Author: Scott AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Shave the Whales
Author: Scott AdamsPublisher: Boxtree, Limited
ISBN: 9780752208497
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A cartoon book featuring the vulnerable and socially challenged Dilbert, an engineer who struggles to cope with the rigours and stresses of everyday life. He lives with Dogbert, his megalomaniac dog, and his two dinosaurs, Bob and Dawn. Dilbert features in nearly 200 newspapers worldwide.
At the Water's Edge
Author: Carl ZimmerPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684856239
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Everybody Out of the Pond At the Water's Edge will change the way you think about your place in the world. The awesome journey of life's transformation from the first microbes 4 billion years ago to Homo sapiens today is an epic that we are only now beginning to grasp. Magnificent and bizarre, it is the story of how we got here, what we left behind, and what we brought with us. We all know about evolution, but it still seems absurd that our ancestors were fish. Darwin's idea of natural selection was the key to solving generation-to-generation evolution -- microevolution -- but it could only point us toward a complete explanation, still to come, of the engines of macroevolution, the transformation of body shapes across millions of years. Now, drawing on the latest fossil discoveries and breakthrough scientific analysis, Carl Zimmer reveals how macroevolution works. Escorting us along the trail of discovery up to the current dramatic research in paleontology, ecology, genetics, and embryology, Zimmer shows how scientists today are unveiling the secrets of life that biologists struggled with two centuries ago. In this book, you will find a dazzling, brash literary talent and a rigorous scientific sensibility gracefully brought together. Carl Zimmer provides a comprehensive, lucid, and authoritative answer to the mystery of how nature actually made itself.
Fighting The Whales
Author: R.M. BallantynePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9359395889
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
"Fighting the Whales" by R. M. Ballantyne is a captivating maritime adventure novel that immerses readers in the dangerous and also in the thrilling world of whaling in the 19th century. This story follows the experiences of a young seaman named William, who embarks on a daring voyage aboard a whaling ship. Set against the backdrop of the vast and other one treacherous oceans, the narrative paints a vivid picture of the whaling industry and the daring exploits of those who hunted the massive creatures. William becomes deeply involved in the harrowing process of hunting whales, facing perilous encounters with these majestic yet formidable creatures. The novel unfolds, readers are taken on a riveting journey, witnessing the intricacies of whale hunting and the camaraderie among the ship's crew. Ballantyne's descriptive prowess brings the maritime world to life, from the excitement of spotting a whale to the adrenaline-pumping battles that ensue. Throughout the novel, William grapples with ethical dilemmas, questioning the impact of whaling on these magnificent creatures and the natural balance of the sea. This story delves into themes of conservation and humanity's and also other one relationship with nature, and the moral complexities of the whaling industry during the era.
Author: Scott AdamsWhales, Dolphins, and Other Marine Mammals of the World
Author: Hadoram ShirihaiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Presents full-color photographs and illustrations of a wide variety of whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals around the world; and contains information on their habitats, physical characteristics, and behaviors.
Cybersecurity Myths and Misconceptions
Author: Eugene H. SpaffordPublisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN: 0137929153
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
175+ Cybersecurity Misconceptions and the Myth-Busting Skills You Need to Correct Them Elected into the Cybersecurity Canon Hall of Fame! Cybersecurity is fraught with hidden and unsuspected dangers and difficulties. Despite our best intentions, there are common and avoidable mistakes that arise from folk wisdom, faulty assumptions about the world, and our own human biases. Cybersecurity implementations, investigations, and research all suffer as a result. Many of the bad practices sound logical, especially to people new to the field of cybersecurity, and that means they get adopted and repeated despite not being correct. For instance, why isn't the user the weakest link? In Cybersecurity Myths and Misconceptions: Avoiding the Hazards and Pitfalls that Derail Us, three cybersecurity pioneers don't just deliver the first comprehensive collection of falsehoods that derail security from the frontlines to the boardroom; they offer expert practical advice for avoiding or overcoming each myth. Whatever your cybersecurity role or experience, Eugene H. Spafford, Leigh Metcalf, and Josiah Dykstra will help you surface hidden dangers, prevent avoidable errors, eliminate faulty assumptions, and resist deeply human cognitive biases that compromise prevention, investigation, and research. Throughout the book, you'll find examples drawn from actual cybersecurity events, detailed techniques for recognizing and overcoming security fallacies, and recommended mitigations for building more secure products and businesses. Read over 175 common misconceptions held by users, leaders, and cybersecurity professionals, along with tips for how to avoid them. Learn the pros and cons of analogies, misconceptions about security tools, and pitfalls of faulty assumptions. What really is the weakest link? When aren't "best practices" best? Discover how others understand cybersecurity and improve the effectiveness of cybersecurity decisions as a user, a developer, a researcher, or a leader. Get a high-level exposure to why statistics and figures may mislead as well as enlighten. Develop skills to identify new myths as they emerge, strategies to avoid future pitfalls, and techniques to help mitigate them. "You are made to feel as if you would never fall for this and somehow this makes each case all the more memorable. . . . Read the book, laugh at the right places, and put your learning to work. You won't regret it." --From the Foreword by Vint Cerf, Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.
Author: Michael A. BiggDilbert 2.0
Author: Scott AdamsPublisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740777351
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Scott Adams's "Dilbert," the touchstone of office humor, this special slipcased collection--weighing in at more than 10 pounds with 600 pages and featuring almost 4,000 strips--is divided into five different epochs personally selected by the author. Also included is a piracy-protected disc that contains every "Dilbert" comic strip to date and that can be updated as new cartoons are released.
What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage
Author: Amy SutherlandPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588366901
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
While observing exotic animal trainers for her acclaimed book Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched, journalist Amy Sutherland had an epiphany: What if she used these training techniques with the human animals in her own life–namely her dear husband, Scott? In this lively and perceptive book, Sutherland tells how she took the trainers’ lessons home. The next time her forgetful husband stomped through the house in search of his mislaid car keys, she asked herself, “What would a dolphin trainer do?” The answer was: nothing. Trainers reward the behavior they want and, just as important, ignore the behavior they don’t. Rather than appease her mate’s rising temper by joining in the search, or fuel his temper by nagging him to keep better track of his things in the first place, Sutherland kept her mouth shut and her eyes on the dishes she was washing. In short order, Scott found his keys and regained his cool. “I felt like I should throw him a mackerel,” she writes. In time, as she put more training principles into action, she noticed that she became more optimistic and less judgmental, and their twelve-year marriage was better than ever. What started as a goofy experiment had such good results that Sutherland began using the training techniques with all the people in her life, including her mother, her friends, her students, even the clerk at the post office. In the end, the biggest lesson she learned is that the only animal you can truly change is yourself. Full of fun facts, fascinating insights, hilarious anecdotes, and practical tips, What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage describes Sutherland’s Alice-in-Wonderland experience of stumbling into a world where cheetahs walk nicely on leashes and elephants paint with watercolors, and of leaving a new, improved Homo sapiens.
