filthy bestial creatures who resemble humans. The story is read by British actor Martin Shaw with impeccable diction and clarity and great inflection. If broken into short listening segments, the tapes are an excellent tool for presenting an abridged version of Gulliver’s Travels. Read the rest of this entry »

An experienced traveler and the author of five books, including How Proust Can Change Your Life, De Botton here offers nine essays concerning the art of travel. Divided into five sections “Departure”, “Motives”, “Landscape”, “Art”, and “Return” the essays start with one of the author’s travel experiences, meander through artists or writers related to it, and then intertwine the two.

De Botton’s style is very thoughtful and dense; he considers events of the moment and relates them to his internal dialog, showing how experiences from the past affect the present. In “On Curiosity”, for example, which describes a weekend in Madrid, De Botton compares his reliance on a very detailed guidebook to the numerous systematic measurements Alexander von Humboldt made during his 1799 travels in South America. De Botton compares Humboldt’s insatiable desire for detail with his own ennui and wish that he were home. There are also details about a fight over dessert, the van Gogh trail in Provence, and Wordsworth’s vision of nature. Although well written and interesting, this volume will have limited popular appeal. Read the rest of this entry »

Law school is a scary place for any new student. For an older (“non-traditional”) student, it can be intimidating as well as being ill-designed for the needs of an older, second-career student with children, mortgages, and the like. This book compiles advice from the author, lawyer-editors, and dozens of current and former law students, on such matters as dealing with families and children, the LSAT and GPAs for the older student, the law school application process and law school rankings for non-traditional students, paying for law school, surviving first year and non-academic hurdles, and the occasional skeleton in the non-traditional closet.

Using a format that resembles FAQs, the book is an easy read no matter which chapter you open up to. What appreciated about this book compared to some other know-it-all law school guides was its willingness to let the reader hear varying viewpoints on topics ranging from how to pick a school, how to maintain your sanity (and humanity), to how to steer towards a job you’ll like. The book doesn’t approach the subject as if you will be screwed if you don’t take its advice; it’s more a gathering of intelligent, thoughtful comments from a large number of people who have presumably made it through to the other side of law school. Read the rest of this entry »

This book, which was written in the 19th century, is as vital and significant today as the Constitution and perhaps more important to the modern reader because of changes mad within the court system (but not the legal system) in the past century. This is a very short book, but covers a very important and neglected part of the limitations of Government power: the trial by jury.

Jury trial rights predate the foundation of the United States, beginning with the signing of the Magna Carta in England in 1215. So the principles of jury trial were long established in the British Common Law upon which US Federal Law and most states.

This book gives an eye opening look at our judicial system and why the trial by jury is so important. As one of the checks and balances of our constitution, it allows “the people” to keep government from issuing oppressive laws. Read the rest of this entry »

Family Medicine is the ultimate at-a-glance guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common primary care problems. The book spans the full scope of ambulatory medicine, and is organized according to the flow of patient care–starting with insights into signs and symptoms, followed by expert disease management recommendations.

The information is presented in a manner that enables you to quickly formulate a list of possible diagnoses, perform cost-effective diagnostic work-up, and prescribe therapy. The principles of clinical decision-making and effective evidence-based management strategies are woven throughout. Read the rest of this entry »

Ideally suited to the bedside practice of emergency medicine, The Atlas of Emergency Medicine is the ultimate visual guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common and uncommon conditions encountered in the Emergency Department. Filled with 1500 crisp, clear full-color images, this essential clinical companion is logically organized by organ system and then by problem, making it a practical quick reference for medical students, residents in training, new graduates preparing for their certification exam, the practicing physician, and instructors.

The third edition of The Atlas of Emergency Medicine features an even more streamlined presentation with clear, concise text and an unmatched collection of diagnoses-speeding images. Forming the core of the book, these images show you what to look for and are accompanied by brief, high-yield descriptions of clinical problems. The new edition also features an enhanced template, and new coverage of airway emergencies, tropical conditions, toxicologic emergencies, and electrocardiographs. Read the rest of this entry »